Morgan County, Colorado: New American county. In 2024, voted R+49%. Republican peak: R+54 in 1924.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+49MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 29,5202024 5-year
- Median household income
- $73,2782024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 63.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 38.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+47 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+54 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Stevens County, WA · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Morgan CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Morgan 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 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | −47.6% |
| 1896 | +47.3% |
| 1900 | −14.2% |
| 1904 | −43.0% |
| 1908 | −15.3% |
| 1912 | +4.9% |
| 1916 | +20.5% |
| 1920 | −45.5% |
| 1924 | −54.0% |
| 1928 | −53.6% |
| 1932 | −2.8% |
| 1936 | +1.4% |
| 1940 | −29.4% |
| 1944 | −38.6% |
| 1948 | −7.9% |
| 1952 | −39.8% |
| 1956 | −28.5% |
| 1960 | −23.5% |
| 1964 | +13.9% |
| 1968 | −30.5% |
| 1972 | −43.1% |
| 1976 | −9.3% |
| 1980 | −35.6% |
| 1984 | −44.0% |
| 1988 | −12.3% |
| 1992 | −8.3% |
| 1996 | −13.9% |
| 2000 | −31.5% |
| 2004 | −37.7% |
| 2008 | −24.0% |
| 2012 | −25.0% |
| 2016 | −41.8% |
| 2020 | −41.6% |
| 2024 | −48.6% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 3,291 | 9,830 | 13,465 | ||
| R | 3,876 | 9,593 | 13,744 | ||
| R | 3,151 | 8,145 | 11,960 | ||
| R | 3,912 | 6,602 | 10,777 | ||
| R | 3,813 | 6,272 | 10,234 | ||
| R | 3,039 | 6,787 | 9,936 | ||
| R | 2,885 | 5,722 | 8,998 | ||
| R | 3,347 | 4,557 | 8,707 | ||
| R | 2,985 | 3,724 | 8,930 | ||
| R | 3,728 | 4,795 | 8,680 | ||
| R | 2,331 | 6,097 | 8,556 | ||
| R | 2,246 | 5,209 | 8,334 | ||
| R | 3,798 | 4,603 | 8,629 | ||
| R | 2,081 | 5,365 | 7,621 | ||
| R | 2,310 | 4,598 | 7,512 | ||
| D | 4,271 | 3,228 | 7,520 | ||
| R | 3,151 | 5,092 | 8,259 | ||
| R | 2,956 | 5,325 | 8,298 | ||
| R | 2,297 | 5,371 | 7,714 | ||
| R | 2,912 | 3,417 | 6,382 | ||
| R | 1,839 | 4,166 | 6,026 | ||
| R | 2,527 | 4,654 | 7,238 | ||
| D | 3,146 | 3,058 | 6,481 | ||
| R | 3,181 | 3,370 | 6,765 | ||
| R | 1,242 | 4,197 | 5,515 | ||
| R | 757 | 3,321 | 4,745 | ||
| R | 1,105 | 3,114 | 4,420 | ||
| D | 2,371 | 1,541 | 4,056 | ||
| O | 1,005 | 855 | 3,036 | ||
| R | 1,208 | 1,672 | 3,039 | ||
| R | 406 | 1,136 | 1,698 | ||
| R | 538 | 723 | 1,307 | ||
| D | 602 | 211 | 826 | ||
| O | 0 | 208 | 437 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
20.1%
English
9.3%
Irish
7.2%
American
5.1%
Italian
2.4%
French
1.0%
Scottish
0.9%
African American
1.6%
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: 37.5 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
$73,278
Morgan County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Morgan County$73,278
Colorado$95,470
United States$80,734
Morgan 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
14.3%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1819.2%
Working age (18–64)12.3%
Seniors (65+)17.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
75.9%
speak English only
Spanish20.4%
Other languages1.6%
Other Indo-European1.3%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.8%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 62.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Morgan County, anchored by Fort Morgan on the South Platte River, has voted Republican in every recent presidential cycle by wide margins, reflecting the heavily rural, agricultural character common to Colorado's northeastern plains.
Morgan County has leaned Republican in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of forty-seven points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved seven points toward the Republican candidate — part of the sharpest rightward shift recorded among any group of places in the country.
Its demographics describe the shift: a 64% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $73,278, and a population of 29,520. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Stevens County and Gem County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Morgan County, Colorado vote in 2024?
In 2024, Morgan County, Colorado voted Republican by 48.6 points (R+49), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 13,465 votes cast, 3,291 went Democratic and 9,830 went Republican.
What is Morgan County, Colorado's political typology?
Akashic places Morgan County, Colorado in the "New American" typology — Communities where a large share of households speak a language other than English — multilingual, Democratic-leaning overall, yet the hardest-swinging bloc toward the Republican Party in 2024. 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 4 times, Republican 28 times, and other 2 times.
When did Morgan County, Colorado last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Morgan County, Colorado voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Morgan County, Colorado?
Morgan County, Colorado has a population of 29,520 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Morgan County, Colorado?
Median household income in Morgan County, Colorado is $73,278 — below the national median of $80,734. The Colorado state median is $95,470.
What is the political history of Morgan County, Colorado?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Morgan County, Colorado from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 4 went Democratic and 28 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.