Merced County, California

2024 results by precinct

577 precincts · 86,684 votes cast

Trump · R+4

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−4.3%	40,190	43,955	86,684
2020	D	+10.5%	48,991	39,397	90,993
2016	D	+12.1%	37,317	28,725	71,127
2012	D	+8.7%	33,005	27,581	62,222
2008	D	+8.3%	34,031	28,704	64,051
2004	R	−14.3%	24,491	32,773	57,960
2000	R	−6.7%	22,726	26,102	50,418
1996	D	+2.0%	21,786	20,847	46,938
1992	D	+4.4%	20,133	17,981	49,284
1988	R	−3.8%	20,105	21,717	42,414
1984	R	−18.8%	17,012	24,997	42,477
1980	R	−5.8%	15,886	18,043	36,996
1976	D	+5.6%	16,637	14,842	32,208
1972	R	−11.7%	13,914	17,737	32,648
1968	D	+10.1%	14,453	11,595	28,349
1964	D	+37.6%	19,431	8,814	28,269
1960	D	+12.9%	15,545	11,990	27,646
1956	D	+7.8%	13,366	11,430	24,852
1952	R	−6.3%	11,316	12,865	24,395
1948	D	+12.3%	9,959	7,721	18,124
1944	D	+16.9%	9,192	6,518	15,779
1940	D	+26.2%	10,501	6,101	16,784
1936	D	+47.2%	9,208	3,230	12,668
1932	D	+39.9%	7,202	2,920	10,734
1928	R	−21.7%	2,970	4,644	7,718
1924	R	−42.4%	710	3,573	6,749
1920	R	−35.0%	1,537	3,457	5,488
1916	D	+9.6%	2,637	2,132	5,236
1912	D	+46.8%	1,978	0	4,228
1908	R	−0.3%	1,100	1,107	2,483
1904	R	−5.5%	863	972	1,981
1900	D	+13.8%	1,081	811	1,950
1896	D	+25.7%	1,117	653	1,802
1892	D	+10.8%	995	782	1,972
1888	D	+11.1%	972	773	1,796
1884	D	+8.1%	953	809	1,779
1880	D	+17.5%	736	516	1,256
1876	D	+18.1%	804	558	1,362

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

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

American

100.0%

African American

2.2%

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.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 31.8 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.4%

85+

0.8%

1.6%

75–84

1.8%

3.4%

65–74

3.7%

5.0%

55–64

5.0%

5.4%

45–54

5.4%

6.7%

35–44

6.3%

7.5%

25–34

7.0%

5.8%

18–24

5.5%

11.2%

5–17

10.5%

3.6%

3.4%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$65,510

Merced County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Merced County$65,510

California$99,122

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

19.1%

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

33.9%

Other Christian

6.7%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.7%

Baptist

1.4%

Mainline Protestant

0.6%

Methodist

0.5%

Non-Christian

0.3%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 54.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Merced shifted to the Republican column by 4.4 points in 2024, a notable move for a majority-Hispanic agricultural county in California's Central Valley where dairy farming and field crops define the local economy.

The county's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached forty-seven points in 1936; the Republican margin reached forty-two points in 1924. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Merced County's demographics — a population of 290,201, a 32% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $65,510 — 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 San Joaquin County and Fresno County.

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Merced County delivered a near-tie in 2024.