† 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
GroupChowchillaCaliforniaUnited States
Mexican47.5%32.3%11.3%
Spaniard0.5%0.3%—
Salvadoran0.4%2.0%0.7%
Puerto Rican0.3%0.6%1.8%
Guatemalan0.3%1.3%0.5%
Spanish0.2%0.3%—
German8.3%6.8%12.5%
English7.7%6.3%9.5%
Irish6.6%5.9%9.4%
Italian3.6%3.4%4.8%
American2.3%2.8%5.3%
Portuguese1.7%——
French1.5%1.3%1.6%
Scottish1.5%0.9%1.3%
African American†5.0%4.4%9.9%
African0.8%0.3%0.5%
Asian Indian1.6%2.3%1.4%
Filipino1.6%3.3%0.9%
Chinese0.8%3.9%1.3%
Vietnamese0.5%1.7%0.6%
Aztec22.8%0.3%—
Maya3.3%——
Native Hawaiian3.3%——
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
Chowchilla
California
United States
Median age
34.2
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
9.4%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
10.0%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Chowchilla
California
United States
Median household income
$66,514
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
19.6%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
15.6%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Chowchilla
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
42.1%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
35.0%
28.4%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
3.4%
3.4%
2.0%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)
1.0%
2.1%
0.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Chowchilla
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.
Chowchilla, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−38.4%
2008
−22.5%
2012
−22.1%
2016
−21.8%
2020
−20.1%
2024
−28.6%
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
R
34.4%Harris1,503
63.0%Trump2,754
2.7%
R+28.6
R+8.5
R+27.1
4,373
R
38.9%Biden1,857
59.1%Trump2,816
2.0%
R+20.1
D+1.7
R+24.6
4,768
R
36.5%Clinton1,423
58.4%Trump2,274
5.1%
R+21.8
D+0.2
R+23.9
3,895
R
37.6%Obama1,272
59.7%Romney2,019
2.7%
R+22.1
D+0.4
R+25.9
3,381
R
38.3%Obama1,210
60.7%McCain1,921
1.0%
R+22.5
D+15.9
R+29.8
3,163
R
29.9%Kerry886
68.3%Bush2,025
1.9%
R+38.4
—
R+35.9
2,966
Chowchilla sits in Madera County's agricultural flatlands, where a workforce tied to dairy and row-crop farming drives voter priorities around water rights and rural infrastructure more than most California cities its size.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 38.4 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 8.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 28.6 points.
A population of 19,020, a 35% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $66,514 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Plainview and Exeter.
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, Chowchilla, California voted Republican by 28.6 points (R+28.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 4,373 votes cast, 1,503 went Democratic and 2,754 went Republican.
How many people live in Chowchilla, California?
Chowchilla, California has a population of 19,020 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Chowchilla, California?
Median household income in Chowchilla, California is $66,514 — below the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Chowchilla, California?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Chowchilla, California from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
