† 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
GroupCerritosCaliforniaUnited States
Chinese18.4%3.9%1.3%
Filipino14.6%3.3%0.9%
Korean8.3%1.2%0.4%
Asian Indian4.2%2.3%1.4%
Vietnamese4.2%1.7%0.6%
Japanese3.8%0.6%0.2%
Taiwanese1.7%0.3%—
Cambodian1.3%——
Mexican11.7%32.3%11.3%
Salvadoran1.5%2.0%0.7%
Guatemalan1.0%1.3%0.5%
Honduran0.2%—0.3%
Puerto Rican0.2%0.6%1.8%
German2.3%6.8%12.5%
Irish2.1%5.9%9.4%
English2.1%6.3%9.5%
American1.7%2.8%5.3%
Italian1.4%3.4%4.8%
Armenian1.1%——
Polish0.6%0.9%2.2%
French0.5%1.3%1.6%
African American†5.4%4.4%9.9%
African0.3%0.3%0.5%
Nigerian0.2%—0.2%
Jamaican0.2%—0.4%
Aztec3.4%0.3%—
Maya2.0%——
Samoan0.7%——
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
Cerritos
California
United States
Median age
47.7
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
6.3%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
26.6%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Cerritos
California
United States
Median household income
$135,439
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
5.3%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
58.0%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Cerritos
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
57.0%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
10.3%
28.4%
13.6%
Korean
9.5%
1.0%
0.3%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
12.1%
3.5%
1.1%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)
9.4%
2.1%
0.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Cerritos
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.
Cerritos, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+0.6%
2008
+14.6%
2012
+17.3%
2016
+31.2%
2020
+27.6%
2024
+18.4%
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
57.8%Harris14,421
39.4%Trump9,830
2.9%
D+18.4
R+9.2
D+19.9
24,963
D
63.0%Biden17,649
35.4%Trump9,920
1.6%
D+27.6
R+3.6
D+23.1
28,025
D
63.4%Clinton13,596
32.2%Trump6,913
4.4%
D+31.2
D+13.9
D+29.1
21,446
D
57.4%Obama12,166
40.1%Romney8,500
2.5%
D+17.3
D+2.7
D+13.4
21,191
D
57.2%Obama12,228
42.6%McCain9,113
0.2%
D+14.6
D+14.0
D+7.3
21,379
D
49.9%Kerry10,767
49.4%Bush10,647
0.7%
D+0.6
—
D+3.0
21,566
Cerritos, a planned Los Angeles County community of roughly 48,000, shifted from reliably Republican in the 1980s to a consistently Democratic-leaning city as its Korean- and Filipino-American populations grew to comprise nearly half the electorate.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 31.2 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 9.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 18.4 points.
A population of 47,867, a 12% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $135,439 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Walnut and Arcadia.
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, Cerritos, California voted Democratic by 18.4 points (D+18.4), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 24,963 votes cast, 14,421 went Democratic and 9,830 went Republican.
How many people live in Cerritos, California?
Cerritos, California has a population of 47,867 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Cerritos, California?
Median household income in Cerritos, California is $135,439 — above the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Cerritos, California?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Cerritos, California from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
