Broomfield County, Colorado: Realigning Affluent Suburb county. In 2024, voted D+29%. Democratic peak: D+29 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+29MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Realigning Affluent SuburbAkashic typology
- Population
- 76,3042024 5-year
- Median household income
- $123,8742024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 76.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 14.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+29 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+5 in 2004MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Washington County, OR · similarity 0.94
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Broomfield CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Broomfield County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
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| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | No data |
| 1896 | No data |
| 1900 | No data |
| 1904 | No data |
| 1908 | No data |
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| 1916 | No data |
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| 1924 | No data |
| 1928 | No data |
| 1932 | No data |
| 1936 | No data |
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| 1948 | No data |
| 1952 | No data |
| 1956 | No data |
| 1960 | No data |
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| 1968 | No data |
| 1972 | No data |
| 1976 | No data |
| 1980 | No data |
| 1984 | No data |
| 1988 | No data |
| 1992 | No data |
| 1996 | No data |
| 2000 | No data |
| 2004 | −4.6% |
| 2008 | +11.6% |
| 2012 | +6.0% |
| 2016 | +14.2% |
| 2020 | +27.4% |
| 2024 | +28.5% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
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| D | 29,426 | 16,071 | 46,848 | ||
| D | 29,077 | 16,295 | 46,632 | ||
| D | 19,731 | 14,367 | 37,690 | ||
| D | 16,966 | 15,008 | 32,865 | ||
| D | 16,168 | 12,757 | 29,453 | ||
| R | 10,935 | 12,007 | 23,235 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
19.7%
English
13.9%
Irish
12.0%
Italian
6.6%
Polish
4.7%
American
3.1%
French
2.8%
African American
0.9%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 38.6 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$123,874
Broomfield County ranks in the top 0.5% of US counties.
Broomfield County$123,874
Colorado$95,470
United States$80,734
Broomfield County ranks in the top 0.5% of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
6.2%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 186.5%
Working age (18–64)6.2%
Seniors (65+)5.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
85.9%
speak English only
Spanish5.3%
Other Indo-European4.3%
Asian & Pacific Islander3.7%
Other languages0.7%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 72.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Broomfield, carved out as its own city-county in 2001, sits at the Denver metro's northern edge and has trended consistently toward Democratic margins, reflecting the college-educated suburban shift that reshaped Colorado's Front Range over the past decade.
Once reliably Republican — a margin of five points in 2004 at its widest — Broomfield County has trended Democratic. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was twenty-nine points.
A median household income of $123,874 — among the higher at this geographic scale — and a population of 76,304 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Washington County and Albemarle County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Broomfield County, Colorado vote in 2024?
In 2024, Broomfield County, Colorado voted Democratic by 28.5 points (D+29), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 46,848 votes cast, 29,426 went Democratic and 16,071 went Republican.
What is Broomfield County, Colorado's political typology?
Akashic places Broomfield County, Colorado in the "Realigning Affluent Suburb" typology — College-educated, affluent suburbs — the one bloc moving toward the Democratic Party. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 5 times, Republican 1 times, and other 0 times.
When did Broomfield County, Colorado last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Broomfield County, Colorado voted Republican was 2004.
How many people live in Broomfield County, Colorado?
Broomfield County, Colorado has a population of 76,304 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Broomfield County, Colorado?
Median household income in Broomfield County, Colorado is $123,874 — above the national median of $80,734. The Colorado state median is $95,470.
What is the political history of Broomfield County, Colorado?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Broomfield County, Colorado from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 1 went Republican. The county's typology — "Realigning Affluent Suburb" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.