Lassen County, California

2024 results by precinct

48 precincts · 11,371 votes cast

Trump · R+54

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−54.0%	2,478	8,619	11,371
2020	R	−51.2%	2,799	8,970	12,045
2016	R	−50.0%	2,224	7,574	10,699
2012	R	−39.6%	3,053	7,296	10,725
2008	R	−34.1%	3,586	7,483	11,433
2004	R	−43.4%	3,158	8,126	11,450
2000	R	−38.7%	2,982	7,080	10,586
1996	R	−19.0%	3,318	5,194	9,875
1992	R	−4.3%	3,388	3,836	10,362
1988	R	−19.4%	3,446	5,157	8,802
1984	R	−23.9%	3,254	5,352	8,761
1980	R	−18.6%	2,941	4,464	8,198
1976	D	+11.3%	3,801	3,007	6,998
1972	R	−6.8%	3,134	3,618	7,122
1968	D	+6.1%	2,930	2,553	6,218
1964	D	+31.4%	4,072	2,124	6,201
1960	D	+18.8%	3,472	2,365	5,877
1956	D	+14.7%	3,412	2,533	5,963
1952	D	+13.6%	4,104	3,119	7,262
1948	D	+29.0%	3,632	1,960	5,773
1944	D	+31.9%	3,678	1,896	5,589
1940	D	+39.0%	4,367	1,902	6,313
1936	D	+59.9%	4,193	1,035	5,276
1932	D	+43.5%	3,056	1,167	4,340
1928	R	−13.8%	1,597	2,111	3,721
1924	R	−27.2%	356	1,072	2,629
1920	R	−39.3%	643	1,582	2,389
1916	D	+18.8%	1,323	877	2,373
1912	D	+45.6%	644	0	1,412
1908	R	−18.8%	361	551	1,009
1904	R	−29.8%	301	573	914
1900	R	−23.6%	326	549	945
1896	D	+11.2%	528	420	962
1892	R	−1.4%	524	540	1,123
1888	D	+4.5%	535	488	1,043
1884	D	+3.8%	415	384	821
1880	R	−3.2%	301	323	692
1876	R	−6.0%	227	256	483

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

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

American

100.0%

African American

5.0%

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: 38.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.8%

85+

0.8%

2.2%

75–84

2.6%

5.2%

65–74

5.0%

6.2%

55–64

5.1%

8.0%

45–54

4.1%

11.1%

35–44

4.9%

13.3%

25–34

4.4%

5.8%

18–24

2.1%

7.0%

5–17

6.9%

2.2%

2.3%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$67,403

Lassen County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Lassen County$67,403

California$99,122

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

14.0%

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

12.1%

Other Christian

9.2%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.5%

Baptist

0.8%

Methodist

0.6%

Mainline Protestant

0.4%

Non-Christian

0.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 74.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Lassen's sparse high-desert population and timber-economy roots produce presidential margins that rival rural counties in Idaho or Wyoming, sitting almost 50 points redder than California's statewide result.

The Democratic margin in Lassen County peaked at sixty points in 1936. By 1980 the county had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was fifty-four points, the most Republican-leaning result in the county's modern history.

The economic context is the key. Lassen County's median household income of $67,403 sits well below state and national norms, and 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Wheatland County and Gooding County.

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Lassen County was solidly one party for decades. In the last twenty years, it flipped.