Plumas County, California
Precinct data
Results by precinct
28 precincts · 10,067 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
| Precinct -1313 | 365 | 402 | 23 | 790 | 46.2% | 50.9% | R+4.7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precinct -1717 | 308 | 418 | 28 | 754 | 40.8% | 55.4% | R+14.6 |
| Precinct -1212 | 219 | 389 | 22 | 630 | 34.8% | 61.7% | R+27.0 |
| Precinct -2828 | 170 | 437 | 20 | 627 | 27.1% | 69.7% | R+42.6 |
| Precinct -2727 | 184 | 375 | 17 | 576 | 31.9% | 65.1% | R+33.2 |
| Precinct -1414 | 248 | 277 | 17 | 542 | 45.8% | 51.1% | R+5.4 |
| Precinct -1111 | 189 | 322 | 11 | 522 | 36.2% | 61.7% | R+25.5 |
| Precinct -2020 | 251 | 218 | 19 | 488 | 51.4% | 44.7% | D+6.8 |
| Precinct -2929 | 139 | 333 | 5 | 477 | 29.1% | 69.8% | R+40.7 |
| Precinct -2121 | 271 | 153 | 22 | 446 | 60.8% | 34.3% | D+26.5 |
| Precinct -1818 | 197 | 198 | 17 | 412 | 47.8% | 48.1% | R+0.2 |
| Precinct -1919 | 172 | 223 | 14 | 409 | 42.1% | 54.5% | R+12.5 |
| Precinct -2626 | 130 | 248 | 8 | 386 | 33.7% | 64.2% | R+30.6 |
| Precinct -2323 | 143 | 224 | 17 | 384 | 37.2% | 58.3% | R+21.1 |
| Precinct -1616 | 132 | 195 | 8 | 335 | 39.4% | 58.2% | R+18.8 |
| Precinct -0202 | 103 | 214 | 5 | 322 | 32.0% | 66.5% | R+34.5 |
| Precinct -1010 | 146 | 166 | 8 | 320 | 45.6% | 51.9% | R+6.3 |
| Precinct -1515 | 131 | 145 | 13 | 289 | 45.3% | 50.2% | R+4.8 |
| Precinct -0101 | 46 | 222 | 11 | 279 | 16.5% | 79.6% | R+63.1 |
| Precinct -2525 | 103 | 150 | 10 | 263 | 39.2% | 57.0% | R+17.9 |
| Precinct -0505 | 151 | 95 | 11 | 257 | 58.8% | 37.0% | D+21.8 |
| Precinct -0303 | 77 | 90 | 6 | 173 | 44.5% | 52.0% | R+7.5 |
| Precinct -2424 | 52 | 85 | 7 | 144 | 36.1% | 59.0% | R+22.9 |
| Precinct -2222 | 47 | 91 | 2 | 140 | 33.6% | 65.0% | R+31.4 |
| Precinct -0707 | 26 | 23 | 1 | 50 | 52.0% | 46.0% | D+6.0 |
| Precinct -0808 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 34 | 55.9% | 44.1% | D+11.8 |
| Precinct -0404 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 7.1% | 92.9% | R+85.7 |
| Precinct -0909 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0% | 100.0% | R+100.0 |
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | −7.5% |
| 1880 | −3.9% |
| 1884 | −12.4% |
| 1888 | −6.3% |
| 1892 | −8.5% |
| 1896 | −8.1% |
| 1900 | −18.1% |
| 1904 | −33.2% |
| 1908 | −23.2% |
| 1912 | +41.7% |
| 1916 | +20.0% |
| 1920 | −38.2% |
| 1924 | −22.3% |
| 1928 | +6.4% |
| 1932 | +54.1% |
| 1936 | +59.0% |
| 1940 | +45.3% |
| 1944 | +39.9% |
| 1948 | +29.0% |
| 1952 | +11.9% |
| 1956 | +15.9% |
| 1960 | +24.5% |
| 1964 | +40.8% |
| 1968 | +15.4% |
| 1972 | +1.7% |
| 1976 | +8.3% |
| 1980 | −15.6% |
| 1984 | −15.0% |
| 1988 | −3.9% |
| 1992 | +1.4% |
| 1996 | −14.0% |
| 2000 | −27.7% |
| 2004 | −24.8% |
| 2008 | −12.0% |
| 2012 | −16.8% |
| 2016 | −19.9% |
| 2020 | −16.7% |
| 2024 | −16.9% |
U.S. Senate
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Registration and the presidential vote track closely here — within 0.8 points.
13,589 registered voters · 2024 · down from 13,839 in 2022
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
−78 net domestic migration · 2025
Net −1,280 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $65,688 in average income, against $80,825 for residents who stayed — 19% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean R+6.3 on average — 11 points more Democratic-leaning than Plumas County, CA itself (R+16.9).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
- Washoe County, NV61D+1.0
- Butte County, CA32R+3.1
- Lassen County, CA23R+54.0
- Sacramento County, CA21D+19.7
Where departures went households, 2022–23
- Washoe County, NV77
- Butte County, CA43
- Lassen County, CA26
Migration is one input to a place’s political change, not its cause — a shift can also come from residents changing their minds, generational turnover, or turnout. These figures describe the places people moved between; they do not measure how any mover voted.
| Year | Net domestic migration |
|---|---|
| 2011 | −148 |
| 2012 | −308 |
| 2013 | −364 |
| 2014 | −199 |
| 2015 | −108 |
| 2016 | +293 |
| 2017 | +13 |
| 2018 | +138 |
| 2019 | +126 |
| 2021 | +370 |
| 2022 | −512 |
| 2023 | −261 |
| 2024 | −242 |
| 2025 | −78 |
Plumas County's economy has long centered on timber, ranching, and outdoor recreation, and its sparse, rural population consistently produces some of the widest Republican margins among California's mountain counties.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 59.0 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 38.2 points in 1920. The 2024 margin was 16.9 points.
A population of 19,423, a 81% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $66,031 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Siskiyou County and Curry County.
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Plumas County, California. Akashic. https://akashic.app/county/06063/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.