† 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
GroupVisaliaCaliforniaUnited States
Mexican49.5%32.3%11.3%
Salvadoran0.5%2.0%0.7%
Guatemalan0.4%1.3%0.5%
Spaniard0.3%0.3%—
Puerto Rican0.2%0.6%1.8%
Spanish0.2%0.3%—
German8.6%6.8%12.5%
English8.5%6.3%9.5%
Irish7.4%5.9%9.4%
Portuguese3.8%——
American3.2%2.8%5.3%
Italian2.5%3.4%4.8%
Dutch1.8%——
Scottish1.3%0.9%1.3%
Filipino2.4%3.3%0.9%
Chinese0.9%3.9%1.3%
Asian Indian0.7%2.3%1.4%
Hmong0.5%0.3%—
African American†2.2%4.4%9.9%
Aztec6.0%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
Visalia
California
United States
Median age
33.9
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
8.6%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
13.5%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Visalia
California
United States
Median household income
$81,989
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.5%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
24.1%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Visalia
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
33.0%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
27.4%
28.4%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.4%
3.4%
2.0%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.6%
2.0%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Visalia
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.
Visalia, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−37.1%
2008
−19.3%
2012
−20.6%
2016
−15.3%
2020
−10.0%
2024
−19.7%
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
R
38.9%Harris20,504
58.6%Trump30,908
2.5%
R+19.7
R+9.8
R+18.3
52,743
R
43.9%Biden24,189
53.8%Trump29,679
2.3%
R+10.0
D+5.4
R+14.4
55,152
R
39.3%Clinton16,301
54.6%Trump22,646
6.0%
R+15.3
D+5.3
R+17.4
41,446
R
38.4%Obama14,538
59.0%Romney22,348
2.5%
R+20.6
R+1.3
R+24.5
37,847
R
40.1%Obama15,253
59.4%McCain22,590
0.5%
R+19.3
D+17.8
R+26.6
38,029
R
31.2%Kerry11,539
68.3%Bush25,278
0.5%
R+37.1
—
R+34.7
37,003
Visalia anchors Tulare County, one of California's most Republican-leaning agricultural counties, where Latino population growth has slowly narrowed but not yet erased GOP margins in federal and statewide contests.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 37.1 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 9.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 19.7 points.
A population of 143,939, a 36% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $81,989 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lodi and Bakersfield.
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, Visalia, California voted Republican by 19.7 points (R+19.7), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 52,743 votes cast, 20,504 went Democratic and 30,908 went Republican.
How many people live in Visalia, California?
Visalia, California has a population of 143,939 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Visalia, California?
Median household income in Visalia, California is $81,989 — above the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Visalia, California?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Visalia, California from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
