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
GroupJackson CountyColoradoUnited States
German20.9%17.9%12.5%
Irish9.5%11.2%9.4%
American5.4%3.5%5.3%
Dutch4.9%——
English4.6%12.6%9.5%
Swedish3.4%——
Scottish2.9%2.5%1.3%
Russian2.2%——
Mexican8.9%15.8%11.3%
Venezuelan1.5%——
Jamaican1.3%—0.4%
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
Jackson County
Colorado
United States
Median age
51.6
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
3.3%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
32.7%
15.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Jackson County
Colorado
United States
Median household income
$47,667
$95,470
$84,427
Poverty rate
14.6%
9.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
31.3%
45.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Jackson County
Colorado
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
2.0%
16.2%
22.3%
Spanish
2.0%
11.1%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Jackson County
Colorado
United States
Catholic
5.1%
15.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
9.3%
11.7%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
80.8%
64.7%
51.5%
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.
Jackson County, Colorado
Precinct data
Results by precinct
6 precincts · 834 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Jackson County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -20813290012081329001
173
634
27
834
20.7%
76.0%
R+55.3
Jackson 108_0805729001
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Jackson 208_0805729002
0
0
0
0
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Jackson 308_0805729003
0
0
0
0
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Even
Jackson 408_0805729004
0
0
0
0
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Jackson 508_0805729005
0
0
0
0
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presidential history
Presidential margin, 1912–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1912
+4.7%
1916
+35.0%
1920
−54.8%
1924
−48.4%
1928
−22.8%
1932
+3.0%
1936
+1.6%
1940
−19.0%
1944
−29.5%
1948
−5.8%
1952
−30.9%
1956
−33.3%
1960
−16.6%
1964
+4.0%
1968
−42.3%
1972
−54.8%
1976
−23.5%
1980
−36.8%
1984
−57.5%
1988
−32.5%
1992
−21.3%
1996
−31.7%
2000
−55.0%
2004
−53.5%
2008
−38.0%
2012
−45.3%
2016
−53.2%
2020
−57.8%
2024
−55.3%
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
20.7%Harris173
76.0%Trump634
1.7%Kennedy14
R+55.3
D+2.5
R+53.8
834
R
20.0%Biden175
77.7%Trump681
1.4%Jorgensen12
R+57.8
R+4.6
R+62.2
876
R
19.9%Clinton171
73.1%Trump629
4.8%Johnson41
R+53.2
R+7.9
R+55.3
861
R
25.5%Obama216
70.8%Romney600
3.8%
R+45.3
R+7.3
R+49.1
848
R
30.3%Obama277
68.3%McCain624
1.3%
R+38.0
D+15.5
R+45.3
913
R
22.5%Kerry210
76.0%Bush710
1.5%
R+53.5
D+1.5
R+51.1
934
R
18.7%Gore173
73.7%Bush682
4.3%Nader40
R+55.0
R+23.3
R+55.5
925
R
26.7%Clinton222
58.3%Dole486
12.8%Perot107
R+31.7
R+10.4
R+40.2
833
R
22.4%Clinton216
43.7%Bush422
33.7%Perot326
R+21.3
D+11.2
R+26.9
966
R
33.0%Dukakis294
65.5%Bush584
1.5%
R+32.5
D+25.0
R+24.8
891
R
20.7%Mondale191
78.2%Reagan722
1.1%
R+57.5
R+20.7
R+39.3
923
R
26.7%Carter283
63.6%Reagan673
9.7%
R+36.8
R+13.3
R+27.1
1,059
R
37.3%Carter279
60.8%Ford455
1.9%
R+23.5
D+31.3
R+25.6
748
R
21.9%McGovern178
76.7%Nixon623
1.4%
R+54.8
R+12.5
R+31.6
812
R
25.2%Humphrey177
67.5%Nixon474
7.3%
R+42.3
R+46.4
R+41.6
702
D
51.8%Johnson384
47.8%Goldwater354
0.4%
D+4.0
D+20.7
R+18.5
741
R
41.6%Kennedy360
58.3%Nixon504
0.1%
R+16.6
D+16.6
R+16.8
865
R
33.3%Stevenson297
66.6%Eisenhower594
0.1%
R+33.3
R+2.4
R+17.9
892
R
34.4%Stevenson305
65.3%Eisenhower579
0.2%
R+30.9
R+25.1
R+20.2
886
R
47.1%Truman291
52.9%Dewey327
0.0%
R+5.8
D+23.7
R+10.3
618
R
35.2%Roosevelt252
64.8%Dewey463
0.0%
R+29.5
R+10.5
R+37.0
715
R
40.2%Roosevelt357
59.2%Willkie526
0.6%
R+19.0
R+20.6
R+29.0
888
D
48.9%Roosevelt433
47.3%Landon419
3.8%
D+1.6
R+1.5
R+22.7
886
D
50.5%Roosevelt415
47.4%Hoover390
2.1%
D+3.0
D+25.9
R+14.7
822
R
37.4%Smith249
60.2%Hoover401
2.4%
R+22.8
D+25.6
R+5.4
666
R
19.0%Davis111
67.4%Coolidge394
12.8%La Follette75
R+48.4
D+6.5
R+23.2
585
R
21.4%Cox113
76.3%Harding402
2.3%
R+54.8
R+89.8
R+28.6
527
D
66.6%Wilson331
31.6%Hughes157
1.8%
D+35.0
D+30.3
D+31.9
497
D
47.5%Wilson242
42.7%Taft218
9.8%
D+4.7
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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
22.0%151
72.4%496
685
2020
R
18.9%164
78.9%684
867
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024R+51.7
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+55.3
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 3.6 points more Democratic.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Jackson County, CO
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2016
1,218
146
815
246
11
2018
1,248
126
799
309
14
2020
1,276
122
780
356
18
2022
1,147
82
683
368
14
2024
1,215
70
698
432
15
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−64 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −169 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Jackson County, CO in Jackson County, CO: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−33
2012
−26
2013
+15
2014
+41
2015
−35
2016
+6
2017
+16
2018
+19
2019
−12
2021
−9
2022
−48
2023
+1
2024
−40
2025
−64
Jackson County sits in the high North Park basin with fewer than 1,600 residents, a ranching economy, and a 2024 presidential margin exceeding 55 points — making it a reliable anchor of Colorado's rural Republican geography.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 35.0 points in 1916 and a Republican high of 57.8 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 2.5 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 55.3 points.
A population of 1,372, a 87% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $47,667 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Banner County and Esmeralda 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, Jackson County, Colorado voted Republican by 55.3 points (R+55.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 834 votes cast, 173 went Democratic and 634 went Republican.
When did Jackson County, Colorado last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Jackson County, Colorado voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Jackson County, Colorado?
Jackson County, Colorado has a population of 1,372 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Jackson County, Colorado?
Median household income in Jackson County, Colorado is $47,667 — below the national median of $80,734. The Colorado state median is $95,470.
What is the political history of Jackson County, Colorado?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Jackson County, Colorado from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 24 went Republican.
