Jackson County, Colorado: Stable Rural Right county. In 2024, voted R+55%. Republican peak: R+58 in 2020.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+55MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
- Population
- 1,3722024 5-year
- Median household income
- $47,6672024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 86.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 10.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+35 in 1916MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+58 in 1984MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Fergus County, MT · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Jackson CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Jackson County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
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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 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | No data |
| 1896 | No data |
| 1900 | No data |
| 1904 | No data |
| 1908 | No data |
| 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
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 173 | 634 | 834 | ||
| R | 175 | 681 | 876 | ||
| R | 171 | 629 | 861 | ||
| R | 216 | 600 | 848 | ||
| R | 277 | 624 | 913 | ||
| R | 210 | 710 | 934 | ||
| R | 173 | 682 | 925 | ||
| R | 222 | 486 | 833 | ||
| R | 216 | 422 | 966 | ||
| R | 294 | 584 | 891 | ||
| R | 191 | 722 | 923 | ||
| R | 283 | 673 | 1,059 | ||
| R | 279 | 455 | 748 | ||
| R | 178 | 623 | 812 | ||
| R | 177 | 474 | 702 | ||
| D | 384 | 354 | 741 | ||
| R | 360 | 504 | 865 | ||
| R | 297 | 594 | 892 | ||
| R | 305 | 579 | 886 | ||
| R | 291 | 327 | 618 | ||
| R | 252 | 463 | 715 | ||
| R | 357 | 526 | 888 | ||
| D | 433 | 419 | 886 | ||
| D | 415 | 390 | 822 | ||
| R | 249 | 401 | 666 | ||
| R | 111 | 394 | 585 | ||
| R | 113 | 402 | 527 | ||
| D | 331 | 157 | 497 | ||
| D | 242 | 218 | 510 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
20.9%
Irish
9.5%
American
5.4%
English
4.6%
Scottish
2.9%
African American
1.0%
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: 51.6 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
$47,667
Jackson County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Jackson County$47,667
Colorado$95,470
United States$80,734
Jackson County ranks in the bottom 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
14.6%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1833.6%
Working age (18–64)9.8%
Seniors (65+)17.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
98.0%
speak English only
Spanish2.0%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 80.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
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.
The Republican margin here reached fifty-eight points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved two points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was fifty-five 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 Fergus County and Carter County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Jackson County, Colorado vote in 2024?
In 2024, Jackson County, Colorado voted Republican by 55.3 points (R+55), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 834 votes cast, 173 went Democratic and 634 went Republican.
What is Jackson County, Colorado's political typology?
Akashic places Jackson County, Colorado in the "Stable Rural Right" typology — Mountain, Plains, and rural Republican counties already near their ceiling, with little further room to swing. 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 5 times, Republican 24 times, and other 0 times.
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. The county's typology — "Stable Rural Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.