† 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
GroupJacksonCaliforniaUnited States
German18.8%6.8%12.5%
English16.1%6.3%9.5%
Irish15.3%5.9%9.4%
Italian6.6%3.4%4.8%
American3.7%2.8%5.3%
French2.8%1.3%1.6%
Scottish2.8%0.9%1.3%
Polish2.2%0.9%2.2%
Mexican13.0%32.3%11.3%
Spaniard1.2%0.3%—
Spanish1.2%0.3%—
Puerto Rican0.5%0.6%1.8%
Peruvian0.5%——
Cuban0.4%—0.7%
Venezuelan0.4%——
Salvadoran0.2%2.0%0.7%
Filipino2.2%3.3%0.9%
Chinese0.6%3.9%1.3%
Vietnamese0.6%1.7%0.6%
African American†1.0%4.4%9.9%
Ethiopian0.2%——
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
Jackson
California
United States
Median age
50.2
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
8.8%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
38.0%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Jackson
California
United States
Median household income
$70,239
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
10.9%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
23.6%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Jackson
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
12.5%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
7.0%
28.4%
13.6%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic
1.7%
0.7%
0.7%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)
2.9%
2.1%
0.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Jackson
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.
Jackson, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−22.5%
2008
−11.4%
2012
−16.9%
2016
−14.8%
2020
−13.9%
2024
−14.9%
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 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle 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
R
41.1%Harris1,084
56.0%Trump1,477
2.9%
R+14.9
R+1.0
R+13.4
2,638
R
41.5%Biden1,086
55.3%Trump1,450
3.2%
R+13.9
D+0.9
R+18.3
2,620
R
39.5%Clinton847
54.3%Trump1,164
6.2%
R+14.8
D+2.1
R+16.9
2,145
R
39.9%Obama893
56.8%Romney1,272
3.3%
R+16.9
R+5.5
R+20.8
2,239
R
44.0%Obama1,032
55.4%McCain1,300
0.6%
R+11.4
D+11.1
R+18.7
2,347
R
38.1%Kerry864
60.6%Bush1,375
1.3%
R+22.5
—
R+20.1
2,269
Jackson sits in the Pacific Coast. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 22.5 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 14.9 points.
A population of 5,048, a 69% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $70,239 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Brookings and Verde Village.
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, Jackson, California voted Republican by 14.9 points (R+14.9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,638 votes cast, 1,084 went Democratic and 1,477 went Republican.
How many people live in Jackson, California?
Jackson, California has a population of 5,048 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Jackson, California?
Median household income in Jackson, California is $70,239 — below the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Jackson, California?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Jackson, California from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
