† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
D+60R+60
1 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
GroupDurango, COColoradoUnited States
German19.3%17.9%12.5%
Irish15.0%11.2%9.4%
English14.8%12.6%9.5%
Scottish4.6%2.5%1.3%
Italian4.5%4.9%4.8%
American3.0%3.5%5.3%
French2.5%2.0%1.6%
Swedish2.4%——
Mexican6.3%15.8%11.3%
Spanish3.1%1.2%—
Spaniard0.8%1.0%—
Colombian0.4%0.3%0.4%
Puerto Rican0.2%0.7%1.8%
Navajo2.0%0.1%—
Native Hawaiian0.2%——
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
Durango, CO
Colorado
United States
Median age
43.2
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
9.1%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
20.9%
15.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Durango, CO
Colorado
United States
Median household income
$86,056
$95,470
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.7%
9.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
49.3%
45.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Durango, CO
Colorado
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
7.5%
16.2%
22.3%
Spanish
4.7%
11.1%
13.6%
Other languages
1.0%
0.7%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Durango, CO
Colorado
United States
Catholic
10.2%
15.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
9.0%
11.7%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
70.9%
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.
Durango, CO
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−33.6%
1896
+93.3%
1900
+34.1%
1904
−8.4%
1908
+16.6%
1912
+30.4%
1916
+41.1%
1920
−7.9%
1924
+1.1%
1928
−20.3%
1932
+18.7%
1936
+12.3%
1940
−15.4%
1944
−19.6%
1948
−3.7%
1952
−33.1%
1956
−33.7%
1960
−17.8%
1964
+11.1%
1968
−23.4%
1972
−31.3%
1976
−22.6%
1980
−34.9%
1984
−36.2%
1988
−17.0%
1992
+2.5%
1996
−8.9%
2000
−10.4%
2004
+6.7%
2008
+16.3%
2012
+9.2%
2016
+9.4%
2020
+17.7%
2024
+18.6%
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
D
57.9%Harris20,677
39.3%Trump14,024
2.8%
D+18.6
D+0.9
D+20.1
35,692
D
57.6%Biden20,548
39.9%Trump14,233
2.5%
D+17.7
D+8.3
D+13.3
35,667
D
49.8%Clinton15,525
40.4%Trump12,587
9.8%
D+9.4
D+0.2
D+7.3
31,150
D
52.8%Obama15,489
43.7%Romney12,794
3.5%
D+9.2
R+7.1
D+5.3
29,308
D
57.4%Obama16,057
41.1%McCain11,503
1.5%
D+16.3
D+9.6
D+9.0
27,979
D
52.6%Kerry13,409
45.9%Bush11,704
1.6%
D+6.7
D+17.1
D+9.1
25,513
R
38.4%Gore7,864
48.8%Bush9,993
12.9%
R+10.4
R+1.5
R+10.9
20,490
R
37.6%Clinton6,509
46.5%Dole8,057
15.9%
R+8.9
R+11.4
R+17.5
17,321
D
37.9%Clinton5,913
35.4%Bush5,522
26.8%
D+2.5
D+19.5
R+3.1
15,613
R
40.7%Dukakis5,443
57.7%Bush7,714
1.5%
R+17.0
D+19.2
R+9.3
13,362
R
31.3%Mondale4,040
67.5%Reagan8,719
1.2%
R+36.2
R+1.3
R+18.0
12,918
R
24.9%Carter3,034
59.8%Reagan7,291
15.4%
R+34.9
R+12.3
R+25.2
12,201
R
36.4%Carter3,843
59.0%Ford6,228
4.5%
R+22.6
D+8.7
R+24.7
10,547
R
30.9%McGovern2,830
62.2%Nixon5,691
6.8%
R+31.3
R+7.9
R+8.1
9,144
R
33.7%Humphrey2,523
57.1%Nixon4,269
9.1%
R+23.4
R+34.5
R+22.7
7,476
D
55.5%Johnson4,442
44.3%Goldwater3,550
0.2%
D+11.1
D+28.9
R+11.4
8,007
R
41.0%Kennedy3,329
58.8%Nixon4,772
0.1%
R+17.8
D+15.9
R+18.0
8,111
R
33.1%Stevenson2,366
66.8%Eisenhower4,770
0.1%
R+33.7
R+0.6
R+18.3
7,140
R
33.0%Stevenson2,210
66.0%Eisenhower4,425
1.0%
R+33.1
R+29.3
R+22.3
6,701
R
47.3%Truman2,536
51.0%Dewey2,735
1.7%
R+3.7
D+15.9
R+8.2
5,360
R
40.1%Roosevelt2,031
59.6%Dewey3,023
0.3%
R+19.6
R+4.2
R+27.1
5,069
R
42.0%Roosevelt2,835
57.4%Willkie3,871
0.6%
R+15.4
R+27.7
R+25.3
6,745
D
