† 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
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · 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
GroupCortezColoradoUnited States
German13.8%17.9%12.5%
English12.8%12.6%9.5%
Irish10.3%11.2%9.4%
American5.2%3.5%5.3%
Scottish2.7%2.5%1.3%
French1.7%2.0%1.6%
Italian1.6%4.9%4.8%
Dutch1.4%——
Mexican11.3%15.8%11.3%
Spanish4.4%1.2%—
Puerto Rican0.6%0.7%1.8%
Peruvian0.6%——
Spaniard0.5%1.0%—
Panamanian0.3%——
Navajo8.4%0.1%—
Aztec0.9%0.1%—
Maya0.5%——
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
Cortez
Colorado
United States
Median age
36.4
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
10.7%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.8%
15.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Cortez
Colorado
United States
Median household income
$54,247
$95,470
$84,427
Poverty rate
15.1%
9.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
26.6%
45.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Cortez
Colorado
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
12.8%
16.2%
22.3%
Spanish
7.2%
11.1%
13.6%
Other languages
5.2%
0.7%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Cortez
Colorado
United States
Catholic
—
15.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
11.7%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
64.7%
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.
Cortez, Colorado
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−27.9%
2008
−18.7%
2012
−21.4%
2016
−32.8%
2020
−26.0%
2024
−20.7%
DemocraticRepublican
6 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. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
38.2%Harris1,577
58.9%Trump2,431
2.9%
R+20.7
D+5.4
R+19.2
4,128
R
35.8%Biden1,598
61.9%Trump2,759
2.3%
R+26.0
D+6.8
R+30.5
4,458
R
29.1%Clinton1,087
61.9%Trump2,311
8.9%
R+32.8
R+11.4
R+34.9
3,731
R
37.8%Obama1,362
59.2%Romney2,133
3.1%
R+21.4
R+2.7
R+25.2
3,605
R
39.4%Obama1,407
58.1%McCain2,076
2.5%
R+18.7
D+9.2
R+26.0
3,572
R
35.5%Kerry1,165
63.4%Bush2,082
1.2%
R+27.9
—
R+25.5
3,285
Cortez sits at the edge of the Ute Mountain Ute reservation and has voted Republican by wide margins in recent cycles, reflecting the oil, gas, and agriculture-dependent demographics common across southwest Colorado's Montezuma County.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 32.8 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 5.4 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 20.7 points.
A population of 8,976, a 62% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $54,247 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Aztec and Guthrie.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Cortez, Colorado voted Republican by 20.7 points (R+20.7), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 4,128 votes cast, 1,577 went Democratic and 2,431 went Republican.
How many people live in Cortez, Colorado?
Cortez, Colorado has a population of 8,976 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Cortez, Colorado?
Median household income in Cortez, Colorado is $54,247 — below the national median of $80,734. The Colorado state median is $95,470.
What is the political history of Cortez, Colorado?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Cortez, Colorado from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
