Denver County, Colorado: New American county. In 2024, voted D+56%. Democratic peak: D+61 in 2020.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+56MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 718,8772024 5-year
- Median household income
- $94,7182024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 59.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 9.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 28.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+61 in 2020MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+47 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Dane County, WI · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Denver CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Denver County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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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 | No data |
| 1896 | No data |
| 1900 | No data |
| 1904 | −5.9% |
| 1908 | +4.5% |
| 1912 | +30.9% |
| 1916 | +29.0% |
| 1920 | −29.5% |
| 1924 | −46.5% |
| 1928 | −27.8% |
| 1932 | +9.9% |
| 1936 | +31.8% |
| 1940 | +5.5% |
| 1944 | +2.1% |
| 1948 | +7.8% |
| 1952 | −12.9% |
| 1956 | −12.7% |
| 1960 | +0.1% |
| 1964 | +32.2% |
| 1968 | +6.7% |
| 1972 | −10.6% |
| 1976 | +2.8% |
| 1980 | −1.2% |
| 1984 | +2.3% |
| 1988 | +23.6% |
| 1992 | +30.5% |
| 1996 | +31.7% |
| 2000 | +31.0% |
| 2004 | +40.3% |
| 2008 | +52.4% |
| 2012 | +49.2% |
| 2016 | +54.8% |
| 2020 | +61.4% |
| 2024 | +56.1% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 278,634 | 74,765 | 363,519 | ||
| D | 313,292 | 71,617 | 393,824 | ||
| D | 244,551 | 62,690 | 331,852 | ||
| D | 222,018 | 73,111 | 302,418 | ||
| D | 204,882 | 62,567 | 271,533 | ||
| D | 166,135 | 69,903 | 238,826 | ||
| D | 122,693 | 61,224 | 198,347 | ||
| D | 120,312 | 58,529 | 194,814 | ||
| D | 121,961 | 55,418 | 217,919 | ||
| D | 127,173 | 77,753 | 209,430 | ||
| D | 110,200 | 105,096 | 219,738 | ||
| R | 85,903 | 88,398 | 209,508 | ||
| D | 112,229 | 105,960 | 226,738 | ||
| R | 98,062 | 121,995 | 225,335 | ||
| D | 106,081 | 92,003 | 211,317 | ||
| D | 143,480 | 73,279 | 218,288 | ||
| D | 109,637 | 109,446 | 220,701 | ||
| R | 93,812 | 121,402 | 217,121 | ||
| R | 92,237 | 119,792 | 213,563 | ||
| D | 89,489 | 76,364 | 169,067 | ||
| D | 90,001 | 86,331 | 177,091 | ||
| D | 90,938 | 81,328 | 173,371 | ||
| D | 99,263 | 50,743 | 152,492 | ||
| D | 72,868 | 59,372 | 136,558 | ||
| R | 41,238 | 73,543 | 116,002 | ||
| R | 15,764 | 59,077 | 93,123 | ||
| R | 22,839 | 43,581 | 70,258 | ||
| D | 43,029 | 23,185 | 68,512 | ||
| D | 26,690 | 8,155 | 60,016 | ||
| D | 33,145 | 30,193 | 65,707 | ||
| R | 28,958 | 32,667 | 63,153 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
14.3%
Irish
11.3%
English
10.9%
Italian
5.5%
American
2.9%
Polish
2.7%
Scottish
2.2%
African American
7.2%
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: 35.3 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
$94,718
Denver County ranks in the top 5% of US counties.
Denver County$94,718
Colorado$95,470
United States$80,734
Denver County ranks in the top 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
11.2%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1816.0%
Working age (18–64)10.1%
Seniors (65+)12.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
76.1%
speak English only
Spanish16.7%
Other Indo-European3.0%
Asian & Pacific Islander2.3%
Other languages1.9%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 57.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Denver County is both city and county, producing Democratic presidential margins above 50 points in recent cycles. Its dense, highly educated, and majority-minority electorate makes it the anchor of Colorado's statewide Democratic coalition.
Denver County has leaned Democratic in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of sixty-one points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved five 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 59% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $94,718, and a population of 718,877. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Dane County and Multnomah County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Denver County, Colorado vote in 2024?
In 2024, Denver County, Colorado voted Democratic by 56.1 points (D+56), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 363,519 votes cast, 278,634 went Democratic and 74,765 went Republican.
What is Denver County, Colorado's political typology?
Akashic places Denver 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 23 times, Republican 8 times, and other 0 times.
When did Denver County, Colorado last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Denver County, Colorado voted Republican was 1980.
How many people live in Denver County, Colorado?
Denver County, Colorado has a population of 718,877 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Denver County, Colorado?
Median household income in Denver County, Colorado is $94,718 — above the national median of $80,734. The Colorado state median is $95,470.
What is the political history of Denver County, Colorado?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Denver County, Colorado from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 23 went Democratic and 8 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.