† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
10 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 Francisco-Oakland-San JoseCaliforniaUnited States
German7.1%6.8%12.5%
English6.9%6.3%9.5%
Irish6.7%5.9%9.4%
Italian4.3%3.4%4.8%
American2.0%2.8%5.3%
French1.6%1.3%1.6%
Polish0.9%0.9%2.2%
Scottish0.7%0.9%1.3%
Chinese9.8%3.9%1.3%
Asian Indian6.2%2.3%1.4%
Filipino4.6%3.3%0.9%
Vietnamese2.8%1.7%0.6%
Korean1.2%1.2%0.4%
Japanese0.8%0.6%0.2%
Taiwanese0.5%0.3%—
Pakistani0.3%——
Mexican17.0%32.3%11.3%
Salvadoran1.6%2.0%0.7%
Guatemalan1.1%1.3%0.5%
Puerto Rican0.6%0.6%1.8%
Nicaraguan0.6%0.3%—
Spaniard0.5%0.3%—
Spanish0.4%0.3%—
Peruvian0.3%——
African American†4.0%4.4%9.9%
African0.2%0.3%0.5%
Ethiopian0.2%——
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 Francisco-Oakland-San Jose
California
United States
Median age
40
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
7.9%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.1%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose
California
United States
Median household income
$139,731
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
8.6%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
51.8%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
44.2%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
17.0%
28.4%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
5.5%
3.4%
2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
8.5%
3.5%
1.1%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
3.4%
2.0%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose
California
United States
Catholic
23.0%
26.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
6.1%
9.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
59.5%
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 Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+4.0%
1896
−7.3%
1900
−19.3%
1904
−38.1%
1908
−28.2%
1912
+43.6%
1916
+0.6%
1920
−45.0%
1924
−47.9%
1928
−17.4%
1932
+19.5%
1936
+35.9%
1940
+13.1%
1944
+15.7%
1948
−1.6%
1952
−11.4%
1956
−10.4%
1960
+3.8%
1964
+31.3%
1968
+8.9%
1972
−0.7%
1976
+3.8%
1980
−3.6%
1984
+3.3%
1988
+17.4%
1992
+31.6%
1996
+32.4%
2000
+34.5%
2004
+40.9%
2008
+50.1%
2012
+49.4%
2016
+55.8%
2020
+55.0%
2024
+47.6%
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
71.9%Harris2,308,786
24.3%Trump780,757
1.5%Stein48,874 +4
D+47.6
R+7.3
D+49.1
3,209,674
All 7 candidates in 2024 · 5 minor / independent
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic71.9%2,308,786
Donald J TrumpRepublican24.3%780,757
Jill SteinIndependent1.5%48,874
Robert F Kennedy Jr.Independent1.2%37,904
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.6%18,359
Chase OliverLibertarian0.5%14,865
OtherAll other candidates0.0%129
D
76.4%Biden2,743,430
21.4%Trump769,302
2.2%
D+55.0
R+0.9
D+50.5
3,592,237
D
74.3%Clinton2,270,699
18.5%Trump564,402
7.3%
D+55.8
D+6.4
D+53.7
3,057,148
D
73.2%Obama2,045,198
23.7%Romney663,422
3.1%
D+49.4
R+0.7
D+45.6
2,794,922
D
74.0%Obama2,163,130
23.8%McCain697,030
2.2%
D+50.1
D+9.3
D+42.9
2,924,210
D
69.7%Kerry1,879,156
28.8%Bush776,972
1.5%
D+40.9
D+6.4
D+43.3
2,697,018
D
64.2%Gore1,559,930
29.7%Bush721,199
6.1%
D+34.5
D+2.1
D+34.0
2,430,342
D
60.5%Clinton1,378,251
28.0%Dole638,744
11.5%
D+32.4
D+0.8
D+23.9
2,279,637
D
56.4%Clinton1,441,543
24.8%Bush633,955
18.8%
D+31.6
D+14.2
D+26.0
2,555,342
D
58.0%Dukakis1,311,169
40.6%Bush917,833
1.4%
D+17.4
D+14.1
D+25.1
2,260,152
D
51.0%Mondale1,138,928
47.7%Reagan1,065,680
1.3%
D+3.3
D+6.9
D+21.5
2,233,955
R
40.7%Carter813,119
44.3%Reagan884,547
15.0%
R+3.6
R+7.4
D+6.2
1,998,235
D
49.7%Carter933,400
45.9%Ford862,030
4.4%
D+3.8
D+4.5
D+1.7
1,877,648
R
48.3%McGovern979,944
49.0%Nixon993,906
2.7%
R+0.7
R+9.6
D+22.5
2,028,581
D
50.6%Humphrey875,091
41.6%Nixon720,390
7.8%
D+8.9
R+22.3
D+9.6
1,730,689
D
65.6%Johnson1,097,834
