San Juan County, Colorado: New American county. In 2024, voted D+32%. Democratic peak: D+98 in 1896.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+32MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 7242024 5-year
- Median household income
- $77,8242024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 85.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 18.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+98 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+26 in 1984MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Skagway Municipality, AK · similarity 0.95
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of San Juan CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for San Juan 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 | −6.6% |
| 1884 | −16.5% |
| 1888 | −14.8% |
| 1892 | −16.5% |
| 1896 | +97.6% |
| 1900 | +50.8% |
| 1904 | +11.6% |
| 1908 | +16.0% |
| 1912 | +31.5% |
| 1916 | +48.4% |
| 1920 | −6.1% |
| 1924 | −2.2% |
| 1928 | +21.3% |
| 1932 | +53.9% |
| 1936 | +51.3% |
| 1940 | −8.9% |
| 1944 | −11.9% |
| 1948 | +2.7% |
| 1952 | −13.8% |
| 1956 | −16.8% |
| 1960 | +8.9% |
| 1964 | +36.6% |
| 1968 | −8.7% |
| 1972 | −24.0% |
| 1976 | −13.1% |
| 1980 | −22.2% |
| 1984 | −26.4% |
| 1988 | −4.3% |
| 1992 | +6.4% |
| 1996 | −5.4% |
| 2000 | −14.0% |
| 2004 | +7.6% |
| 2008 | +9.3% |
| 2012 | +10.7% |
| 2016 | +9.9% |
| 2020 | +24.9% |
| 2024 | +31.9% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 376 | 188 | 589 | ||
| D | 342 | 202 | 562 | ||
| D | 265 | 215 | 506 | ||
| D | 266 | 212 | 506 | ||
| D | 264 | 218 | 496 | ||
| D | 253 | 216 | 486 | ||
| R | 149 | 210 | 436 | ||
| R | 133 | 153 | 370 | ||
| D | 147 | 118 | 453 | ||
| R | 192 | 210 | 417 | ||
| R | 183 | 320 | 519 | ||
| R | 146 | 268 | 549 | ||
| R | 167 | 221 | 411 | ||
| R | 140 | 238 | 408 | ||
| R | 134 | 165 | 358 | ||
| D | 278 | 129 | 407 | ||
| D | 261 | 218 | 482 | ||
| R | 231 | 324 | 555 | ||
| R | 327 | 432 | 761 | ||
| D | 348 | 329 | 700 | ||
| R | 258 | 328 | 587 | ||
| R | 378 | 452 | 834 | ||
| D | 622 | 196 | 830 | ||
| D | 544 | 160 | 713 | ||
| D | 436 | 277 | 746 | ||
| R | 206 | 218 | 548 | ||
| R | 290 | 330 | 654 | ||
| D | 693 | 214 | 990 | ||
| D | 555 | 231 | 1,027 | ||
| D | 774 | 547 | 1,420 | ||
| D | 899 | 708 | 1,651 | ||
| D | 1,135 | 362 | 1,522 | ||
| D | 1,535 | 17 | 1,555 | ||
| O | 0 | 96 | 581 | ||
| R | 287 | 392 | 710 | ||
| R | 473 | 664 | 1,160 | ||
| R | 196 | 224 | 425 | ||
| — | — | — | — |
Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
Irish
10.6%
English
10.1%
German
6.8%
Scottish
4.8%
American
3.7%
Italian
3.5%
Polish
0.6%
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: 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
$77,824
San Juan County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
San Juan County$77,824
Colorado$95,470
United States$80,734
San Juan County ranks in the top 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
21.3%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1839.8%
Working age (18–64)19.4%
Seniors (65+)0.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
76.7%
speak English only
Spanish18.8%
Other Indo-European2.3%
Other languages2.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 39.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
With fewer than 600 residents spread across rugged 13,000-foot terrain, San Juan County delivered a 32-point Democratic margin in 2024 — one of the widest in the state despite, or perhaps because of, its extreme isolation and tight-knit mountain-town character.
San Juan County has leaned Democratic in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of ninety-eight points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved seven points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was thirty-two points.
Its demographics describe the shift: a 86% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $77,824, and a population of 724. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Skagway Municipality and Teton County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did San Juan County, Colorado vote in 2024?
In 2024, San Juan County, Colorado voted Democratic by 31.9 points (D+32), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 589 votes cast, 376 went Democratic and 188 went Republican.
What is San Juan County, Colorado's political typology?
Akashic places San Juan 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 19 times, Republican 17 times, and other 1 times.
When did San Juan County, Colorado last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which San Juan County, Colorado voted Republican was 2000.
How many people live in San Juan County, Colorado?
San Juan County, Colorado has a population of 724 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in San Juan County, Colorado?
Median household income in San Juan County, Colorado is $77,824 — below the national median of $80,734. The Colorado state median is $95,470.
What is the political history of San Juan County, Colorado?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in San Juan County, Colorado from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 19 went Democratic and 17 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.