† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
D+60R+60
5 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupLos Angeles-Long Beach, CACaliforniaUnited States
Mexican36.8%32.3%11.3%
Salvadoran3.1%2.0%0.7%
Guatemalan2.0%1.3%0.5%
Puerto Rican0.5%0.6%1.8%
Honduran0.4%—0.3%
Colombian0.3%0.3%0.4%
Cuban0.3%—0.7%
Nicaraguan0.3%0.3%—
German5.5%6.8%12.5%
English5.0%6.3%9.5%
Irish4.6%5.9%9.4%
American3.2%2.8%5.3%
Italian2.8%3.4%4.8%
French1.1%1.3%1.6%
Polish1.1%0.9%2.2%
Armenian1.1%——
Chinese3.4%3.9%1.3%
Filipino3.0%3.3%0.9%
Vietnamese2.0%1.7%0.6%
Korean1.8%1.2%0.4%
Asian Indian1.1%2.3%1.4%
Japanese0.7%0.6%0.2%
Taiwanese0.3%0.3%—
Cambodian0.2%——
African American†5.2%4.4%9.9%
African0.3%0.3%0.5%
Nigerian0.2%—0.2%
Aztec0.4%0.3%—
Maya0.2%——
Samoan0.1%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA
California
United States
Median age
37.9
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
9.0%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
15.1%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA
California
United States
Median household income
$95,333
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.3%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
34.5%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
49.9%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
34.4%
28.4%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
3.2%
3.4%
2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
3.2%
3.5%
1.1%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)
2.0%
2.1%
0.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA
California
United States
Catholic
29.5%
26.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
9.6%
9.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
51.2%
55.2%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−10.3%
1896
−3.2%
1900
−16.9%
1904
−44.0%
1908
−26.1%
1912
+34.0%
1916
−9.7%
1920
−47.2%
1924
−57.5%
1928
−43.2%
1932
+16.8%
1936
+32.7%
1940
+15.4%
1944
+12.2%
1948
−0.8%
1952
−14.3%
1956
−13.0%
1960
−2.0%
1964
+11.9%
1968
−7.3%
1972
−19.0%
1976
−4.0%
1980
−20.4%
1984
−22.4%
1988
−8.8%
1992
+11.1%
1996
+12.9%
2000
+13.4%
2004
+8.1%
2008
+23.2%
2012
+22.8%
2016
+30.8%
2020
+28.2%
2024
+18.0%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
57.4%Harris4,140,160
39.5%Trump2,845,671
1.2%Kennedy88,626 +4
D+18.0
R+10.3
D+19.4
7,209,106
All 7 candidates in 2024 · 5 minor / independent
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic57.4%4,140,160
Donald J TrumpRepublican39.5%2,845,671
Robert F Kennedy Jr.Independent1.2%88,626
Jill SteinIndependent1.0%73,738
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.5%33,864
Chase OliverLibertarian0.4%26,857
OtherAll other candidates0.0%190
D
63.0%Biden5,078,481
34.7%Trump2,799,636
2.3%
D+28.2
R+2.6
D+23.8
8,067,169
D
62.3%Clinton3,983,255
31.5%Trump2,013,697
6.2%
D+30.8
D+8.0
D+28.7
6,393,310
D
60.1%Obama3,534,444
37.4%Romney2,196,108
2.5%
D+22.8
R+0.4
D+18.9
5,877,489
D
60.6%Obama3,673,749
37.4%McCain2,268,791
2.0%
D+23.2
D+15.1
D+15.9
6,066,609
D
53.4%Kerry2,932,429
45.3%Bush2,490,150
1.3%
D+8.1
R+5.3
D+10.5
5,492,727
D
54.6%Gore2,652,907
41.3%Bush2,003,114
4.1%
D+13.4
D+0.5
D+12.9
4,854,771
D
51.3%Clinton2,220,837
38.3%Dole1,661,209
10.4%
D+12.9
D+1.8
D+4.4
4,331,752
D
45.0%Clinton2,202,345
33.8%Bush1,657,151
21.2%
D+11.1
D+19.9
D+5.6
4,897,944
R
45.0%Dukakis2,014,670
53.8%Bush2,408,696
1.2%
R+8.8
D+13.6
R+1.1
4,477,807
R
38.3%Mondale1,650,231
60.6%Reagan2,614,904
1.1%
R+22.4
R+1.9
R+4.1
4,313,360
R
35.0%Carter1,381,285
55.5%Reagan2,187,859
9.5%
R+20.4
R+16.4
R+10.7
3,944,137
R
46.7%Carter1,728,532
50.7%Ford1,877,267
2.5%
R+4.0
D+15.0
R+6.1
3,699,353
R
38.7%McGovern1,573,708
57.7%Nixon2,346,127
3.6%
R+19.0
R+11.7
D+4.2
4,066,488
R
43.0%Humphrey1,570,478
50.3%Nixon1,836,478
6.8%
R+7.3
R+19.2
R+6.6
3,654,236
D
55.9%Johnson2,006,184
44.0%Goldwater1,578,837
0.1%
D+11.9
D+13.9
