† 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
GroupSan BernardinoCaliforniaUnited States
Mexican59.5%32.3%11.3%
Salvadoran2.4%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%—
German4.4%6.8%12.5%
Irish3.6%5.9%9.4%
English3.5%6.3%9.5%
American2.1%2.8%5.3%
Italian1.8%3.4%4.8%
French0.7%1.3%1.6%
Scottish0.7%0.9%1.3%
Polish0.6%0.9%2.2%
African American†10.0%4.4%9.9%
African0.6%0.3%0.5%
Nigerian0.3%—0.2%
Chinese1.1%3.9%1.3%
Filipino1.1%3.3%0.9%
Asian Indian0.3%2.3%1.4%
Vietnamese0.3%1.7%0.6%
Korean0.3%1.2%0.4%
Aztec16.8%0.3%—
Maya8.4%——
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
San Bernardino
California
United States
Median age
32.2
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
11.1%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
10.8%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
San Bernardino
California
United States
Median household income
$67,415
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
18.6%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
13.1%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
San Bernardino
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
54.3%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
49.9%
28.4%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
San Bernardino
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.
San Bernardino, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+13.7%
2008
+31.3%
2012
+37.0%
2016
+38.5%
2020
+33.7%
2024
+14.1%
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
55.6%Harris29,658
41.5%Trump22,132
2.8%
D+14.1
R+19.6
D+15.6
53,308
D
65.6%Biden41,399
31.9%Trump20,135
2.5%
D+33.7
R+4.8
D+29.2
63,115
D
66.4%Clinton33,836
27.9%Trump14,225
5.7%
D+38.5
D+1.5
D+36.4
50,941
D
67.2%Obama30,232
30.2%Romney13,585
2.7%
D+37.0
D+5.7
D+33.1
45,011
D
65.3%Obama31,023
34.1%McCain16,185
0.6%
D+31.3
D+17.6
D+24.0
47,481
D
56.2%Kerry22,719
42.5%Bush17,183
1.3%
D+13.7
—
D+16.1
40,435
San Bernardino's electorate skews heavily Latino and low-income, producing lopsided Democratic margins in federal races even as municipal governance has cycled through fiscal collapse and state oversight since its 2012 bankruptcy.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 38.5 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 19.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 14.1 points.
A population of 222,724, a 12% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $67,415 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Ontario and Moreno Valley.
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, San Bernardino, California voted Democratic by 14.1 points (D+14.1), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 53,308 votes cast, 29,658 went Democratic and 22,132 went Republican.
How many people live in San Bernardino, California?
San Bernardino, California has a population of 222,724 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in San Bernardino, California?
Median household income in San Bernardino, California is $67,415 — below the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of San Bernardino, California?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in San Bernardino, California from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
