† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
67 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupDenverUnited States
German18.3%12.5%
English12.7%9.5%
Irish11.3%9.4%
Italian4.9%4.8%
American3.4%5.3%
Scottish2.4%1.3%
Polish2.2%2.2%
French1.9%1.6%
Mexican16.3%11.3%
Spanish1.0%—
Spaniard0.9%—
Puerto Rican0.6%1.8%
Salvadoran0.3%0.7%
Colombian0.3%0.4%
Cuban0.2%0.7%
Venezuelan0.2%—
African American†2.7%9.9%
African0.2%0.5%
Ethiopian0.2%—
Asian Indian0.7%1.4%
Chinese0.6%1.3%
Vietnamese0.5%0.6%
Korean0.3%0.4%
Japanese0.2%0.2%
Filipino0.2%0.9%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Denver
United States
Median age
37.8
39.1
Age 18–24
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
15.1%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Denver
United States
Median household income
$101,183
$84,427
Poverty rate
9.3%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
47.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Denver
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
17.7%
22.3%
Spanish
12.0%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.1%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Denver
United States
Catholic
15.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
10.4%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
65.5%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Denver, Colorado
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−39.4%
1896
+69.1%
1900
+13.3%
1904
−15.2%
1908
+2.3%
1912
+20.7%
1916
+27.0%
1920
−28.0%
1924
−36.3%
1928
−31.9%
1932
+13.1%
1936
+21.6%
1940
−5.0%
1944
−10.0%
1948
+1.3%
1952
−24.2%
1956
−21.8%
1960
−11.5%
1964
+20.2%
1968
−12.5%
1972
−28.2%
1976
−12.5%
1980
−24.4%
1984
−28.3%
1988
−5.6%
1992
+6.7%
1996
+1.4%
2000
−5.5%
2004
−0.6%
2008
+13.5%
2012
+9.5%
2016
+10.1%
2020
+18.6%
2024
+15.6%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
56.4%Harris1,448,567
40.8%Trump1,048,068
2.7%
D+15.6
R+3.0
D+17.1
2,566,951
D
58.0%Biden1,527,962
39.4%Trump1,037,000
2.6%
D+18.6
D+8.6
D+14.2
2,633,698
D
50.8%Clinton1,145,282
40.7%Trump918,326
8.5%
D+10.1
D+0.6
D+8.0
2,255,009
D
53.5%Obama1,116,423
44.0%Romney918,946
2.5%
D+9.5
R+4.1
D+5.6
2,087,145
D
55.9%Obama1,088,010
42.4%McCain824,867
1.7%
D+13.5
D+14.1
D+6.3
1,945,750
R
49.0%Kerry847,098
49.6%Bush856,949
1.3%
R+0.6
D+5.0
D+1.9
1,727,050
R
43.7%Gore616,469
49.2%Bush694,459
7.1%
R+5.5
R+6.9
R+6.0
1,410,748
D
45.7%Clinton559,829
44.3%Dole542,859
10.0%
D+1.4
R+5.4
R+7.1
1,225,127
D
41.0%Clinton528,164
34.3%Bush441,437
24.7%
D+6.7
D+12.4
D+1.2
1,287,629
R
46.3%Dukakis524,485
51.9%Bush588,447
1.8%
R+5.6
D+22.6
D+2.1
1,132,779
R
35.1%Mondale381,615
63.4%Reagan688,537
1.5%
R+28.3
R+3.9
R+10.0
1,086,393
R
30.4%Carter303,306
54.8%Reagan546,405
14.7%
R+24.4
R+11.8
R+14.7
996,442
R
42.0%Carter384,985
54.5%Ford500,066
3.5%
R+12.5
D+15.7
R+14.6
917,209
R
34.7%McGovern278,706
62.9%Nixon505,394
2.4%
R+28.2
R+15.7
R+5.1
803,315
R
39.9%Humphrey269,197
52.5%Nixon353,610
7.6%
R+12.5
R+32.7
R+11.8
673,994
D
59.9%Johnson391,735
39.6%Goldwater259,466
0.5%
D+20.2
D+31.7
R+2.4
654,509
R
44.0%Kennedy270,544
55.6%Nixon341,393
0.4%
R+11.5
D+10.2
R+11.7
614,466
R
38.8%Stevenson211,240
60.6%Eisenhower329,540
0.5%
R+21.8
D+2.4
R+6.4
543,755
R
37.6%Stevenson199,066
61.8%Eisenhower326,954
0.6%
R+24.2
R+25.5
R+13.4
529,403
D
49.9%Truman210,606
48.6%Dewey205,090
1.5%
D+1.3
D+11.3
R+3.2
421,998
R
44.8%Roosevelt190,237
54.8%Dewey232,819
0.3%
R+10.0
R+5.0
R+17.5
424,526
R
47.2%Roosevelt216,134
52.2%Willkie239,170
0.6%
R+5.0
R+26.6
R+15.0
458,267
D
59.6%Roosevelt242,856
38.0%Landon154,831
2.4%
D+21.6
D+8.5
R+2.7
407,448
D
54.7%Roosevelt211,310
41.6%Hoover160,732
3.6%
