El Paso County, Colorado: Realigning Affluent Suburb county. In 2024, voted R+10%. Republican peak: R+52 in 1928.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+10MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Realigning Affluent SuburbAkashic typology
- Population
- 742,9992024 5-year
- Median household income
- $90,3632024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 70.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 5.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 18.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+47 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+52 in 1928MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Cumberland County, PA · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of El Paso CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for El Paso 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 | −32.4% |
| 1884 | −36.7% |
| 1888 | −24.7% |
| 1892 | −47.4% |
| 1896 | +47.1% |
| 1900 | −10.6% |
| 1904 | −27.9% |
| 1908 | −13.5% |
| 1912 | +18.2% |
| 1916 | +7.4% |
| 1920 | −29.4% |
| 1924 | −33.1% |
| 1928 | −51.8% |
| 1932 | −2.7% |
| 1936 | +17.0% |
| 1940 | −11.4% |
| 1944 | −16.7% |
| 1948 | −12.0% |
| 1952 | −38.3% |
| 1956 | −18.0% |
| 1960 | −30.0% |
| 1964 | +7.8% |
| 1968 | −18.2% |
| 1972 | −41.9% |
| 1976 | −20.9% |
| 1980 | −37.2% |
| 1984 | −51.1% |
| 1988 | −41.1% |
| 1992 | −24.1% |
| 1996 | −26.9% |
| 2000 | −33.1% |
| 2004 | −34.6% |
| 2008 | −18.8% |
| 2012 | −20.4% |
| 2016 | −22.3% |
| 2020 | −10.8% |
| 2024 | −9.8% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 166,597 | 203,933 | 380,986 | ||
| R | 161,636 | 202,560 | 378,234 | ||
| R | 108,010 | 179,228 | 318,968 | ||
| R | 111,819 | 170,952 | 290,175 | ||
| R | 108,899 | 160,318 | 273,175 | ||
| R | 77,648 | 161,361 | 241,788 | ||
| R | 61,799 | 128,294 | 200,757 | ||
| R | 55,822 | 102,403 | 173,441 | ||
| R | 45,827 | 86,044 | 167,169 | ||
| R | 39,995 | 96,965 | 138,466 | ||
| R | 28,185 | 88,377 | 117,772 | ||
| R | 27,463 | 66,199 | 103,990 | ||
| R | 32,911 | 50,929 | 86,130 | ||
| R | 21,234 | 53,892 | 77,985 | ||
| R | 21,232 | 32,066 | 59,655 | ||
| D | 27,844 | 23,822 | 51,807 | ||
| R | 17,018 | 31,625 | 48,704 | ||
| R | 18,879 | 27,282 | 46,666 | ||
| R | 11,203 | 25,272 | 36,778 | ||
| R | 12,291 | 15,705 | 28,419 | ||
| R | 11,679 | 16,392 | 28,186 | ||
| R | 13,320 | 16,766 | 30,315 | ||
| D | 15,652 | 10,965 | 27,537 | ||
| R | 11,353 | 12,017 | 24,350 | ||
| R | 5,069 | 16,243 | 21,578 | ||
| R | 4,140 | 10,215 | 18,344 | ||
| R | 5,073 | 9,535 | 15,189 | ||
| D | 8,381 | 7,159 | 16,437 | ||
| O | 5,559 | 2,816 | 15,046 | ||
| R | 5,995 | 8,022 | 15,065 | ||
| R | 5,281 | 9,589 | 15,449 | ||
| R | 6,230 | 7,755 | 14,424 | ||
| D | 17,672 | 6,248 | 24,260 | ||
| O | 0 | 2,657 | 5,607 | ||
| R | 1,281 | 2,164 | 3,572 | ||
| R | 534 | 1,209 | 1,840 | ||
| R | 580 | 1,151 | 1,761 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
17.8%
English
12.7%
Irish
11.2%
Italian
4.4%
American
4.4%
Scottish
2.8%
Polish
2.4%
African American
4.6%
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: 35.1 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
$90,363
El Paso County ranks in the top 10% of US counties.
El Paso County$90,363
Colorado$95,470
United States$80,734
El Paso County ranks in the top 10% 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
8.5%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1810.1%
Working age (18–64)7.9%
Seniors (65+)9.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
88.7%
speak English only
Spanish7.1%
Other Indo-European2.2%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.7%
Other languages0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 56.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Home to Fort Carson and the U.S. Air Force Academy, El Paso County's large active-duty and veteran population anchors a durable Republican lean even as Colorado's statewide margins have shifted toward Democrats over the past decade.
Once reliably Republican — a margin of fifty-two points in 1928 at its widest — El Paso County has trended Democratic. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was ten points.
A median household income of $90,363 — among the higher at this geographic scale — and a population of 742,999 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Cumberland County and Dorchester County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did El Paso County, Colorado vote in 2024?
In 2024, El Paso County, Colorado voted Republican by 9.8 points (R+10), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 380,986 votes cast, 166,597 went Democratic and 203,933 went Republican.
What is El Paso County, Colorado's political typology?
Akashic places El Paso 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 4 times, Republican 31 times, and other 2 times.
When did El Paso County, Colorado last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which El Paso County, Colorado voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in El Paso County, Colorado?
El Paso County, Colorado has a population of 742,999 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in El Paso County, Colorado?
Median household income in El Paso County, Colorado is $90,363 — above the national median of $80,734. The Colorado state median is $95,470.
What is the political history of El Paso County, Colorado?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in El Paso County, Colorado from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 4 went Democratic and 31 went Republican. The county's typology — "Realigning Affluent Suburb" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.