† 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
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
GroupChico-ReddingCaliforniaUnited States
German13.2%6.8%12.5%
English12.6%6.3%9.5%
Irish10.9%5.9%9.4%
American6.7%2.8%5.3%
Italian4.9%3.4%4.8%
Scottish2.4%0.9%1.3%
French2.2%1.3%1.6%
Norwegian1.6%——
Mexican16.1%32.3%11.3%
Spaniard0.6%0.3%—
Spanish0.5%0.3%—
Puerto Rican0.3%0.6%1.8%
Salvadoran0.2%2.0%0.7%
Hmong1.2%0.3%—
Filipino0.6%3.3%0.9%
Chinese0.4%3.9%1.3%
Vietnamese0.3%1.7%0.6%
Asian Indian0.2%2.3%1.4%
Korean0.2%1.2%0.4%
African American†0.6%4.4%9.9%
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
Chico-Redding
California
United States
Median age
39.4
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
10.3%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
20.3%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Chico-Redding
California
United States
Median household income
$68,425
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
16.5%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
26.0%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Chico-Redding
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
15.0%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
10.7%
28.4%
13.6%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.4%
2.0%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Chico-Redding
California
United States
Catholic
11.0%
26.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
14.1%
9.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
66.8%
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.
Chico-Redding, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+2.8%
1896
+12.5%
1900
+1.1%
1904
−21.8%
1908
−10.5%
1912
+47.2%
1916
+13.9%
1920
−35.0%
1924
−30.0%
1928
−22.0%
1932
+37.1%
1936
+33.0%
1940
+22.0%
1944
+8.3%
1948
+1.7%
1952
−23.1%
1956
−5.9%
1960
−0.3%
1964
+16.7%
1968
−9.8%
1972
−12.1%
1976
−1.6%
1980
−28.1%
1984
−27.9%
1988
−17.0%
1992
−3.6%
1996
−15.7%
2000
−26.8%
2004
−23.6%
2008
−12.4%
2012
−16.4%
2016
−21.2%
2020
−18.0%
2024
−22.8%
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
37.2%Harris85,490
60.0%Trump137,988
1.6%Kennedy3,588 +4
R+22.8
R+4.8
R+21.3
230,058
All 7 candidates in 2024 · 5 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican60.0%137,988
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic37.2%85,490
Robert F Kennedy Jr.Independent1.6%3,588
Jill SteinIndependent0.5%1,225
Chase OliverLibertarian0.5%1,094
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.3%661
OtherAll other candidates0.0%12
R
39.7%Biden97,722
57.7%Trump142,109
2.6%
R+18.0
D+3.2
R+22.5
246,220
R
34.8%Clinton76,833
56.0%Trump123,712
9.3%
R+21.2
R+4.8
R+23.3
221,031
R
39.9%Obama83,508
56.3%Romney117,906
3.9%
R+16.4
R+4.0
R+20.3
209,495
R
42.4%Obama95,105
54.8%McCain122,968
2.8%
R+12.4
D+11.2
R+19.7
224,386
R
37.3%Kerry81,217
60.9%Bush132,586
1.8%
R+23.6
D+3.2
R+21.1
217,766
R
33.4%Gore63,347
60.2%Bush114,236
6.4%
R+26.8
R+11.1
R+27.3
189,734
R
35.8%Clinton65,201
51.6%Dole93,845
12.6%
R+15.7
R+12.1
R+24.3
182,016
R
34.9%Clinton67,724
38.5%Bush74,718
26.5%
R+3.6
D+13.4
R+9.2
193,822
R
40.6%Dukakis65,618
57.6%Bush93,128
1.8%
R+17.0
D+10.9
R+9.3
161,613
R
35.2%Mondale57,171
63.1%Reagan102,567
1.7%
R+27.9
D+0.1
R+9.7
162,423
R
30.5%Carter44,723
58.5%Reagan85,888
11.0%
R+28.1
R+26.4
R+18.3
146,745
R
47.3%Carter57,799
48.9%Ford59,783
3.8%
R+1.6
D+10.5
R+3.7
122,216
R
41.0%McGovern46,363
53.1%Nixon60,013
5.9%
R+12.1
R+2.3
D+11.1
113,044
R
39.9%Humphrey37,125
49.6%Nixon46,231
10.5%
R+9.8
