† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
D+60R+60
6 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 AngelesCaliforniaUnited 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
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
California
United States
Median household income
$95,311
$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
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
49.8%
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
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, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−10.5%
1896
−2.7%
1900
−16.4%
1904
−43.8%
1908
−25.7%
1912
+34.1%
1916
−9.6%
1920
−47.0%
1924
−57.4%
1928
−43.1%
1932
+16.8%
1936
+32.7%
1940
+15.4%
1944
+12.2%
1948
−0.9%
1952
−14.3%
1956
−13.0%
1960
−2.0%
1964
+11.9%
1968
−7.3%
1972
−19.0%
1976
−4.0%
1980
−20.5%
1984
−22.4%
1988
−8.8%
1992
+11.1%
1996
+12.9%
2000
+13.3%
2004
+8.0%
2008
+23.1%
2012
+22.7%
2016
+30.8%
2020
+28.2%
2024
+17.9%
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%Harris4,144,361
39.5%Trump2,850,139
1.2%Kennedy88,756 +4
D+17.9
R+10.3
D+19.4
7,218,057
All 7 candidates in 2024 · 5 minor / independent
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic57.4%4,144,361
Donald J TrumpRepublican39.5%2,850,139
Robert F Kennedy Jr.Independent1.2%88,756
Jill SteinIndependent1.0%73,809
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.5%33,904
Chase OliverLibertarian0.4%26,896
OtherAll other candidates0.0%192
D
62.9%Biden5,083,115
34.7%Trump2,804,256
2.3%
D+28.2
R+2.5
D+23.8
8,076,653
D
62.3%Clinton3,986,410
31.5%Trump2,017,945
6.2%
D+30.8
D+8.0
D+28.7
6,401,489
D
60.1%Obama3,537,866
37.4%Romney2,200,448
2.5%
D+22.7
R+0.4
D+18.9
5,885,525
D
60.5%Obama3,677,492
37.4%McCain2,273,314
2.0%
D+23.1
D+15.1
D+15.8
6,075,163
D
53.4%Kerry2,935,779
45.4%Bush2,495,241
1.3%
D+8.0
R+5.3
D+10.5
5,501,343
D
54.6%Gore2,655,559
41.3%Bush2,007,827
4.1%
D+13.3
D+0.5
D+12.8
4,862,586
D
51.2%Clinton2,223,438
38.4%Dole1,665,133
10.4%
D+12.9
D+1.8
D+4.3
4,339,321
D
44.9%Clinton2,205,040
33.9%Bush1,660,840
21.2%
D+11.1
D+19.9
D+5.5
4,906,408
R
45.0%Dukakis2,017,323
53.8%Bush2,413,738
1.2%
R+8.8
D+13.6
R+1.1
4,485,644
R
38.2%Mondale1,652,591
60.6%Reagan2,620,767
1.1%
R+22.4
R+1.9
R+4.2
4,321,698
R
35.0%Carter1,383,365
55.5%Reagan2,193,060
9.5%
R+20.5
R+16.4
R+10.8
3,952,164
R
46.7%Carter1,731,167
50.8%Ford1,881,172
2.5%
R+4.0
D+15.0
R+6.1
3,706,059
R
38.7%McGovern1,575,714
57.7%Nixon2,351,000
3.6%
R+19.0
R+11.7
D+4.1
4,073,647
R
43.0%Humphrey1,572,792
50.3%Nixon1,840,119
6.8%
R+7.3
R+19.2
R+6.6
3,660,923
D
55.9%Johnson2,009,345
44.0%Goldwater1,581,588
0.1%
D+11.9
D+13.9
R+10.7
3,593,424
R
48.8%Kennedy1,615,367
50.8%Nixon1,680,924
0.3%
R+2.0
D+11.0
R+2.1
3,306,830
R
43.3%Stevenson1,189,884
56.3%Eisenhower1,546,611
0.4%
R+13.0
D+1.3
D+2.4
2,746,375
R
42.3%Stevenson1,086,328
56.6%Eisenhower1,454,255
1.1%
R+14.3
R+13.5
R+3.6
2,567,695
R
46.5%Truman930,343
47.4%Dewey947,663
6.1%
R+0.9
R+13.0
R+5.3
1,999,474
D
55.8%Roosevelt990,859
43.6%Dewey774,857
0.6%
D+12.2
R+3.3
D+4.7
1,776,126
D
57.1%Roosevelt925,479
41.6%Willkie675,334
1.3%
D+15.4
R+17.3
D+5.5
1,621,488
D
65.6%Roosevelt853,097
33.0%Landon428,279
1.4%
D+32.7
D+15.9
D+8.4
1,299,488
D
56.2%Roosevelt628,317
39.4%Hoover440,173
4.4%
D+16.8
D+59.9
R+1.0
1,117,323
R
27.9%Smith236,339
71.0%Hoover601,150
1.1%
R+43.1
D+14.3
R+25.6
846,474
R
7.6%Davis41,238
65.0%Coolidge351,836
27.4%
R+57.4
R+10.3
R+32.2
541,354
R
21.9%Cox69,568
68.9%Harding218,982
9.2%
R+47.0
R+37.4
R+20.8
317,674
R
41.5%Wilson138,304
51.2%Hughes170,373
7.3%
R+9.6
R+43.8
R+12.8
333,080
O
34.1%Wilson71,228
0.0%Taft0
65.9%
Roosevelt +31.7
D+59.8
D+14.6
208,623
R
30.3%Bryan29,845
56.0%Taft55,132
13.7%
R+25.7
D+18.1
R+16.1
98,414
R
21.2%Parker14,386
64.9%Roosevelt44,141
13.9%
R+43.8
R+27.4
R+24.1
68,008
R
38.2%Bryan20,254
54.6%McKinley28,923
7.2%
R+16.4
R+13.7
R+8.8
52,999
R
47.0%Bryan24,176
49.7%McKinley25,543
3.3%
R+2.7
D+7.9
D+3.4
51,441
R
35.0%Cleveland12,889
45.5%Harrison16,756
19.4%
R+10.5
—
R+12.2
36,798
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024D+21.6
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+17.9
Registration leans Democratic; the presidential vote runs 3.6 points more Democratic.
10,596,743 registered voters · 2024 · up from 10,382,219 in 2022
Domestic migration in Los Angeles in Los Angeles: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−36,034
2012
−35,346
2013
−49,473
2014
−61,383
2015
−70,112
2016
−83,259
2017
−90,774
2018
−101,607
2019
−115,046
2021
−208,078
2022
−178,434
2023
−167,793
2024
−126,107
2025
−133,076
Los Angeles County's registered voters are majority Latino and Democratic-leaning by wide margins, yet turnout gaps between midterm and presidential cycles routinely shift competitive state legislative races by double digits.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 34.1 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 57.4 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved 10.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 17.9 points.
A population of 18,506,399, a 28% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $95,311 describe the market. The market's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Las Vegas and Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto.
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In 2024, Los Angeles, California voted Democratic by 17.9 points (D+17.9), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 7,218,057 votes cast, 4,144,361 went Democratic and 2,850,139 went Republican.
When did Los Angeles, California last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Los Angeles, California voted Republican was 1988.
How many people live in Los Angeles, California?
Los Angeles, California has a population of 18,506,399 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Los Angeles, California?
Median household income in Los Angeles, California is $95,311 — above the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Los Angeles, California?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Los Angeles, California from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 14 went Democratic and 19 went Republican.
