Montrose County, Colorado: Realigning Affluent Suburb county. In 2024, voted R+33%. Democratic peak: D+75 in 1896.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+33MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Realigning Affluent SuburbAkashic typology
- Population
- 43,8072024 5-year
- Median household income
- $72,1202024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 77.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 21.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+75 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+45 in 1980MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Delta County, CO · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Montrose CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Montrose 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 | No data |
| 1884 | −28.4% |
| 1888 | −15.2% |
| 1892 | −34.9% |
| 1896 | +74.6% |
| 1900 | +20.7% |
| 1904 | −15.2% |
| 1908 | +8.7% |
| 1912 | +22.6% |
| 1916 | +30.1% |
| 1920 | −17.3% |
| 1924 | −18.5% |
| 1928 | −36.9% |
| 1932 | +10.8% |
| 1936 | +12.7% |
| 1940 | −10.7% |
| 1944 | −13.3% |
| 1948 | +1.4% |
| 1952 | −35.2% |
| 1956 | −24.4% |
| 1960 | −17.0% |
| 1964 | +19.8% |
| 1968 | −17.2% |
| 1972 | −38.3% |
| 1976 | −20.2% |
| 1980 | −45.4% |
| 1984 | −42.2% |
| 1988 | −22.7% |
| 1992 | −9.7% |
| 1996 | −22.2% |
| 2000 | −36.8% |
| 2004 | −39.7% |
| 2008 | −29.8% |
| 2012 | −36.8% |
| 2016 | −42.1% |
| 2020 | −36.4% |
| 2024 | −32.6% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 8,354 | 16,704 | 25,626 | ||
| R | 7,687 | 16,770 | 24,922 | ||
| R | 5,466 | 14,382 | 21,186 | ||
| R | 6,138 | 13,552 | 20,130 | ||
| R | 6,495 | 12,199 | 19,153 | ||
| R | 4,776 | 11,218 | 16,219 | ||
| R | 4,041 | 9,266 | 14,215 | ||
| R | 4,019 | 6,730 | 12,239 | ||
| R | 3,713 | 4,847 | 11,723 | ||
| R | 3,748 | 6,012 | 9,993 | ||
| R | 2,864 | 7,162 | 10,173 | ||
| R | 2,232 | 6,685 | 9,800 | ||
| R | 3,164 | 4,838 | 8,282 | ||
| R | 1,870 | 4,571 | 7,059 | ||
| R | 2,394 | 3,547 | 6,712 | ||
| D | 4,009 | 2,678 | 6,709 | ||
| R | 2,861 | 4,040 | 6,925 | ||
| R | 2,461 | 4,054 | 6,534 | ||
| R | 2,037 | 4,279 | 6,371 | ||
| D | 2,544 | 2,473 | 5,116 | ||
| R | 2,258 | 2,952 | 5,237 | ||
| R | 3,013 | 3,744 | 6,855 | ||
| D | 2,938 | 2,248 | 5,425 | ||
| D | 2,516 | 1,992 | 4,858 | ||
| R | 1,297 | 2,873 | 4,271 | ||
| R | 1,239 | 2,077 | 4,533 | ||
| R | 1,522 | 2,225 | 4,058 | ||
| D | 2,571 | 1,315 | 4,179 | ||
| O | 1,478 | 631 | 3,752 | ||
| D | 1,461 | 1,193 | 3,082 | ||
| R | 922 | 1,306 | 2,533 | ||
| D | 1,038 | 658 | 1,834 | ||
| D | 1,348 | 182 | 1,564 | ||
| O | 0 | 301 | 863 | ||
| R | 372 | 512 | 920 | ||
| R | 230 | 420 | 670 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
17.6%
English
14.7%
Irish
9.0%
American
5.0%
Italian
4.7%
Scottish
3.7%
Polish
1.8%
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: 46.1 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
$72,120
Montrose County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Montrose County$72,120
Colorado$95,470
United States$80,734
Montrose County ranks near the middle 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
11.5%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1816.3%
Working age (18–64)10.9%
Seniors (65+)6.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
85.2%
speak English only
Spanish13.0%
Other Indo-European1.2%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.6%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 67.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Montrose County anchors Colorado's Western Slope, where an economy built on agriculture, energy extraction, and outdoor recreation has produced some of the state's most consistent Republican margins over the past two decades.
Once reliably Republican — a margin of forty-five points in 1980 at its widest — Montrose County has trended Democratic. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved four points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was thirty-three points.
A median household income of $72,120 — among the higher at this geographic scale — and a population of 43,807 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Delta County and Klamath County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Montrose County, Colorado vote in 2024?
In 2024, Montrose County, Colorado voted Republican by 32.6 points (R+33), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 25,626 votes cast, 8,354 went Democratic and 16,704 went Republican.
What is Montrose County, Colorado's political typology?
Akashic places Montrose 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 8 times, Republican 26 times, and other 2 times.
When did Montrose County, Colorado last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Montrose County, Colorado voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Montrose County, Colorado?
Montrose County, Colorado has a population of 43,807 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Montrose County, Colorado?
Median household income in Montrose County, Colorado is $72,120 — below the national median of $80,734. The Colorado state median is $95,470.
What is the political history of Montrose County, Colorado?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Montrose County, Colorado from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 8 went Democratic and 26 went Republican. The county's typology — "Realigning Affluent Suburb" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.