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San Benito County, CA


Metropolitan Statistical Area: San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
Designated Market Area: Monterey-Salinas, CA
American Communities Project County Type (2023): Hispanic Centers

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2024 population: 69,159   ( 4,950 from 2020)
Land area: 1388.6 square miles
Population density: 49.8 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:19,182 27.74% 6.9%
Black:8951.29% 36.9%
Indian:2410.35% 6.2%
Asian:3,6545.28% 57.2%
2+ races:1,3331.93% 16.5%
Hispanic:43,85463.41% 11.8%
Total non-White:49,97772.26% 14.6%

2020-2024 ComponentsNumberRate
Births:3,477 13.5
Deaths:1,9737.7
Net Migration: 3,14512.2
Net Immigration: 3771.5
Change in White population:-1,413 -2.2
Change in Non-White pop.:6,363 9.9



Historical Presidential Election Results for San Benito County, CA

Recent Trends
VotesΔ MarginSwing %
2024 vs. 2020 R +1,112 R +3,561 R + 12.0%
D -2,449
2024 vs. 2016 R +3,861 R +1,203 R + 10.0%
D +2,658
2020 vs. 2016 R +2,749 D +2,358 D + 2.0%
D +5,107
2024 vs. 2012 R +4,359 R +456 R + 8.2%
D +3,903
2016 vs. 2008 R +416 D +188 R + 0.2%
D +604
How to interpret this table