R+26.4
R+9.1
93,152
D
58.3%Johnson54,985
41.6%Goldwater39,270
0.1%
D+16.7
D+17.0
R+5.9
94,323
R
49.6%Kennedy42,700
49.9%Nixon42,990
0.5%
R+0.3
D+5.5
R+0.5
86,132
R
46.9%Stevenson34,642
52.7%Eisenhower38,972
0.4%
R+5.9
D+17.3
D+9.5
73,911
R
38.0%Stevenson25,840
61.2%Eisenhower41,558
0.8%
R+23.1
R+24.8
R+12.4
67,932
D
48.8%Truman25,468
47.1%Dewey24,580
4.1%
D+1.7
R+6.6
R+2.8
52,205
D
53.9%Roosevelt22,501
45.6%Dewey19,042
0.5%
D+8.3
R+13.7
D+0.8
41,749
D
60.4%Roosevelt29,722
38.3%Willkie18,879
1.3%
D+22.0
R+11.0
D+12.1
49,236
D
65.6%Roosevelt25,953
32.6%Landon12,881
1.8%
D+33.0
R+4.0
D+8.8
39,553
D
66.0%Roosevelt23,066
28.9%Hoover10,110
5.0%
D+37.1
D+59.1
D+19.3
34,928
R
38.1%Smith10,062
60.1%Hoover15,855
1.8%
R+22.0
D+8.0
R+4.5
26,381
O
13.1%Davis3,278
43.0%Coolidge10,787
43.9%
La Follette +0.8
D+5.1
R+4.8
25,063
R
28.8%Cox6,091
63.8%Harding13,509
7.4%
R+35.0
R+49.0
R+8.8
21,172
D
52.6%Wilson13,930
38.6%Hughes10,237
8.8%
D+13.9
R+33.2
D+10.8
26,495
O
47.2%Wilson10,390
0.0%Taft0
52.8%
Roosevelt +5.7
D+57.6
D+27.6
22,033
R
38.8%Bryan6,045
49.3%Taft7,680
12.0%
R+10.5
D+11.3
R+0.9
15,589
R
34.1%Parker4,706
55.9%Roosevelt7,715
10.1%
R+21.8
R+22.9
R+2.1
13,809
D
49.4%Bryan6,851
48.3%McKinley6,697
2.3%
D+1.1
R+11.4
D+8.7
13,869
D
55.2%Bryan7,149
42.7%McKinley5,535
2.1%
D+12.5
D+9.7
D+18.5
12,953
D
45.9%Cleveland6,184
43.2%Harrison5,812
10.9%
D+2.8
—
D+1.1
13,465
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024R+17.5
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+22.8
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 5.3 points more Democratic.
298,967 registered voters · 2024 · up from 298,375 in 2022
Domestic migration in Chico-Redding in Chico-Redding: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−903
2012
−122
2013
+97
2014
+925
2015
+90
2016
+1,277
2017
+3,446
2018
+2,038
2019
−9,558
2021
−2,904
2022
+125
2023
−563
2024
+1,307
2025
+830
Stretching from Chico's college-town precincts north through Redding's Shasta County strongholds, this market spans a sharp urban-rural political gradient that consistently produces wider Republican margins than the California median.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 47.2 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 35.0 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved 4.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 22.8 points.
A population of 507,486, a 68% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $68,425 describe the market. The market's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Medford-Klamath Falls and Cheyenne-Scottsbluff.
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In 2024, Chico-Redding, California voted Republican by 22.8 points (R+22.8), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 230,058 votes cast, 85,490 went Democratic and 137,988 went Republican.
When did Chico-Redding, California last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Chico-Redding, California voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Chico-Redding, California?
Chico-Redding, California has a population of 507,486 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Chico-Redding, California?
Median household income in Chico-Redding, California is $68,425 — below the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Chico-Redding, California?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Chico-Redding, California from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 10 went Democratic and 22 went Republican.
