† 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
GroupFresno-VisaliaCaliforniaUnited States
Mexican54.8%32.3%11.3%
Salvadoran0.9%2.0%0.7%
Puerto Rican0.4%0.6%1.8%
Spaniard0.4%0.3%—
Guatemalan0.4%1.3%0.5%
Spanish0.3%0.3%—
German5.8%6.8%12.5%
English4.6%6.3%9.5%
Irish4.4%5.9%9.4%
Italian2.1%3.4%4.8%
Portuguese2.0%——
American1.7%2.8%5.3%
Scottish0.8%0.9%1.3%
Armenian0.5%——
Hmong2.1%0.3%—
Asian Indian1.6%2.3%1.4%
Filipino1.3%3.3%0.9%
Chinese0.5%3.9%1.3%
Cambodian0.3%——
Laotian0.3%——
Vietnamese0.2%1.7%0.6%
Japanese0.2%0.6%0.2%
African American†3.0%4.4%9.9%
African0.2%0.3%0.5%
Aztec0.1%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
Fresno-Visalia
California
United States
Median age
33.1
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
10.0%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
12.7%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Fresno-Visalia
California
United States
Median household income
$72,259
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
18.2%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
20.1%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Fresno-Visalia
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
46.2%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
38.5%
28.4%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
2.6%
3.4%
2.0%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
2.4%
2.0%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Fresno-Visalia
California
United States
Catholic
28.4%
26.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
10.4%
9.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
54.2%
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.
Fresno-Visalia, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+25.4%
1896
+21.2%
1900
+4.3%
1904
−17.4%
1908
−9.1%
1912
+44.5%
1916
+8.5%
1920
−23.8%
1924
−32.3%
1928
−15.5%
1932
+39.8%
1936
+50.0%
1940
+30.7%
1944
+19.6%
1948
+15.4%
1952
−3.2%
1956
+8.3%
1960
+7.2%
1964
+30.1%
1968
+0.9%
1972
−10.3%
1976
−0.5%
1980
−13.7%
1984
−16.9%
1988
−7.2%
1992
−1.6%
1996
−6.0%
2000
−14.5%
2004
−21.4%
2008
−3.2%
2012
−3.6%
2016
+0.4%
2020
+1.9%
2024
−10.6%
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
R
43.5%Harris285,161
54.1%Trump354,776
1.2%Kennedy8,202 +4
R+10.6
R+12.5
R+9.1
656,291
All 7 candidates in 2024 · 5 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican54.1%354,776
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic43.5%285,161
Robert F Kennedy Jr.Independent1.2%8,202
Jill SteinIndependent0.5%3,432
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.4%2,491
Chase OliverLibertarian0.3%2,187
OtherAll other candidates0.0%42
D
49.8%Biden354,076
48.0%Trump340,840
2.2%
D+1.9
D+1.5
R+2.6
710,668
D
46.5%Clinton260,011
46.1%Trump257,708
7.4%
D+0.4
D+4.0
R+1.7
558,985
R
46.9%Obama236,381
50.6%Romney254,690
2.5%
R+3.6
R+0.4
R+7.5
503,587
R
47.4%Obama251,170
50.6%McCain268,075
2.1%
R+3.2
D+18.2
R+10.5
530,287
R
38.8%Kerry187,704
60.2%Bush291,249
1.0%
R+21.4
R+6.9
R+18.9
483,901
R
40.9%Gore176,298
55.4%Bush238,901
3.6%
R+14.5
R+8.5
R+15.0
430,875
R
43.0%Clinton174,331
49.0%Dole198,786
8.0%
R+6.0
R+4.4
R+14.6
405,603
R
39.8%Clinton167,607
41.4%Bush174,321
18.8%
R+1.6
D+5.7
R+7.2
421,181
R
45.7%Dukakis166,233
53.0%Bush192,584
1.3%
R+7.2
D+9.7
D+0.5
363,626
R
41.0%Mondale150,109
58.0%Reagan212,127
1.0%
R+16.9
R+3.3
D+1.3
365,963
R
39.3%Carter123,266
53.0%Reagan166,087
7.7%
R+13.7
R+13.1
R+3.9
313,637
R
48.7%Carter134,925
49.2%Ford136,358
2.2%
R+0.5
D+9.8
R+2.6
277,306
R
43.1%McGovern123,712
53.5%Nixon153,302
3.4%
R+10.3
R+11.2
D+12.8
286,783
D
46.1%Humphrey118,548
45.2%Nixon116,331
8.7%
D+0.9
R+29.3
D+1.6