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YearTurnout WinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal Votes Diff
(St) 		Diff
(US) 		PSV
2024 54% Kamala Harris (D) 15,179 54.9% Donald Trump (R) 11,702 42.3% 771 [+] 2.8% 27,652 4 -7 0.17%
2020 60% Joe Biden (D) 17,628 61.1% Donald Trump* (R) 10,590 36.7% 612 [+] 2.1% 28,830 2 -10 0.16%
2016 50% Hillary Clinton (D) 12,521 56.6% Donald Trump (R) 7,841 35.4% 1,760 [+] 8.0% 22,122 4 -10 0.16%
2012 47% Barack Obama* (D) 11,276 59.1% Mitt Romney (R) 7,343 38.5% 462 [+] 2.4% 19,081 1 -9 0.15%
2008 51% Barack Obama (D) 11,917 60.2% John McCain (R) 7,425 37.5% 446 [+] 2.3% 19,788 1 -8 0.15%
2004 50% John Kerry (D) 9,851 52.6% George W. Bush* (R) 8,698 46.5% 176 [+] 0.9% 18,725 2 -4 0.15%
2000 47% Albert Gore, Jr. (D) 9,131 54.3% George W. Bush (R) 7,015 41.7% 685 [+] 4.1% 16,831 0 -6 0.15%
1996 44% Bill Clinton* (D) 7,030 50.6% Robert Dole (R) 5,384 38.7% 1,492 [+] 10.7% 13,906 1 -2 0.14%
1992 46% Bill Clinton (D) 5,354 42.0% George Bush* (R) 4,112 32.3% 3,273 [+] 25.7% 12,739 0 -5 0.11%
1988 44% George Bush (R) 5,578 54.1% Michael Dukakis (D) 4,559 44.2% 171 [+] 1.7% 10,308 3 1 0.10%
1984 47% Ronald Reagan* (R) 5,695 60.7% Walter Mondale (D) 3,554 37.9% 131 1.4% 9,380 3 2 0.10%
1980 46% Ronald Reagan (R) 4,054 53.3% Jimmy Carter* (D) 2,749 36.2% 799 [+] 10.5% 7,602 1 3 0.09%
1976 49% Gerald Ford* (R) 3,398 50.9% Jimmy Carter (D) 3,122 46.7% 160 [+] 2.4% 6,680 2 3 0.08%
1972 57% Richard Nixon* (R) 3,961 57.6% George McGovern (D) 2,582 37.5% 338 [+] 4.9% 6,881 3 -3 0.08%
1968 62% Richard Nixon (R) 2,961 47.5% Hubert Humphrey (D) 2,809 45.1% 459 [+] 7.4% 6,229 0 4 0.09%
1964 67% Lyndon Johnson* (D) 3,779 60.6% Barry Goldwater (R) 2,444 39.2% 14 0.2% 6,237 -2 1 0.09%
1960 68% Richard Nixon (R) 3,056 51.4% John Kennedy (D) 2,876 48.4% 13 0.2% 5,945 1 2 0.09%
1956 60% Dwight Eisenhower* (R) 3,252 59.5% Adlai Stevenson (D) 2,201 40.3% 10 0.2% 5,463 4 2 0.10%
1952 64% Dwight Eisenhower (R) 3,733 65.2% Adlai Stevenson (D) 1,968 34.4% 22 0.4% 5,723 9 10 0.11%
1948 57% Thomas Dewey (R) 2,775 55.6% Harry Truman* (D) 2,096 42.0% 116 [+] 2.3% 4,987 9 11 0.12%
1944 53% Thomas Dewey (R) 2,253 52.8% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 1,998 46.8% 16 0.4% 4,267 10 7 0.12%
1940 67% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 2,441 50.0% Wendell Willkie (R) 2,407 49.3% 35 0.7% 4,883 8 4 0.15%
1936 59% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 2,565 61.9% Alf Landon (R) 1,515 36.6% 62 [+] 1.5% 4,142 5 0 0.16%
1932 54% Franklin Roosevelt (D) 2,283 61.0% Herbert Hoover* (R) 1,269 33.9% 192 [+] 5.1% 3,744 -3 -6 0.17%
1928 51% Herbert Hoover (R) 1,971 58.9% Al Smith (D) 1,366 40.8% 11 [+] 0.3% 3,348 -6 1 0.19%
1924 45% Calvin Coolidge (R) 1,443 53.5% Robert LaFollette (Prog) 857 31.8% 395 [+] 14.7% 2,695 -4 0 0.21%
1920 55% Warren Harding (R) 1,965 65.0% James Cox (D) 900 29.8% 158 [+] 5.2% 3,023 -1 5 0.32%
1916 61% Woodrow Wilson* (D) 1,688 51.8% Charles Evans Hughes (R) 1,440 44.2% 131 [+] 4.0% 3,259 -2 -2 0.33%
1912 50% Woodrow Wilson (D) 1,253 48.7% Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) 1,054 41.0% 266 [+] 10.3% 2,573 0 -23 0.38%
1908 38% William Taft (R) 937 53.6% William J. Bryan (D) 684 39.1% 128 [+] 7.3% 1,749 -2 2 0.45%
1904 38% Theodore Roosevelt (R) 888 54.5% Alton Parker (D) 645 39.6% 96 [+] 5.9% 1,629 -7 -2 0.49%
1900 39% William J. Bryan (D) 786 50.7% William McKinley* (R) 724 46.7% 40 [+] 2.6% 1,550 -8 -5 0.51%
* incumbent         PSV: percent of state vote

