Hercules city, CA

Tracts in this county

2022 population: 26,041 ( 1,981 from 2010 )
Land area: 6.4 square miles
Population density: 4060.9 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	4,506	17.30%	11.9%
Black:	5,003	19.21%	12.8%
Indian:	0	0.00%	100.0%
Asian:	11,031	42.36%	1.3%
2+ races:	1,311	5.03%	27.3%
Hispanic:	4,099	15.74%	16.8%

Total non-White:	21,535	82.70%	7.5%

2010-2022 Components	Number	Rate

Change in White population:	480	2.4
Change in Non-White pop.:	1,501	7.6

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
24,060
4,026	16.73%
4,434	18.43%
65	0.27%
10,893	45.27%
1,030	4.28%
3,508	14.58%
20,034	83.27%

2000
19,299
4,433	22.97%
3,546	18.37%
94	0.49%
8,263	42.82%
772	4.00%
2,084	10.80%
14,866	77.03%

1990
16,829
5,907	35.10%
2,095	12.45%
79	0.47%
6,932	41.19%
n/a
1,816	10.79%
10,922	64.90%

1980
5,963
2,557	42.88%
729	12.23%
0	0.00%
2,184	36.63%
n/a
640	10.73%
3,406	57.12%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a

-407	-2.1
5,168	26.8

Number	Rate
1990's
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a

-1,474	-8.8
3,944	23.4

Number	Rate
1980's
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a

3,350	56.2
7,516	126.0

Age, Family & Household Data for Hercules city, CA

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
42.6
5,152	19.8%
20,889	80.2%
4,601	17.7%

8,990
2.89

6,553	72.9%
5,025	76.7%
523	8.0%
2,437	27.1%

2010
Number	Percent
39.0
5,481	22.8%
18,579	77.2%
2,530	10.5%

8,115
2.96

6,296	77.6%
4,675	74.3%
606	9.6%
1,819	22.4%

2000
Number	Percent
36.8
5,130	26.6%
14,169	73.4%
1,320	6.8%

6,388
3.02

4,993	78.2%
3,939	78.9%
454	9.1%
1,395	21.8%

1990
Number	Percent
31.9
5,068	30.1%
11,761	69.9%
725	4.3%

5,331
3.16

4,300	80.7%
3,706	86.2%
199	4.6%
1,031	19.3%

1980
Number	Percent
27.9
2,072	34.7%
3,891	65.3%
153	2.6%

1,752
3.40

1,542	88.0%
1,432	92.9%
34	2.2%
210	12.0%

2022 Housing Data for Hercules city, CA

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	338	3.8%
$10,000 to $14,999	278	3.1%
$15,000 to $19,999	89	1.0%
$20,000 to $24,999	202	2.2%
$25,000 to $29,999	88	1.0%
$30,000 to $34,999	67	0.7%
$35,000 to $39,999	134	1.5%
$40,000 to $44,999	215	2.4%
$45,000 to $49,999	257	2.9%
$50,000 to $59,999	528	5.9%
$60,000 to $74,999	427	4.7%
$75,000 to $99,999	868	9.7%
$100,000 to $124,999	966	10.7%
$125,000 to $149,999	927	10.3%
$150,000 to $199,999	1,170	13.0%
$200,000 or more	2,436	27.1%

Median Household Income	125,880
Per Capita Income	52,818

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	433	4.8%
Public Assistance	198	2.2%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	685	7.6%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	10,782	78.4%
Unemployed	457	3.3%
In Armed Forces	12	0.1%

Total Labor Force	11,251	81.8%
Not in Labor Force	2,503	18.2%

Real Unemployment Rate		21.5%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	4,248	4,088	51.0%
Non-Profit	588	918	39.0%
Self-Employed	730	462	61.2%

Local Government	727	750	49.2%
State Government	304	387	44.0%
Federal Government	279	228	55.0%

Total Private + Self	4,978	4,550	52.2%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	1,898	2,283	45.4%
Total	6,876	6,833	50.2%

Pct. Govt.	19.5%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	2,668	19.4%
Sales and Office Occupations	3,426	25.0%
Professional, Technical	4,231	30.8%
Service Occupations	1,613	11.8%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	44	0.3%
All others	1,789	13.0%

White Collar		75.2%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	2,842	20.7%
Professional, scientific, technical	1,168	8.5%
Retail trade	1,154	8.4%
Educational services	1,097	8.0%
Public administration	1,023	7.5%
Transportation and warehousing	934	6.8%
Finance and insurance	922	6.7%
Manufacturing	838	6.1%
Accommodation and food services	791	5.8%
Construction	582	4.2%
Other services	556	4.1%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	466	3.4%
Information	322	2.3%
Wholesale trade	240	1.7%
Real estate and rental and leasing	227	1.7%
Utilities	184	1.3%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	181	1.3%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	130	0.9%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	70	0.5%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	2,825	10.85%
Puerto Rican	273	1.05%
Cuban	0	0.00%
Dominican	40	0.15%