257,335
D
65.0%Johnson166,948
34.9%Goldwater89,611
0.1%
D+30.1
D+22.9
D+7.5
256,799
D
53.4%Kennedy131,499
46.2%Nixon113,835
0.5%
D+7.2
R+1.1
D+7.0
246,472
D
54.0%Stevenson120,617
45.7%Eisenhower102,103
0.3%
D+8.3
D+11.5
D+23.7
223,291
R
48.0%Stevenson102,110
51.2%Eisenhower108,902
0.8%
R+3.2
R+18.6
D+7.6
212,718
D
55.9%Truman90,520
40.5%Dewey65,597
3.6%
D+15.4
R+4.2
D+10.9
161,951
D
59.5%Roosevelt78,252
39.9%Dewey52,489
0.7%
D+19.6
R+11.2
D+12.1
131,614
D
64.8%Roosevelt95,487
34.1%Willkie50,193
1.1%
D+30.7
R+19.3
D+20.8
147,331
D
74.3%Roosevelt84,638
24.3%Landon27,633
1.4%
D+50.0
D+10.3
D+25.8
113,910
D
67.6%Roosevelt65,395
27.8%Hoover26,932
4.6%
D+39.8
D+55.2
D+22.0
96,754
R
41.6%Smith31,603
57.1%Hoover43,345
1.3%
R+15.5
D+16.8
D+2.0
75,928
R
14.8%Davis10,472
47.0%Coolidge33,366
38.2%
R+32.3
R+8.5
R+7.1
70,987
R
34.3%Cox19,056
58.1%Harding32,283
7.7%
R+23.8
R+32.3
D+2.4
55,604
D
49.8%Wilson29,764
41.3%Hughes24,679
8.9%
D+8.5
R+36.0
D+5.4
59,776
O
44.5%Wilson18,972
0.0%Taft0
55.5%
Roosevelt +10.9
D+53.6
D+25.0
42,608
R
39.9%Bryan10,085
49.0%Taft12,379
11.1%
R+9.1
D+8.4
D+0.5
25,281
R
35.3%Parker7,012
52.7%Roosevelt10,477
12.0%
R+17.4
R+21.7
D+2.2
19,865
D
49.9%Bryan9,243
45.6%McKinley8,452
4.5%
D+4.3
R+16.9
D+11.8
18,534
D
59.4%Bryan10,010
38.2%McKinley6,437
2.4%
D+21.2
R+4.2
D+27.3
16,846
D
43.7%Cleveland7,587
18.3%Harrison3,173
38.0%
D+25.4
—
D+23.8
17,345
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024D+1.7
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+10.6
Fresno-Visalia registers Democratic but votes Republican — a 12-point gap between how voters register and how they vote, the signature of ancestral registration that trails realignment.
1,009,594 registered voters · 2024 · up from 975,149 in 2022
Domestic migration in Fresno-Visalia in Fresno-Visalia: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−8,065
2012
−12,182
2013
−11,382
2014
−5,912
2015
−7,883
2016
−10,488
2017
−1,178
2018
−247
2019
−1,373
2021
+2,605
2022
−5,327
2023
−8,441
2024
−10,352
2025
−7,818
Anchored by the San Joaquin Valley's agricultural economy, this media market blends a majority-Hispanic working-class base with conservative rural precincts, producing competitive legislative margins that frequently diverge from statewide trends.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 50.0 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 32.3 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved 12.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 10.6 points.
A population of 2,116,939, a 26% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $72,259 describe the market. The market's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Bakersfield and San Antonio.
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In 2024, Fresno-Visalia, California voted Republican by 10.6 points (R+10.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 656,291 votes cast, 285,161 went Democratic and 354,776 went Republican.
When did Fresno-Visalia, California last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Fresno-Visalia, California voted Democratic was 2020.
How many people live in Fresno-Visalia, California?
Fresno-Visalia, California has a population of 2,116,939 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Fresno-Visalia, California?
Median household income in Fresno-Visalia, California is $72,259 — below the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Fresno-Visalia, California?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Fresno-Visalia, California from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 18 went Republican.
