† 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
GroupLamarColoradoUnited States
German15.5%17.9%12.5%
English13.1%12.6%9.5%
American6.9%3.5%5.3%
Irish5.2%11.2%9.4%
Italian3.2%4.9%4.8%
Danish1.7%——
Scottish1.4%2.5%1.3%
Norwegian1.3%——
Mexican38.1%15.8%11.3%
Peruvian2.0%——
Spanish0.9%1.2%—
Spaniard0.3%1.0%—
African American†1.6%2.8%9.9%
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
Lamar
Colorado
United States
Median age
33.4
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
13.7%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
14.8%
15.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Lamar
Colorado
United States
Median household income
$53,188
$95,470
$84,427
Poverty rate
21.3%
9.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
20.6%
45.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Lamar
Colorado
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
17.9%
16.2%
22.3%
Spanish
17.4%
11.1%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Lamar
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.
Lamar, Colorado
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−38.7%
2008
−25.5%
2012
−27.1%
2016
−40.2%
2020
−38.8%
2024
−45.1%
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
26.6%Harris851
71.7%Trump2,295
1.8%
R+45.1
R+6.3
R+43.6
3,203
R
29.8%Biden997
68.6%Trump2,297
1.6%
R+38.8
D+1.4
R+43.3
3,348
R
26.4%Clinton792
66.6%Trump1,998
7.0%
R+40.2
R+13.1
R+42.3
3,001
R
35.3%Obama1,014
62.4%Romney1,791
2.3%
R+27.1
R+1.6
R+30.9
2,872
R
36.1%Obama988
61.6%McCain1,686
2.3%
R+25.5
D+13.3
R+32.8
2,738
R
30.3%Kerry835
69.1%Bush1,902
0.6%
R+38.7
—
R+36.3
2,754
Lamar sits in the Arkansas River valley where irrigated farming and cattle ranching shape an electorate that has voted Republican by double-digit margins in recent statewide cycles, reflecting broader rural southeastern Colorado trends.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 45.1 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 6.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 45.1 points.
A population of 7,611, a 53% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $53,188 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Cameron and Rupert.
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, Lamar, Colorado voted Republican by 45.1 points (R+45.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,203 votes cast, 851 went Democratic and 2,295 went Republican.
How many people live in Lamar, Colorado?
Lamar, Colorado has a population of 7,611 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lamar, Colorado?
Median household income in Lamar, Colorado is $53,188 — below the national median of $80,734. The Colorado state median is $95,470.
What is the political history of Lamar, Colorado?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Lamar, Colorado from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
