Las Animas County, Colorado: Sunbelt Conservative county. In 2024, voted R+13%. Democratic peak: D+66 in 1896.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+13MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Sunbelt ConservativeAkashic typology
- Population
- 14,4132024 5-year
- Median household income
- $52,0742024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 68.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 38.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+66 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+41 in 1892MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- McCormick County, SC · similarity 0.95
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Las Animas CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Las Animas 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 | +37.4% |
| 1884 | +16.5% |
| 1888 | +2.3% |
| 1892 | −41.3% |
| 1896 | +65.6% |
| 1900 | +10.7% |
| 1904 | −7.4% |
| 1908 | −14.8% |
| 1912 | −7.2% |
| 1916 | +19.8% |
| 1920 | −5.9% |
| 1924 | −25.1% |
| 1928 | +9.1% |
| 1932 | +41.3% |
| 1936 | +50.6% |
| 1940 | +28.6% |
| 1944 | +23.8% |
| 1948 | +36.9% |
| 1952 | +18.0% |
| 1956 | −1.8% |
| 1960 | +38.2% |
| 1964 | +56.3% |
| 1968 | +28.0% |
| 1972 | −6.3% |
| 1976 | +25.7% |
| 1980 | +16.2% |
| 1984 | +10.1% |
| 1988 | +30.2% |
| 1992 | +32.1% |
| 1996 | +28.2% |
| 2000 | +11.1% |
| 2004 | +1.6% |
| 2008 | +7.0% |
| 2012 | +2.7% |
| 2016 | −15.6% |
| 2020 | −9.9% |
| 2024 | −13.5% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 3,276 | 4,328 | 7,793 | ||
| R | 3,497 | 4,284 | 7,961 | ||
| R | 2,650 | 3,710 | 6,793 | ||
| D | 3,445 | 3,263 | 6,862 | ||
| D | 3,562 | 3,086 | 6,761 | ||
| D | 3,300 | 3,196 | 6,592 | ||
| D | 3,243 | 2,569 | 6,094 | ||
| D | 3,611 | 1,905 | 6,042 | ||
| D | 3,847 | 1,739 | 6,569 | ||
| D | 4,075 | 2,162 | 6,331 | ||
| D | 3,670 | 2,992 | 6,742 | ||
| D | 4,117 | 2,917 | 7,409 | ||
| D | 4,459 | 2,615 | 7,175 | ||
| R | 3,222 | 3,659 | 6,957 | ||
| D | 4,602 | 2,499 | 7,504 | ||
| D | 6,591 | 1,833 | 8,453 | ||
| D | 6,704 | 2,989 | 9,722 | ||
| R | 5,099 | 5,290 | 10,414 | ||
| D | 6,446 | 4,467 | 10,964 | ||
| D | 7,586 | 3,452 | 11,210 | ||
| D | 6,800 | 4,179 | 11,034 | ||
| D | 8,766 | 4,859 | 13,675 | ||
| D | 10,220 | 3,333 | 13,612 | ||
| D | 8,964 | 3,651 | 12,877 | ||
| D | 6,459 | 5,367 | 11,995 | ||
| R | 2,758 | 5,698 | 11,706 | ||
| R | 4,167 | 4,707 | 9,196 | ||
| D | 5,300 | 3,511 | 9,047 | ||
| R | 3,604 | 4,318 | 9,854 | ||
| R | 4,212 | 5,716 | 10,137 | ||
| R | 4,486 | 5,218 | 9,850 | ||
| D | 4,204 | 3,382 | 7,658 | ||
| D | 5,497 | 1,126 | 6,663 | ||
| O | 0 | 1,276 | 3,089 | ||
| D | 2,785 | 2,655 | 5,667 | ||
| D | 1,451 | 1,039 | 2,490 | ||
| D | 1,314 | 586 | 1,944 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
12.0%
Italian
10.1%
English
9.9%
Irish
9.1%
American
3.4%
Scottish
3.3%
French
2.1%
African American
1.4%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
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: 46.6 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
$52,074
Las Animas County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Las Animas County$52,074
Colorado$95,470
United States$80,734
Las Animas 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
18.7%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1825.0%
Working age (18–64)17.7%
Seniors (65+)14.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
89.6%
speak English only
Spanish8.8%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.0%
Other Indo-European0.4%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 73.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Las Animas stretches across the Purgatoire River valley in southeastern Colorado, where a majority-Hispanic population has shifted steadily rightward over the past decade, narrowing what was once a reliably Democratic margin into Republican territory.
The Republican margin here reached forty-one points in 1892. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved four points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was thirteen points.
A median household income of $52,074, a 69% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 14,413 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of McCormick County and Jefferson County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Las Animas County, Colorado vote in 2024?
In 2024, Las Animas County, Colorado voted Republican by 13.5 points (R+13), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 7,793 votes cast, 3,276 went Democratic and 4,328 went Republican.
What is Las Animas County, Colorado's political typology?
Akashic places Las Animas County, Colorado in the "Sunbelt Conservative" typology — Affluent, predominantly white Sunbelt counties — reliably Republican. 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 26 times, Republican 10 times, and other 1 times.
When did Las Animas County, Colorado last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Las Animas County, Colorado voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in Las Animas County, Colorado?
Las Animas County, Colorado has a population of 14,413 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Las Animas County, Colorado?
Median household income in Las Animas County, Colorado is $52,074 — below the national median of $80,734. The Colorado state median is $95,470.
What is the political history of Las Animas County, Colorado?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Las Animas County, Colorado from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 26 went Democratic and 10 went Republican. The county's typology — "Sunbelt Conservative" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.