Gunnison County, Colorado: Realigning Affluent Suburb county. In 2024, voted D+29%. Democratic peak: D+87 in 1896.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+29MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Realigning Affluent SuburbAkashic typology
- Population
- 17,2412024 5-year
- Median household income
- $84,5272024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 87.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 10.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+87 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+39 in 1892MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- St. Louis County, MO · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Gunnison CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Gunnison 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 | +2.3% |
| 1884 | −10.3% |
| 1888 | −17.7% |
| 1892 | −38.7% |
| 1896 | +87.1% |
| 1900 | +24.1% |
| 1904 | −3.2% |
| 1908 | +23.5% |
| 1912 | +28.4% |
| 1916 | +35.5% |
| 1920 | −1.5% |
| 1924 | −20.9% |
| 1928 | −12.2% |
| 1932 | +28.2% |
| 1936 | +37.4% |
| 1940 | +6.4% |
| 1944 | +7.2% |
| 1948 | +8.9% |
| 1952 | −18.9% |
| 1956 | −24.7% |
| 1960 | −10.8% |
| 1964 | +26.1% |
| 1968 | −22.5% |
| 1972 | −29.8% |
| 1976 | −31.8% |
| 1980 | −29.4% |
| 1984 | −36.4% |
| 1988 | −13.8% |
| 1992 | +12.6% |
| 1996 | +9.7% |
| 2000 | −1.0% |
| 2004 | +15.5% |
| 2008 | +27.3% |
| 2012 | +19.6% |
| 2016 | +19.5% |
| 2020 | +31.0% |
| 2024 | +29.2% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 6,887 | 3,689 | 10,942 | ||
| D | 6,976 | 3,599 | 10,887 | ||
| D | 5,128 | 3,289 | 9,412 | ||
| D | 5,044 | 3,341 | 8,667 | ||
| D | 5,556 | 3,131 | 8,870 | ||
| D | 4,782 | 3,479 | 8,420 | ||
| R | 3,059 | 3,128 | 7,236 | ||
| D | 2,812 | 2,230 | 6,021 | ||
| D | 2,389 | 1,662 | 5,759 | ||
| R | 1,897 | 2,520 | 4,523 | ||
| R | 1,424 | 3,100 | 4,605 | ||
| R | 1,297 | 2,756 | 4,970 | ||
| R | 1,250 | 2,568 | 4,150 | ||
| R | 1,187 | 2,231 | 3,508 | ||
| R | 866 | 1,411 | 2,425 | ||
| D | 1,540 | 903 | 2,443 | ||
| R | 1,044 | 1,296 | 2,343 | ||
| R | 846 | 1,400 | 2,247 | ||
| R | 1,045 | 1,533 | 2,578 | ||
| D | 1,326 | 1,103 | 2,494 | ||
| D | 1,411 | 1,221 | 2,637 | ||
| D | 1,771 | 1,556 | 3,351 | ||
| D | 2,179 | 978 | 3,215 | ||
| D | 1,807 | 985 | 2,916 | ||
| R | 1,135 | 1,456 | 2,637 | ||
| R | 598 | 1,122 | 2,510 | ||
| R | 1,022 | 1,055 | 2,223 | ||
| D | 1,618 | 736 | 2,482 | ||
| D | 1,206 | 553 | 2,301 | ||
| D | 1,481 | 889 | 2,515 | ||
| R | 1,260 | 1,348 | 2,714 | ||
| D | 1,559 | 945 | 2,553 | ||
| D | 2,268 | 150 | 2,431 | ||
| O | 0 | 588 | 1,519 | ||
| R | 617 | 904 | 1,622 | ||
| R | 1,009 | 1,245 | 2,297 | ||
| D | 1,060 | 1,012 | 2,079 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
19.5%
English
15.6%
Irish
13.5%
Italian
5.9%
Scottish
4.0%
Polish
3.7%
American
2.8%
African American
1.3%
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: 37.5 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
$84,527
Gunnison County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Gunnison County$84,527
Colorado$95,470
United States$80,734
Gunnison County ranks in the top 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
11.3%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1816.7%
Working age (18–64)10.8%
Seniors (65+)2.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
94.1%
speak English only
Spanish3.9%
Other Indo-European1.6%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.2%
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 67.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Gunnison's economy revolves around skiing and outdoor recreation, drawing a younger, college-educated population that has pushed its presidential margins well above the state's Democratic baseline — D+29.2 in 2024.
Once reliably Republican — a margin of thirty-nine points in 1892 at its widest — Gunnison County has trended Democratic. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved two points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was twenty-nine points.
A median household income of $84,527 — among the higher at this geographic scale — and a population of 17,241 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of St. Louis County and Routt County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Gunnison County, Colorado vote in 2024?
In 2024, Gunnison County, Colorado voted Democratic by 29.2 points (D+29), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 10,942 votes cast, 6,887 went Democratic and 3,689 went Republican.
What is Gunnison County, Colorado's political typology?
Akashic places Gunnison 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 20 times, Republican 16 times, and other 1 times.
When did Gunnison County, Colorado last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Gunnison County, Colorado voted Republican was 2000.
How many people live in Gunnison County, Colorado?
Gunnison County, Colorado has a population of 17,241 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Gunnison County, Colorado?
Median household income in Gunnison County, Colorado is $84,527 — above the national median of $80,734. The Colorado state median is $95,470.
What is the political history of Gunnison County, Colorado?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Gunnison County, Colorado from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 20 went Democratic and 16 went Republican. The county's typology — "Realigning Affluent Suburb" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.