Amador County, California

2024 results by precinct

47 precincts · 22,402 votes cast

Trump · R+28

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−27.8%	7,783	14,018	22,402
2020	R	−24.3%	8,153	13,585	22,397
2016	R	−24.9%	6,004	10,485	17,963
2012	R	−19.5%	6,830	10,281	17,693
2008	R	−14.6%	7,813	10,561	18,879
2004	R	−25.5%	6,541	11,107	17,891
2000	R	−18.5%	5,906	8,766	15,464
1996	R	−6.9%	5,868	6,870	14,452
1992	R	−1.2%	5,286	5,477	15,434
1988	R	−13.7%	5,197	6,893	12,338
1984	R	−24.6%	4,188	6,986	11,363
1980	R	−22.9%	3,191	5,401	9,670
1976	D	+4.2%	4,037	3,699	8,018
1972	R	−12.5%	2,705	3,533	6,616
1968	D	+3.2%	2,440	2,269	5,390
1964	D	+33.9%	3,410	1,682	5,098
1960	D	+10.5%	2,690	2,175	4,887
1956	D	+1.3%	2,181	2,126	4,325
1952	R	−5.3%	2,070	2,303	4,416
1948	D	+18.6%	2,334	1,578	4,063
1944	D	+24.5%	1,976	1,191	3,203
1940	D	+33.3%	2,762	1,372	4,176
1936	D	+52.0%	2,506	777	3,323
1932	D	+47.6%	2,367	822	3,244
1928	D	+11.4%	1,246	990	2,244
1924	R	−21.8%	316	719	1,847
1920	R	−33.8%	639	1,350	2,105
1916	D	+17.8%	1,766	1,209	3,138
1912	D	+64.8%	1,622	0	2,503
1908	R	−8.1%	874	1,035	1,995
1904	R	−15.5%	915	1,279	2,349
1900	R	−6.7%	1,209	1,384	2,629
1896	D	+9.9%	1,398	1,144	2,577
1892	D	+5.0%	1,255	1,125	2,614
1888	D	+1.9%	1,429	1,373	2,892
1884	D	+1.5%	1,358	1,317	2,760
1880	D	+2.4%	1,411	1,345	2,760
1876	D	+5.7%	1,315	1,172	2,487

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

American

100.0%

African American

1.6%

Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.

American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 49.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.1%

85+

1.5%

4.3%

75–84

4.2%

8.0%

65–74

8.4%

8.1%

55–64

7.6%

45–54

4.3%

8.0%

35–44

5.2%

6.4%

25–34

4.6%

3.0%

18–24

2.2%

6.2%

5–17

5.4%

2.0%

1.8%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$88,044

Amador County ranks in the top 10% of US counties.

Amador County$88,044

California$99,122

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

8.2%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

0.0%

speak English only

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Catholic & Orthodox

13.1%

Other Christian

6.9%

Pentecostal & Holiness

5.1%

Baptist

1.4%

Mainline Protestant

0.5%

Methodist

0.4%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 72.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Amador's small, older, and predominantly white population in the Sierra Nevada foothills has delivered Republican presidential margins exceeding 25 points in recent cycles, making it one of the most reliably conservative counties in the state.

The Republican margin in Amador County reached its widest at thirty-four points in 1920. The margin in 2024 was twenty-eight points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Amador County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $88,044, a 76% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 41,428 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Calaveras County and Tuolumne County.

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Amador County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.