Total Central American	702	2.70%
Costa Rican	14	0.05%
Guatemalan	55	0.21%
Honduran	70	0.27%
Nicaraguan	234	0.90%
Panamanian	35	0.13%
Salvadoran	294	1.13%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	177	0.68%
Argentinean	22	0.08%
Bolivian	9	0.03%
Chilean	86	0.33%
Colombian	18	0.07%
Ecuadorian	0	0.00%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	42	0.16%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	0	0.00%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	82	0.31%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	4,747	18.23%
Indian	2,013	7.73%
Chinese	1,575	6.05%
Vietnamese	400	1.54%
Japanese	336	1.29%
Korean	226	0.87%
Laotian	150	0.58%
Thai	37	0.14%
Bangladeshi	32	0.12%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	13,462	54.0%
Spanish	3,079	12.3%
Other Indo-European	2,587	10.4%
Tagalog	2,486	10.0%
Chinese	1,027	4.1%
Other Asian	620	2.5%
Arabic	435	1.7%
Other	409	1.6%
Vietnamese	340	1.4%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
Irish	665	2.6%
Nigerian	603	2.3%
German	590	2.3%
Italian	533	2.0%
Other Arab	517	2.0%
English	505	1.9%
European	447	1.7%
Turkish	428	1.6%
American	377	1.4%
Polish	250	1.0%
Ethiopian	249	1.0%
Iranian	191	0.7%
Norwegian	157	0.6%
Portuguese	140	0.5%
African	119	0.5%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	24,193	92.9%
Not a citizen	1,848	7.1%

Native	17,627	67.7%
Foreign-born	8,414	32.3%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
1,017	5.4%	512	2.7%	2,713	14.4%	6,062	32.2%	5,731	30.4%	2,806	14.9%
Average years of education: 14.1

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	1,017	5.4%
9-12 Years	512	2.7%
H.S. Grad or GED	2,713	14.4%
Some College	6,062	32.2%
Bach. Degree	5,731	30.4%
Grad Degree	2,806	14.9%
Average years of education: 14.1

Recent Trends
	Votes	Δ Margin	Swing %
2020 vs. 2016	R +1,152	D +1,384	R + 7.8%
D +2,536
2020 vs. 2012	R +935	D +2,205	R + 2.1%
D +3,140
2020 vs. 2008	R +588	D +2,418	D + 2.8%
D +3,006

2016 vs. 2008	R -564	D +1,034	D + 10.6%
D +470
How to interpret this table

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Year	Turnout	Winner			Runner-Up			Other		Total Votes	Diff (St)	Diff (US)	PSV
2020	70%	Joe Biden (D)	11,069	78.5%	Donald Trump* (R)	2,836	20.1%	194	1.4%	14,099	-14	-27	0.08%
2016	54%	Hillary Clinton (D)	8,533	80.2%	Donald Trump (R)	1,684	15.8%	418	3.9%	10,635	-16	-30	0.07%
2012	53%	Barack Obama* (D)	7,929	79.3%	Mitt Romney (R)	1,901	19.0%	175	1.7%	10,005	-18	-28	0.08%
2008	59%	Barack Obama (D)	8,063	77.3%	John McCain (R)	2,248	21.6%	114	1.1%	10,425	-15	-24	0.08%
2004	55%	John Kerry (D)	6,659	75.6%	George W. Bush* (R)	2,085	23.7%	68	0.8%	8,812	-21	-27	0.07%
2000	51%	Albert Gore, Jr. (D)	5,240	73.2%	George W. Bush (R)	1,718	24.0%	203	2.8%	7,161	-18	-24	0.07%

* incumbent PSV: percent of state vote

2020 President, Hercules city

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Joe Biden (D)

11,069

78.5%

Donald Trump* (R)

2,836

20.1%

Jo Jorgensen (Lbt)

0.7%

Other

0.7%

TOTAL

14,099

Turnout: 70%	Diff (St): -14	Diff (US): -27

2016 President, Hercules city

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Hillary Clinton (D)

8,533

80.2%

Donald Trump (R)

1,684

15.8%

Gary Johnson (Lbt)

189

1.8%

Jill Stein (Grn)

184

1.7%

Other

0.4%

TOTAL

10,635

Turnout: 54%	Diff (St): -16	Diff (US): -30

2012 President, Hercules city

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Barack Obama* (D)

7,929

79.3%

Mitt Romney (R)

1,901

19.0%

Other

175

1.7%

TOTAL

10,005

Turnout: 53%	Diff (St): -18	Diff (US): -28

2008 President, Hercules city

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Barack Obama (D)

8,063

77.3%

John McCain (R)