R+10.7
3,587,509
R
48.9%Kennedy1,612,924
50.8%Nixon1,677,962
0.3%
R+2.0
D+11.0
R+2.1
3,301,410
R
43.3%Stevenson1,188,102
56.3%Eisenhower1,543,087
0.4%
R+13.0
D+1.3
D+2.5
2,741,051
R
42.3%Stevenson1,084,743
56.6%Eisenhower1,450,706
1.1%
R+14.3
R+13.4
R+3.5
2,562,533
R
46.5%Truman928,804
47.4%Dewey945,528
6.1%
R+0.8
R+13.0
R+5.3
1,995,647
D
55.8%Roosevelt989,212
43.6%Dewey773,158
0.6%
D+12.2
R+3.3
D+4.7
1,772,771
D
57.1%Roosevelt923,659
41.6%Willkie673,851
1.3%
D+15.4
R+17.3
D+5.5
1,618,158
D
65.7%Roosevelt851,537
33.0%Landon427,367
1.4%
D+32.7
D+15.9
D+8.4
1,296,987
D
56.2%Roosevelt626,858
39.4%Hoover439,475
4.4%
D+16.8
D+60.0
R+1.0
1,115,065
R
27.9%Smith235,478
71.1%Hoover599,944
1.1%
R+43.2
D+14.3
R+25.7
844,372
R
7.6%Davis40,982
65.1%Coolidge350,886
27.3%
R+57.5
R+10.3
R+32.3
539,355
R
21.8%Cox68,886
69.0%Harding217,787
9.2%
R+47.2
R+37.5
R+21.0
315,585
R
41.5%Wilson137,338
51.2%Hughes169,527
7.3%
R+9.7
R+43.7
R+12.9
331,064
O
34.0%Wilson70,422
0.0%Taft0
66.0%
Roosevelt +32.0
D+60.1
D+14.5
206,996
R
30.1%Bryan29,227
56.2%Taft54,549
13.6%
R+26.1
D+17.8
R+16.6
96,990
R
21.1%Parker14,155
65.0%Roosevelt43,689
13.9%
R+44.0
R+27.1
R+24.3
67,197
R
37.9%Bryan19,749
54.8%McKinley28,527
7.3%
R+16.9
R+13.7
R+9.3
52,064
R
46.7%Bryan23,644
49.9%McKinley25,257
3.4%
R+3.2
D+7.2
D+2.9
50,600
R
35.1%Cleveland12,623
45.4%Harrison16,347
19.5%
R+10.3
—
R+12.0
35,998
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
D
57.8%4,020,333
42.2%2,937,709
6,958,042
2022
D
60.3%2,813,124
39.7%1,850,077
4,663,201
2018
D
100.0%4,915,384
0.0%0
4,915,384
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024D+21.6
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+18.0
Registration leans Democratic; the presidential vote runs 3.6 points more Democratic.
10,585,973 registered voters · 2024 · up from 10,371,535 in 2022
Domestic migration in Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA in Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−35,921
2012
−35,278
2013
−49,453
2014
−61,279
2015
−69,903
2016
−83,048
2017
−90,753
2018
−101,655
2019
−115,103
2021
−208,022
2022
−178,277
2023
−167,635
2024
−126,065
2025
−133,022
Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA sits in the Pacific Coast. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 34.0 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 57.5 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 10.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 18.0 points.
A population of 18,487,660, a 28% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $95,333 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Las Vegas-Henderson, NV and San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA.
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How did Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA, California vote in 2024?
In 2024, Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA, California voted Democratic by 18.0 points (D+18.0), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 7,209,106 votes cast, 4,140,160 went Democratic and 2,845,671 went Republican.
When did Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA, California last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA, California voted Republican was 1988.
How many people live in Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA, California?
Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA, California has a population of 18,487,660 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA, California?
Median household income in Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA, California is $95,333 — above the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA, California?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA, California from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 14 went Democratic and 19 went Republican.