Historical Statewide Election Results for San Benito County, CA

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YearTypeTurnout WinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal VotesDiff PSV
2024 S1 52% Adam Schiff (D) 14,991 55.5% Steve Garvey (R) 12,031 44.5% 0 0.0% 27,022 3 0.18%
2022 S3 38% Alex Padilla* (D) 11,016 56.8% Mark Meuser (R) 8,368 43.2% 0 0.0% 19,384 4 0.18%
2022 G 38% Gavin Newsom* (D) 10,428 53.3% Brian Dahle (R) 9,150 46.7% 0 0.0% 19,578 6 0.18%
2018 S1 39% Kevin DeLeon (D) 9,371 52.1% Dianne Feinstein* (D) 8,607 47.9% 0 0.0% 17,978 n/a 0.16%
2018 G 43% Gavin Newsom (D) 11,274 56.1% John Cox (R) 8,815 43.9% 0 0.0% 20,089 6 0.16%
2016 S3 42% Kamala Harris (D) 11,151 59.6% Loretta Sanchez (D) 7,568 40.4% 0 0.0% 18,719 n/a 0.15%
2014 G 32% Jerry Brown* (D) 8,654 63.5% Neel Kashkari (R) 4,969 36.5% 0 0.0% 13,623 -4 0.19%
2012 S1 46% Dianne Feinstein* (D) 11,389 61.1% Elizabeth Emken (R) 7,255 38.9% 0 0.0% 18,644 1 0.15%
2010 S3 41% Barbara Boxer* (D) 7,909 49.6% Carly Fiorina (R) 6,977 43.8% 1,050 [+] 6.6% 15,936 2 0.16%
2010 G 41% Jerry Brown (D) 8,304 51.5% Meg Whitman (R) 6,993 43.4% 820 [+] 5.1% 16,117 3 0.16%
2006 S1 37% Dianne Feinstein* (D) 8,626 60.7% Dick Mountjoy (R) 4,768 33.6% 807 [+] 5.7% 14,201 -1 0.17%
2006 G 38% Arnold Schwarzenegger* (R) 8,208 57.1% Phil Angelides (D) 5,400 37.6% 771 [+] 5.4% 14,379 1 0.17%
2004 S3 50% Barbara Boxer* (D) 10,349 55.8% Bill Jones (R) 7,365 39.7% 825 [+] 4.5% 18,539 2 0.15%
2003 G 36% Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) 6,452 48.6% Cruz Bustamante (D) 4,213 31.8% 2,604 [+] 19.6% 13,269 17 0.15%
2002 G 34% Gray Davis* (D) 6,049 48.9% Bill Simon (R) 5,163 41.7% 1,161 [+] 9.4% 12,373 -1 0.17%
2000 S1 46% Dianne Feinstein* (D) 9,170 55.0% Tom Campbell (R) 6,545 39.3% 945 [+] 5.7% 16,660 3 0.16%
1998 S3 37% Barbara Boxer* (D) 6,428 51.1% Matt Fong (R) 5,543 44.0% 620 [+] 4.9% 12,591 1 0.15%
1998 G 39% Gray Davis (D) 7,531 57.4% Dan Lungren (R) 4,967 37.9% 618 [+] 4.7% 13,116 -1 0.16%
1994 S1 39% Michael Huffington (R) 5,476 47.3% Dianne Feinstein* (D) 4,735 40.9% 1,370 [+] 11.8% 11,581 2 0.14%
1994 G 40% Pete Wilson* (R) 6,398 54.2% Kathleen Brown (D) 4,852 41.1% 561 [+] 4.7% 11,811 -1 0.14%
1992 S3 45% Bruce Herschensohn (R) 5,527 44.6% Barbara Boxer (D) 5,415 43.7% 1,454 [+] 11.7% 12,396 2 0.11%
1992 S1 46% Dianne Feinstein (D) 6,938 55.5% John Seymour (R) 4,637 37.1% 923 [+] 7.4% 12,498 -1 0.12%
1990 G 36% Dianne Feinstein (D) 4,445 48.8% Pete Wilson (R) 4,120 45.2% 543 [+] 6.0% 9,108 -4 0.12%
1988 S1 44% Pete Wilson* (R) 5,331 51.8% Leo McCarthy (D) 4,499 43.7% 458 [+] 4.5% 10,288 -1 0.11%
1986 S3 35% Ed Zschau (R) 3,986 52.8% Alan Cranston* (D) 3,184 42.2% 374 [+] 5.0% 7,544 5 0.10%
1986 G 36% George Deukmejian* (R) 5,284 66.4% Tom Bradley (D) 2,520 31.7% 151 [+] 1.9% 7,955 6 0.11%
1982 S1 40% Pete Wilson (R) 4,017 54.6% Jerry Brown (D) 2,975 40.5% 359 [+] 4.9% 7,351 3 0.09%
1982 G 42% Tom Bradley (D) 3,782 48.9% George Deukmejian (R) 3,608 46.7% 341 [+] 4.4% 7,731 -3 0.10%
1980 S3 42% Alan Cranston* (D) 4,612 65.2% Paul Gann (R) 1,930 27.3% 537 [+] 7.6% 7,079 -10 0.09%
1978 G 39% Jerry Brown* (D) 2,805 49.2% Evelle Younger (R) 2,411 42.3% 482 [+] 8.5% 5,698 6 0.08%
1976 S1 46% Sam Hayakawa (R) 3,543 56.2% John Tunney* (D) 2,538 40.3% 224 [+] 3.6% 6,305 6 0.08%
1974 S3 43% Alan Cranston* (D) 3,450 62.4% Bill Richardson (R) 1,902 34.4% 175 [+] 3.2% 5,527 -2 0.09%
1974 G 47% Houston Flournoy (R) 3,199 52.9% Jerry Brown (D) 2,722 45.1% 121 [+] 2.0% 6,042 6 0.10%
1970 S1 49% George Murphy* (R) 2,699 53.4% John Tunney (D) 2,186 43.3% 166 [+] 3.3% 5,051 9 0.08%
1970 G 51% Ronald Reagan* (R) 3,134 59.5% Jess Unruh (D) 1,993 37.9% 137 [+] 2.6% 5,264 7 0.08%
1968 S3 58% Alan Cranston (D) 3,276 56.1% Max Rafferty (R) 2,530 43.3% 38 [+] 0.7% 5,844 -4 0.08%
1966 G 60% Ronald Reagan (R) 3,565 61.0% Pat Brown* (D) 2,283 39.0% 0 0.0% 5,848 3 0.09%
1964 S1 66% Pierre Salinger* (D) 3,162 50.8% George Murphy (R) 3,057 49.2% 0 0.0% 6,219 -2 0.09%
1962 S3 55% Thomas Kuchel* (R) 2,881 57.9% Richard Richards (D) 2,095 42.1% 1 [+] 0.0% 4,977 2 0.09%
1962 G 58% Richard Nixon (R) 2,640 50.5% Pat Brown* (D) 2,527 48.3% 65 [+] 1.2% 5,232 4 0.09%
*: incumbent               +: ran on additional party lines               Type: G: Governor; S1,S2,S3: Senate Class 1, 2 or 3
italics: special election           RO: runoff election           PSV: percent of state vote


