Monterey-Salinas, California: Urban anchor market. In 2024, voted D+39%. Republican peak: R+49 in 1924.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+39MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- Urban anchorAkashic typology
- Population
- 769,8292024 5-year
- Median household income
- $103,5012024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 44.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 52.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+48 in 2020MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+49 in 1924MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Monterey-Salinas, CAOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
R+60D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 209,237 | 88,906 | 309,387 | ||
| D | 245,827 | 83,826 | 338,402 | ||
| D | 196,858 | 65,174 | 285,542 | ||
| D | 185,001 | 68,780 | 262,984 | ||
| D | 199,115 | 71,466 | 277,307 | ||
| D | 174,194 | 86,890 | 265,462 | ||
| D | 143,367 | 80,403 | 242,715 | ||
| D | 122,980 | 72,944 | 225,526 | ||
| D | 126,398 | 65,489 | 243,420 | ||
| D | 116,690 | 93,328 | 213,300 | ||
| R | 93,378 | 103,057 | 198,997 | ||
| R | 64,181 | 88,853 | 180,200 | ||
| D | 77,743 | 76,166 | 160,802 | ||
| R | 67,463 | 85,764 | 159,048 | ||
| R | 51,562 | 61,996 | 123,297 | ||
| D | 70,586 | 45,859 | 116,725 | ||
| R | 45,340 | 61,342 | 107,062 | ||
| R | 34,707 | 54,875 | 89,812 | ||
| R | 30,382 | 55,199 | 86,227 | ||
| R | 27,662 | 35,403 | 65,740 | ||
| D | 25,697 | 25,601 | 51,632 | ||
| D | 27,882 | 25,670 | 54,202 | ||
| D | 24,158 | 17,340 | 42,117 | ||
| D | 19,471 | 13,474 | 34,484 | ||
| R | 9,192 | 17,474 | 26,875 | ||
| R | 2,048 | 11,589 | 19,342 | ||
| R | 4,628 | 12,067 | 18,106 | ||
| D | 10,077 | 9,267 | 20,737 | ||
| O | 7,520 | 0 | 17,057 | ||
| R | 3,943 | 6,309 | 11,659 | ||
| R | 3,165 | 5,967 | 10,104 | ||
| R | 4,246 | 4,861 | 9,555 | ||
| D | 5,065 | 4,576 | 9,897 | ||
| R | 3,877 | 4,168 | 9,881 | ||
| R | 4,413 | 4,535 | 9,355 | ||
| R | 3,411 | 3,717 | 7,294 | ||
| D | 2,953 | 2,925 | 6,033 | ||
| R | 2,808 | 3,153 | 5,966 |
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
7.9%
German
7.7%
Irish
7.0%
Italian
4.6%
American
1.7%
Scottish
1.6%
French
1.6%
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: 37.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$103,501
Monterey-Salinas ranks near the middle of US counties.
Monterey-Salinas$103,501
California$99,122
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
11.8%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1814.9%
Working age (18–64)10.6%
Seniors (65+)12.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
52.6%
speak English only
Spanish40.9%
Asian & Pacific Islander3.2%
Other Indo-European2.6%
Other languages0.7%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 46.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
The Monterey-Salinas market spans a striking economic divide — affluent coastal tourism and tech-adjacent Monterey contrasts with the heavily Latino, farmworker-dependent Salinas Valley, producing notably split voting patterns across its ZIP codes.
The Democratic margin in Monterey-Salinas has been steady. It reached its modern peak at forty-eight points in 2020; the 2024 margin was thirty-nine points, still in line with the market's long pattern.
Its political identity is inseparable from its demographic profile: a 44% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $103,501, and the full diversity of a major metropolitan center.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Monterey-Salinas, California vote in 2024?
In 2024, Monterey-Salinas, California voted Democratic by 38.9 points (D+39), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 309,387 votes cast, 209,237 went Democratic and 88,906 went Republican.
What is Monterey-Salinas, California's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Monterey-Salinas, California as a "Urban anchor" market based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the market has voted Democratic 19 times, Republican 18 times, and other 1 times.
When did Monterey-Salinas, California last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Monterey-Salinas, California voted Republican was 1984.
How many people live in Monterey-Salinas, California?
Monterey-Salinas, California has a population of 769,829 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Monterey-Salinas, California?
Median household income in Monterey-Salinas, California is $103,501 — above the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Monterey-Salinas, California?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Monterey-Salinas, California from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 19 went Democratic and 18 went Republican. The market's archetype — "Urban anchor" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.