† 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
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · 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
GroupAdelantoCaliforniaUnited States
Mexican57.9%32.3%11.3%
Salvadoran2.4%2.0%0.7%
Guatemalan1.5%1.3%0.5%
Puerto Rican0.9%0.6%1.8%
Honduran0.5%—0.3%
Nicaraguan0.5%0.3%—
Spaniard0.5%0.3%—
Spanish0.5%0.3%—
African American†15.0%4.4%9.9%
African0.9%0.3%0.5%
Nigerian0.4%—0.2%
German3.8%6.8%12.5%
Irish3.1%5.9%9.4%
English3.0%6.3%9.5%
American1.8%2.8%5.3%
Italian1.5%3.4%4.8%
French0.6%1.3%1.6%
Scottish0.6%0.9%1.3%
Polish0.5%0.9%2.2%
Chinese0.5%3.9%1.3%
Filipino0.5%3.3%0.9%
Aztec9.6%0.3%—
Maya4.8%——
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
Adelanto
California
United States
Median age
29.6
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
9.7%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
7.5%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Adelanto
California
United States
Median household income
$68,685
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
17.2%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
7.7%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Adelanto
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
48.3%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
46.0%
28.4%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Adelanto
California
United States
Catholic
—
26.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
9.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
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.
Adelanto, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+11.4%
2008
+29.1%
2012
+36.6%
2016
+40.9%
2020
+35.3%
2024
+11.1%
DemocraticRepublican
6 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. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
54.4%Harris4,366
43.2%Trump3,473
2.4%
D+11.1
R+24.2
D+12.6
8,033
D
66.4%Biden5,873
31.1%Trump2,752
2.5%
D+35.3
R+5.6
D+30.8
8,845
D
67.9%Clinton4,221
27.0%Trump1,677
5.1%
D+40.9
D+4.3
D+38.8
6,217
D
67.0%Obama3,416
30.4%Romney1,548
2.6%
D+36.6
D+7.5
D+32.8
5,099
D
63.9%Obama3,307
34.8%McCain1,800
1.3%
D+29.1
D+17.7
D+21.8
5,175
D
54.2%Kerry2,422
42.8%Bush1,913
3.0%
D+11.4
—
D+13.8
4,468
Adelanto's economy and politics have been heavily shaped by its large ICE detention facility, making immigration policy a persistently local issue in a majority-Latino community that sits at the edge of the Mojave Desert.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 40.9 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 24.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 11.1 points.
A population of 37,964, a 9% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $68,685 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Bloomington and Patterson.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Adelanto, California voted Democratic by 11.1 points (D+11.1), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 8,033 votes cast, 4,366 went Democratic and 3,473 went Republican.
How many people live in Adelanto, California?
Adelanto, California has a population of 37,964 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Adelanto, California?
Median household income in Adelanto, California is $68,685 — below the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Adelanto, California?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Adelanto, California from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