Historical U.S. House Election Results for San Benito County, CA

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DateDistrictWinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal Votes
2024-11-05 CA18Zoe Lofgren* (D) 14,803 55.0% Peter Hernandez (R) 12,119 45.0% 0 0.0% 26,922
County Total for 2024-11-05:   26,922
2022-11-08 CA18Zoe Lofgren* (D) 10,613 54.8% Peter Hernandez (R) 8,763 45.2% 0 0.0% 19,376
County Total for 2022-11-08:   19,376
2020-11-03 CA20Jimmy Panetta* (D) 18,735 66.6% Jeff Gorman (R) 9,412 33.4% 0 0.0% 28,147
County Total for 2020-11-03:   28,147
2018-11-06 CA20Jimmy Panetta* (D) 13,974 71.7% Ronald Kabat (I) 5,525 28.3% 0 0.0% 19,499
County Total for 2018-11-06:   19,499
2016-11-08 CA20Jimmy Panetta (D) 12,779 59.4% Casey Lucius (R) 8,724 40.6% 0 0.0% 21,503
County Total for 2016-11-08:   21,503
2014-11-04 CA20Sam Farr* (D) 9,150 68.9% Ronald Kabat (I) 4,133 31.1% 0 0.0% 13,283
County Total for 2014-11-04:   13,283
2012-11-06 CA20Sam Farr* (D) 11,876 63.7% Jeff Taylor (R) 6,773 36.3% 0 0.0% 18,649
County Total for 2012-11-06:   18,649
2010-11-02 CA17Sam Farr* (D) 8,890 56.4% Jeff Taylor (R) 6,295 39.9% 577 3.7% 15,762
County Total for 2010-11-02:   15,762
2008-11-04 CA17Sam Farr* (D) 12,293 64.7% Jeff Taylor (R) 6,693 35.2% 2 0.0% 18,988
County Total for 2008-11-04:   18,988
2006-11-07 CA17Sam Farr* (D) 9,713 69.3% Anthony DeMaio (R) 4,250 30.3% 44 0.3% 14,007
County Total for 2006-11-07:   14,007
2004-11-02 CA17Sam Farr* (D) 11,055 59.7% Mark Risley (R) 6,911 37.3% 567 3.1% 18,533
County Total for 2004-11-02:   18,533
2002-11-05 CA17Sam Farr* (D) 7,432 62.9% Clint Engler (R) 4,018 34.0% 370 3.1% 11,820
County Total for 2002-11-05:   11,820
2000-11-07 CA17Sam Farr* (D) 10,538 64.9% Clint Engler (R) 4,900 30.2% 787 4.9% 16,225
County Total for 2000-11-07:   16,225
1998-11-03 CA17Sam Farr* (D) 7,361 58.8% Bill McCampbell (R) 4,795 38.3% 365 2.9% 12,521
County Total for 1998-11-03:   12,521
1996-11-05 CA17Sam Farr* (D) 7,025 51.5% Jess Brown (R) 6,214 45.6% 394 2.9% 13,633
County Total for 1996-11-05:   13,633
1994-11-08 CA17Bill McCampbell (R) 5,884 52.6% Sam Farr* (D) 5,010 44.8% 300 2.7% 11,194
County Total for 1994-11-08:   11,194
1993-06-08 sp CA17Bill McCampbell (R) 2,563 50.9% Sam Farr (D) 2,185 43.4% 290 5.8% 5,038
County Total for 1993-06-08:   5,038
1992-11-03 CA17Leon Panetta* (D) 8,400 66.7% Bill McCampbell (R) 3,678 29.2% 511 4.1% 12,589
County Total for 1992-11-03:   12,589
*: incumbent           sp: special election           RO: runoff election

