Park County, Colorado: Realigning Affluent Suburb county. In 2024, voted R+16%. Democratic peak: D+82 in 1896.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+16MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Realigning Affluent SuburbAkashic typology
- Population
- 17,9072024 5-year
- Median household income
- $103,6702024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 88.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+82 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+43 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Josephine County, OR · similarity 0.98
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Park CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Park 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 | −7.5% |
| 1884 | −10.4% |
| 1888 | −13.0% |
| 1892 | −36.9% |
| 1896 | +82.0% |
| 1900 | +23.6% |
| 1904 | −1.2% |
| 1908 | +26.2% |
| 1912 | +24.1% |
| 1916 | +28.0% |
| 1920 | −21.8% |
| 1924 | −29.3% |
| 1928 | −27.2% |
| 1932 | +27.7% |
| 1936 | +28.0% |
| 1940 | −6.3% |
| 1944 | −22.1% |
| 1948 | −11.5% |
| 1952 | −38.4% |
| 1956 | −41.3% |
| 1960 | −18.9% |
| 1964 | +2.2% |
| 1968 | −30.7% |
| 1972 | −43.2% |
| 1976 | −15.7% |
| 1980 | −34.7% |
| 1984 | −43.4% |
| 1988 | −16.9% |
| 1992 | −5.2% |
| 1996 | −15.6% |
| 2000 | −19.3% |
| 2004 | −16.0% |
| 2008 | −6.9% |
| 2012 | −14.7% |
| 2016 | −26.1% |
| 2020 | −17.0% |
| 2024 | −16.5% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 4,841 | 6,828 | 12,049 | ||
| R | 4,903 | 6,990 | 12,289 | ||
| R | 3,421 | 6,135 | 10,417 | ||
| R | 3,862 | 5,236 | 9,366 | ||
| R | 4,250 | 4,896 | 9,383 | ||
| R | 3,445 | 4,781 | 8,357 | ||
| R | 2,393 | 3,677 | 6,665 | ||
| R | 1,844 | 2,661 | 5,241 | ||
| R | 1,307 | 1,530 | 4,276 | ||
| R | 1,343 | 1,909 | 3,357 | ||
| R | 782 | 2,041 | 2,902 | ||
| R | 674 | 1,623 | 2,735 | ||
| R | 741 | 1,034 | 1,872 | ||
| R | 386 | 1,001 | 1,424 | ||
| R | 286 | 601 | 1,026 | ||
| D | 515 | 493 | 1,009 | ||
| R | 438 | 642 | 1,082 | ||
| R | 297 | 715 | 1,013 | ||
| R | 343 | 775 | 1,125 | ||
| R | 505 | 637 | 1,152 | ||
| R | 426 | 670 | 1,102 | ||
| R | 869 | 986 | 1,861 | ||
| D | 1,336 | 746 | 2,110 | ||
| D | 1,057 | 577 | 1,735 | ||
| R | 419 | 740 | 1,178 | ||
| R | 316 | 660 | 1,176 | ||
| R | 320 | 511 | 878 | ||
| D | 674 | 372 | 1,079 | ||
| D | 529 | 293 | 981 | ||
| D | 807 | 465 | 1,307 | ||
| R | 669 | 685 | 1,391 | ||
| D | 940 | 579 | 1,528 | ||
| D | 1,562 | 151 | 1,720 | ||
| O | 0 | 384 | 1,040 | ||
| R | 588 | 764 | 1,357 | ||
| R | 629 | 777 | 1,427 | ||
| R | 598 | 698 | 1,327 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
22.5%
English
18.0%
Irish
14.1%
Italian
6.1%
French
5.2%
Polish
4.1%
American
4.0%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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: 51.2 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
$103,670
Park County ranks in the top 5% of US counties.
Park County$103,670
Colorado$95,470
United States$80,734
Park County ranks in the top 5% 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
5.0%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 184.2%
Working age (18–64)5.1%
Seniors (65+)5.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.8%
speak English only
Other Indo-European1.9%
Spanish1.2%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 78.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Park County sits almost entirely above 8,000 feet in Colorado's central Rockies, with a sparse, rural population that has leaned Republican by double digits in recent presidential cycles, hitting R+16.5 in 2024.
Once reliably Republican — a margin of forty-three points in 1984 at its widest — Park County has trended Democratic. The 2024 margin was sixteen points.
A median household income of $103,670 — among the higher at this geographic scale — and a population of 17,907 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Josephine County and Teller County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Park County, Colorado vote in 2024?
In 2024, Park County, Colorado voted Republican by 16.5 points (R+16), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 12,049 votes cast, 4,841 went Democratic and 6,828 went Republican.
What is Park County, Colorado's political typology?
Akashic places Park 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 28 times, and other 1 times.
When did Park County, Colorado last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Park County, Colorado voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Park County, Colorado?
Park County, Colorado has a population of 17,907 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Park County, Colorado?
Median household income in Park County, Colorado is $103,670 — above the national median of $80,734. The Colorado state median is $95,470.
What is the political history of Park County, Colorado?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Park County, Colorado from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 8 went Democratic and 28 went Republican. The county's typology — "Realigning Affluent Suburb" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.