† 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
GroupCarsonCaliforniaUnited States
Mexican28.5%32.3%11.3%
Salvadoran3.7%2.0%0.7%
Guatemalan2.4%1.3%0.5%
Honduran0.5%—0.3%
Puerto Rican0.4%0.6%1.8%
Cuban0.3%—0.7%
Nicaraguan0.3%0.3%—
Colombian0.3%0.3%0.4%
Chinese8.0%3.9%1.3%
Filipino6.4%3.3%0.9%
Korean3.7%1.2%0.4%
Asian Indian1.8%2.3%1.4%
Vietnamese1.8%1.7%0.6%
Japanese1.6%0.6%0.2%
Taiwanese0.7%0.3%—
Cambodian0.5%——
African American†19.1%4.4%9.9%
African1.2%0.3%0.5%
Nigerian0.6%—0.2%
Jamaican0.6%—0.4%
German2.5%6.8%12.5%
Irish2.2%5.9%9.4%
English2.2%6.3%9.5%
American1.8%2.8%5.3%
Italian1.4%3.4%4.8%
Armenian1.1%——
Polish0.6%0.9%2.2%
French0.6%1.3%1.6%
Aztec9.8%0.3%—
Maya5.9%——
Samoan2.0%——
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
Carson
California
United States
Median age
41.7
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
8.2%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.4%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Carson
California
United States
Median household income
$108,703
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
8.7%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
29.3%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Carson
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
51.8%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
29.2%
28.4%
13.6%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)
14.2%
2.1%
0.6%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
2.5%
2.0%
1.1%
Other languages
1.8%
0.6%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Carson
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.
Carson, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+43.6%
2008
+54.5%
2012
+61.5%
2016
+62.8%
2020
+52.2%
2024
+42.0%
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, 2012, 2024 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for these cycles 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
69.7%Harris27,322
27.8%Trump10,881
2.5%
D+42.0
R+10.2
D+43.4
39,183
D
75.2%Biden34,094
23.0%Trump10,436
1.8%
D+52.2
R+10.6
D+47.7
45,346
D
79.3%Clinton28,991
16.5%Trump6,042
4.1%
D+62.8
D+1.3
D+60.7
36,540
D
79.5%Obama28,201
18.0%Romney6,388
2.5%
D+61.5
D+7.0
D+57.6
35,468
D
77.1%Obama26,618
22.6%McCain7,812
0.3%
D+54.5
D+10.9
D+47.2
34,518
D
71.2%Kerry23,419
27.7%Bush9,100
1.1%
D+43.6
—
D+46.0
32,874
Carson sits in the Pacific Coast. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 62.8 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 10.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 42.0 points.
A population of 92,871, a 6% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $108,703 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Gardena and Alhambra.
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, Carson, California voted Democratic by 42.0 points (D+42.0), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 39,183 votes cast, 27,322 went Democratic and 10,881 went Republican.
How many people live in Carson, California?
Carson, California has a population of 92,871 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Carson, California?
Median household income in Carson, California is $108,703 — above the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Carson, California?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Carson, California from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