D+13.1
D+45.0
R+4.7
386,022
R
33.4%Smith110,247
65.3%Hoover215,420
1.3%
R+31.9
D+4.4
R+14.4
329,954
R
21.4%Davis60,610
57.7%Coolidge163,277
20.8%
R+36.3
R+8.3
R+11.1
282,860
R
33.7%Cox79,370
61.6%Harding145,317
4.7%
R+28.0
R+55.0
R+1.8
235,758
D
61.4%Wilson139,623
34.4%Hughes78,194
4.2%
D+27.0
D+6.3
D+23.9
227,368
D
42.5%Wilson85,563
21.8%Taft43,873
35.7%
D+20.7
D+18.5
D+1.2
201,280
D
48.8%Bryan95,737
46.5%Taft91,304
4.7%
D+2.3
D+17.5
D+11.8
196,358
R
40.3%Parker70,609
55.5%Roosevelt97,316
4.2%
R+15.2
R+28.5
D+4.4
175,349
D
55.4%Bryan89,376
42.2%McKinley67,977
2.4%
D+13.3
R+55.8
D+20.8
161,213
D
83.9%Bryan116,751
14.8%McKinley20,629
1.2%
D+69.1
D+108.5
D+75.2
139,076
O
1.4%Cleveland1,203
40.8%Harrison34,020
57.7%
Weaver +16.9
—
R+41.0
83,317
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026R+63.3
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+15.6
Denver registers Republican but votes Democratic — a 79-point gap between how voters register and how they vote, the signature of ancestral registration that trails realignment.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
† Some years predate full county coverage; a flagged year sums only the counties reporting it.
Voter registration in Denver
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2016 (partial)
2,996,982
990,594
848,866
1,102,351
55,171
2018 (partial)
3,092,496
987,458
815,654
1,232,624
56,760
2020 (partial)
3,295,381
1,034,065
807,471
1,392,916
60,929
2022 (partial)
3,409,241
1,002,551
749,422
1,594,344
62,924
2024 (partial)
3,573,698
983,879
741,421
1,766,945
81,453
2026 (partial)
91,868
10,495
68,620
11,179
1,574
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−14,288 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +266,707 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Denver in Denver: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+23,086
2012
+28,980
2013
+33,895
2014
+37,021
2015
+49,895
2016
+32,653
2017
+19,371
2018
+27,922
2019
+23,944
2021
−936
2022
+1,044
2023
+3,040
2024
+1,080
2025
−14,288
The Denver DMA anchors Colorado's political center of gravity, blending a reliably Democratic urban core with fast-growing collar counties — Jefferson, Arapahoe, and Douglas — that have shifted measurably toward competitive territory over the past decade.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 69.1 points in 1896 and a Republican high of 39.4 points in 1892. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved 3.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 15.6 points.
A population of 4,705,362, a 65% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $101,183 describe the market. The market's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Austin and Portland, OR.
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In 2024, Denver, Colorado voted Democratic by 15.6 points (D+15.6), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 2,566,951 votes cast, 1,448,567 went Democratic and 1,048,068 went Republican.
When did Denver, Colorado last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Denver, Colorado voted Republican was 2004.
How many people live in Denver, Colorado?
Denver, Colorado has a population of 4,705,362 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Denver, Colorado?
Median household income in Denver, Colorado is $101,183 — above the national median of $80,734. The Colorado state median is $95,470.
What is the political history of Denver, Colorado?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Denver, Colorado from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 16 went Democratic and 17 went Republican.
