† 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
GroupTulareCaliforniaUnited States
Mexican59.7%32.3%11.3%
Salvadoran0.6%2.0%0.7%
Guatemalan0.5%1.3%0.5%
Spaniard0.4%0.3%—
Puerto Rican0.3%0.6%1.8%
Spanish0.3%0.3%—
German6.6%6.8%12.5%
English6.5%6.3%9.5%
Irish5.6%5.9%9.4%
Portuguese2.9%——
American2.5%2.8%5.3%
Italian1.9%3.4%4.8%
Dutch1.4%——
Scottish1.0%0.9%1.3%
Filipino1.3%3.3%0.9%
Chinese0.5%3.9%1.3%
Asian Indian0.4%2.3%1.4%
Hmong0.3%0.3%—
African American†2.3%4.4%9.9%
Aztec8.1%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
Tulare
California
United States
Median age
29.5
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
10.4%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
9.3%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Tulare
California
United States
Median household income
$72,410
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
17.9%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
11.8%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Tulare
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
50.1%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
43.0%
28.4%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
2.8%
3.4%
2.0%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.1%
2.0%
1.1%
Arabic
1.1%
0.6%
0.4%
Religious landscape
Measure
Tulare
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.
Tulare, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−32.6%
2008
−13.9%
2012
−14.8%
2016
−11.8%
2020
−11.1%
2024
−23.4%
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
R
37.2%Harris7,677
60.5%Trump12,502
2.3%
R+23.4
R+12.3
R+21.9
20,659
R
43.4%Biden9,368
54.5%Trump11,764
2.1%
R+11.1
D+0.7
R+15.6
21,587
R
41.5%Clinton6,527
53.3%Trump8,383
5.2%
R+11.8
D+3.0
R+13.9
15,726
R
41.3%Obama5,697
56.1%Romney7,739
2.5%
R+14.8
R+0.9
R+18.7
13,786
R
42.6%Obama5,954
56.4%McCain7,896
1.0%
R+13.9
D+18.7
R+21.2
13,988
R
33.2%Kerry4,448
65.8%Bush8,817
1.0%
R+32.6
—
R+30.1
13,401
Tulare sits at the heart of California's dairy belt, and its workforce — heavily employed in agriculture and food processing — consistently produces margins that diverge sharply from coastal urban centers in statewide races.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 32.6 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 12.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 23.4 points.
A population of 70,945, a 29% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $72,410 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Hanford and Hesperia.
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, Tulare, California voted Republican by 23.4 points (R+23.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 20,659 votes cast, 7,677 went Democratic and 12,502 went Republican.
How many people live in Tulare, California?
Tulare, California has a population of 70,945 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Tulare, California?
Median household income in Tulare, California is $72,410 — below the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Tulare, California?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Tulare, California from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
