Sacramento County, California: New American county. In 2024, voted D+20%. Democratic peak: D+58 in 1936.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+20MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 1,594,0062024 5-year
- Median household income
- $92,1752024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 44.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 9.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 24.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+58 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+42 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Bibb County, GA · similarity 0.98
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Sacramento CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Sacramento County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
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Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | −21.4% |
| 1880 | −14.4% |
| 1884 | −23.5% |
| 1888 | −15.6% |
| 1892 | −9.7% |
| 1896 | +2.4% |
| 1900 | −11.8% |
| 1904 | −41.9% |
| 1908 | −16.8% |
| 1912 | +51.4% |
| 1916 | +14.4% |
| 1920 | −35.2% |
| 1924 | −34.1% |
| 1928 | −2.6% |
| 1932 | +41.6% |
| 1936 | +58.4% |
| 1940 | +37.3% |
| 1944 | +33.1% |
| 1948 | +20.6% |
| 1952 | +2.5% |
| 1956 | +9.6% |
| 1960 | +13.1% |
| 1964 | +31.5% |
| 1968 | +9.3% |
| 1972 | −1.4% |
| 1976 | +7.6% |
| 1980 | −7.4% |
| 1984 | −12.4% |
| 1988 | −3.4% |
| 1992 | +8.2% |
| 1996 | +9.1% |
| 2000 | +4.0% |
| 2004 | +0.2% |
| 2008 | +19.0% |
| 2012 | +18.9% |
| 2016 | +24.2% |
| 2020 | +25.2% |
| 2024 | +19.7% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 381,564 | 252,140 | 656,747 | ||
| D | 440,808 | 259,405 | 718,440 | ||
| D | 326,023 | 189,789 | 562,285 | ||
| D | 300,503 | 202,514 | 517,582 | ||
| D | 316,506 | 213,583 | 542,859 | ||
| D | 236,657 | 235,539 | 477,866 | ||
| D | 212,792 | 195,619 | 431,550 | ||
| D | 203,019 | 166,049 | 407,414 | ||
| D | 197,540 | 160,366 | 453,512 | ||
| R | 188,557 | 201,832 | 395,690 | ||
| R | 159,128 | 204,922 | 368,841 | ||
| R | 130,031 | 153,721 | 322,120 | ||
| D | 144,203 | 123,110 | 275,876 | ||
| R | 137,287 | 141,218 | 288,221 | ||
| D | 118,769 | 97,177 | 233,246 | ||
| D | 149,668 | 77,871 | 227,871 | ||
| D | 109,695 | 84,252 | 194,756 | ||
| D | 82,134 | 67,686 | 150,080 | ||
| D | 67,053 | 63,788 | 131,641 | ||
| D | 54,197 | 35,074 | 92,842 | ||
| D | 49,204 | 24,611 | 74,218 | ||
| D | 51,351 | 23,201 | 75,416 | ||
| D | 47,265 | 12,119 | 60,184 | ||
| D | 36,370 | 14,553 | 52,465 | ||
| R | 19,684 | 20,762 | 40,849 | ||
| O | 2,285 | 13,400 | 32,617 | ||
| R | 7,150 | 15,634 | 24,100 | ||
| D | 14,538 | 10,696 | 26,613 | ||
| D | 9,869 | 0 | 19,205 | ||
| R | 4,533 | 6,515 | 11,814 | ||
| R | 2,384 | 6,666 | 10,220 | ||
| R | 4,325 | 5,506 | 10,051 | ||
| D | 4,831 | 4,600 | 9,648 | ||
| R | 3,498 | 4,362 | 8,917 | ||
| R | 3,447 | 4,769 | 8,460 | ||
| R | 2,659 | 4,367 | 7,260 | ||
| R | 2,817 | 3,794 | 6,762 | ||
| R | 2,484 | 3,838 | 6,322 |
Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
8.2%
English
7.9%
Irish
6.8%
Italian
3.7%
American
2.4%
French
1.4%
Scottish
1.4%
African American
7.5%
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: 37.5 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
$92,175
Sacramento County ranks in the top 10% of US counties.
Sacramento County$92,175
California$99,122
United States$80,734
Sacramento 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
12.5%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1816.0%
Working age (18–64)11.5%
Seniors (65+)11.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
66.3%
speak English only
Spanish13.2%
Asian & Pacific Islander10.2%
Other Indo-European9.2%
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 60.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Sacramento County anchors California's capital region and has voted Democratic in every presidential race since 1992, though its fast-growing outer suburbs have gradually compressed the margin from the blowout levels seen two decades ago.
Sacramento County has leaned Democratic in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of fifty-eight points in 1936. 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 45% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $92,175, and a population of 1,594,006. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Bibb County and Williamsburg city.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Sacramento County, California vote in 2024?
In 2024, Sacramento County, California voted Democratic by 19.7 points (D+20), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 656,747 votes cast, 381,564 went Democratic and 252,140 went Republican.
What is Sacramento County, California's political typology?
Akashic places Sacramento 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 23 times, Republican 14 times, and other 1 times.
When did Sacramento County, California last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Sacramento County, California voted Republican was 1988.
How many people live in Sacramento County, California?
Sacramento County, California has a population of 1,594,006 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Sacramento County, California?
Median household income in Sacramento County, California is $92,175 — above the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Sacramento County, California?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Sacramento County, California from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 23 went Democratic and 14 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.