† 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
GroupMeccaCaliforniaUnited States
Mexican84.4%32.3%11.3%
Salvadoran2.5%2.0%0.7%
Guatemalan2.1%1.3%0.5%
Puerto Rican1.3%0.6%1.8%
Spaniard1.0%0.3%—
Colombian0.8%0.3%0.4%
Spanish0.8%0.3%—
Cuban0.6%—0.7%
German1.2%6.8%12.5%
English1.1%6.3%9.5%
Irish1.0%5.9%9.4%
Italian0.5%3.4%4.8%
American0.5%2.8%5.3%
French0.2%1.3%1.6%
Scottish0.2%0.9%1.3%
Polish0.2%0.9%2.2%
Aztec15.3%0.3%—
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
Mecca
California
United States
Median age
32.3
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
12.3%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
12.5%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Mecca
California
United States
Median household income
$48,312
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
17.8%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
4.8%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Mecca
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
87.2%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
87.2%
28.4%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Mecca
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.
Mecca, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+68.2%
2008
+77.9%
2012
+83.4%
2016
+89.4%
2020
+70.0%
2024
+37.0%
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
66.9%Harris663
29.9%Trump296
3.2%
D+37.0
R+33.0
D+38.5
991
D
84.0%Biden932
14.0%Trump155
2.1%
D+70.0
R+19.4
D+65.5
1,110
D
91.8%Clinton752
2.4%Trump20
5.7%
D+89.4
D+6.0
D+87.3
819
D
90.5%Obama497
7.1%Romney39
2.4%
D+83.4
D+5.5
D+79.6
549
D
88.3%Obama491
10.4%McCain58
1.3%
D+77.9
D+9.7
D+70.6
556
D
82.5%Kerry353
14.3%Bush61
3.3%
D+68.2
—
D+70.7
428
Mecca is a small Coachella Valley CDP where roughly 97% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino, and agricultural employment patterns heavily influence both turnout timing and registration rates.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 89.4 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 33.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 37.0 points.
A population of 7,184, a 0% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $48,312 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Huron and Commerce.
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, Mecca, California voted Democratic by 37.0 points (D+37.0), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 991 votes cast, 663 went Democratic and 296 went Republican.
How many people live in Mecca, California?
Mecca, California has a population of 7,184 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Mecca, California?
Median household income in Mecca, California is $48,312 — below the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Mecca, California?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Mecca, California from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
