combined metro areaSan Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA
presidential margin
2004–2024 · Democratic minus Republican
2004D+33.7
2008D+44.0
2012D+43.8
2016D+49.4
2020D+47.9
2024D+39.4
full record · 1892 → 2024
presidential returns
2024 turnout 63.2% of 5,999,983 citizens 18+
Year
Democrat
Republican
Others
Total
CVAP
Turnout
2024
2,574,701
1,080,604
136,121
3,791,426
5,999,983
63.2%
2020
3,079,251
1,052,560
97,854
4,229,665
5,988,336
70.6%
2016
2,526,903
769,857
257,305
3,554,065
5,728,805
62.0%
2012
2,278,614
860,373
96,250
3,235,237
5,378,145
60.2%
2008
2,392,586
907,759
73,684
3,374,029
5,159,581
65.4%
2004
2,047,750
1,005,231
43,293
3,096,274
4,941,017†
62.7%
† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
D+60R+60
13 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
GroupSan Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CACaliforniaUnited States
German6.7%6.8%12.5%
English6.3%6.3%9.5%
Irish6.1%5.9%9.4%
Italian3.9%3.4%4.8%
American2.0%2.8%5.3%
French1.4%1.3%1.6%
Portuguese1.1%——
Scottish0.7%0.9%1.3%
Mexican22.4%32.3%11.3%
Salvadoran1.5%2.0%0.7%
Guatemalan1.0%1.3%0.5%
Puerto Rican0.6%0.6%1.8%
Spaniard0.5%0.3%—
Nicaraguan0.5%0.3%—
Spanish0.4%0.3%—
Peruvian0.3%——
Chinese8.1%3.9%1.3%
Asian Indian5.7%2.3%1.4%
Filipino4.8%3.3%0.9%
Vietnamese2.4%1.7%0.6%
Korean1.0%1.2%0.4%
Japanese0.7%0.6%0.2%
Taiwanese0.4%0.3%—
Pakistani0.3%——
African American†4.4%4.4%9.9%
African0.3%0.3%0.5%
Aztec0.3%0.3%—
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
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA
California
United States
Median age
38.8
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
8.4%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.0%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA
California
United States
Median household income
$129,856
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
9.5%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
45.8%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
44.7%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
20.1%
28.4%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
5.3%
3.4%
2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
7.0%
3.5%
1.1%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
3.3%
2.0%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA
California
United States
Catholic
23.1%
26.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
6.9%
9.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
59.6%
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.
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+3.2%
1896
−6.2%
1900
−18.3%
1904
−37.3%
1908
−26.5%
1912
+44.1%
1916
+2.9%
1920
−43.7%
1924
−47.3%
1928
−18.1%
1932
+20.5%
1936
+37.0%
1940
+13.6%
1944
+15.8%
1948
−0.3%
1952
−10.1%
1956
−8.6%
1960
+3.7%
1964
+31.3%
1968
+8.5%
1972
−1.5%
1976
+4.3%
1980
−4.5%
1984
+1.0%
1988
+14.6%
1992
+28.3%
1996
+28.8%
2000
+29.7%
2004
+33.7%
2008
+44.0%
2012
+43.8%
2016
+49.4%
2020
+47.9%
2024
+39.4%
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
67.9%Harris2,574,701
28.5%Trump1,080,604
1.4%Stein53,230 +4
D+39.4
R+8.5
D+40.9
3,791,426
All 7 candidates in 2024 · 5 minor / independent
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic67.9%2,574,701
Donald J TrumpRepublican28.5%1,080,604
Jill SteinIndependent1.4%53,230
Robert F Kennedy Jr.Independent1.2%45,193
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.6%20,981
Chase OliverLibertarian0.4%16,584
OtherAll other candidates0.0%133
D
72.8%Biden3,079,251
24.9%Trump1,052,560
2.3%
D+47.9
R+1.5
D+43.5
4,229,665
D
71.1%Clinton2,526,903
21.7%Trump769,857
7.2%
D+49.4
D+5.6
D+47.3
3,554,065
D
70.4%Obama2,278,614
26.6%Romney860,373
3.0%
D+43.8
R+0.2
D+40.0
3,235,237
D
70.9%Obama2,392,586
26.9%McCain907,759
2.2%
D+44.0
D+10.3
D+36.7
3,374,029
D
66.1%Kerry2,047,750
32.5%Bush1,005,231
1.4%
D+33.7
D+4.0
D+36.1
3,096,274
D
62.0%Gore1,725,099
32.4%Bush900,008
5.6%
D+29.7
D+0.9
D+29.2
2,780,847
D
58.9%Clinton1,524,830
30.2%Dole780,239
10.9%
D+28.8
D+0.5
D+20.3
2,587,645
D
54.7%Clinton1,580,377
26.4%Bush763,222
18.9%
D+28.3
D+13.7
D+22.7
2,888,241
D
56.6%Dukakis1,441,452
42.0%Bush1,070,057
1.3%
D+14.6
D+13.6
D+22.3
2,545,309
D
49.8%Mondale1,247,522
48.9%Reagan1,223,472
1.3%
D+1.0
