Conejos County, Colorado: New American county. In 2024, voted R+18%. Democratic peak: D+92 in 1896.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+18MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 7,5302024 5-year
- Median household income
- $50,9782024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 55.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 49.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+92 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+60 in 1956MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Gogebic County, MI · similarity 0.96
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Conejos CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Conejos 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) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | +0.2% |
| 1884 | −11.0% |
| 1888 | −18.9% |
| 1892 | −56.9% |
| 1896 | +92.1% |
| 1900 | −34.0% |
| 1904 | −37.9% |
| 1908 | −13.0% |
| 1912 | +12.1% |
| 1916 | +29.7% |
| 1920 | −28.2% |
| 1924 | −18.3% |
| 1928 | +7.1% |
| 1932 | +37.7% |
| 1936 | +28.1% |
| 1940 | +10.0% |
| 1944 | +7.6% |
| 1948 | +18.4% |
| 1952 | −15.0% |
| 1956 | −59.6% |
| 1960 | +19.9% |
| 1964 | +32.6% |
| 1968 | +4.4% |
| 1972 | −17.3% |
| 1976 | +8.5% |
| 1980 | −2.9% |
| 1984 | −3.6% |
| 1988 | +15.4% |
| 1992 | +15.7% |
| 1996 | +18.1% |
| 2000 | −0.6% |
| 2004 | +0.8% |
| 2008 | +12.9% |
| 2012 | +9.2% |
| 2016 | −3.6% |
| 2020 | −7.5% |
| 2024 | −17.8% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 1,627 | 2,358 | 4,105 | ||
| R | 1,959 | 2,286 | 4,333 | ||
| R | 1,771 | 1,914 | 4,022 | ||
| D | 2,213 | 1,835 | 4,101 | ||
| D | 2,154 | 1,653 | 3,874 | ||
| D | 1,894 | 1,864 | 3,803 | ||
| R | 1,749 | 1,772 | 3,671 | ||
| D | 1,726 | 1,149 | 3,186 | ||
| D | 1,705 | 1,160 | 3,465 | ||
| D | 1,976 | 1,445 | 3,447 | ||
| R | 1,553 | 1,669 | 3,247 | ||
| R | 1,503 | 1,597 | 3,232 | ||
| D | 1,698 | 1,426 | 3,194 | ||
| R | 1,140 | 1,658 | 2,987 | ||
| D | 1,492 | 1,361 | 2,980 | ||
| D | 2,033 | 1,031 | 3,076 | ||
| D | 2,069 | 1,367 | 3,523 | ||
| R | 471 | 1,884 | 2,371 | ||
| R | 1,610 | 2,194 | 3,902 | ||
| D | 2,236 | 1,532 | 3,827 | ||
| D | 2,028 | 1,740 | 3,768 | ||
| D | 2,481 | 2,028 | 4,526 | ||
| D | 2,347 | 1,305 | 3,710 | ||
| D | 2,641 | 1,190 | 3,851 | ||
| D | 1,692 | 1,463 | 3,234 | ||
| R | 995 | 1,475 | 2,626 | ||
| R | 886 | 1,595 | 2,512 | ||
| D | 1,721 | 928 | 2,671 | ||
| D | 2,147 | 1,587 | 4,619 | ||
| R | 1,335 | 1,736 | 3,095 | ||
| R | 901 | 2,018 | 2,944 | ||
| R | 912 | 1,853 | 2,771 | ||
| D | 2,388 | 96 | 2,488 | ||
| R | 0 | 823 | 1,447 | ||
| R | 669 | 982 | 1,657 | ||
| R | 583 | 728 | 1,313 | ||
| D | 611 | 608 | 1,221 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
13.7%
English
12.0%
Irish
8.4%
Italian
3.7%
Scottish
2.3%
American
1.9%
Polish
0.7%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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: 40.6 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
$50,978
Conejos County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Conejos County$50,978
Colorado$95,470
United States$80,734
Conejos County ranks in the bottom 25% 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
11.7%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1812.2%
Working age (18–64)10.5%
Seniors (65+)20.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
72.7%
speak English only
Spanish24.3%
Other Indo-European2.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.5%
Other languages0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 25.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Conejos County, nestled in Colorado's San Luis Valley, has one of the state's highest shares of Hispanic residents yet recorded an R+17.8 margin in 2024 — a pattern that reflects broader rural demographic realignment playing out across the Mountain West.
Conejos County has leaned Republican in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of ninety-two points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved ten points toward the Republican candidate — part of the sharpest rightward shift recorded among any group of places in the country.
Its demographics describe the shift: a 55% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $50,978, and a population of 7,530. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Gogebic County and Poweshiek County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Conejos County, Colorado vote in 2024?
In 2024, Conejos County, Colorado voted Republican by 17.8 points (R+18), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 4,105 votes cast, 1,627 went Democratic and 2,358 went Republican.
What is Conejos County, Colorado's political typology?
Akashic places Conejos County, Colorado in the "New American" typology — Communities where a large share of households speak a language other than English — multilingual, Democratic-leaning overall, yet the hardest-swinging bloc toward the Republican Party in 2024. 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 20 times, Republican 17 times, and other 0 times.
When did Conejos County, Colorado last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Conejos County, Colorado voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in Conejos County, Colorado?
Conejos County, Colorado has a population of 7,530 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Conejos County, Colorado?
Median household income in Conejos County, Colorado is $50,978 — below the national median of $80,734. The Colorado state median is $95,470.
What is the political history of Conejos County, Colorado?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Conejos County, Colorado from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 20 went Democratic and 17 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.