† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
D+60R+60
2 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupColorado Springs, COColoradoUnited States
German17.9%17.9%12.5%
English12.7%12.6%9.5%
Irish11.3%11.2%9.4%
Italian4.4%4.9%4.8%
American4.4%3.5%5.3%
Scottish2.8%2.5%1.3%
Polish2.3%2.1%2.2%
French2.2%2.0%1.6%
Mexican11.2%15.8%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.4%0.7%1.8%
Spanish1.3%1.2%—
Spaniard0.8%1.0%—
Cuban0.4%0.3%0.7%
Guatemalan0.3%—0.5%
Colombian0.3%0.3%0.4%
Dominican0.2%—0.7%
African American†4.3%2.8%9.9%
African0.4%0.2%0.5%
Nigerian0.2%—0.2%
Jamaican0.2%—0.4%
Filipino0.7%0.3%0.9%
Korean0.5%0.3%0.4%
Chinese0.4%0.6%1.3%
Asian Indian0.3%0.6%1.4%
Vietnamese0.3%0.4%0.6%
Japanese0.2%—0.2%
Aztec0.2%0.1%—
Navajo0.1%0.1%—
Maya0.1%——
Native Hawaiian0.1%——
Samoan0.1%——
Chamorro0.1%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Colorado Springs, CO
Colorado
United States
Median age
35.7
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
10.3%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
14.3%
15.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Colorado Springs, CO
Colorado
United States
Median household income
$90,201
$95,470
$84,427
Poverty rate
8.5%
9.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
41.8%
45.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Colorado Springs, CO
Colorado
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
11.0%
16.2%
22.3%
Spanish
6.9%
11.1%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Colorado Springs, CO
Colorado
United States
Catholic
16.3%
15.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
18.2%
11.7%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
57.2%
64.7%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Colorado Springs, CO
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−47.4%
1896
+47.1%
1900
+11.7%
1904
−21.6%
1908
−3.8%
1912
+24.4%
1916
+13.9%
1920
−28.0%
1924
−32.3%
1928
−47.5%
1932
+0.4%
1936
+19.7%
1940
−7.8%
1944
−15.9%
1948
−11.3%
1952
−37.9%
1956
−18.5%
1960
−29.4%
1964
+7.8%
1968
−18.3%
1972
−41.9%
1976
−20.8%
1980
−37.5%
1984
−51.2%
1988
−41.0%
1992
−23.8%
1996
−26.9%
2000
−33.3%
2004
−34.8%
2008
−19.2%
2012
−20.9%
2016
−23.2%
2020
−11.9%
2024
−10.9%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
43.2%Harris171,662
54.1%Trump214,789
2.7%
R+10.9
D+1.0
R+9.4
397,324
R
42.2%Biden166,914
54.1%Trump213,801
3.7%
R+11.9
D+11.3
R+16.3
395,173
R
33.5%Clinton111,613
56.7%Trump188,973
9.8%
R+23.2
R+2.3
R+25.3
333,412
R
38.3%Obama116,152
59.2%Romney179,654
2.6%
R+20.9
R+1.7
R+24.8
303,648
R
39.6%Obama113,412
58.9%McCain168,464
1.5%
R+19.2
D+15.6
R+26.5
286,081
R
32.0%Kerry81,204
66.8%Bush169,455
1.2%
R+34.8
R+1.5
R+32.3
253,630
R
30.6%Gore64,549
64.0%Bush134,771
5.4%
R+33.3
R+6.4
R+33.9
210,604
R
32.1%Clinton58,134
59.0%Dole106,861
8.9%
R+26.9
R+3.1
R+35.4
181,136
R
27.4%Clinton47,700
51.2%Bush89,094
21.4%
R+23.8
D+17.3
R+29.3
174,083
R
28.9%Dukakis41,651
70.0%Bush100,725
1.1%
R+41.0
D+10.1
R+33.3
143,966
R
23.9%Mondale29,228
75.1%Reagan91,837
1.0%
R+51.2
R+13.7
R+33.0
122,334
R
26.2%Carter28,265
63.7%Reagan68,656
10.0%
R+37.5
R+16.7
R+27.8
107,697
R
38.2%Carter33,897
59.0%Ford52,339
2.7%
R+20.8
D+21.1
R+22.9
88,651
R
27.2%McGovern21,769
69.1%Nixon55,332
3.7%
R+41.9
R+23.7
R+18.8
80,029
R
35.4%Humphrey21,635
53.7%Nixon32,788
10.8%
R+18.3
R+26.1
R+17.6
61,033
D
53.8%Johnson28,529
46.0%Goldwater24,399
0.3%
D+7.8
D+37.2
R+14.8
53,071
R
35.2%Kennedy17,640
64.6%Nixon32,348
0.1%
R+29.4
R+10.9
R+29.5
50,053
R
40.2%Stevenson19,373
58.7%Eisenhower28,259
1.0%
R+18.5
D+19.4
R+3.1
48,137
R
30.7%Stevenson11,775
68.5%Eisenhower26,314
0.8%
R+37.9
R+26.6
R+27.1
38,409
R
43.6%Truman13,070
54.9%Dewey16,453
1.5%
R+11.3
D+4.6
