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1876–2024
Chico-Redding·California

Chico-Redding has voted Republican in fifteen straight presidential cycles.

Inland Northern California's bellwether corridor from the valley floor to the Cascades

1876 — 2024·38 elections
CA
Latest
R+23
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
507,486
2024 ACS

Chico-Redding, California: Republican loyalist market. In 2024, voted R+23%. Democratic peak: D+47 in 1912.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+23MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
Republican loyalistAkashic typology
Population
507,4862024 5-year
Median household income
$68,4252024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
71.9%2024 5-year
Black
1.2%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
19.1%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+47 in 1912MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+35 in 1920MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
6 counties · 0 D · 6 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).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−22.8%
85,490137,988230,124
R
−18.0%
97,722142,109246,220
R
−21.2%
76,833123,712221,031
R
−16.4%
83,508117,906209,495
R
−12.4%
95,105122,968224,386
R
−23.6%
81,217132,586217,766
R
−26.8%
63,347114,236189,734
R
−15.7%
65,20193,845182,016
R
−3.6%
67,72474,718193,822
R
−17.0%
65,61893,128161,613
R
−27.9%
57,171102,567162,423
R
−28.1%
44,72385,888146,745
R
−1.6%
57,79959,783122,216
R
−12.1%
46,36360,013113,044
R
−9.8%
37,12546,23193,152
D
+16.7%
54,98539,27094,323
R
−0.3%
42,70042,99086,132
R
−5.9%
34,64238,97273,911
R
−23.1%
25,84041,55867,932
D
+1.7%
25,46824,58052,205
D
+8.3%
22,50119,04241,749
D
+22.0%
29,72218,87949,236
D
+33.0%
25,95312,88139,553
D
+37.1%
23,06610,11034,928
R
−22.0%
10,06215,85526,381
O
−30.0%
3,27810,78725,063
R
−35.0%
6,09113,50921,172
D
+13.9%
13,93010,23726,495
O
+47.2%
10,390022,033
R
−10.5%
6,0457,68015,589
R
−21.8%
4,7067,71513,809
D
+1.1%
6,8516,69713,869
D
+12.5%
7,1495,53512,953
D
+2.8%
6,1845,81213,465
D
+1.3%
6,0685,90312,251
O
+0.0%
5,3335,33310,937
D
+2.1%
4,6104,4249,060
D
+2.0%
3,6793,5327,171

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
13.2%
English
12.6%
Irish
10.9%
American
6.7%
Italian
4.9%
Scottish
2.5%
French
2.2%
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: 39.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.9%
85+
1.2%
2.8%
75–84
3.4%
5.7%
65–74
6.3%
6.1%
55–64
6.6%
5.3%
45–54
5.2%
6.1%
35–44
6.0%
6.4%
25–34
6.1%
5.2%
18–24
5.1%
8.3%
5–17
7.9%
2.7%
<5
2.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$68,425
Chico-Redding ranks near the middle of US counties.
Chico-Redding$68,425
California$99,122
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
16.5%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1818.6%
Working age (18–64)16.3%
Seniors (65+)11.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
85.0%
speak English only
Spanish10.7%
Asian & Pacific Islander2.4%
Other Indo-European1.5%
Other languages0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Other Christian
16.9%
Catholic & Orthodox
11.0%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.0%
Mainline Protestant
1.5%
Baptist
0.9%
Methodist
0.6%
Non-Christian
0.3%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 66.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Stretching from Chico's college-town precincts north through Redding's Shasta County strongholds, this market spans a sharp urban-rural political gradient that consistently produces wider Republican margins than the California median.

The Republican margin in Chico-Redding reached its widest at thirty-five points in 1920. The margin in 2024 was twenty-three points, in line with the market's deep historical pattern.

Its loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $68,425, a 72% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 507,486 together describe a market whose political habits are deeply settled.

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All citations released under CC BY 4.0. Attribution: Akashic Intelligence.
Chico-Redding, California — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/dma/868/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did Chico-Redding, California vote in 2024?
In 2024, Chico-Redding, California voted Republican by 22.8 points (R+23), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 230,124 votes cast, 85,490 went Democratic and 137,988 went Republican.
What is Chico-Redding, California's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Chico-Redding, California as a "Republican loyalist" market based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the market has voted Democratic 13 times, Republican 22 times, and other 3 times.
When did Chico-Redding, California last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Chico-Redding, California voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Chico-Redding, California?
Chico-Redding, California has a population of 507,486 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Chico-Redding, California?
Median household income in Chico-Redding, California is $68,425 — below the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Chico-Redding, California?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Chico-Redding, California from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 13 went Democratic and 22 went Republican. The market's archetype — "Republican loyalist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.