† 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
GroupMendotaCaliforniaUnited States
Mexican89.2%32.3%11.3%
Salvadoran2.3%2.0%0.7%
Puerto Rican0.7%0.6%1.8%
Spaniard0.7%0.3%—
Guatemalan0.5%1.3%0.5%
Spanish0.5%0.3%—
Honduran0.4%—0.3%
German3.2%6.8%12.5%
English2.3%6.3%9.5%
Irish2.3%5.9%9.4%
Italian1.2%3.4%4.8%
American0.8%2.8%5.3%
Portuguese0.5%——
Armenian0.5%——
Scottish0.4%0.9%1.3%
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
Mendota
California
United States
Median age
26.6
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
12.4%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
8.5%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Mendota
California
United States
Median household income
$50,342
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
27.5%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
5.3%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Mendota
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
86.4%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
85.1%
28.4%
13.6%
Arabic
1.1%
0.6%
0.4%
Religious landscape
Measure
Mendota
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.
Mendota, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+42.1%
2008
+55.1%
2012
+65.8%
2016
+67.0%
2020
+48.1%
2024
+13.2%
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
D
55.1%Harris858
41.9%Trump652
3.0%
D+13.2
R+34.9
D+14.7
1,557
D
73.5%Biden1,281
25.3%Trump442
1.2%
D+48.1
R+18.9
D+43.7
1,744
D
82.0%Clinton1,095
15.0%Trump200
3.1%
D+67.0
D+1.2
D+64.9
1,336
D
81.8%Obama924
15.9%Romney180
2.3%
D+65.8
D+10.7
D+62.0
1,130
D
76.9%Obama851
21.8%McCain241
1.4%
D+55.1
D+13.0
D+47.8
1,107
D
70.3%Kerry669
28.2%Bush268
1.6%
D+42.1
—
D+44.6
952
Mendota's population is over 90% Latino, with an economy anchored in agricultural labor — patterns that produce some of Fresno County's most lopsided Democratic margins in state and federal contests.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 67.0 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 34.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 13.2 points.
A population of 12,577, a 1% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $50,342 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Muscoy and Homestead Meadows South.
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, Mendota, California voted Democratic by 13.2 points (D+13.2), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 1,557 votes cast, 858 went Democratic and 652 went Republican.
How many people live in Mendota, California?
Mendota, California has a population of 12,577 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Mendota, California?
Median household income in Mendota, California is $50,342 — below the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Mendota, California?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Mendota, California from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