Voter Registration Data for San Benito County, CA

YearTotalRepublicanDemocratOtherR/D EdgeR/D Edge %VAPOP %
2025 39,508 11,304 28.6% 17,940 45.4% 10,264 26.0% Dem +6,636 Dem +16.8% 77%
2024 37,685 10,653 28.3% 17,578 46.6% 9,454 25.1% Dem +6,925 Dem +18.4% 73%
2022 37,750 9,687 25.7% 18,058 47.8% 10,005 26.5% Dem +8,371 Dem +22.2% 73%
2020 35,359 9,285 26.3% 16,780 47.5% 9,294 26.3% Dem +7,495 Dem +21.2% 68%
2018 30,064 7,787 25.9% 13,647 45.4% 8,630 28.7% Dem +5,860 Dem +19.5% 61%
2016 28,224 8,039 28.5% 13,335 47.2% 6,850 24.3% Dem +5,296 Dem +18.8% 60%
2014 24,251 6,975 28.8% 11,032 45.5% 6,244 25.7% Dem +4,057 Dem +16.7% 55%
2012 26,580 7,827 29.4% 12,590 47.4% 6,163 23.2% Dem +4,763 Dem +17.9% 64%
2010 25,352 7,692 30.3% 12,214 48.2% 5,446 21.5% Dem +4,522 Dem +17.8% 65%
2008 25,355 7,971 31.4% 11,764 46.4% 5,620 22.2% Dem +3,793 Dem +15.0% 66%
2006 24,585 8,324 33.9% 11,076 45.1% 5,185 21.1% Dem +2,752 Dem +11.2% 65%
2004 26,477 9,147 34.5% 11,903 45.0% 5,427 20.5% Dem +2,756 Dem +10.4% 71%
2002 26,806 9,505 35.5% 12,356 46.1% 4,945 18.4% Dem +2,851 Dem +10.6% 73%
2000 26,534 9,284 35.0% 12,510 47.1% 4,740 17.9% Dem +3,226 Dem +12.2% 73%
1998 22,606 8,341 36.9% 10,579 46.8% 3,686 16.3% Dem +2,238 Dem +9.9% 67%
1996 20,697 7,397 35.7% 10,145 49.0% 3,155 15.2% Dem +2,748 Dem +13.3% 65%
1994 17,920 6,535 36.5% 8,987 50.2% 2,398 13.4% Dem +2,452 Dem +13.7% 60%
1992 17,299 6,324 36.6% 8,511 49.2% 2,464 14.2% Dem +2,187 Dem +12.6% 63%
1990 14,993 5,725 38.2% 7,524 50.2% 1,744 11.6% Dem +1,799 Dem +12.0% 59%
1986 13,117 5,034 38.4% 6,748 51.4% 1,335 10.2% Dem +1,714 Dem +13.1% 60%
VAPOP% is the estimated percentage of voting age population that is registered.
Registration data may include "inactive" voters.   Data for each year pertains to the November elections.