† 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
GroupOcalaFloridaUnited States
German11.2%8.9%12.5%
English10.5%8.2%9.5%
Irish10.0%8.2%9.4%
American6.1%7.7%5.3%
Italian5.3%5.6%4.8%
French2.1%1.7%1.6%
Polish2.0%2.1%2.2%
Scottish1.9%1.3%1.3%
African American†12.7%9.5%9.9%
African2.6%0.5%0.5%
Jamaican1.8%1.5%0.4%
Haitian0.7%2.3%0.3%
Guyanese0.5%——
West Indian0.3%——
Puerto Rican8.2%5.6%1.8%
Mexican2.8%3.3%11.3%
Cuban2.2%7.3%0.7%
Colombian1.0%2.1%0.4%
Venezuelan0.5%1.6%—
Dominican0.4%1.3%0.7%
Guatemalan0.4%—0.5%
Honduran0.3%0.6%0.3%
Asian Indian1.4%0.9%1.4%
Chinese0.7%0.5%1.3%
Filipino0.7%0.5%0.9%
Vietnamese0.5%0.4%0.6%
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
Ocala
Florida
United States
Median age
39.2
43.1
39.1
Age 18–24
7.9%
8.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.7%
21.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Ocala
Florida
United States
Median household income
$56,376
$74,568
$84,427
Poverty rate
21.1%
12.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
31.2%
34.2%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Ocala
Florida
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
18.9%
30.7%
22.3%
Spanish
13.9%
22.6%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.5%
1.9%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Ocala
Florida
United States
Catholic
—
19.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
18.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
53.1%
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.
Ocala, Florida
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−9.3%
2008
−3.5%
2012
−5.9%
2016
−11.8%
2020
−11.9%
2024
−21.6%
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
38.5%Harris10,742
60.1%Trump16,784
1.5%
R+21.6
R+9.7
R+20.2
27,931
R
43.4%Biden12,653
55.3%Trump16,135
1.3%
R+11.9
R+0.2
R+16.4
29,165
R
42.1%Clinton10,885
53.8%Trump13,926
4.1%
R+11.8
R+5.9
R+13.8
25,864
R
46.6%Obama12,362
52.5%Romney13,922
0.9%
R+5.9
R+2.4
R+9.7
26,532
R
47.6%Obama11,993
51.1%McCain12,874
1.2%
R+3.5
D+5.9
R+10.8
25,179
R
45.2%Kerry9,654
54.6%Bush11,650
0.2%
R+9.3
—
R+6.9
21,349
Ocala anchors one of Florida's fastest-growing retirement corridors, and its expanding 65-plus population has steadily shifted city-level turnout patterns over the past two decades, amplifying Marion County's conservative lean.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 21.6 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 9.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 21.6 points.
A population of 66,584, a 58% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $56,376 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Spring Hill and Lakeland.
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, Ocala, Florida voted Republican by 21.6 points (R+21.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 27,931 votes cast, 10,742 went Democratic and 16,784 went Republican.
How many people live in Ocala, Florida?
Ocala, Florida has a population of 66,584 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Ocala, Florida?
Median household income in Ocala, Florida is $56,376 — below the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.
What is the political history of Ocala, Florida?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Ocala, Florida from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
