Imperial County, California

2024 results by precinct

134 precincts · 54,025 votes cast

Trump · R+1

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−0.9%	26,083	26,546	54,025
2020	D	+24.4%	34,678	20,847	56,743
2016	D	+41.5%	32,667	12,704	48,091
2012	D	+32.0%	25,136	12,777	38,565
2008	D	+26.2%	24,162	14,008	38,820
2004	D	+6.1%	17,964	15,890	34,274
2000	D	+10.2%	15,489	12,524	28,937
1996	D	+18.5%	14,591	9,705	26,400
1992	D	+5.3%	11,109	9,759	25,318
1988	R	−11.3%	10,243	12,889	23,365
1984	R	−25.1%	8,237	13,829	22,301
1980	R	−19.0%	7,961	12,068	21,579
1976	R	−1.8%	10,244	10,618	21,262
1972	R	−27.1%	7,982	14,178	22,849
1968	R	−16.3%	7,481	10,818	20,446
1964	D	+3.8%	11,143	10,330	21,492
1960	R	−7.5%	9,119	10,606	19,806
1956	R	−12.4%	8,197	10,526	18,781
1952	R	−24.4%	6,333	10,462	16,903
1948	R	−7.8%	5,301	6,217	11,810
1944	R	−8.0%	5,085	5,979	11,112
1940	D	+5.9%	7,728	6,854	14,712
1936	D	+22.4%	7,560	4,771	12,444
1932	D	+38.3%	8,772	3,783	13,039
1928	R	−36.6%	2,486	5,417	8,012
1924	R	−39.2%	759	3,455	6,872
1920	R	−36.8%	2,022	4,699	7,284
1916	D	+8.7%	3,273	2,694	6,659
1912	D	+38.5%	1,295	0	3,367
1908	R	−12.3%	675	909	1,908
1904	—	No data	—	—	—
1900	—	No data	—	—	—
1896	—	No data	—	—	—
1892	—	No data	—	—	—
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

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

American

100.0%

Polish

0.6%

African American

1.8%

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: 33.2 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.5%

85+

1.1%

1.9%

75–84

2.2%

3.8%

65–74

4.2%

4.9%

55–64

5.1%

5.6%

45–54

5.3%

6.9%

35–44

5.9%

8.0%

25–34

6.4%

5.4%

18–24

4.5%

10.8%

5–17

10.4%

3.6%

3.5%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$57,681

Imperial County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Imperial County$57,681

California$99,122

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

19.5%

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

75.4%

Other Christian

6.2%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.3%

Baptist

1.5%

Methodist

0.4%

Mainline Protestant

0.4%

Non-Christian

0.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 13.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Imperial County sits along the U.S.-Mexico border with a majority-Latino electorate and an economy anchored by agriculture, yet its presidential margin has narrowed dramatically over the past decade, landing at R+0.9 in 2024.

The county's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached forty-two points in 2016; the Republican margin reached thirty-nine points in 1924. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Imperial County's demographics — a population of 180,202, a 20% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $57,681 — situate the county close to national averages on several dimensions. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Miami-Dade County and Passaic County.

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Imperial County delivered a near-tie in 2024.