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1876–2024
Denver
Denver County·Colorado

Denver County is one of the bluest places in America.

One of the nation's most lopsided urban counties in 2024

18762024·38 elections
Denver · Quintin Soloviev · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+56
in 2024
Archetype
Urban anchor
since the recent cycles
Population
718,877
2024 ACS
Most similar
Dane County
WI · similarity 1.00
301 precincts · 363,519 votes cast
Harris · D+56
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+56.1%
278,63474,765363,519
2020D
+61.4%
313,29271,617393,824
2016D
+54.8%
244,55162,690331,852
2012D
+49.2%
222,01873,111302,418
2008D
+52.4%
204,88262,567271,533
2004D
+40.3%
166,13569,903238,826
2000D
+31.0%
122,69361,224198,347
1996D
+31.7%
120,31258,529194,814
1992D
+30.5%
121,96155,418217,919
1988D
+23.6%
127,17377,753209,430
1984D
+2.3%
110,200105,096219,738
1980R
−1.2%
85,90388,398209,508
1976D
+2.8%
112,229105,960226,738
1972R
−10.6%
98,062121,995225,335
1968D
+6.7%
106,08192,003211,317
1964D
+32.2%
143,48073,279218,288
1960D
+0.1%
109,637109,446220,701
1956R
−12.7%
93,812121,402217,121
1952R
−12.9%
92,237119,792213,563
1948D
+7.8%
89,48976,364169,067
1944D
+2.1%
90,00186,331177,091
1940D
+5.5%
90,93881,328173,371
1936D
+31.8%
99,26350,743152,492
1932D
+9.9%
72,86859,372136,558
1928R
−27.8%
41,23873,543116,002
1924R
−46.5%
15,76459,07793,123
1920R
−29.5%
22,83943,58170,258
1916D
+29.0%
43,02923,18568,512
1912D
+30.9%
26,6908,15560,016
1908D
+4.5%
33,14530,19365,707
1904R
−5.9%
28,95832,66763,153
1900
No data
1896
No data
1892
No data
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
Polish
0.6%
African American
7.2%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
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
Catholic & Orthodox
25.4%
Other Christian
6.1%
Non-Christian
4.1%
Baptist
2.7%
Mainline Protestant
2.5%
Methodist
1.2%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.8%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 57.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Denver County is both city and county, producing Democratic presidential margins above 50 points in recent cycles. Its dense, highly educated, and majority-minority electorate makes it the anchor of Colorado's statewide Democratic coalition.

The Democratic margin in Denver County has been steady. It reached its modern peak at sixty-one points in 2020; the 2024 margin was fifty-six points, still in line with the county's long pattern.

Denver County's political identity is inseparable from its demographic profile: a 59% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $94,718, and the full diversity of a major metropolitan center. The county's voting pattern resembles other major urban centers most closely — Dane County and Multnomah County.