R+15.8
29,966
R
41.9%Roosevelt12,487
57.7%Dewey17,221
0.4%
R+15.9
R+8.1
R+23.4
29,836
R
45.7%Roosevelt15,404
53.5%Willkie18,034
0.7%
R+7.8
R+27.5
R+17.8
33,687
D
58.2%Roosevelt18,001
38.5%Landon11,905
3.2%
D+19.7
D+19.3
R+4.5
30,905
D
48.0%Roosevelt12,887
47.6%Hoover12,769
4.4%
D+0.4
D+47.9
R+17.3
26,839
R
25.6%Smith6,106
73.1%Hoover17,427
1.3%
R+47.5
R+15.2
R+30.0
23,853
R
22.6%Davis4,732
54.8%Coolidge11,498
22.6%
R+32.3
R+4.3
R+7.1
20,974
R
34.0%Cox6,083
62.0%Harding11,087
3.9%
R+28.0
R+41.9
R+1.8
17,870
D
54.3%Wilson11,896
40.4%Hughes8,852
5.3%
D+13.9
R+10.5
D+10.8
21,898
O
41.2%Wilson8,586
16.7%Taft3,492
42.1%
Roosevelt +0.9
D+28.2
D+4.9
20,855
R
45.2%Bryan10,187
49.0%Taft11,036
5.7%
R+3.8
D+17.8
D+5.8
22,516
R
37.9%Parker9,679
59.5%Roosevelt15,184
2.6%
R+21.6
R+33.3
R+1.9
25,529
D
54.8%Bryan15,889
43.1%McKinley12,493
2.1%
D+11.7
R+35.4
D+19.3
28,999
D
72.8%Bryan17,672
25.8%McKinley6,248
1.4%
D+47.1
D+94.5
D+53.2
24,260
O
0.0%Cleveland0
47.4%Harrison2,657
52.6%
Weaver +5.2
—
R+49.0
5,607
Congressional elections · 2 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2022
R
43.2%128,539
53.2%158,597
297,876
2020
R
39.9%157,165
56.7%223,364
393,666
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024R+12.3
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+10.9
Registration and the presidential vote track closely here — within 1.5 points.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Colorado Springs, CO
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2016
481,520
104,134
194,816
172,124
10,446
2018
500,504
104,217
191,160
193,628
11,499
2020
544,720
109,830
193,677
228,304
12,909
2022
576,202
105,119
180,888
276,970
13,225
2024
619,628
103,075
179,429
320,686
16,438
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+195 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +38,919 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Colorado Springs, CO in Colorado Springs, CO: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+3,630
2012
+829
2013
+2,424
2014
+1,560
2015
+3,503
2016
+8,704
2017
+7,026
2018
+7,458
2019
+3,399
2021
+1,208
2022
−131
2023
−1,413
2024
+527
2025
+195
Home to five major military bases and a dense concentration of evangelical organizations, Colorado Springs has shifted from a reliably Republican stronghold toward competitive territory as the metro's population and demographic mix have expanded.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 47.1 points in 1896 and a Republican high of 51.2 points in 1984. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 1.0 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 10.9 points.
A population of 767,824, a 66% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $90,201 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Wichita, KS and Boise City, ID.
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In 2024, Colorado Springs, CO voted Republican by 10.9 points (R+10.9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 397,324 votes cast, 171,662 went Democratic and 214,789 went Republican.
When did Colorado Springs, CO last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Colorado Springs, CO voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Colorado Springs, CO?
Colorado Springs, CO has a population of 767,824 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Colorado Springs, CO?
Median household income in Colorado Springs, CO is $90,201 — above the national median of $80,734. The Colorado state median is $95,470.
What is the political history of Colorado Springs, CO?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Colorado Springs, CO from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 26 went Republican.
