Butte County, California

2024 results by precinct

130 precincts · 94,523 votes cast

Trump · R+3

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−3.1%	44,228	47,179	94,523
2020	D	+1.9%	50,815	48,819	102,565
2016	R	−3.7%	41,567	45,144	97,002
2012	R	−2.0%	42,669	44,479	91,021
2008	D	+2.3%	49,013	46,706	98,707
2004	R	−9.6%	42,448	51,662	96,157
2000	R	−17.0%	31,338	45,584	83,721
1996	R	−10.4%	30,651	38,961	79,550
1992	D	+1.0%	32,489	31,608	85,014
1988	R	−13.6%	30,406	40,143	71,631
1984	R	−27.7%	25,421	45,381	71,964
1980	R	−28.3%	19,520	38,188	66,012
1976	R	−7.7%	24,203	28,400	54,854
1972	R	−20.8%	18,401	28,819	50,028
1968	R	−23.8%	12,887	22,225	39,211
1964	D	+3.1%	20,831	19,574	40,419
1960	R	−15.7%	15,163	20,838	36,175
1956	R	−17.3%	12,933	18,382	31,462
1952	R	−27.1%	10,491	18,390	29,133
1948	R	−3.7%	10,133	10,948	22,181
1944	D	+5.7%	8,811	7,852	16,768
1940	D	+17.7%	10,684	7,433	18,372
1936	D	+33.8%	10,490	5,103	15,928
1932	D	+35.9%	9,645	4,322	14,832
1928	R	−22.6%	3,946	6,306	10,432
1924	R	−29.7%	1,299	4,382	10,372
1920	R	−38.2%	2,262	5,409	8,234
1916	D	+9.6%	4,888	3,956	9,669
1912	D	+45.7%	4,028	0	8,822
1908	R	−16.2%	2,146	3,094	5,866
1904	R	−25.8%	1,574	2,799	4,757
1900	R	−7.0%	2,011	2,322	4,419
1896	D	+1.0%	2,120	2,075	4,295
1892	R	−0.8%	2,141	2,180	4,665
1888	D	+0.5%	2,215	2,191	4,541
1884	R	−1.2%	2,118	2,172	4,427
1880	D	+0.5%	1,832	1,814	3,646
1876	R	−0.9%	1,634	1,665	3,299

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

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

American

100.0%

African American

1.4%

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: 36.2 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.7%

85+

1.0%

2.5%

75–84

3.2%

5.2%

65–74

5.8%

5.4%

55–64

5.9%

5.2%

45–54

5.0%

6.1%

35–44

5.8%

6.8%

25–34

6.3%

7.3%

18–24

7.3%

7.9%

5–17

7.4%

2.7%

2.5%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$67,928

Butte County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Butte County$67,928

California$99,122

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

19.2%

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

Other Christian

11.6%

Catholic & Orthodox

10.7%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.3%

Mainline Protestant

1.9%

Baptist

1.3%

Methodist

0.7%

Non-Christian

0.5%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 71.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Butte County's 2018 Camp Fire destroyed the town of Paradise and displaced tens of thousands of residents, measurably shifting its population and voter composition in the cycles that followed. It has trended toward single-digit Republican margins in recent presidential contests.

The Democratic margin in Butte County has rarely exceeded forty-six points in modern history; the Republican margin has rarely exceeded thirty-eight points. 2024 delivered the county to the Republican candidate by three points.

Butte County's demographics resemble the country more than they resemble most counties. A 70% non-Hispanic-white share, a 19% poverty rate, and a median household income of $67,928 — all within the broad national range. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Gallatin County and Park County.

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