Douglas County, Colorado: Realigning Affluent Suburb county. In 2024, voted R+7%. Democratic peak: D+71 in 1896.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+7MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Realigning Affluent SuburbAkashic typology
- Population
- 377,1502024 5-year
- Median household income
- $149,5942024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 79.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 10.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+71 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+60 in 1984MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Delaware County, OH · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Douglas CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Douglas 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 | −8.0% |
| 1884 | −7.8% |
| 1888 | −10.7% |
| 1892 | −57.6% |
| 1896 | +71.3% |
| 1900 | +0.6% |
| 1904 | −20.1% |
| 1908 | −10.5% |
| 1912 | +18.6% |
| 1916 | +14.3% |
| 1920 | −25.1% |
| 1924 | −31.0% |
| 1928 | −29.3% |
| 1932 | +11.6% |
| 1936 | +7.6% |
| 1940 | −23.6% |
| 1944 | −31.0% |
| 1948 | −12.1% |
| 1952 | −38.2% |
| 1956 | −36.6% |
| 1960 | −28.8% |
| 1964 | +3.8% |
| 1968 | −33.9% |
| 1972 | −53.7% |
| 1976 | −33.8% |
| 1980 | −51.9% |
| 1984 | −59.8% |
| 1988 | −41.5% |
| 1992 | −21.5% |
| 1996 | −30.6% |
| 2000 | −33.6% |
| 2004 | −33.8% |
| 2008 | −17.2% |
| 2012 | −25.8% |
| 2016 | −18.1% |
| 2020 | −7.2% |
| 2024 | −7.0% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 110,408 | 127,451 | 243,892 | ||
| R | 104,653 | 121,270 | 231,599 | ||
| R | 68,657 | 102,573 | 187,500 | ||
| R | 61,094 | 104,397 | 168,084 | ||
| R | 61,960 | 88,108 | 151,819 | ||
| R | 39,661 | 80,651 | 121,201 | ||
| R | 27,076 | 56,007 | 86,225 | ||
| R | 16,232 | 32,120 | 51,975 | ||
| R | 9,991 | 18,592 | 40,060 | ||
| R | 6,931 | 17,035 | 24,350 | ||
| R | 3,011 | 12,249 | 15,441 | ||
| R | 2,108 | 8,126 | 11,596 | ||
| R | 2,459 | 5,078 | 7,748 | ||
| R | 1,048 | 3,625 | 4,800 | ||
| R | 857 | 1,910 | 3,104 | ||
| D | 1,442 | 1,336 | 2,791 | ||
| R | 823 | 1,490 | 2,313 | ||
| R | 697 | 1,508 | 2,215 | ||
| R | 637 | 1,427 | 2,068 | ||
| R | 767 | 979 | 1,756 | ||
| R | 638 | 1,214 | 1,857 | ||
| R | 801 | 1,298 | 2,108 | ||
| D | 1,044 | 895 | 1,968 | ||
| D | 1,061 | 836 | 1,946 | ||
| R | 603 | 1,107 | 1,723 | ||
| R | 383 | 870 | 1,572 | ||
| R | 561 | 948 | 1,544 | ||
| D | 820 | 612 | 1,451 | ||
| D | 619 | 373 | 1,322 | ||
| R | 629 | 779 | 1,422 | ||
| R | 524 | 792 | 1,336 | ||
| D | 650 | 642 | 1,310 | ||
| D | 1,051 | 172 | 1,233 | ||
| R | 0 | 360 | 625 | ||
| R | 307 | 385 | 731 | ||
| R | 246 | 288 | 540 | ||
| R | 282 | 331 | 615 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
21.2%
English
17.0%
Irish
13.2%
Italian
6.1%
American
3.5%
Scottish
3.0%
French
2.7%
African American
1.1%
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: 39.6 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
$149,594
Douglas County ranks in the top 0.5% of US counties.
Douglas County$149,594
Colorado$95,470
United States$80,734
Douglas 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
3.8%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 183.0%
Working age (18–64)3.8%
Seniors (65+)6.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
89.6%
speak English only
Spanish3.9%
Other Indo-European3.3%
Asian & Pacific Islander2.8%
Other languages0.5%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 62.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Douglas County has shifted notably leftward over two decades as professional-class migration from the Denver metro reshaped its electorate, narrowing a margin that once ran 40+ points Republican to single digits by 2024.
Once reliably Republican — a margin of sixty points in 1984 at its widest — Douglas County has trended Democratic. The 2024 margin was seven points.
A median household income of $149,594 — among the higher at this geographic scale — and a population of 377,150 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Delaware County and El Paso County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Douglas County, Colorado vote in 2024?
In 2024, Douglas County, Colorado voted Republican by 7.0 points (R+7), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 243,892 votes cast, 110,408 went Democratic and 127,451 went Republican.
What is Douglas County, Colorado's political typology?
Akashic places Douglas 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 7 times, Republican 30 times, and other 0 times.
When did Douglas County, Colorado last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Douglas County, Colorado voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Douglas County, Colorado?
Douglas County, Colorado has a population of 377,150 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Douglas County, Colorado?
Median household income in Douglas County, Colorado is $149,594 — above the national median of $80,734. The Colorado state median is $95,470.
What is the political history of Douglas County, Colorado?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Douglas County, Colorado from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 7 went Democratic and 30 went Republican. The county's typology — "Realigning Affluent Suburb" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.