34.3%Goldwater574,203
0.1%
D+31.3
D+27.4
D+8.7
1,674,450
D
51.7%Kennedy806,256
47.9%Nixon746,445
0.3%
D+3.8
D+14.3
D+3.7
1,558,141
R
44.6%Stevenson602,189
55.0%Eisenhower742,697
0.3%
R+10.4
D+1.0
D+5.0
1,349,227
R
43.9%Stevenson568,436
55.3%Eisenhower715,695
0.8%
R+11.4
R+9.8
R+0.6
1,295,021
R
46.5%Truman491,997
48.0%Dewey508,542
5.5%
R+1.6
R+17.2
R+6.0
1,058,481
D
57.6%Roosevelt549,870
41.9%Dewey400,379
0.5%
D+15.7
D+2.6
D+8.2
954,712
D
55.9%Roosevelt477,329
42.9%Willkie365,953
1.2%
D+13.1
R+22.9
D+3.1
853,453
D
67.3%Roosevelt480,924
31.4%Landon224,376
1.2%
D+35.9
D+16.4
D+11.7
714,107
D
57.8%Roosevelt354,614
38.3%Hoover234,985
3.9%
D+19.5
D+36.9
D+1.7
613,757
R
40.7%Smith214,592
58.1%Hoover306,173
1.2%
R+17.4
D+30.5
D+0.1
526,923
R
6.7%Davis26,369
54.6%Coolidge215,371
38.7%
R+47.9
R+2.9
R+22.7
394,563
R
21.9%Cox75,593
67.0%Harding230,729
11.1%
R+45.0
R+45.7
R+18.8
344,545
D
47.2%Wilson166,524
46.6%Hughes164,300
6.2%
D+0.6
R+43.0
R+2.5
352,519
O
43.6%Wilson104,716
0.0%Taft0
56.4%
Roosevelt +12.8
D+71.8
D+24.1
240,196
R
30.5%Bryan42,986
58.7%Taft82,650
10.8%
R+28.2
D+9.9
R+18.6
140,881
R
25.6%Parker34,440
63.7%Roosevelt85,572
10.7%
R+38.1
R+18.8
R+18.4
134,337
R
38.3%Bryan47,419
57.6%McKinley71,304
4.1%
R+19.3
R+12.0
R+11.7
123,810
R
45.3%Bryan55,517
52.6%McKinley64,398
2.1%
R+7.3
R+11.3
R+1.2
122,461
D
48.0%Cleveland53,200
44.0%Harrison48,759
7.9%
D+4.0
—
D+2.4
110,753
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024D+40.8
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+47.6
Registration leans Democratic; the presidential vote runs 6.8 points more Republican.
4,300,906 registered voters · 2024 · up from 4,206,397 in 2022
Domestic migration in San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose in San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+3,693
2012
+14,339
2013
+16,501
2014
+9,624
2015
−3,561
2016
−33,614
2017
−51,757
2018
−54,324
2019
−65,971
2021
−197,299
2022
−125,243
2023
−91,300
2024
−64,606
2025
−49,702
The Bay Area DMA anchors one of the nation's most lopsided presidential margins, routinely delivering 80-plus-point Democratic advantages, yet its sheer ad-buy cost makes it a rare target for competitive spending.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 55.8 points in 2016 and a Republican high of 47.9 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved 7.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 47.6 points.
A population of 7,325,381, a 35% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $139,731 describe the market. The market's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Washington, DC (Hagerstown) and Seattle-Tacoma.
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How did San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, California vote in 2024?
In 2024, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, California voted Democratic by 47.6 points (D+47.6), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 3,209,674 votes cast, 2,308,786 went Democratic and 780,757 went Republican.
When did San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, California last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, California voted Republican was 1980.
How many people live in San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, California?
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, California has a population of 7,325,381 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, California?
Median household income in San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, California is $139,731 — above the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, California?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, California from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 21 went Democratic and 12 went Republican.
