Garfield County, Colorado: New American county. In 2024, voted D+2%. Democratic peak: D+83 in 1896.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+2MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 62,4792024 5-year
- Median household income
- $91,1312024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 68.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 32.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+83 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+47 in 1892MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Grand County, CO · similarity 0.95
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Garfield CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Garfield 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 | No data |
| 1884 | −27.6% |
| 1888 | −14.8% |
| 1892 | −47.0% |
| 1896 | +83.2% |
| 1900 | +34.2% |
| 1904 | −11.4% |
| 1908 | +11.0% |
| 1912 | +25.1% |
| 1916 | +35.1% |
| 1920 | −12.0% |
| 1924 | −27.0% |
| 1928 | −21.5% |
| 1932 | +25.2% |
| 1936 | +10.2% |
| 1940 | −14.9% |
| 1944 | −16.2% |
| 1948 | −1.1% |
| 1952 | −37.4% |
| 1956 | −26.0% |
| 1960 | −16.3% |
| 1964 | +16.7% |
| 1968 | −14.6% |
| 1972 | −35.2% |
| 1976 | −23.5% |
| 1980 | −29.8% |
| 1984 | −39.2% |
| 1988 | −15.6% |
| 1992 | +4.9% |
| 1996 | −4.0% |
| 2000 | −17.6% |
| 2004 | −9.2% |
| 2008 | −0.0% |
| 2012 | −5.0% |
| 2016 | −7.0% |
| 2020 | +2.3% |
| 2024 | +2.1% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 15,128 | 14,493 | 30,376 | ||
| D | 15,427 | 14,717 | 30,904 | ||
| R | 11,271 | 13,132 | 26,470 | ||
| R | 11,305 | 12,535 | 24,408 | ||
| R | 11,357 | 11,359 | 23,082 | ||
| R | 9,228 | 11,123 | 20,647 | ||
| R | 6,087 | 9,103 | 17,104 | ||
| R | 5,722 | 6,281 | 14,138 | ||
| D | 5,082 | 4,404 | 13,976 | ||
| R | 4,620 | 6,358 | 11,114 | ||
| R | 3,076 | 7,111 | 10,285 | ||
| R | 2,639 | 5,416 | 9,325 | ||
| R | 2,852 | 4,699 | 7,866 | ||
| R | 2,088 | 4,452 | 6,718 | ||
| R | 2,273 | 3,157 | 6,043 | ||
| D | 3,196 | 2,282 | 5,488 | ||
| R | 2,313 | 3,215 | 5,539 | ||
| R | 1,953 | 3,332 | 5,297 | ||
| R | 1,777 | 3,914 | 5,719 | ||
| R | 2,364 | 2,416 | 4,822 | ||
| R | 1,865 | 2,588 | 4,464 | ||
| R | 2,141 | 2,894 | 5,061 | ||
| D | 2,406 | 1,945 | 4,528 | ||
| D | 2,946 | 1,734 | 4,810 | ||
| R | 1,562 | 2,435 | 4,056 | ||
| R | 917 | 1,934 | 3,772 | ||
| R | 1,489 | 1,912 | 3,520 | ||
| D | 2,479 | 1,139 | 3,815 | ||
| D | 1,806 | 824 | 3,905 | ||
| D | 1,898 | 1,504 | 3,582 | ||
| R | 1,286 | 1,639 | 3,087 | ||
| D | 1,700 | 826 | 2,558 | ||
| D | 2,065 | 173 | 2,274 | ||
| O | 0 | 634 | 1,349 | ||
| R | 820 | 1,110 | 1,960 | ||
| R | 139 | 245 | 384 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
15.1%
English
12.2%
Irish
10.0%
Italian
3.9%
American
3.2%
Scottish
2.4%
Polish
2.0%
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: 37.6 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
$91,131
Garfield County ranks in the top 10% of US counties.
Garfield County$91,131
Colorado$95,470
United States$80,734
Garfield 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
8.2%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 187.6%
Working age (18–64)8.3%
Seniors (65+)9.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
73.6%
speak English only
Spanish24.7%
Other Indo-European1.1%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.4%
Other languages0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 62.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Garfield County's economy has long centered on natural gas extraction in the Piceance Basin, yet its 2024 presidential result landed narrowly Democratic — a shift driven partly by resort-economy migration from neighboring Pitkin County spilling into communities like Glenwood Springs.
Garfield County has leaned Democratic in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of eighty-three points in 1896. The 2024 margin was two points.
Its demographics describe the shift: a 69% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $91,131, and a population of 62,479. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Grand County and Butte County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Garfield County, Colorado vote in 2024?
In 2024, Garfield County, Colorado voted Democratic by 2.1 points (D+2), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 30,376 votes cast, 15,128 went Democratic and 14,493 went Republican.
What is Garfield County, Colorado's political typology?
Akashic places Garfield 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 11 times, Republican 24 times, and other 1 times.
When did Garfield County, Colorado last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Garfield County, Colorado voted Republican was 2016.
How many people live in Garfield County, Colorado?
Garfield County, Colorado has a population of 62,479 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Garfield County, Colorado?
Median household income in Garfield County, Colorado is $91,131 — above the national median of $80,734. The Colorado state median is $95,470.
What is the political history of Garfield County, Colorado?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Garfield County, Colorado from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 11 went Democratic and 24 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.