2024 presidential election
El Centro
HarrisD+2.9
Constituent county margins for El Centro, CAOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
| Kamala Harris ✓Democratic | 50.1% | 7,002 |
|---|---|---|
| Donald TrumpRepublican | 47.2% | 6,592 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 2.7% | 375 |
D+60R+60
1 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2008–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 2008 | +25.0% |
| 2012 | +30.6% |
| 2016 | +42.4% |
| 2020 | +27.8% |
| 2024 | +2.9% |
DemocraticRepublican
5 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Democratic | Republican | Other | Margin | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 50.1%Harris7,002 | 47.2%Trump6,592 | 2.7% | 13,969 | ||
| D | 62.9%Biden9,397 | 35.1%Trump5,247 | 2.0%incl. Jorgensen | 14,946 | ||
| D | 68.7%Clinton8,710 | 26.3%Trump3,332 | 5.1%incl. Johnson | 12,684 | ||
| D | 65.3%Obama6,720 | 34.7%Romney3,572 | 0.0% | 10,292 | ||
| D | 62.2%Obama6,589 | 37.2%McCain3,945 | 0.6% | 10,593 |
Demographics
Demographic profile
Demographic Profile
Key indicators compared across containing geographies
| Indicator | El CentroCity | CaliforniaState | United StatesNation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Race & Ethnicity | |||
| White | 19.9% | 39.7% | 61.0% |
| Black | 3.3% | 5.4% | 12.2% |
| Asian | 1.2% | 15.5% | 6.0% |
| Two or more races | 26.9% | 19.2% | 12.6% |
| Other race | 48.5% | 20.1% | 8.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 86.7% | 40.1% | 19.3% |
| Income & Age | |||
| Median household income | $53,082 | $99,122 | $84,427 |
| Poverty rate | 21.6% | 12.0% | 12.5% |
| Median age | 31 | 37.9 | 39.1 |
| Age 18–24 | 9.9% | 9.1% | 9.2% |
| Age 65 and older | 13.7% | 15.6% | 17.2% |
| Education & Language | |||
| Bachelor's degree or higher (25+) | 16.1% | 36.6% | 35.6% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 75.3% | 44.4% | 22.3% |
| Spanish | 74.0% | 28.4% | 13.6% |
| Ancestry | |||
| Largest ancestry | Mexican 82.9% | Mexican 32.3% | German 12.5% |
| 2nd-largest ancestry | English 2.1% | German 6.8% | Mexican 11.3% |
| 3rd-largest ancestry | German 1.7% | English 6.3% | English 9.5% |
| Religion | |||
| Catholic | 75.4%County context | 26.2% | 18.6% |
| Evangelical Protestant | 6.0%County context | 9.0% | 16.5% |
| Unaffiliated or unclaimed | 13.7%County context | 55.2% | 51.5% |
ACS values are survey estimates and may include margins of error.
Religion data may be available only at county or larger geographies. Sub-county values are labeled when inherited, modeled, or contextual.
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the origins and ancestries reported within it.
Specific origin · ACS B03001
Mexican
82.9%
Salvadoran
0.5%
Spaniard
0.4%
Puerto Rican
0.2%
Guatemalan
0.2%
Spanish
0.2%
Tribal grouping · detailed group · ACS B02020 · B02016
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and other single-race responses combined.
Aztec
0.3%
The ACS does not publish subgroup detail for people reporting two or more races.
Reported ancestry · ACS B04006
English
2.1%
German
1.7%
Irish
1.7%
American
1.5%
Italian
0.7%
French
0.3%
Scottish
0.2%
Norwegian
0.2%
Reported ancestry · ACS B04006
African American identity is recorded by the ACS race question; the ancestry item enumerates specific African and Caribbean ancestries only.
African
0.6%
Jamaican
0.2%
Detailed group · ACS B02015
Filipino
0.5%
Chinese
0.3%
Japanese
0.3%
Korean
0.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Race shares: B02001 · B03003. Subgroup detail: B03001 (Hispanic or Latino specific origin), B02015 (Asian groups), B02020 · B02016 (American Indian/Alaska Native tribes and Pacific Islander groups), B04006 (reported ancestry). Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so group shares can total more than 100%. All subgroup rows are shares of total population; ancestry is self-reported and multiple-response, so rows do not sum to the parent group's share.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 31.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$53,082
El Centro$53,082
California$99,122
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
21.6%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1824.6%
Working age (18–64)17.2%
Seniors (65+)19.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
24.7%
speak English only
Spanish74.0%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.3%
Korean0.2%
Other Asian & Pacific Island0.2%
Other Indo-European0.1%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)0.1%
Arabic0.1%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Unaffiliated or not counted13.7%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. The unaffiliated-or-not-counted share is everyone not claimed as an adherent by any reporting body — uncounted congregations as well as the religiously unaffiliated.
El Centro sits in the Pacific Coast. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 42.4 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 24.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 2.9 points.
A population of 44,240, a 20% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $53,082 describe the city.
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Frequently asked questions
How did El Centro, California vote in 2024?
In 2024, El Centro, California voted Democratic by 2.9 points (D+2.9), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 13,969 votes cast, 7,002 went Democratic and 6,592 went Republican.
What is El Centro, California's political typology?
Akashic places El Centro, California in the "" typology. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 5 elections in the dataset, the city has voted Democratic 5 times, Republican 0 times, and other 0 times.
How many people live in El Centro, California?
El Centro, California has a population of 44,240 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in El Centro, California?
Median household income in El Centro, California is $53,082 — below the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of El Centro, California?
Akashic tracks 5 presidential elections in El Centro, California from 2008 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 0 went Republican. The city's typology — "" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.