† 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
GroupLeesburgFloridaUnited States
American12.7%7.7%5.3%
German10.5%8.9%12.5%
English9.0%8.2%9.5%
Irish8.8%8.2%9.4%
Italian4.6%5.6%4.8%
Polish2.0%2.1%2.2%
French1.6%1.7%1.6%
Scottish1.6%1.3%1.3%
African American†18.1%9.5%9.9%
Guyanese2.0%——
Jamaican1.8%1.5%0.4%
African1.5%0.5%0.5%
Haitian1.3%2.3%0.3%
West Indian0.5%——
Puerto Rican9.7%5.6%1.8%
Mexican3.2%3.3%11.3%
Cuban2.0%7.3%0.7%
Dominican1.6%1.3%0.7%
Colombian1.0%2.1%0.4%
Venezuelan1.0%1.6%—
Guatemalan0.2%—0.5%
Honduran0.2%0.6%0.3%
Asian Indian0.5%0.9%1.4%
Filipino0.2%0.5%0.9%
Chinese0.1%0.5%1.3%
Vietnamese0.1%0.4%0.6%
Native Hawaiian0.7%——
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
Leesburg
Florida
United States
Median age
46.2
43.1
39.1
Age 18–24
5.6%
8.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
28.2%
21.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Leesburg
Florida
United States
Median household income
$52,880
$74,568
$84,427
Poverty rate
16.4%
12.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
21.3%
34.2%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Leesburg
Florida
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
18.5%
30.7%
22.3%
Spanish
15.7%
22.6%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
1.3%
2.7%
0.7%
Religious landscape
Measure
Leesburg
Florida
United States
Catholic
—
19.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
18.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
53.1%
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.
Leesburg, Florida
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−8.4%
2008
−0.3%
2012
−5.4%
2016
−8.8%
2020
−10.5%
2024
−24.8%
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
36.8%Harris6,045
61.6%Trump10,121
1.6%
R+24.8
R+14.4
R+23.3
16,425
R
44.3%Biden5,440
54.8%Trump6,724
0.9%
R+10.5
R+1.7
R+14.9
12,277
R
44.0%Clinton4,442
52.8%Trump5,331
3.3%
R+8.8
R+3.4
R+10.9
10,105
R
46.8%Obama4,485
52.3%Romney5,006
0.9%
R+5.4
R+5.1
R+9.3
9,578
R
49.3%Obama5,013
49.6%McCain5,046
1.2%
R+0.3
D+8.1
R+7.6
10,178
R
45.2%Kerry3,832
53.6%Bush4,547
1.2%
R+8.4
—
R+6.0
8,481
Leesburg sits in Lake County's chain-of-lakes corridor and draws a disproportionately older population, giving it turnout rates and issue priorities that diverge sharply from Florida's younger urban centers.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 24.8 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 14.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 24.8 points.
A population of 30,807, a 52% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $52,880 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Eustis and Bayonet Point.
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, Leesburg, Florida voted Republican by 24.8 points (R+24.8), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 16,425 votes cast, 6,045 went Democratic and 10,121 went Republican.
How many people live in Leesburg, Florida?
Leesburg, Florida has a population of 30,807 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Leesburg, Florida?
Median household income in Leesburg, Florida is $52,880 — below the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.
What is the political history of Leesburg, Florida?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Leesburg, Florida from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
