Cheyenne County, Colorado: Stable Rural Right county. In 2024, voted R+78%. Republican peak: R+78 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+78MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
- Population
- 1,7412024 5-year
- Median household income
- $70,8652024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 82.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 10.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+20 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+78 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Dallam County, TX · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Cheyenne CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Cheyenne County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
Turnout—
Harris +50Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | −66.7% |
| 1896 | +8.9% |
| 1900 | −13.7% |
| 1904 | −34.5% |
| 1908 | −13.9% |
| 1912 | +20.1% |
| 1916 | +16.8% |
| 1920 | −37.0% |
| 1924 | −40.7% |
| 1928 | −30.1% |
| 1932 | +15.6% |
| 1936 | +8.0% |
| 1940 | −9.3% |
| 1944 | −21.6% |
| 1948 | −4.0% |
| 1952 | −32.1% |
| 1956 | −23.6% |
| 1960 | −31.5% |
| 1964 | +14.8% |
| 1968 | −22.8% |
| 1972 | −32.3% |
| 1976 | +1.2% |
| 1980 | −39.9% |
| 1984 | −48.0% |
| 1988 | −30.4% |
| 1992 | −25.9% |
| 1996 | −34.9% |
| 2000 | −61.7% |
| 2004 | −63.9% |
| 2008 | −62.3% |
| 2012 | −65.6% |
| 2016 | −72.0% |
| 2020 | −75.9% |
| 2024 | −77.9% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 108 | 930 | 1,055 | ||
| R | 131 | 993 | 1,136 | ||
| R | 132 | 925 | 1,102 | ||
| R | 172 | 889 | 1,093 | ||
| R | 198 | 890 | 1,111 | ||
| R | 198 | 923 | 1,134 | ||
| R | 209 | 957 | 1,212 | ||
| R | 328 | 739 | 1,176 | ||
| R | 301 | 615 | 1,212 | ||
| R | 399 | 760 | 1,186 | ||
| R | 307 | 892 | 1,218 | ||
| R | 322 | 816 | 1,239 | ||
| D | 625 | 610 | 1,267 | ||
| R | 400 | 815 | 1,286 | ||
| R | 392 | 664 | 1,192 | ||
| D | 735 | 545 | 1,283 | ||
| R | 419 | 806 | 1,227 | ||
| R | 507 | 820 | 1,329 | ||
| R | 515 | 1,004 | 1,522 | ||
| R | 657 | 713 | 1,386 | ||
| R | 594 | 923 | 1,521 | ||
| R | 758 | 915 | 1,681 | ||
| D | 903 | 767 | 1,710 | ||
| D | 1,042 | 746 | 1,893 | ||
| R | 500 | 945 | 1,480 | ||
| R | 236 | 875 | 1,571 | ||
| R | 358 | 840 | 1,301 | ||
| D | 802 | 558 | 1,454 | ||
| O | 507 | 237 | 1,342 | ||
| R | 331 | 445 | 819 | ||
| R | 69 | 145 | 220 | ||
| R | 97 | 128 | 227 | ||
| D | 104 | 87 | 191 | ||
| R | 0 | 102 | 153 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
30.1%
Irish
13.8%
English
8.8%
Scottish
3.3%
Italian
2.0%
American
1.6%
Polish
0.9%
African American
1.4%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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: 42.9 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
$70,865
Cheyenne County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Cheyenne County$70,865
Colorado$95,470
United States$80,734
Cheyenne County ranks near the middle 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
8.2%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1811.6%
Working age (18–64)6.9%
Seniors (65+)13.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
94.0%
speak English only
Spanish5.9%
Other Indo-European0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 50.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Cheyenne County sits on Colorado's eastern plains with a population under 2,500, and its agricultural economy and sparse settlement have produced some of the state's most consistent and wide Republican presidential margins for decades.
The Republican margin here reached seventy-eight points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved two points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was seventy-eight points.
A population of 1,741, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $70,865 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Dallam County and Washington County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Cheyenne County, Colorado vote in 2024?
In 2024, Cheyenne County, Colorado voted Republican by 77.9 points (R+78), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,055 votes cast, 108 went Democratic and 930 went Republican.
What is Cheyenne County, Colorado's political typology?
Akashic places Cheyenne County, Colorado in the "Stable Rural Right" typology — Mountain, Plains, and rural Republican counties already near their ceiling, with little further room to swing. 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 6 times, Republican 27 times, and other 1 times.
When did Cheyenne County, Colorado last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Cheyenne County, Colorado voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Cheyenne County, Colorado?
Cheyenne County, Colorado has a population of 1,741 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Cheyenne County, Colorado?
Median household income in Cheyenne County, Colorado is $70,865 — below the national median of $80,734. The Colorado state median is $95,470.
What is the political history of Cheyenne County, Colorado?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Cheyenne County, Colorado from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 27 went Republican. The county's typology — "Stable Rural Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.