† 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
GroupMilpitasCaliforniaUnited States
Chinese20.4%3.9%1.3%
Asian Indian19.0%2.3%1.4%
Vietnamese13.1%1.7%0.6%
Filipino7.5%3.3%0.9%
Korean3.4%1.2%0.4%
Japanese2.1%0.6%0.2%
Taiwanese2.0%0.3%—
Pakistani0.5%——
Mexican10.7%32.3%11.3%
Salvadoran0.4%2.0%0.7%
Colombian0.3%0.3%0.4%
Spaniard0.3%0.3%—
Puerto Rican0.2%0.6%1.8%
Guatemalan0.2%1.3%0.5%
Spanish0.2%0.3%—
Nicaraguan0.2%0.3%—
German2.3%6.8%12.5%
English2.1%6.3%9.5%
Irish1.9%5.9%9.4%
Italian1.4%3.4%4.8%
American0.7%2.8%5.3%
French0.5%1.3%1.6%
Portuguese0.5%——
Iranian0.5%——
African American†1.4%4.4%9.9%
African0.2%0.3%0.5%
Ethiopian0.2%——
Aztec2.2%0.3%—
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
Milpitas
California
United States
Median age
36.8
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
7.5%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
13.9%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Milpitas
California
United States
Median household income
$178,798
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
5.9%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
58.2%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Milpitas
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
70.6%
44.4%
22.3%
Other Indo-European
12.9%
3.4%
2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
14.6%
3.5%
1.1%
Vietnamese
11.9%
1.5%
0.5%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
10.9%
2.0%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Milpitas
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.
Milpitas, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+21.1%
2008
+33.7%
2012
+45.0%
2016
+52.0%
2020
+37.3%
2024
+26.6%
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
61.3%Harris15,864
34.7%Trump8,983
4.1%
D+26.6
R+10.7
D+28.0
25,900
D
67.9%Biden20,487
30.5%Trump9,222
1.6%
D+37.3
R+14.7
D+32.9
30,189
D
73.4%Clinton16,529
21.4%Trump4,814
5.2%
D+52.0
D+7.0
D+49.9
22,515
D
71.1%Obama14,214
26.0%Romney5,209
2.9%
D+45.0
D+11.3
D+41.2
20,001
D
66.7%Obama13,456
33.0%McCain6,652
0.3%
D+33.7
D+12.7
D+26.5
20,165
D
59.8%Kerry11,391
38.7%Bush7,377
1.5%
D+21.1
—
D+23.5
19,053
Milpitas has shifted from a working-class bedroom community into a majority Asian-American city anchored by semiconductor and tech-sector employment, producing consistent double-digit Democratic margins in statewide races while local contests remain more competitive.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 52.0 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 10.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 26.6 points.
A population of 78,578, a 10% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $178,798 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Santa Clara and Sunnyvale.
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, Milpitas, California voted Democratic by 26.6 points (D+26.6), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 25,900 votes cast, 15,864 went Democratic and 8,983 went Republican.
How many people live in Milpitas, California?
Milpitas, California has a population of 78,578 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Milpitas, California?
Median household income in Milpitas, California is $178,798 — above the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Milpitas, California?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Milpitas, California from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
