† 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
GroupFontanaCaliforniaUnited States
Mexican57.3%32.3%11.3%
Salvadoran2.3%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%—
German4.3%6.8%12.5%
Irish3.5%5.9%9.4%
English3.4%6.3%9.5%
American2.1%2.8%5.3%
Italian1.8%3.4%4.8%
French0.7%1.3%1.6%
Scottish0.6%0.9%1.3%
Polish0.6%0.9%2.2%
African American†7.0%4.4%9.9%
African0.4%0.3%0.5%
Nigerian0.2%—0.2%
Chinese2.4%3.9%1.3%
Filipino2.4%3.3%0.9%
Asian Indian0.7%2.3%1.4%
Vietnamese0.7%1.7%0.6%
Korean0.7%1.2%0.4%
Japanese0.2%0.6%0.2%
Taiwanese0.2%0.3%—
Indonesian0.2%——
Aztec16.1%0.3%—
Maya8.1%——
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
Fontana
California
United States
Median age
33.8
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
9.8%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
9.6%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Fontana
California
United States
Median household income
$102,821
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
9.9%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
21.4%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Fontana
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
58.4%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
49.3%
28.4%
13.6%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)
2.5%
2.1%
0.6%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.2%
2.0%
1.1%
Arabic
1.4%
0.6%
0.4%
Religious landscape
Measure
Fontana
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.
Fontana, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+19.0%
2008
+36.3%
2012
+40.9%
2016
+42.8%
2020
+32.6%
2024
+12.4%
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 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
54.7%Harris38,738
42.3%Trump29,963
2.9%
D+12.4
R+20.2
D+13.9
70,761
D
65.2%Biden49,800
32.6%Trump24,901
2.1%
D+32.6
R+10.1
D+28.2
76,339
D
69.0%Clinton38,113
26.2%Trump14,482
4.8%
D+42.8
D+1.8
D+40.7
55,269
D
69.1%Obama32,332
28.2%Romney13,199
2.7%
D+40.9
D+4.6
D+37.1
46,772
D
68.0%Obama29,889
31.7%McCain13,930
0.3%
D+36.3
D+17.3
D+29.0
43,964
D
59.1%Kerry21,871
40.1%Bush14,833
0.8%
D+19.0
—
D+21.5
36,994
Fontana sits at the heart of San Bernardino County's warehouse corridor, and its majority-Latino electorate has driven steady shifts in registration patterns over the past decade, making turnout mobilization a defining variable in close regional races.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 42.8 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 20.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 12.4 points.
A population of 214,169, a 13% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $102,821 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Moreno Valley and Ontario.
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, Fontana, California voted Democratic by 12.4 points (D+12.4), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 70,761 votes cast, 38,738 went Democratic and 29,963 went Republican.
How many people live in Fontana, California?
Fontana, California has a population of 214,169 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Fontana, California?
Median household income in Fontana, California is $102,821 — above the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Fontana, California?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Fontana, California from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
