Ouray County, Colorado: Realigning Affluent Suburb county. In 2024, voted D+21%. Democratic peak: D+96 in 1896.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+21MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Realigning Affluent SuburbAkashic typology
- Population
- 5,0872024 5-year
- Median household income
- $91,0202024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 89.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 6.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+96 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+54 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Nevada County, CA · similarity 0.97
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Ouray CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Ouray 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 | −6.8% |
| 1884 | −11.1% |
| 1888 | −13.1% |
| 1892 | −18.2% |
| 1896 | +96.4% |
| 1900 | +45.4% |
| 1904 | +7.9% |
| 1908 | +32.3% |
| 1912 | +29.8% |
| 1916 | +39.5% |
| 1920 | −27.9% |
| 1924 | −20.9% |
| 1928 | −5.4% |
| 1932 | +26.7% |
| 1936 | +22.3% |
| 1940 | +1.4% |
| 1944 | −24.8% |
| 1948 | −10.8% |
| 1952 | −25.2% |
| 1956 | −32.4% |
| 1960 | −8.1% |
| 1964 | +12.0% |
| 1968 | −19.6% |
| 1972 | −53.8% |
| 1976 | −30.2% |
| 1980 | −48.0% |
| 1984 | −42.5% |
| 1988 | −29.4% |
| 1992 | −12.1% |
| 1996 | −23.1% |
| 2000 | −25.7% |
| 2004 | −4.6% |
| 2008 | +8.8% |
| 2012 | +5.2% |
| 2016 | +10.5% |
| 2020 | +19.6% |
| 2024 | +21.2% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 2,442 | 1,573 | 4,098 | ||
| D | 2,365 | 1,577 | 4,020 | ||
| D | 1,697 | 1,351 | 3,310 | ||
| D | 1,646 | 1,481 | 3,202 | ||
| D | 1,636 | 1,367 | 3,060 | ||
| R | 1,278 | 1,402 | 2,721 | ||
| R | 705 | 1,279 | 2,233 | ||
| R | 569 | 984 | 1,794 | ||
| R | 461 | 653 | 1,583 | ||
| R | 439 | 814 | 1,274 | ||
| R | 366 | 914 | 1,290 | ||
| R | 237 | 813 | 1,201 | ||
| R | 333 | 645 | 1,032 | ||
| R | 186 | 669 | 897 | ||
| R | 250 | 401 | 771 | ||
| D | 456 | 358 | 820 | ||
| R | 432 | 508 | 940 | ||
| R | 322 | 634 | 962 | ||
| R | 413 | 697 | 1,127 | ||
| R | 461 | 574 | 1,045 | ||
| R | 303 | 503 | 807 | ||
| D | 606 | 589 | 1,199 | ||
| D | 677 | 428 | 1,116 | ||
| D | 706 | 398 | 1,152 | ||
| R | 479 | 535 | 1,039 | ||
| R | 256 | 484 | 1,093 | ||
| R | 402 | 735 | 1,195 | ||
| D | 961 | 399 | 1,421 | ||
| D | 710 | 273 | 1,466 | ||
| D | 1,085 | 539 | 1,689 | ||
| D | 1,080 | 916 | 2,080 | ||
| D | 1,656 | 610 | 2,303 | ||
| D | 2,192 | 38 | 2,235 | ||
| O | 0 | 324 | 1,777 | ||
| R | 733 | 961 | 1,738 | ||
| R | 399 | 499 | 898 | ||
| R | 418 | 479 | 903 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
20.7%
English
20.4%
Irish
10.8%
Scottish
5.5%
American
4.3%
Italian
3.1%
Polish
2.2%
African American
1.2%
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: 55.4 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
$91,020
Ouray County ranks in the top 10% of US counties.
Ouray County$91,020
Colorado$95,470
United States$80,734
Ouray County ranks in the top 10% 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
4.3%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 183.3%
Working age (18–64)4.7%
Seniors (65+)2.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
95.0%
speak English only
Spanish2.4%
Other Indo-European2.1%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.4%
Other languages0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 73.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Despite its rural alpine setting—home to fewer than 4,000 residents and anchored by the old mining town of Ouray—this San Juan Mountains county has consistently returned Democratic presidential margins well above the national average.
Once reliably Republican — a margin of fifty-four points in 1972 at its widest — Ouray County has trended Democratic. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved two points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was twenty-one points.
A median household income of $91,020 — among the higher at this geographic scale — and a population of 5,087 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Nevada County and Harrisonburg city.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Ouray County, Colorado vote in 2024?
In 2024, Ouray County, Colorado voted Democratic by 21.2 points (D+21), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 4,098 votes cast, 2,442 went Democratic and 1,573 went Republican.
What is Ouray County, Colorado's political typology?
Akashic places Ouray 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 15 times, Republican 21 times, and other 1 times.
When did Ouray County, Colorado last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Ouray County, Colorado voted Republican was 2004.
How many people live in Ouray County, Colorado?
Ouray County, Colorado has a population of 5,087 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Ouray County, Colorado?
Median household income in Ouray County, Colorado is $91,020 — above the national median of $80,734. The Colorado state median is $95,470.
What is the political history of Ouray County, Colorado?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Ouray County, Colorado from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 21 went Republican. The county's typology — "Realigning Affluent Suburb" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.