† 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
GroupTacomaWashingtonUnited States
German14.0%14.5%12.5%
English10.5%12.1%9.5%
Irish9.7%9.8%9.4%
Norwegian4.1%4.0%—
American3.5%3.8%5.3%
Italian3.2%3.1%4.8%
Scottish2.5%2.6%1.3%
Swedish2.5%1.8%—
Mexican9.3%10.8%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.3%0.5%1.8%
Spaniard0.5%0.4%—
Salvadoran0.4%0.4%0.7%
Spanish0.4%0.3%—
Cuban0.2%—0.7%
Honduran0.2%—0.3%
Panamanian0.2%——
African American†7.4%2.3%9.9%
African0.8%0.4%0.5%
Kenyan0.4%——
Nigerian0.3%—0.2%
Jamaican0.3%—0.4%
Filipino2.5%1.5%0.9%
Korean1.8%0.9%0.4%
Vietnamese1.1%1.1%0.6%
Cambodian1.1%0.3%—
Chinese0.8%2.2%1.3%
Asian Indian0.6%2.0%1.4%
Japanese0.4%0.4%0.2%
Thai0.3%——
Samoan1.3%0.2%—
Chamorro0.9%——
Native Hawaiian0.4%——
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
Tacoma
Washington
United States
Median age
37.2
38.5
39.1
Age 18–24
8.8%
8.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
15.0%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Tacoma
Washington
United States
Median household income
$85,884
$98,141
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.4%
9.9%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
34.5%
39.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Tacoma
Washington
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
18.7%
21.5%
22.3%
Spanish
7.2%
9.1%
13.6%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic
1.5%
1.5%
0.7%
Vietnamese
1.8%
1.0%
0.5%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
3.1%
2.1%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Tacoma
Washington
United States
Catholic
—
10.7%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
20.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
58.8%
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.
Tacoma, Washington
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+27.4%
2008
+35.8%
2012
+37.1%
2016
+36.8%
2020
+41.5%
2024
+41.7%
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
68.8%Harris68,019
27.1%Trump26,791
4.1%
D+41.7
D+0.2
D+43.2
98,905
D
68.9%Biden73,502
27.4%Trump29,223
3.7%
D+41.5
D+4.7
D+37.1
106,657
D
64.2%Clinton52,244
27.4%Trump22,268
8.5%
D+36.8
R+0.3
D+34.7
81,405
D
67.1%Obama54,362
30.0%Romney24,309
2.9%
D+37.1
D+1.3
D+33.2
81,028
D
66.9%Obama51,765
31.1%McCain24,046
2.0%
D+35.8
D+8.4
D+28.5
77,388
D
62.8%Kerry45,038
35.4%Bush25,384
1.9%
D+27.4
—
D+29.8
71,761
Tacoma's blue-collar waterfront economy and majority-minority demographics produce reliably wide Democratic margins in statewide races, though local contests frequently turn on neighborhood-level turnout gaps between the tideflats and the hilltop districts.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 41.7 points in 2024. The 2024 margin was 41.7 points.
A population of 222,758, a 56% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $85,884 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Everett and Arden-Arcade.
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, Tacoma, Washington voted Democratic by 41.7 points (D+41.7), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 98,905 votes cast, 68,019 went Democratic and 26,791 went Republican.
How many people live in Tacoma, Washington?
Tacoma, Washington has a population of 222,758 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Tacoma, Washington?
Median household income in Tacoma, Washington is $85,884 — above the national median of $80,734. The Washington state median is $98,141.
What is the political history of Tacoma, Washington?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Tacoma, Washington from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
