akashic
1876–2024
Los Angeles County, California
Los Angeles County·California

Los Angeles County is one of the bluest places in America.

Largest U.S. county by population, decided by 33 points in 2024

18762024·38 elections
Los Angeles County, California · mjhbower · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+33
in 2024
Archetype
Urban anchor
since the recent cycles
Population
9,808,667
2024 ACS
County seat
Los Angeles
CA
Most similar
Santa Clara County
CA · similarity 1.00
2,626 precincts · 3,729,089 votes cast
Harris · D+33
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+32.9%
2,417,1091,189,8623,729,089
2020D
+44.0%
3,028,8851,145,5304,283,945
2016D
+49.3%
2,464,364769,7433,434,308
2012D
+41.9%
2,216,903885,3333,181,067
2008D
+40.4%
2,295,853956,4253,318,248
2004D
+27.5%
1,907,7361,076,2253,023,280
2000D
+31.1%
1,710,505871,9302,695,154
1996D
+28.4%
1,430,629746,5442,411,014
1992D
+23.5%
1,446,529799,6072,753,403
1988D
+5.0%
1,372,3521,239,7162,644,671
1984R
−10.1%
1,158,9121,424,1132,612,914
1980R
−10.0%
979,8301,224,5332,440,185
1976D
+1.9%
1,221,8931,174,9262,459,077
1972R
−12.7%
1,189,9771,549,7172,830,370
1968R
−1.6%
1,223,2511,266,4802,657,982
1964D
+14.9%
1,568,3001,161,0672,730,918
1960D
+0.8%
1,323,8181,302,6612,634,499
1956R
−11.1%
1,007,8871,260,2062,275,424
1952R
−12.6%
950,0931,226,9712,201,212
1948D
+0.5%
812,690804,2321,729,082
1944D
+14.1%
886,252666,4411,561,564
1940D
+17.6%
822,718574,2661,415,269
1936D
+35.4%
757,351357,4011,130,415
1932D
+18.6%
554,476373,738969,594
1928R
−41.5%
209,945513,526731,301
1924R
−58.2%
33,554299,675457,457
1920R
−47.5%
55,661178,117257,770
1916R
−8.0%
114,070135,554267,921
1912D
+33.3%
55,1100165,296
1908R
−26.6%
22,07641,48373,077
1904R
−46.0%
10,03032,50748,883
1900R
−17.3%
13,15819,20034,848
1896R
−2.5%
16,04316,89134,042
1892R
−9.2%
8,11910,22622,779
1888R
−14.6%
10,11013,80525,264
1884R
−8.4%
4,6835,59510,829
1880R
−1.0%
2,8532,9146,083
1876D
+8.6%
3,6153,0416,670
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
African American
6.2%
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.
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
31.9%
Other Christian
7.9%
Non-Christian
3.8%
Pentecostal & Holiness
3.0%
Baptist
2.3%
Mainline Protestant
1.1%
Methodist
0.9%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 49.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Home to one in four Californians, Los Angeles County's sheer size means its margins routinely define the statewide popular-vote gap. Latino residents now outnumber any other group, reshaping the electorate race by race.

The Democratic margin in Los Angeles County has been steady. It reached its modern peak at forty-nine points in 2016; the 2024 margin was thirty-three points, still in line with the county's long pattern.

Los Angeles County's political identity is inseparable from its demographic profile: a 31% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $90,112, and the full diversity of a major metropolitan center. The county's voting pattern resembles other major urban centers most closely — Santa Clara County and Solano County.