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1876–2024
Sacramento County, California
Sacramento County·California

Sacramento County is one of the bluest places in America.

A sprawling inland county where suburban growth is reshaping an old Democratic stronghold

18762024·38 elections
Sacramento County, California · Andre m · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+20
in 2024
Archetype
Urban anchor
since the recent cycles
Population
1,594,006
2024 ACS
Most similar
Bibb County
GA · similarity 0.98
658 precincts · 656,747 votes cast
Harris · D+20
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+19.7%
381,564252,140656,747
2020D
+25.2%
440,808259,405718,440
2016D
+24.2%
326,023189,789562,285
2012D
+18.9%
300,503202,514517,582
2008D
+19.0%
316,506213,583542,859
2004D
+0.2%
236,657235,539477,866
2000D
+4.0%
212,792195,619431,550
1996D
+9.1%
203,019166,049407,414
1992D
+8.2%
197,540160,366453,512
1988R
−3.4%
188,557201,832395,690
1984R
−12.4%
159,128204,922368,841
1980R
−7.4%
130,031153,721322,120
1976D
+7.6%
144,203123,110275,876
1972R
−1.4%
137,287141,218288,221
1968D
+9.3%
118,76997,177233,246
1964D
+31.5%
149,66877,871227,871
1960D
+13.1%
109,69584,252194,756
1956D
+9.6%
82,13467,686150,080
1952D
+2.5%
67,05363,788131,641
1948D
+20.6%
54,19735,07492,842
1944D
+33.1%
49,20424,61174,218
1940D
+37.3%
51,35123,20175,416
1936D
+58.4%
47,26512,11960,184
1932D
+41.6%
36,37014,55352,465
1928R
−2.6%
19,68420,76240,849
1924R
−34.1%
2,28513,40032,617
1920R
−35.2%
7,15015,63424,100
1916D
+14.4%
14,53810,69626,613
1912D
+51.4%
9,869019,205
1908R
−16.8%
4,5336,51511,814
1904R
−41.9%
2,3846,66610,220
1900R
−11.8%
4,3255,50610,051
1896D
+2.4%
4,8314,6009,648
1892R
−9.7%
3,4984,3628,917
1888R
−15.6%
3,4474,7698,460
1884R
−23.5%
2,6594,3677,260
1880R
−14.4%
2,8173,7946,762
1876R
−21.4%
2,4843,8386,322
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
African American
7.5%
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
18.0%
Other Christian
9.9%
Non-Christian
4.0%
Pentecostal & Holiness
3.0%
Baptist
2.4%
Mainline Protestant
1.3%
Methodist
0.5%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 60.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Sacramento County anchors California's capital region and has voted Democratic in every presidential race since 1992, though its fast-growing outer suburbs have gradually compressed the margin from the blowout levels seen two decades ago.

The Democratic margin in Sacramento County has been steady. It reached its modern peak at fifty-eight points in 1936; the 2024 margin was twenty points, still in line with the county's long pattern.

Sacramento County's political identity is inseparable from its demographic profile: a 45% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $92,175, and the full diversity of a major metropolitan center. The county's voting pattern resembles other major urban centers most closely — Bibb County and Williamsburg city.