† 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
GroupYrekaCaliforniaUnited States
English16.8%6.3%9.5%
German14.6%6.8%12.5%
Irish13.8%5.9%9.4%
Italian6.2%3.4%4.8%
American3.4%2.8%5.3%
Scottish3.3%0.9%1.3%
Portuguese3.0%——
French2.9%1.3%1.6%
Mexican11.5%32.3%11.3%
Spanish0.8%0.3%—
Puerto Rican0.5%0.6%1.8%
Spaniard0.5%0.3%—
Salvadoran0.4%2.0%0.7%
Samoan0.5%——
African American†1.1%4.4%9.9%
African0.7%0.3%0.5%
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
Yreka
California
United States
Median age
39.6
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
7.4%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
24.7%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Yreka
California
United States
Median household income
$43,982
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
17.0%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
19.0%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Yreka
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
8.3%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
6.5%
28.4%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Yreka
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.
Yreka, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−34.0%
2008
−20.9%
2012
−24.5%
2016
−28.0%
2020
−23.1%
2024
−25.0%
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
36.0%Harris1,181
60.9%Trump2,000
3.1%
R+25.0
R+1.8
R+23.5
3,282
R
37.0%Biden1,330
60.1%Trump2,161
2.9%
R+23.1
D+4.9
R+27.6
3,594
R
32.2%Clinton982
60.2%Trump1,837
7.6%
R+28.0
R+3.5
R+30.1
3,050
R
35.6%Obama1,119
60.1%Romney1,889
4.4%
R+24.5
R+3.6
R+28.3
3,145
R
39.1%Obama1,301
60.0%McCain1,996
0.9%
R+20.9
D+13.1
R+28.2
3,326
R
32.5%Kerry1,128
66.6%Bush2,308
0.9%
R+34.0
—
R+31.6
3,466
Yreka anchors one of California's most reliably Republican counties, routinely delivering double-digit margins against statewide Democratic candidates — a pattern driven by its timber-and-ranching economy and geographic isolation from the coast.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 34.0 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 25.0 points.
A population of 7,820, a 77% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $43,982 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Independence and Aztec.
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, Yreka, California voted Republican by 25.0 points (R+25.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,282 votes cast, 1,181 went Democratic and 2,000 went Republican.
How many people live in Yreka, California?
Yreka, California has a population of 7,820 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Yreka, California?
Median household income in Yreka, California is $43,982 — below the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Yreka, California?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Yreka, California from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
