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Merced, CA Metro Area


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2024 population: 296,774   ( 14,327 from 2020)
Land area: 1938.0 square miles
Population density: 153.1 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:66,675 22.47% 7.8%
Black:8,4632.85% 3.3%
Indian:1,1560.39% 0.3%
Asian:23,0677.77% 10.2%
2+ races:5,6811.91% 7.9%
Hispanic:191,73264.61% 9.8%
Total non-White:230,09977.53% 9.5%

2020-2024 ComponentsNumberRate
Births:16,084 14.2
Deaths:9,5288.4
Net Migration: 2,9172.6
Net Immigration: 4,4263.9
Change in White population:-5,656 -2.0
Change in Non-White pop.:19,983 7.1



Historical Presidential Election Results for Merced, CA Metro Area



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YearTurnout WinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal Votes Diff
(US)
PUSV
2024 41% Donald Trump (R) 43,955 50.7% Kamala Harris (D) 40,190 46.4% 2,539 [+] 2.9% 86,684 1 0.06%
2020 46% Joe Biden (D) 48,991 53.8% Donald Trump* (R) 39,397 43.3% 2,605 [+] 2.9% 90,993 -4 0.06%
2016 37% Hillary Clinton (D) 37,317 52.7% Donald Trump (R) 28,725 40.6% 4,747 [+] 6.7% 70,789 -5 0.05%
2012 35% Barack Obama* (D) 33,005 53.0% Mitt Romney (R) 27,581 44.3% 1,636 [+] 2.6% 62,222 -3 0.05%
2008 38% Barack Obama (D) 34,031 53.1% John McCain (R) 28,704 44.8% 1,316 [+] 2.1% 64,051 -1 0.05%
2004 38% George W. Bush* (R) 32,773 56.5% John Kerry (D) 24,491 42.3% 696 [+] 1.2% 57,960 6 0.05%
2000 36% George W. Bush (R) 26,102 51.8% Albert Gore, Jr. (D) 22,726 45.1% 1,590 [+] 3.2% 50,418 4 0.05%
1996 36% Bill Clinton* (D) 21,786 46.4% Robert Dole (R) 20,847 44.4% 4,305 [+] 9.2% 46,938 4 0.05%
1992 40% Bill Clinton (D) 20,133 40.9% George Bush* (R) 17,981 36.5% 11,170 [+] 22.7% 49,284 -1 0.05%
1988 38% George Bush (R) 21,717 51.2% Michael Dukakis (D) 20,105 47.4% 592 [+] 1.4% 42,414 -2 0.05%
1984 42% Ronald Reagan* (R) 24,997 58.8% Walter Mondale (D) 17,012 40.0% 468 1.1% 42,477 0 0.05%
1980 41% Ronald Reagan (R) 18,043 48.8% Jimmy Carter* (D) 15,886 42.9% 3,067 [+] 8.3% 36,996 -2 0.04%
1976 42% Jimmy Carter (D) 16,637 51.7% Gerald Ford* (R) 14,842 46.1% 729 [+] 2.3% 32,208 -2 0.04%
1972 48% Richard Nixon* (R) 17,737 54.3% George McGovern (D) 13,914 42.6% 997 [+] 3.1% 32,648 -6 0.04%
1968 49% Hubert Humphrey (D) 14,453 51.0% Richard Nixon (R) 11,595 40.9% 2,301 [+] 8.1% 28,349 -2 0.04%
1964 51% Lyndon Johnson* (D) 19,431 68.7% Barry Goldwater (R) 8,814 31.2% 24 0.1% 28,269 -7 0.04%
1960 53% John Kennedy (D) 15,545 56.2% Richard Nixon (R) 11,990 43.4% 111 0.4% 27,646 -6 0.04%
1956 49% Adlai Stevenson (D) 13,366 53.8% Dwight Eisenhower* (R) 11,430 46.0% 56 0.2% 24,852 -11 0.04%
1952 56% Dwight Eisenhower (R) 13,512 53.3% Adlai Stevenson (D) 11,639 45.9% 219 0.9% 25,370 -2 0.04%
1948 43% Harry Truman* (D) 9,959 54.9% Thomas Dewey (R) 7,721 42.6% 444 [+] 2.4% 18,124 -2 0.04%
1944 44% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 9,192 58.3% Thomas Dewey (R) 6,518 41.3% 69 0.4% 15,779 -5 0.03%
1940 56% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 10,501 62.6% Wendell Willkie (R) 6,101 36.4% 182 1.1% 16,784 -8 0.03%
1936 48% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 9,208 72.7% Alf Landon (R) 3,230 25.5% 230 [+] 1.8% 12,668 -11 0.03%
1932 45% Franklin Roosevelt (D) 7,202 67.1% Herbert Hoover* (R) 2,920 27.2% 612 [+] 5.7% 10,734 -12 0.03%
1928 37% Herbert Hoover (R) 4,644 60.2% Al Smith (D) 2,970 38.5% 104 [+] 1.3% 7,718 2 0.02%
1924 37% Calvin Coolidge (R) 3,573 52.9% Robert LaFollette (Prog) 2,301 34.1% 875 [+] 13.0% 6,749 -1 0.02%
1920 36% Warren Harding (R) 3,457 63.0% James Cox (D) 1,537 28.0% 494 [+] 9.0% 5,488 3 0.02%
1916 40% Woodrow Wilson* (D) 2,637 50.4% Charles Evans Hughes (R) 2,132 40.7% 467 [+] 8.9% 5,236 -5 0.03%
1912 39% Woodrow Wilson (D) 1,978 46.8% Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) 1,571 37.2% 679 [+] 16.1% 4,228 -23 0.03%
1908 29% William Taft (R) 1,107 44.6% William J. Bryan (D) 1,100 44.3% 276 [+] 11.1% 2,483 -7 0.02%
1904 28% Theodore Roosevelt (R) 972 49.1% Alton Parker (D) 863 43.6% 146 [+] 7.4% 1,981 -7 0.01%
1900 35% William J. Bryan (D) 1,081 55.4% William McKinley* (R) 811 41.6% 58 [+] 3.0% 1,950 -10 0.01%
* incumbent         PSV: percent of state vote