54.5%Roosevelt3,040
42.2%Landon2,354
3.3%
D+12.3
R+6.4
R+12.0
5,579
D
57.2%Roosevelt3,156
38.5%Hoover2,124
4.3%
D+18.7
D+39.0
D+0.9
5,517
R
39.3%Smith1,872
59.6%Hoover2,837
1.1%
R+20.3
R+21.4
R+2.8
4,762
D
36.3%Davis1,516
35.1%Coolidge1,469
28.6%
D+1.1
D+9.0
D+26.3
4,182
R
42.9%Cox1,445
50.8%Harding1,711
6.2%
R+7.9
R+49.0
D+18.3
3,365
D
68.1%Wilson2,590
27.1%Hughes1,029
4.8%
D+41.1
D+10.6
D+37.9
3,801
D
49.9%Wilson1,775
19.4%Taft692
30.7%
D+30.4
D+13.8
D+10.9
3,560
D
53.4%Bryan2,004
36.8%Taft1,381
9.8%
D+16.6
D+25.0
D+26.2
3,753
R
42.7%Parker1,458
51.1%Roosevelt1,745
6.2%
R+8.4
R+42.5
D+11.3
3,413
D
66.6%Bryan1,844
32.5%McKinley900
0.9%
D+34.1
R+59.3
D+41.6
2,769
D
96.6%Bryan2,729
3.2%McKinley91
0.2%
D+93.3
D+126.9
D+99.4
2,826
O
0.0%Cleveland0
33.6%Harrison545
66.4%
Weaver +32.8
—
R+35.2
1,623
Congressional elections · 2 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2022
D
59.6%17,711
37.8%11,231
29,729
2020
D
56.1%19,873
41.7%14,776
35,454
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024D+1.4
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+18.6
Registration leans Democratic; the presidential vote runs 17 points more Republican.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Durango, CO
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2016
44,784
14,493
13,433
15,812
1,046
2018
46,397
14,252
13,019
18,075
1,051
2020
49,173
14,540
13,079
20,460
1,094
2022
51,047
12,694
12,149
25,138
1,066
2024
52,814
12,433
11,694
27,579
1,108
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−25 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +4,103 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Durango, CO in Durango, CO: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+144
2012
+372
2013
+723
2014
+252
2015
+597
2016
+449
2017
+104
2018
+610
2019
−169
2021
+457
2022
+377
2023
−187
2024
+399
2025
−25
Durango anchors La Plata County, a rare Front Range–adjacent market where a large Native American population, Fort Lewis College enrollment, and tourism-dependent industries combine to produce competitive margins in statewide races.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 93.3 points in 1896 and a Republican high of 36.2 points in 1984. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 0.9 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 18.6 points.
A population of 56,331, a 76% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $86,056 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Jackson, WY-ID and Rifle, CO.
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In 2024, Durango, CO, Colorado voted Democratic by 18.6 points (D+18.6), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 35,692 votes cast, 20,677 went Democratic and 14,024 went Republican.
When did Durango, CO, Colorado last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Durango, CO, Colorado voted Republican was 2000.
How many people live in Durango, CO, Colorado?
Durango, CO, Colorado has a population of 56,331 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Durango, CO, Colorado?
Median household income in Durango, CO, Colorado is $86,056 — above the national median of $80,734. The Colorado state median is $95,470.
What is the political history of Durango, CO, Colorado?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Durango, CO, Colorado from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 16 went Democratic and 17 went Republican.
