Orange County, California

2024 results by precinct

1,615 precincts · 1,391,307 votes cast

Harris · D+3

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+2.7%	691,731	654,815	1,391,307
2020	D	+9.0%	814,009	676,498	1,522,113
2016	D	+8.6%	609,961	507,148	1,197,521
2012	R	−6.2%	512,440	582,332	1,122,664
2008	R	−2.6%	549,558	579,064	1,153,687
2004	R	−20.7%	419,239	641,832	1,075,399
2000	R	−15.4%	391,819	541,299	970,905
1996	R	−13.8%	327,485	446,717	864,576
1992	R	−12.3%	306,930	426,613	972,549
1988	R	−36.7%	269,013	586,230	865,307
1984	R	−50.4%	206,272	635,013	850,077
1980	R	−45.3%	176,704	529,797	780,212
1976	R	−26.8%	232,246	408,632	657,433
1972	R	−41.3%	176,847	448,291	656,653
1968	R	−33.3%	148,869	314,905	498,707
1964	R	−11.9%	176,539	224,196	401,165
1960	R	−21.9%	112,007	174,891	287,599
1956	R	−34.5%	54,895	113,510	169,879
1952	R	−40.6%	32,530	77,548	110,904
1948	R	−24.5%	29,018	48,587	79,814
1944	R	−14.4%	28,649	38,394	67,450
1940	R	−12.1%	28,236	36,070	64,997
1936	D	+11.7%	29,836	23,494	54,251
1932	D	+2.5%	23,835	22,623	49,276
1928	R	−59.6%	7,611	30,572	38,527
1924	R	−58.7%	2,565	19,913	29,566
1920	R	−51.9%	3,502	12,797	17,893
1916	R	−22.1%	6,474	10,609	18,746
1912	D	+38.6%	4,406	0	11,421
1908	R	−22.1%	1,911	3,244	6,037
1904	R	−36.4%	1,034	2,665	4,476
1900	R	−9.0%	1,777	2,155	4,206
1896	R	−5.8%	1,712	1,932	3,784
1892	R	−5.2%	1,000	1,152	2,899
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

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

American

100.0%

African American

1.3%

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: 39.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.8%

85+

1.3%

2.1%

75–84

2.6%

4.4%

65–74

4.9%

6.5%

55–64

6.6%

45–54

6.8%

6.7%

35–44

6.6%

7.2%

25–34

7.0%

4.5%

18–24

4.4%

8.1%

5–17

7.7%

2.7%

2.5%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$116,289

Orange County ranks in the top 0.5% of US counties.

Orange County$116,289

California$99,122

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

9.5%

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

30.5%

Other Christian

9.8%

Baptist

2.8%

Non-Christian

2.5%

Mainline Protestant

1.9%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.6%

Methodist

0.4%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 50.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Orange County's shift from a reliably conservative anchor to a D+2.6 presidential result in 2024 reflects rapid demographic change, particularly growth among Latino and Asian American voters in cities like Anaheim and Westminster.

The Democratic margin in Orange County has rarely exceeded thirty-nine points in modern history; the Republican margin has rarely exceeded sixty points. 2024 delivered the county to the Democratic candidate by three points.

Orange County's demographics resemble the country more than they resemble most counties. A 43% non-Hispanic-white share, a 10% poverty rate, and a median household income of $116,289 — all within the broad national range. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Gwinnett County and Fort Bend County.

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