Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupHinsdale CountyColoradoUnited States
German29.0%17.9%12.5%
English27.8%12.6%9.5%
Irish14.5%11.2%9.4%
Italian10.9%4.9%4.8%
French7.5%2.0%1.6%
Scotch-Irish3.9%——
Scottish3.8%2.5%1.3%
American3.0%3.5%5.3%
Chickasaw1.9%——
Mexican1.9%15.8%11.3%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Hinsdale County
Colorado
United States
Median age
48.5
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
4.1%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
30.9%
15.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Hinsdale County
Colorado
United States
Median household income
$75,972
$95,470
$84,427
Poverty rate
4.1%
9.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
47.7%
45.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Hinsdale County
Colorado
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
4.2%
16.2%
22.3%
Spanish
3.2%
11.1%
13.6%
German or other West Germanic
1.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Religious landscape
Measure
Hinsdale County
Colorado
United States
Catholic
—
15.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
10.9%
11.7%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
74.4%
64.7%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
14.7%
3.0%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Hinsdale County, Colorado
Precinct data
Results by precinct
4 precincts · 607 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Hinsdale County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -30558270013055827001
257
332
18
607
42.3%
54.7%
R+12.4
Hinsdale 108_0805327001
0
0
0
0
—
—
Even
Hinsdale 208_0805327002
0
0
0
0
—
—
Even
Hinsdale 308_0805327003
0
0
0
0
—
—
Even
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1880–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
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
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
42.3%Harris257
54.7%Trump332
1.3%Kennedy8
R+12.4
D+3.2
R+10.9
607
R
40.3%Biden255
55.9%Trump353
1.6%Jorgensen10
R+15.5
D+8.6
R+20.0
632
R
33.4%Clinton197
57.6%Trump339
4.6%Johnson27
R+24.1
R+3.4
R+26.2
589
R
38.2%Obama229
58.8%Romney353
3.0%
R+20.7
R+3.3
R+24.5
600
R
40.1%Obama240
57.4%McCain344
2.5%
R+17.4
D+2.4
R+24.6
599
R
39.2%Kerry236
59.0%Bush355
1.8%
R+19.8
D+2.8
R+17.3
602
R
33.2%Gore188
55.8%Bush316
9.0%Nader51
R+22.6
R+3.6
R+23.1
566
R
33.8%Clinton185
52.8%Dole289
10.2%Perot56
R+19.0
R+11.2
R+27.5
547
R
31.7%Clinton151
39.5%Bush188
28.6%Perot136
R+7.8
D+37.4
R+13.3
476
R
27.3%Dukakis111
72.5%Bush295
0.2%
R+45.2
D+6.0
R+37.5
407
R
23.7%Mondale98
74.9%Reagan310
1.4%
R+51.2
R+4.8
R+33.0
414
R
22.6%Carter76
69.0%Reagan232
8.3%
R+46.4
R+9.1
R+36.7
336
R
29.2%Carter83
66.5%Ford189
4.2%
R+37.3
D+20.3
R+39.4
284
R
19.8%McGovern44
77.5%Nixon172
2.7%
R+57.7
R+13.9
R+34.5
222
R
22.4%Humphrey43
66.1%Nixon127
11.5%
R+43.8
R+37.3
R+43.1
192
R
46.8%Johnson94
53.2%Goldwater107
0.0%
R+6.5
D+19.0
R+29.1
201
R
37.3%Kennedy82
62.7%Nixon138
0.0%
R+25.5
D+28.0
R+25.6
220
R
23.3%Stevenson47
76.7%Eisenhower155
0.0%
R+53.5
R+5.4
R+38.1
202
R
26.0%Stevenson54
74.0%Eisenhower154
0.0%
R+48.1
R+20.2
R+37.3
208
R
36.1%Truman75
63.9%Dewey133
0.0%
R+27.9
D+6.2
R+32.4
208
R
33.0%Roosevelt61
67.0%Dewey124
0.0%
R+34.1
R+15.6
R+41.5
185
R
40.4%Roosevelt103
58.8%Willkie150
0.8%
R+18.4
R+21.4
R+28.4
255
D
50.7%Roosevelt137
47.8%Landon129
1.5%
D+3.0
R+14.9
R+21.3
270
D
56.1%Roosevelt138
38.2%Hoover94
5.7%
D+17.9
D+27.1
D+0.1
246
R
44.5%Smith106
53.8%Hoover128
1.7%
R+9.2
D+12.1
D+8.2
238
R
28.6%Davis79
50.0%Coolidge138
20.7%La Follette57
R+21.4
D+11.2
D+3.8
276
R
26.6%Cox67
59.1%Harding149
14.3%
R+32.5
R+60.4
R+6.3
252
D
58.9%Wilson178
31.1%Hughes94
9.9%
D+27.8
D+21.8
D+24.7
302
D
44.6%Wilson157
38.6%Taft136
16.8%
D+6.0
R+8.7
R+13.6
352
D
53.3%Bryan215
38.7%Taft156
7.9%
D+14.6
D+15.4
D+24.2
403
R
46.8%Parker239
47.6%Roosevelt243
5.7%
R+0.8
R+44.7
D+18.9
511
D
71.6%Bryan595
27.7%McKinley230
0.7%
D+43.9
R+49.9
D+51.5
831
D
96.4%Bryan697
2.6%McKinley19
1.0%
D+93.8
D+119.6
D+99.9
723
O
0.0%Cleveland0
25.8%Harrison412
74.2%
Weaver +48.4
R+10.5
R+27.5
1,596
R
42.3%Cleveland116
57.7%Harrison158
0.0%
R+15.3
R+0.2
—
274
R
42.0%Cleveland180
57.1%Blaine245
0.9%
R+15.2
R+7.5
—
429
R
46.2%Hancock361
53.8%Garfield421
0.0%
R+7.7
—
—
782
—
—
—
—
No data
—
—
—
Congressional elections · 2 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2022
R
43.1%223
52.6%272
517
2020
R
39.4%244
58.9%365
620
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024R+35.8
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+12.4
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 23 points more Republican.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Hinsdale County, CO
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2016
750
120
448
173
9
2018
783
103
449
223
8
2020
795
106
422
259
8
2022
742
85
357
294
6
2024
759
71
343
333
12
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
0 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −52 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Hinsdale County, CO in Hinsdale County, CO: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−17
2012
−28
2013
−1
2014
−36
2015
−9
2016
+25
2017
+4
2018
+22
2019
+13
2021
−11
2022
+3
2023
−5
2024
−12
2025
0
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.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 93.8 points in 1896 and a Republican high of 57.7 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 3.2 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 12.4 points.
A population of 1,005, a 87% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $75,972 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Archuleta County and Keweenaw County.
Akashic
Political twins — counties
The counties whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Hinsdale County, Colorado voted Republican by 12.4 points (R+12.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 607 votes cast, 257 went Democratic and 332 went Republican.
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.