2,248

21.6%

Other

114

1.1%

TOTAL

10,425

Turnout: 59%	Diff (St): -15	Diff (US): -24

2004 President, Hercules city

Candidate

Votes

Pct

George W. Bush* (R)

2,085

23.7%

John Kerry (D)

6,659

75.6%

Other

0.8%

TOTAL

8,812

Turnout: 55%	Diff (St): -21	Diff (US): -27

2000 President, Hercules city

Candidate

Votes

Pct

George W. Bush (R)

1,718

24.0%

Albert Gore, Jr. (D)

5,240

73.2%

Ralph Nader (Grn)

168

2.3%

Other

0.5%

TOTAL

7,161

Turnout: 51%	Diff (St): -18	Diff (US): -24

* incumbent

Historical Statewide Election Results for Hercules city, CA

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Year	Type	Turnout	Winner			Runner-Up			Other		Total Votes	Diff	PSV
2022	S3	85%	Alex Padilla* (D)	13,424	78.4%	Mark Meuser (R)	3,696	21.6%	0	0.0%	17,120	-17	0.16%
[-] Other candidates in 2022:
2022	G	43%	Gavin Newsom* (D)	6,777	77.7%	Brian Dahle (R)	1,946	22.3%	0	0.0%	8,723	-19	0.08%
[-] Other candidates in 2022:
2018	S1	43%	Dianne Feinstein* (D)	5,602	65.3%	Kevin DeLeon (D)	2,971	34.7%	0	0.0%	8,573	n/a	0.08%
[-] Other candidates in 2018:
2018	G	46%	Gavin Newsom (D)	7,181	78.1%	John H. Cox (R)	2,008	21.9%	0	0.0%	9,189	-16	0.07%
[-] Other candidates in 2018:
2016	S3	49%	Kamala Harris (D)	7,029	72.7%	Loretta Sanchez (D)	2,638	27.3%	0	0.0%	9,667	n/a	0.08%
[-] Other candidates in 2016:
2014	G	26%	Jerry Brown* (D)	4,108	81.0%	Neel Kashkari (R)	965	19.0%	0	0.0%	5,073	-21	0.07%
[-] Other candidates in 2014:
2012	S1	52%	Dianne Feinstein* (D)	8,103	82.9%	Elizabeth Emken (R)	1,675	17.1%	0	0.0%	9,778	-20	0.08%
[-] Other candidates in 2012:
2010	S3	40%	Barbara Boxer* (D)	5,428	73.9%	Carly Fiorina (R)	1,691	23.0%	226 [+]	3.1%	7,345	-19	0.07%
[-] Other candidates in 2010: Gail Lightfoot (Libertarian) 76 (1.0%); Duane Roberts (Green) 55 (0.7%); Ed Noonan (American Independent) 49 (0.7%); Marsha Feinland (Peace & Freedom) 46 (0.6%);
2010	G	40%	Jerry Brown (D)	5,422	73.6%	Meg Whitman (R)	1,691	23.0%	254 [+]	3.4%	7,367	-18	0.07%
[-] Other candidates in 2010: Laura Wells (Green) 91 (1.2%); Carlos Alvarez (Peace & Freedom) 59 (0.8%); Chelene Nightingale (American Independent) 58 (0.8%); Dale Ogden (Libertarian) 46 (0.6%);
2006	S1	36%	Dianne Feinstein* (D)	4,800	79.5%	Dick Mountjoy (R)	985	16.3%	250 [+]	4.1%	6,035	-19	0.07%
[-] Other candidates in 2006: Todd Chretien (Green) 85 (1.4%); Marsha Feinland (Peace & Freedom) 69 (1.1%); Michael Metti (Libertarian) 53 (0.9%); Don Grundmann (American Independent) 43 (0.7%);
2006	G	36%	Phil Angelides (D)	3,505	57.8%	Arnold Schwarzenegger* (R)	2,320	38.3%	237 [+]	3.9%	6,062	-18	0.07%
[-] Other candidates in 2006: Peter Camejo (Green) 117 (1.9%); Art Olivier (Libertarian) 49 (0.8%); Janice Jordan (Peace & Freedom) 41 (0.7%); Ed Noonan (American Independent) 30 (0.5%);

*: 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

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	9,301
Median Value	$690,000

Occupied	8,990	96.7%
Vacant	311	3.3%

Owned	7,193	80.0%
Rented	1,797	20.0%
Median Rent	$2,759

Single-Family Units	7,506	80.7%
Detached	5,587	60.1%
Attached	1,919	20.6%
Buldings with 5+ Units	1,198	12.9%
Mobile Homes	32	0.3%

Hercules city, CA

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Hercules city, CA

2022 Housing Data for Hercules city, CA

2022 Income & Employment Data for Hercules city, CA

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Hercules city, CA

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Hercules city, CA

Historical Presidential Election Results for Hercules city, CA

Historical Statewide Election Results for Hercules city, CA