Los Angeles County, California: New American county. In 2024, voted D+33%. Republican peak: R+58 in 1924.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+33MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 9,808,6672024 5-year
- Median household income
- $90,1122024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 30.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 7.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 48.4%2024 5-year
- County seat
- Los Angeles
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+49 in 2016MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+58 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Santa Clara County, CA · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Los Angeles CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Los Angeles County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
Turnout—
Harris +50Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | +8.6% |
| 1880 | −1.0% |
| 1884 | −8.4% |
| 1888 | −14.6% |
| 1892 | −9.2% |
| 1896 | −2.5% |
| 1900 | −17.3% |
| 1904 | −46.0% |
| 1908 | −26.6% |
| 1912 | +33.3% |
| 1916 | −8.0% |
| 1920 | −47.5% |
| 1924 | −58.2% |
| 1928 | −41.5% |
| 1932 | +18.6% |
| 1936 | +35.4% |
| 1940 | +17.6% |
| 1944 | +14.1% |
| 1948 | +0.5% |
| 1952 | −12.6% |
| 1956 | −11.1% |
| 1960 | +0.8% |
| 1964 | +14.9% |
| 1968 | −1.6% |
| 1972 | −12.7% |
| 1976 | +1.9% |
| 1980 | −10.0% |
| 1984 | −10.1% |
| 1988 | +5.0% |
| 1992 | +23.5% |
| 1996 | +28.4% |
| 2000 | +31.1% |
| 2004 | +27.5% |
| 2008 | +40.4% |
| 2012 | +41.9% |
| 2016 | +49.3% |
| 2020 | +44.0% |
| 2024 | +32.9% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 2,417,109 | 1,189,862 | 3,729,089 | ||
| D | 3,028,885 | 1,145,530 | 4,283,945 | ||
| D | 2,464,364 | 769,743 | 3,434,308 | ||
| D | 2,216,903 | 885,333 | 3,181,067 | ||
| D | 2,295,853 | 956,425 | 3,318,248 | ||
| D | 1,907,736 | 1,076,225 | 3,023,280 | ||
| D | 1,710,505 | 871,930 | 2,695,154 | ||
| D | 1,430,629 | 746,544 | 2,411,014 | ||
| D | 1,446,529 | 799,607 | 2,753,403 | ||
| D | 1,372,352 | 1,239,716 | 2,644,671 | ||
| R | 1,158,912 | 1,424,113 | 2,612,914 | ||
| R | 979,830 | 1,224,533 | 2,440,185 | ||
| D | 1,221,893 | 1,174,926 | 2,459,077 | ||
| R | 1,189,977 | 1,549,717 | 2,830,370 | ||
| R | 1,223,251 | 1,266,480 | 2,657,982 | ||
| D | 1,568,300 | 1,161,067 | 2,730,918 | ||
| D | 1,323,818 | 1,302,661 | 2,634,499 | ||
| R | 1,007,887 | 1,260,206 | 2,275,424 | ||
| R | 950,093 | 1,226,971 | 2,201,212 | ||
| D | 812,690 | 804,232 | 1,729,082 | ||
| D | 886,252 | 666,441 | 1,561,564 | ||
| D | 822,718 | 574,266 | 1,415,269 | ||
| D | 757,351 | 357,401 | 1,130,415 | ||
| D | 554,476 | 373,738 | 969,594 | ||
| R | 209,945 | 513,526 | 731,301 | ||
| R | 33,554 | 299,675 | 457,457 | ||
| R | 55,661 | 178,117 | 257,770 | ||
| R | 114,070 | 135,554 | 267,921 | ||
| O | 55,110 | 0 | 165,296 | ||
| R | 22,076 | 41,483 | 73,077 | ||
| R | 10,030 | 32,507 | 48,883 | ||
| R | 13,158 | 19,200 | 34,848 | ||
| R | 16,043 | 16,891 | 34,042 | ||
| R | 8,119 | 10,226 | 22,779 | ||
| R | 10,110 | 13,805 | 25,264 | ||
| R | 4,683 | 5,595 | 10,829 | ||
| R | 2,853 | 2,914 | 6,083 | ||
| D | 3,615 | 3,041 | 6,670 |
Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
4.3%
Irish
3.8%
English
3.8%
American
3.1%
Italian
2.5%
Polish
1.1%
French
1.0%
African American
6.2%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 38.2 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$90,112
Los Angeles County ranks in the top 10% of US counties.
Los Angeles County$90,112
California$99,122
United States$80,734
Los Angeles County ranks in the top 10% of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
13.7%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1817.6%
Working age (18–64)12.5%
Seniors (65+)15.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
44.9%
speak English only
Spanish37.6%
Asian & Pacific Islander10.7%
Other Indo-European5.6%
Other languages1.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 49.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Home to one in four Californians, Los Angeles County's sheer size means its margins routinely define the statewide popular-vote gap. Latino residents now outnumber any other group, reshaping the electorate race by race.
Los Angeles County has leaned Democratic in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of forty-nine points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved eleven points toward the Republican candidate — part of the sharpest rightward shift recorded among any group of places in the country.
Its demographics describe the shift: a 31% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $90,112, and a population of 9,808,667. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Santa Clara County and Solano County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Los Angeles County, California vote in 2024?
In 2024, Los Angeles County, California voted Democratic by 32.9 points (D+33), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 3,729,089 votes cast, 2,417,109 went Democratic and 1,189,862 went Republican.
What is Los Angeles County, California's political typology?
Akashic places Los Angeles County, California in the "New American" typology — Communities where a large share of households speak a language other than English — multilingual, Democratic-leaning overall, yet the hardest-swinging bloc toward the Republican Party in 2024. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 19 times, Republican 18 times, and other 1 times.
When did Los Angeles County, California last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Los Angeles County, California voted Republican was 1984.
How many people live in Los Angeles County, California?
Los Angeles County, California has a population of 9,808,667 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Los Angeles County, California?
Median household income in Los Angeles County, California is $90,112 — above the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Los Angeles County, California?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Los Angeles County, California from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 19 went Democratic and 18 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.