† 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
GroupTurlockCaliforniaUnited States
Mexican42.4%32.3%11.3%
Salvadoran0.7%2.0%0.7%
Puerto Rican0.6%0.6%1.8%
Guatemalan0.4%1.3%0.5%
Spaniard0.4%0.3%—
Spanish0.3%0.3%—
Nicaraguan0.2%0.3%—
German8.8%6.8%12.5%
Irish7.9%5.9%9.4%
English7.9%6.3%9.5%
Portuguese5.3%——
Italian4.0%3.4%4.8%
American2.8%2.8%5.3%
French1.5%1.3%1.6%
Scottish1.5%0.9%1.3%
Asian Indian1.7%2.3%1.4%
Filipino1.1%3.3%0.9%
Chinese0.7%3.9%1.3%
Cambodian0.6%——
Afghan0.5%——
Vietnamese0.4%1.7%0.6%
Hmong0.2%0.3%—
African American†1.4%4.4%9.9%
Aztec8.7%0.3%—
Fijian6.6%——
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
Turlock
California
United States
Median age
34.9
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
11.0%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
15.5%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Turlock
California
United States
Median household income
$82,995
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.3%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
26.5%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Turlock
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
45.3%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
31.3%
28.4%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
7.1%
3.4%
2.0%
Other languages
4.0%
0.6%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Turlock
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.
Turlock, 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
−1.1%
2012
−1.6%
2016
−0.6%
2020
−3.6%
2024
−15.5%
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 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
41.0%Harris11,358
56.5%Trump15,656
2.6%
R+15.5
R+11.9
R+14.0
27,725
R
47.1%Biden14,319
50.7%Trump15,420
2.2%
R+3.6
R+3.0
R+8.1
30,416
R
46.4%Clinton11,053
47.1%Trump11,207
6.5%
R+0.6
D+1.0
R+2.7
23,809
R
47.7%Obama10,090
49.3%Romney10,439
3.0%
R+1.6
R+0.6
R+5.5
21,158
R
49.2%Obama10,788
50.3%McCain11,022
0.5%
R+1.1
D+20.0
R+8.3
21,909
R
39.2%Kerry7,919
60.3%Bush12,172
0.5%
R+21.1
—
R+18.6
20,191
Turlock sits in Stanislaus County's agricultural core, where a large Latino population and a sizable evangelical community produce competitive local races that often diverge from statewide partisan trends.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 21.1 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 11.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 15.5 points.
A population of 72,502, a 43% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $82,995 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Tulare and Lake Elsinore.
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, Turlock, California voted Republican by 15.5 points (R+15.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 27,725 votes cast, 11,358 went Democratic and 15,656 went Republican.
How many people live in Turlock, California?
Turlock, California has a population of 72,502 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Turlock, California?
Median household income in Turlock, California is $82,995 — above the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Turlock, California?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Turlock, California from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
