† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupHawthorneCaliforniaUnited States
Mexican39.9%32.3%11.3%
Salvadoran5.2%2.0%0.7%
Guatemalan3.4%1.3%0.5%
Honduran0.7%—0.3%
Puerto Rican0.6%0.6%1.8%
Cuban0.5%—0.7%
Nicaraguan0.5%0.3%—
Colombian0.5%0.3%0.4%
African American†22.0%4.4%9.9%
African1.4%0.3%0.5%
Nigerian0.7%—0.2%
Jamaican0.7%—0.4%
German2.6%6.8%12.5%
Irish2.3%5.9%9.4%
English2.3%6.3%9.5%
American1.9%2.8%5.3%
Italian1.5%3.4%4.8%
Armenian1.2%——
Polish0.7%0.9%2.2%
French0.6%1.3%1.6%
Chinese2.2%3.9%1.3%
Filipino1.8%3.3%0.9%
Korean1.0%1.2%0.4%
Asian Indian0.5%2.3%1.4%
Vietnamese0.5%1.7%0.6%
Japanese0.5%0.6%0.2%
Taiwanese0.2%0.3%—
Cambodian0.2%——
Aztec13.5%0.3%—
Maya8.1%——
Samoan2.7%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Hawthorne
California
United States
Median age
33.9
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
8.7%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
10.2%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Hawthorne
California
United States
Median household income
$75,848
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
15.5%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
26.0%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Hawthorne
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
54.0%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
44.5%
28.4%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.7%
3.4%
2.0%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)
1.6%
2.1%
0.6%
Other languages
2.5%
0.6%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Hawthorne
California
United States
Catholic
—
26.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
9.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
55.2%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Hawthorne, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+50.1%
2008
+60.1%
2012
+64.8%
2016
+68.3%
2020
+59.6%
2024
+45.5%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004, 2012, 2024 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for these cycles was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
70.9%Harris18,831
25.4%Trump6,751
3.6%
D+45.5
R+14.1
D+47.0
26,550
D
78.7%Biden25,314
19.1%Trump6,129
2.2%
D+59.6
R+8.6
D+55.2
32,164
D
81.7%Clinton20,430
13.4%Trump3,354
4.9%
D+68.3
D+3.5
D+66.2
25,014
D
81.2%Obama18,865
16.4%Romney3,803
2.5%
D+64.8
D+4.7
D+60.9
23,244
D
79.9%Obama17,883
19.8%McCain4,436
0.3%
D+60.1
D+10.0
D+52.8
22,388
D
74.4%Kerry15,727
24.3%Bush5,141
1.3%
D+50.1
—
D+52.5
21,144
Hawthorne sits at the intersection of Los Angeles County's working-class Latino growth corridor and a reviving aerospace employment base, producing a heavily Democratic electorate with turnout patterns that track closely to countywide trends.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 68.3 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 14.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 45.5 points.
A population of 85,191, a 10% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $75,848 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Inglewood and Compton.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Hawthorne, California voted Democratic by 45.5 points (D+45.5), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 26,550 votes cast, 18,831 went Democratic and 6,751 went Republican.
How many people live in Hawthorne, California?
Hawthorne, California has a population of 85,191 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Hawthorne, California?
Median household income in Hawthorne, California is $75,848 — below the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Hawthorne, California?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Hawthorne, California from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
