Lake County, California

2024 results by precinct

46 precincts · 26,759 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	−1.4%	12,794	13,161	26,759
2020	D	+6.3%	14,941	13,123	28,986
2016	D	+3.6%	11,500	10,603	24,684
2012	D	+16.9%	13,163	9,200	23,391
2008	D	+19.2%	14,854	9,935	25,629
2004	D	+8.3%	13,141	11,093	24,719
2000	D	+9.6%	10,717	8,699	20,919
1996	D	+13.9%	10,432	7,458	21,335
1992	D	+16.7%	10,548	6,678	23,213
1988	D	+2.4%	9,828	9,366	19,502
1984	R	−11.2%	8,648	10,874	19,831
1980	R	−17.7%	5,978	8,934	16,654
1976	D	+7.4%	6,374	5,462	12,285
1972	R	−15.0%	4,715	6,477	11,750
1968	R	−7.5%	3,777	4,464	9,111
1964	D	+12.8%	4,680	3,616	8,302
1960	R	−18.0%	2,897	4,176	7,109
1956	R	−30.1%	2,185	4,073	6,282
1952	R	−36.2%	1,911	4,113	6,087
1948	R	−19.8%	1,999	3,054	5,333
1944	R	−10.4%	1,671	2,059	3,746
1940	R	−7.7%	1,897	2,215	4,151
1936	D	+1.1%	1,837	1,797	3,687
1932	D	+27.9%	2,344	1,301	3,744
1928	R	−32.1%	926	1,820	2,784
1924	R	−30.2%	261	795	1,769
1920	R	−24.3%	571	993	1,735
1916	D	+16.7%	1,164	791	2,233
1912	D	+51.9%	1,118	0	2,156
1908	D	+0.2%	628	625	1,459
1904	R	−3.3%	594	641	1,412
1900	D	+11.5%	746	584	1,409
1896	D	+21.4%	854	546	1,437
1892	D	+7.8%	644	532	1,432
1888	D	+8.3%	867	731	1,629
1884	D	+15.1%	798	588	1,391
1880	D	+19.5%	677	454	1,141
1876	D	+29.7%	702	380	1,085

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

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

American

100.0%

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: 44.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.8%

85+

1.4%

3.8%

75–84

3.6%

7.0%

65–74

7.3%

7.0%

55–64

7.3%

5.4%

45–54

5.6%

5.9%

35–44

5.7%

25–34

5.3%

3.3%

18–24

3.1%

8.5%

5–17

7.9%

2.7%

2.8%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$60,621

Lake County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Lake County$60,621

California$99,122

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

17.0%

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

18.2%

Other Christian

7.5%

Non-Christian

1.4%

Baptist

1.2%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.2%

Mainline Protestant

0.4%

Methodist

0.4%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 69.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Lake County, anchored by Clear Lake and dependent on agriculture and tourism, has swung from reliably Democratic to near-even territory since 2004, making it a rare competitive marker in California's otherwise lopsided interior counties.

The county's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached fifty-two points in 1912; the Republican margin reached thirty-six points in 1952. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Lake County's demographics — a population of 68,152, a 68% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $60,621 — 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 Erie County and Cibola County.

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Lake County delivered a near-tie in 2024.