Hinsdale County, Colorado: Realigning Affluent Suburb county. In 2024, voted R+12%. Democratic peak: D+94 in 1896.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+12MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Realigning Affluent SuburbAkashic typology
- Population
- 1,0052024 5-year
- Median household income
- $75,9722024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 86.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 1.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+94 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+58 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Hamilton County, TN · similarity 0.98
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Hinsdale CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Hinsdale 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 | −7.7% |
| 1884 | −15.2% |
| 1888 | −15.3% |
| 1892 | −25.8% |
| 1896 | +93.8% |
| 1900 | +43.9% |
| 1904 | −0.8% |
| 1908 | +14.6% |
| 1912 | +6.0% |
| 1916 | +27.8% |
| 1920 | −32.5% |
| 1924 | −21.4% |
| 1928 | −9.2% |
| 1932 | +17.9% |
| 1936 | +3.0% |
| 1940 | −18.4% |
| 1944 | −34.1% |
| 1948 | −27.9% |
| 1952 | −48.1% |
| 1956 | −53.5% |
| 1960 | −25.5% |
| 1964 | −6.5% |
| 1968 | −43.8% |
| 1972 | −57.7% |
| 1976 | −37.3% |
| 1980 | −46.4% |
| 1984 | −51.2% |
| 1988 | −45.2% |
| 1992 | −7.8% |
| 1996 | −19.0% |
| 2000 | −22.6% |
| 2004 | −19.8% |
| 2008 | −17.4% |
| 2012 | −20.7% |
| 2016 | −24.1% |
| 2020 | −15.5% |
| 2024 | −12.4% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 257 | 332 | 607 | ||
| R | 255 | 353 | 632 | ||
| R | 197 | 339 | 589 | ||
| R | 229 | 353 | 600 | ||
| R | 240 | 344 | 599 | ||
| R | 236 | 355 | 602 | ||
| R | 188 | 316 | 566 | ||
| R | 185 | 289 | 547 | ||
| R | 151 | 188 | 476 | ||
| R | 111 | 295 | 407 | ||
| R | 98 | 310 | 414 | ||
| R | 76 | 232 | 336 | ||
| R | 83 | 189 | 284 | ||
| R | 44 | 172 | 222 | ||
| R | 43 | 127 | 192 | ||
| R | 94 | 107 | 201 | ||
| R | 82 | 138 | 220 | ||
| R | 47 | 155 | 202 | ||
| R | 54 | 154 | 208 | ||
| R | 75 | 133 | 208 | ||
| R | 61 | 124 | 185 | ||
| R | 103 | 150 | 255 | ||
| D | 137 | 129 | 270 | ||
| D | 138 | 94 | 246 | ||
| R | 106 | 128 | 238 | ||
| R | 79 | 138 | 276 | ||
| R | 67 | 149 | 252 | ||
| D | 178 | 94 | 302 | ||
| D | 157 | 136 | 352 | ||
| D | 215 | 156 | 403 | ||
| R | 239 | 243 | 511 | ||
| D | 595 | 230 | 831 | ||
| D | 697 | 19 | 723 | ||
| O | 0 | 412 | 1,596 | ||
| R | 116 | 158 | 274 | ||
| R | 180 | 245 | 429 | ||
| R | 361 | 421 | 782 | ||
| — | — | — | — |
Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
29.0%
English
27.8%
Irish
14.5%
Italian
10.9%
French
7.5%
Scottish
3.8%
American
3.0%
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: 48.5 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
$75,972
Hinsdale County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Hinsdale County$75,972
Colorado$95,470
United States$80,734
Hinsdale 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
4.1%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 180.0%
Working age (18–64)4.4%
Seniors (65+)10.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
95.8%
speak English only
Spanish3.2%
Other Indo-European1.0%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 74.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
With fewer than 800 residents spread across the San Juan Mountains, Hinsdale routinely delivers some of the state's most lopsided margins simply because its electorate is so small that a few dozen votes can swing the percentage sharply.
Once reliably Republican — a margin of fifty-eight points in 1972 at its widest — Hinsdale County has trended Democratic. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved three points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was twelve points.
A median household income of $75,972 — among the higher at this geographic scale — and a population of 1,005 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Hamilton County and Madison County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Hinsdale County, Colorado vote in 2024?
In 2024, Hinsdale County, Colorado voted Republican by 12.4 points (R+12), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 607 votes cast, 257 went Democratic and 332 went Republican.
What is Hinsdale County, Colorado's political typology?
Akashic places Hinsdale 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 29 times, and other 1 times.
When did Hinsdale County, Colorado last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Hinsdale County, Colorado voted Democratic was 1936.
How many people live in Hinsdale County, Colorado?
Hinsdale County, Colorado has a population of 1,005 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Hinsdale County, Colorado?
Median household income in Hinsdale County, Colorado is $75,972 — below the national median of $80,734. The Colorado state median is $95,470.
What is the political history of Hinsdale County, Colorado?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Hinsdale County, Colorado from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 7 went Democratic and 29 went Republican. The county's typology — "Realigning Affluent Suburb" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.