Orange County, California: New American county. In 2024, voted D+3%. Republican peak: R+60 in 1928.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+3MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 3,165,8202024 5-year
- Median household income
- $116,2892024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 42.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 34.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+39 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+60 in 1928MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Gwinnett County, GA · similarity 0.97
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Orange CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Orange County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
—
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 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | −5.2% |
| 1896 | −5.8% |
| 1900 | −9.0% |
| 1904 | −36.4% |
| 1908 | −22.1% |
| 1912 | +38.6% |
| 1916 | −22.1% |
| 1920 | −51.9% |
| 1924 | −58.7% |
| 1928 | −59.6% |
| 1932 | +2.5% |
| 1936 | +11.7% |
| 1940 | −12.1% |
| 1944 | −14.4% |
| 1948 | −24.5% |
| 1952 | −40.6% |
| 1956 | −34.5% |
| 1960 | −21.9% |
| 1964 | −11.9% |
| 1968 | −33.3% |
| 1972 | −41.3% |
| 1976 | −26.8% |
| 1980 | −45.3% |
| 1984 | −50.4% |
| 1988 | −36.7% |
| 1992 | −12.3% |
| 1996 | −13.8% |
| 2000 | −15.4% |
| 2004 | −20.7% |
| 2008 | −2.6% |
| 2012 | −6.2% |
| 2016 | +8.6% |
| 2020 | +9.0% |
| 2024 | +2.7% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 691,731 | 654,815 | 1,391,307 | ||
| D | 814,009 | 676,498 | 1,522,113 | ||
| D | 609,961 | 507,148 | 1,197,521 | ||
| R | 512,440 | 582,332 | 1,122,664 | ||
| R | 549,558 | 579,064 | 1,153,687 | ||
| R | 419,239 | 641,832 | 1,075,399 | ||
| R | 391,819 | 541,299 | 970,905 | ||
| R | 327,485 | 446,717 | 864,576 | ||
| R | 306,930 | 426,613 | 972,549 | ||
| R | 269,013 | 586,230 | 865,307 | ||
| R | 206,272 | 635,013 | 850,077 | ||
| R | 176,704 | 529,797 | 780,212 | ||
| R | 232,246 | 408,632 | 657,433 | ||
| R | 176,847 | 448,291 | 656,653 | ||
| R | 148,869 | 314,905 | 498,707 | ||
| R | 176,539 | 224,196 | 401,165 | ||
| R | 112,007 | 174,891 | 287,599 | ||
| R | 54,895 | 113,510 | 169,879 | ||
| R | 32,530 | 77,548 | 110,904 | ||
| R | 29,018 | 48,587 | 79,814 | ||
| R | 28,649 | 38,394 | 67,450 | ||
| R | 28,236 | 36,070 | 64,997 | ||
| D | 29,836 | 23,494 | 54,251 | ||
| D | 23,835 | 22,623 | 49,276 | ||
| R | 7,611 | 30,572 | 38,527 | ||
| R | 2,565 | 19,913 | 29,566 | ||
| R | 3,502 | 12,797 | 17,893 | ||
| R | 6,474 | 10,609 | 18,746 | ||
| O | 4,406 | 0 | 11,421 | ||
| R | 1,911 | 3,244 | 6,037 | ||
| R | 1,034 | 2,665 | 4,476 | ||
| R | 1,777 | 2,155 | 4,206 | ||
| R | 1,712 | 1,932 | 3,784 | ||
| R | 1,000 | 1,152 | 2,899 | ||
| — | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | — | — |
Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
7.5%
English
7.3%
Irish
6.0%
American
4.5%
Italian
3.6%
French
1.4%
Polish
1.3%
African American
1.3%
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: 39.4 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
$116,289
Orange County ranks in the top 0.5% of US counties.
Orange County$116,289
California$99,122
United States$80,734
Orange County ranks in the top 0.5% 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
9.5%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1810.7%
Working age (18–64)8.9%
Seniors (65+)12.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
53.6%
speak English only
Spanish24.3%
Asian & Pacific Islander15.8%
Other Indo-European4.9%
Other languages1.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 50.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Orange County's shift from a reliably conservative anchor to a D+2.6 presidential result in 2024 reflects rapid demographic change, particularly growth among Latino and Asian American voters in cities like Anaheim and Westminster.
Orange County has leaned Democratic in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of thirty-nine points in 1912. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved six 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 43% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $116,289, and a population of 3,165,820. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Gwinnett County and Fort Bend County.
Most similar counties
Compare two places, side by side
Twelve curated comparisons line up election history, demographics, and the divergence story for two places at a glance. Browse all comparisons →
Cite this page
All citations released under CC BY 4.0. Attribution: Akashic Intelligence.
Orange County, California. Akashic. https://akashic.app/county/06059/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
License: CC BY 4.0
More in California
More new american counties
Frequently asked questions
How did Orange County, California vote in 2024?
In 2024, Orange County, California voted Democratic by 2.7 points (D+3), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 1,391,307 votes cast, 691,731 went Democratic and 654,815 went Republican.
What is Orange County, California's political typology?
Akashic places Orange 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 5 times, Republican 28 times, and other 1 times.
When did Orange County, California last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Orange County, California voted Republican was 2012.
How many people live in Orange County, California?
Orange County, California has a population of 3,165,820 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Orange County, California?
Median household income in Orange County, California is $116,289 — above the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Orange County, California?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Orange County, California from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 28 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.