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1876–2024
Conejos County, Colorado
Conejos County·Colorado

Conejos County votes the way the country votes.

A rural Hispanic-majority county where partisan lean has shifted sharply rightward

18762024·38 elections
Conejos County, Colorado · JERRYE AND ROY KLOTZ MD · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+18
in 2024
Archetype
Bellwether
since the recent cycles
Population
7,530
2024 ACS
Most similar
Gogebic County
MI · similarity 0.96
10 precincts · 4,105 votes cast
Trump · R+18
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−17.8%
1,6272,3584,105
2020R
−7.5%
1,9592,2864,333
2016R
−3.6%
1,7711,9144,022
2012D
+9.2%
2,2131,8354,101
2008D
+12.9%
2,1541,6533,874
2004D
+0.8%
1,8941,8643,803
2000R
−0.6%
1,7491,7723,671
1996D
+18.1%
1,7261,1493,186
1992D
+15.7%
1,7051,1603,465
1988D
+15.4%
1,9761,4453,447
1984R
−3.6%
1,5531,6693,247
1980R
−2.9%
1,5031,5973,232
1976D
+8.5%
1,6981,4263,194
1972R
−17.3%
1,1401,6582,987
1968D
+4.4%
1,4921,3612,980
1964D
+32.6%
2,0331,0313,076
1960D
+19.9%
2,0691,3673,523
1956R
−59.6%
4711,8842,371
1952R
−15.0%
1,6102,1943,902
1948D
+18.4%
2,2361,5323,827
1944D
+7.6%
2,0281,7403,768
1940D
+10.0%
2,4812,0284,526
1936D
+28.1%
2,3471,3053,710
1932D
+37.7%
2,6411,1903,851
1928D
+7.1%
1,6921,4633,234
1924R
−18.3%
9951,4752,626
1920R
−28.2%
8861,5952,512
1916D
+29.7%
1,7219282,671
1912D
+12.1%
2,1471,5874,619
1908R
−13.0%
1,3351,7363,095
1904R
−37.9%
9012,0182,944
1900R
−34.0%
9121,8532,771
1896D
+92.1%
2,388962,488
1892R
−56.9%
08231,447
1888R
−18.9%
6699821,657
1884R
−11.0%
5837281,313
1880D
+0.2%
6116081,221
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
English
0.5%
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. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Other Christian
47.6%
Catholic & Orthodox
24.5%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.2%
Mainline Protestant
0.6%
Non-Christian
0.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 25.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Conejos County, nestled in Colorado's San Luis Valley, has one of the state's highest shares of Hispanic residents yet recorded an R+17.8 margin in 2024 — a pattern that reflects broader rural demographic realignment playing out across the Mountain West.

The Democratic margin in Conejos County has rarely exceeded ninety-two points in modern history; the Republican margin has rarely exceeded sixty points. 2024 delivered the county to the Republican candidate by eighteen points.

Conejos County's demographics resemble the country more than they resemble most counties. A 55% non-Hispanic-white share, a 12% poverty rate, and a median household income of $50,978 — all within the broad national range. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Gogebic County and Poweshiek County.