San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area — Elections 1876–2024

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA, California: Urban anchor metro. In 2024, voted D+52%. Democratic peak: D+60 in 2016.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin: D+52MIT Election Lab
Political archetype: Urban anchorAkashic typology
Population: 4,645,0292024 5-year
Median household income: $136,7132024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic): 37.7%2024 5-year
Black: 6.8%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino: 23.2%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin: D+60 in 2016MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin: R+48 in 1924MIT Election Lab

2024 results by constituent county

5 counties · 5 D · 0 R

R+60

D+60

One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.

38 presidential elections

Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+52.0%	1,538,387	459,361	2,076,395
2020	D	+59.5%	1,831,985	445,799	2,328,703
2016	D	+59.9%	1,525,802	329,266	1,996,165
2012	D	+53.5%	1,368,212	395,411	1,818,284
2008	D	+54.6%	1,450,455	411,724	1,903,815
2004	D	+46.8%	1,273,603	453,567	1,752,765
2000	D	+39.8%	1,054,697	427,316	1,578,154
1996	D	+37.2%	929,902	382,236	1,472,703
1992	D	+36.7%	987,837	385,168	1,642,390
1988	D	+23.5%	892,834	550,086	1,460,302
1984	D	+10.2%	796,114	647,030	1,460,845
1980	D	+1.5%	568,868	549,779	1,306,334
1976	D	+6.7%	639,949	556,202	1,254,559
1972	D	+3.0%	699,013	657,867	1,393,029
1968	D	+12.1%	641,519	491,817	1,234,636
1964	D	+33.3%	815,102	407,601	1,224,048
1960	D	+6.9%	633,570	551,467	1,189,259
1956	R	−8.1%	488,470	575,371	1,067,296
1952	R	−8.7%	475,233	566,279	1,050,506
1948	D	+0.4%	419,307	415,337	884,543
1944	D	+17.8%	475,181	330,855	809,741
1940	D	+15.5%	405,927	295,550	710,005
1936	D	+39.2%	410,766	177,253	595,482
1932	D	+21.0%	296,700	190,284	507,738
1928	R	−15.7%	181,521	250,243	437,091
1924	R	−48.0%	20,372	177,915	328,485
1920	R	−45.4%	61,234	190,903	285,551
1916	D	+2.3%	136,339	129,776	283,352
1912	O	+43.7%	82,756	0	189,335
1908	R	−29.1%	32,266	63,497	107,468
1904	R	−39.4%	25,306	66,059	103,311
1900	R	−20.9%	35,256	55,023	94,413
1896	R	−7.6%	42,285	49,359	93,566
1892	D	+5.1%	41,437	37,113	84,419
1888	R	−1.0%	37,351	38,123	77,827
1884	R	−11.7%	28,527	36,277	66,099
1880	R	−0.3%	27,656	27,800	56,283
1876	R	−5.3%	25,898	28,816	54,727

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

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

German

7.0%

Irish

6.9%

English

6.8%

Italian

4.2%

American

2.0%

French

1.6%

Polish

0.9%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 40.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.8%

85+

1.4%

2.3%

75–84

2.8%

4.6%

65–74

5.2%

6.3%

55–64

6.3%

6.8%

45–54

6.6%

7.7%

35–44

7.4%

7.6%

25–34

7.4%

3.8%

18–24

3.8%

7.3%

5–17

6.9%

2.6%

2.4%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$136,713

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA ranks near the middle of US counties.

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$136,713

California$99,122

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

8.9%

Child poverty is below the national average.

Children under 188.8%

Working age (18–64)8.5%

Seniors (65+)12.3%

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

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

57.4%

speak English only

Asian & Pacific Islander17.4%

Spanish16.3%

Other Indo-European7.5%

Other languages1.4%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Catholic & Orthodox

22.2%

Other Christian

5.5%

Non-Christian

5.0%

Baptist

2.2%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.6%

Mainline Protestant

1.4%

Methodist

0.9%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 61.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Home to roughly 4.7 million residents, this metro combines San Francisco's dense urban core with Oakland's majority-minority electorate and Fremont's fast-growing South Asian and Chinese American communities, producing some of the most lopsided Democratic margins in the country.

The Democratic margin in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA has been steady. It reached its modern peak at sixty points in 2016; the 2024 margin was fifty-two points, still in line with the metro's long pattern.

Its political identity is inseparable from its demographic profile: a 38% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $136,713, and the full diversity of a major metropolitan center.

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Frequently asked questions

How did San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA, California vote in 2024?

In 2024, San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA, California voted Democratic by 52.0 points (D+52), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 2,076,395 votes cast, 1,538,387 went Democratic and 459,361 went Republican.

What is San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA, California's political archetype?

Akashic classifies San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA, California as a "Urban anchor" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 24 times, Republican 13 times, and other 1 times.

When did San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA, California last vote Republican?

The most recent presidential election in which San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA, California voted Republican was 1956.

How many people live in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA, California?

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA, California has a population of 4,645,029 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA, California?

Median household income in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA, California is $136,713 — above the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.

What is the political history of San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA, California?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA, California from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 24 went Democratic and 13 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Urban anchor" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA has voted Democratic by double digits in every cycle this century.

Key facts

Demographics

Frequently asked questions