San Francisco County, California: New American county. In 2024, voted D+65%. Democratic peak: D+75 in 2016.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+65MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 830,2352024 5-year
- Median household income
- $140,9702024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 39.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 5.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 16.2%2024 5-year
- County seat
- San Francisco
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+75 in 2016MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+43 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Baltimore city, MD · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of San Francisco CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for San Francisco 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 | −1.9% |
| 1880 | +5.8% |
| 1884 | −9.0% |
| 1888 | +5.4% |
| 1892 | +11.3% |
| 1896 | −0.6% |
| 1900 | −15.8% |
| 1904 | −33.3% |
| 1908 | −19.8% |
| 1912 | +48.4% |
| 1916 | +10.1% |
| 1920 | −43.0% |
| 1924 | −41.4% |
| 1928 | +0.3% |
| 1932 | +33.2% |
| 1936 | +49.3% |
| 1940 | +20.3% |
| 1944 | +21.6% |
| 1948 | +2.2% |
| 1952 | −5.9% |
| 1956 | −3.5% |
| 1960 | +16.0% |
| 1964 | +42.5% |
| 1968 | +25.5% |
| 1972 | +14.2% |
| 1976 | +11.7% |
| 1980 | +20.6% |
| 1984 | +35.9% |
| 1988 | +46.6% |
| 1992 | +54.6% |
| 1996 | +56.6% |
| 2000 | +59.4% |
| 2004 | +67.8% |
| 2008 | +70.3% |
| 2012 | +70.4% |
| 2016 | +75.2% |
| 2020 | +72.5% |
| 2024 | +64.8% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 323,719 | 62,594 | 402,997 | ||
| D | 378,156 | 56,417 | 443,553 | ||
| D | 345,084 | 37,688 | 408,541 | ||
| D | 301,723 | 47,076 | 361,795 | ||
| D | 322,220 | 52,292 | 383,796 | ||
| D | 296,772 | 54,355 | 357,465 | ||
| D | 241,578 | 51,496 | 319,786 | ||
| D | 209,777 | 45,479 | 290,385 | ||
| D | 233,263 | 57,352 | 322,207 | ||
| D | 201,887 | 72,503 | 277,394 | ||
| D | 193,278 | 90,219 | 286,972 | ||
| D | 133,184 | 80,967 | 254,028 | ||
| D | 133,733 | 103,561 | 256,888 | ||
| D | 170,882 | 127,461 | 304,770 | ||
| D | 177,509 | 100,970 | 299,947 | ||
| D | 230,758 | 92,994 | 323,908 | ||
| D | 197,734 | 143,001 | 342,219 | ||
| R | 161,766 | 173,648 | 336,967 | ||
| R | 167,282 | 188,531 | 359,949 | ||
| D | 167,726 | 160,135 | 350,709 | ||
| D | 208,609 | 134,163 | 344,731 | ||
| D | 185,607 | 122,449 | 311,878 | ||
| D | 196,197 | 65,436 | 265,001 | ||
| D | 144,236 | 70,152 | 223,197 | ||
| D | 96,632 | 95,987 | 195,468 | ||
| R | 9,811 | 73,494 | 153,920 | ||
| R | 32,637 | 96,105 | 147,450 | ||
| D | 78,225 | 63,093 | 149,152 | ||
| O | 48,953 | 0 | 101,148 | ||
| R | 21,260 | 33,184 | 60,124 | ||
| R | 18,027 | 39,816 | 65,427 | ||
| R | 25,212 | 35,208 | 63,202 | ||
| R | 30,649 | 31,041 | 63,086 | ||
| D | 31,022 | 24,416 | 58,435 | ||
| D | 28,699 | 25,708 | 55,717 | ||
| R | 21,202 | 25,509 | 47,719 | ||
| D | 21,471 | 19,080 | 41,239 | ||
| R | 20,399 | 21,172 | 41,572 |
Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
Irish
7.6%
German
7.1%
English
6.4%
Italian
4.5%
French
2.1%
American
2.0%
Polish
1.8%
African American
4.0%
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: 40.0 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
$140,970
San Francisco County ranks in the top 0.5% of US counties.
San Francisco County$140,970
California$99,122
United States$80,734
San Francisco 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
11.2%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 189.0%
Working age (18–64)10.7%
Seniors (65+)19.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
56.4%
speak English only
Asian & Pacific Islander24.7%
Spanish11.1%
Other Indo-European6.7%
Other languages1.0%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 64.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
San Francisco County returns Democratic presidential margins exceeding 60 points, reflecting a highly educated, dense electorate where registered Republicans account for a small single-digit share of voters.
San Francisco County has leaned Democratic in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of seventy-five points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved eight 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 39% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $140,970, and a population of 830,235. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Baltimore city and St. Louis city.
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Frequently asked questions
How did San Francisco County, California vote in 2024?
In 2024, San Francisco County, California voted Democratic by 64.8 points (D+65), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 402,997 votes cast, 323,719 went Democratic and 62,594 went Republican.
What is San Francisco County, California's political typology?
Akashic places San Francisco 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 27 times, Republican 10 times, and other 1 times.
When did San Francisco County, California last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which San Francisco County, California voted Republican was 1956.
How many people live in San Francisco County, California?
San Francisco County, California has a population of 830,235 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in San Francisco County, California?
Median household income in San Francisco County, California is $140,970 — above the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of San Francisco County, California?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in San Francisco County, California from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 27 went Democratic and 10 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.