† 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
GroupPalermoCaliforniaUnited States
German13.6%6.8%12.5%
English12.1%6.3%9.5%
Irish11.3%5.9%9.4%
Italian5.3%3.4%4.8%
American4.9%2.8%5.3%
Scottish2.7%0.9%1.3%
French2.6%1.3%1.6%
Norwegian1.8%——
Mexican19.0%32.3%11.3%
Spanish0.7%0.3%—
Spaniard0.6%0.3%—
Puerto Rican0.3%0.6%1.8%
Nicaraguan0.2%0.3%—
Salvadoran0.2%2.0%0.7%
African American†3.1%4.4%9.9%
Hmong1.9%0.3%—
Filipino0.5%3.3%0.9%
Chinese0.4%3.9%1.3%
Vietnamese0.3%1.7%0.6%
Asian Indian0.2%2.3%1.4%
Korean0.2%1.2%0.4%
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
Palermo
California
United States
Median age
47
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
5.8%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
23.2%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Palermo
California
United States
Median household income
$50,588
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
20.2%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
12.2%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Palermo
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
17.5%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
12.1%
28.4%
13.6%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
3.8%
2.0%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Palermo
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.
Palermo, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−31.2%
2008
−22.8%
2012
−21.4%
2016
−34.5%
2020
−38.0%
2024
−45.1%
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
26.0%Harris489
71.1%Trump1,338
2.9%
R+45.1
R+7.1
R+43.7
1,881
R
29.9%Biden595
67.9%Trump1,350
2.1%
R+38.0
R+3.5
R+42.4
1,987
R
29.5%Clinton542
64.0%Trump1,176
6.5%
R+34.5
R+13.2
R+36.6
1,837
R
37.2%Obama618
58.5%Romney973
4.3%
R+21.4
D+1.5
R+25.2
1,662
R
37.9%Obama643
60.8%McCain1,030
1.3%
R+22.8
D+8.4
R+30.1
1,695
R
32.0%Kerry575
63.1%Bush1,136
4.9%
R+31.2
—
R+28.7
1,799
Palermo sits in the Pacific Coast. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 45.1 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 7.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 45.1 points.
A population of 5,266, a 61% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $50,588 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lucerne Valley and Finley.
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, Palermo, California voted Republican by 45.1 points (R+45.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,881 votes cast, 489 went Democratic and 1,338 went Republican.
How many people live in Palermo, California?
Palermo, California has a population of 5,266 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Palermo, California?
Median household income in Palermo, California is $50,588 — below the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Palermo, California?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Palermo, California from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
