† 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
GroupRichmondCaliforniaUnited States
Mexican29.8%32.3%11.3%
Salvadoran4.3%2.0%0.7%
Guatemalan1.8%1.3%0.5%
Nicaraguan1.5%0.3%—
Peruvian1.3%——
Puerto Rican1.2%0.6%1.8%
Spaniard1.2%0.3%—
Spanish1.0%0.3%—
African American†14.1%4.4%9.9%
African0.8%0.3%0.5%
Nigerian0.6%—0.2%
German4.5%6.8%12.5%
English4.5%6.3%9.5%
Irish4.1%5.9%9.4%
Italian2.6%3.4%4.8%
American1.2%2.8%5.3%
French0.8%1.3%1.6%
Scottish0.8%0.9%1.3%
Polish0.7%0.9%2.2%
Filipino3.7%3.3%0.9%
Chinese3.3%3.9%1.3%
Asian Indian2.8%2.3%1.4%
Korean0.7%1.2%0.4%
Vietnamese0.6%1.7%0.6%
Japanese0.4%0.6%0.2%
Pakistani0.3%——
Afghan0.3%——
Aztec6.5%0.3%—
Maya4.4%——
Samoan4.4%——
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
Richmond
California
United States
Median age
37.9
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
9.5%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
14.6%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Richmond
California
United States
Median household income
$95,391
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
13.6%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
33.0%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Richmond
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
53.3%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
39.5%
28.4%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
3.3%
3.4%
2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
3.0%
3.5%
1.1%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
2.3%
2.0%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Richmond
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.
Richmond, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+71.3%
2008
+77.7%
2012
+78.9%
2016
+79.1%
2020
+75.9%
2024
+63.7%
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
80.0%Harris30,644
16.3%Trump6,245
3.8%
D+63.7
R+12.3
D+65.1
38,328
D
87.1%Biden38,702
11.1%Trump4,943
1.8%
D+75.9
R+3.1
D+71.5
44,451
D
87.1%Clinton31,265
8.1%Trump2,899
4.8%
D+79.1
D+0.2
D+77.0
35,882
D
88.1%Obama29,327
9.2%Romney3,067
2.7%
D+78.9
D+1.2
D+75.0
33,289
D
88.6%Obama29,297
10.9%McCain3,599
0.5%
D+77.7
D+6.4
D+70.4
33,067
D
84.5%Kerry24,633
13.2%Bush3,841
2.3%
D+71.3
—
D+73.8
29,159
Richmond's electorate has been shaped by decades of tension between industrial employers and environmental-health advocates, producing unusually high civic engagement on air-quality and land-use ballot measures compared with similarly sized California cities.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 79.1 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 12.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 63.7 points.
A population of 115,505, a 17% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $95,391 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Pittsburg and Inglewood.
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, Richmond, California voted Democratic by 63.7 points (D+63.7), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 38,328 votes cast, 30,644 went Democratic and 6,245 went Republican.
How many people live in Richmond, California?
Richmond, California has a population of 115,505 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Richmond, California?
Median household income in Richmond, California is $95,391 — above the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Richmond, California?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Richmond, California from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
