† 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
GroupHughsonCaliforniaUnited States
German9.9%6.8%12.5%
Irish8.8%5.9%9.4%
English8.8%6.3%9.5%
Portuguese5.9%——
Italian4.4%3.4%4.8%
American3.1%2.8%5.3%
French1.6%1.3%1.6%
Scottish1.6%0.9%1.3%
Mexican43.1%32.3%11.3%
Salvadoran0.8%2.0%0.7%
Puerto Rican0.6%0.6%1.8%
Guatemalan0.4%1.3%0.5%
Spaniard0.4%0.3%—
Spanish0.3%0.3%—
Nicaraguan0.2%0.3%—
African American†2.0%4.4%9.9%
Aztec5.3%0.3%—
Fijian4.0%——
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
Hughson
California
United States
Median age
39.3
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
9.2%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.7%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Hughson
California
United States
Median household income
$91,557
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
13.9%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
20.6%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Hughson
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
38.0%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
36.4%
28.4%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.1%
3.4%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Hughson
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.
Hughson, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−36.9%
2008
−18.0%
2012
−18.8%
2016
−22.5%
2020
−23.7%
2024
−32.8%
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
32.6%Harris1,100
65.4%Trump2,207
2.1%
R+32.8
R+9.1
R+31.3
3,377
R
37.2%Biden1,261
60.9%Trump2,063
1.9%
R+23.7
R+1.2
R+28.1
3,387
R
36.5%Clinton951
58.9%Trump1,537
4.6%
R+22.5
R+3.7
R+24.6
2,609
R
39.1%Obama937
57.9%Romney1,386
3.0%
R+18.8
R+0.8
R+22.6
2,394
R
40.8%Obama985
58.8%McCain1,418
0.4%
R+18.0
D+18.9
R+25.2
2,412
R
31.4%Kerry722
68.2%Bush1,570
0.4%
R+36.9
—
R+34.4
2,301
Hughson sits in Stanislaus County's farming corridor, where a working-class, majority-Hispanic population has grown steadily over two decades, making it a close demographic proxy for the broader Central Valley's ongoing political realignment.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 36.9 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 9.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 32.8 points.
A population of 7,648, a 48% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $91,557 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Gonzales and Lake Mathews.
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, Hughson, California voted Republican by 32.8 points (R+32.8), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,377 votes cast, 1,100 went Democratic and 2,207 went Republican.
How many people live in Hughson, California?
Hughson, California has a population of 7,648 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Hughson, California?
Median household income in Hughson, California is $91,557 — above the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Hughson, California?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Hughson, California from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