D+5.5
D+19.2
2,503,045
R
40.5%Carter907,928
45.1%Reagan1,009,135
14.4%
R+4.5
R+8.8
D+5.2
2,239,499
D
50.0%Carter1,044,414
45.8%Ford955,691
4.2%
D+4.3
D+5.7
D+2.2
2,087,229
R
47.9%McGovern1,074,713
49.3%Nixon1,107,582
2.8%
R+1.5
R+10.0
D+21.7
2,245,172
D
50.3%Humphrey968,206
41.8%Nixon804,003
7.9%
D+8.5
R+22.7
D+9.2
1,924,741
D
65.6%Johnson1,224,073
34.3%Goldwater640,464
0.1%
D+31.3
D+27.6
D+8.7
1,867,142
D
51.7%Kennedy899,950
48.0%Nixon835,636
0.4%
D+3.7
D+12.3
D+3.5
1,741,840
R
45.5%Stevenson689,646
54.2%Eisenhower820,480
0.3%
R+8.6
D+1.5
D+6.8
1,514,928
R
44.5%Stevenson649,536
54.6%Eisenhower796,963
0.8%
R+10.1
R+9.8
D+0.6
1,458,489
R
47.3%Truman559,851
47.5%Dewey562,978
5.2%
R+0.3
R+16.0
R+4.7
1,184,718
D
57.6%Roosevelt614,291
41.9%Dewey446,244
0.5%
D+15.8
D+2.2
D+8.3
1,065,797
D
56.2%Roosevelt534,856
42.6%Willkie405,822
1.2%
D+13.6
R+23.4
D+3.6
952,079
D
67.9%Roosevelt534,359
30.9%Landon243,117
1.3%
D+37.0
D+16.5
D+12.7
787,435
D
58.2%Roosevelt392,425
37.7%Hoover254,493
4.1%
D+20.5
D+38.5
D+2.7
674,390
R
40.4%Smith232,240
58.4%Hoover336,051
1.2%
R+18.1
D+29.3
R+0.6
574,943
R
6.9%Davis30,102
54.3%Coolidge235,401
38.8%
R+47.3
R+3.6
R+22.1
433,833
R
22.7%Cox86,053
66.4%Harding251,766
10.9%
R+43.7
R+46.6
R+17.5
379,120
D
48.3%Wilson185,070
45.3%Hughes173,880
6.4%
D+2.9
R+41.2
R+0.2
383,511
O
44.1%Wilson115,443
0.0%Taft0
55.9%
Roosevelt +11.8
D+70.6
D+24.6
261,778
R
31.2%Bryan47,619
57.8%Taft88,030
11.0%
R+26.5
D+10.8
R+17.0
152,385
R
26.0%Parker37,112
63.3%Roosevelt90,355
10.7%
R+37.3
R+19.0
R+17.6
142,812
R
38.7%Bryan51,202
57.0%McKinley75,345
4.3%
R+18.3
R+12.1
R+10.7
132,174
R
45.8%Bryan60,163
52.0%McKinley68,266
2.1%
R+6.2
R+9.4
R+0.1
131,238
D
47.3%Cleveland56,997
44.1%Harrison53,096
8.6%
D+3.2
—
D+1.6
120,501
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
68.9%2,514,663
31.1%1,132,934
3,647,597
2022
D
71.8%1,950,490
28.2%767,437
2,717,927
2018
D
100.0%2,910,453
0.0%0
2,910,453
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024D+35.6
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+39.4
Registration leans Democratic; the presidential vote runs 3.8 points more Republican.
5,176,228 registered voters · 2024 · up from 5,070,119 in 2022
Domestic migration in San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA in San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+1,062
2012
+11,019
2013
+10,184
2014
+13,360
2015
+2,505
2016
−26,474
2017
−41,770
2018
−44,700
2019
−55,584
2021
−200,495
2022
−123,532
2023
−97,053
2024
−69,154
2025
−56,259
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA sits in the Pacific Coast. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 49.4 points in 2016 and a Republican high of 47.3 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 8.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 39.4 points.
A population of 9,107,604, a 33% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $129,856 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Seattle-Tacoma, WA and Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA.
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How did San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA, California vote in 2024?
In 2024, San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA, California voted Democratic by 39.4 points (D+39.4), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 3,791,426 votes cast, 2,574,701 went Democratic and 1,080,604 went Republican.
When did San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA, California last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA, California voted Republican was 1980.
How many people live in San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA, California?
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA, California has a population of 9,107,604 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA, California?
Median household income in San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA, California is $129,856 — above the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA, California?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA, California from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 21 went Democratic and 12 went Republican.
