Huerfano County, Colorado

2024 results by precinct

5 precincts · 4,442 votes cast

Trump · R+9

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−8.6%	1,965	2,346	4,442
2020	R	−2.9%	2,076	2,203	4,406
2016	R	−6.6%	1,633	1,883	3,783
2012	D	+8.2%	1,953	1,646	3,723
2008	D	+11.2%	1,989	1,580	3,643
2004	R	−1.3%	1,656	1,701	3,396
2000	D	+0.9%	1,495	1,466	3,174
1996	D	+17.5%	1,483	996	2,776
1992	D	+23.3%	1,224	685	2,313
1988	D	+26.8%	1,876	1,079	2,971
1984	D	+0.7%	1,602	1,581	3,224
1980	D	+10.4%	1,574	1,258	3,032
1976	D	+23.7%	1,932	1,182	3,165
1972	R	−9.2%	1,341	1,620	3,027
1968	D	+24.8%	1,934	1,133	3,224
1964	D	+50.6%	2,734	895	3,634
1960	D	+32.2%	2,673	1,367	4,053
1956	D	+3.9%	2,262	2,091	4,365
1952	D	+12.0%	2,773	2,178	4,968
1948	D	+29.7%	3,448	1,841	5,410
1944	D	+21.6%	3,290	2,119	5,427
1940	D	+18.3%	3,974	2,738	6,736
1936	D	+34.9%	4,793	2,299	7,136
1932	D	+24.7%	4,159	2,490	6,744
1928	D	+1.3%	3,343	3,260	6,633
1924	R	−27.6%	1,219	2,784	5,672
1920	R	−5.0%	2,291	2,539	4,938
1916	D	+12.8%	2,632	2,027	4,727
1912	R	−34.6%	1,277	2,814	4,444
1908	R	−58.8%	776	3,074	3,909
1904	R	−47.9%	958	2,733	3,709
1900	R	−37.9%	1,022	2,277	3,315
1896	D	+35.0%	1,929	929	2,860
1892	R	−57.6%	0	750	1,303
1888	R	−5.2%	674	750	1,453
1884	D	+20.9%	675	435	1,150
1880	D	+6.5%	532	466	1,013
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

American

100.0%

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.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 55.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.3%

85+

1.0%

7.0%

75–84

6.6%

9.5%

65–74

9.4%

7.1%

55–64

8.3%

6.8%

45–54

6.4%

3.3%

35–44

2.8%

4.6%

25–34

3.8%

3.4%

18–24

2.9%

7.4%

5–17

4.3%

2.8%

1.1%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$52,526

Huerfano County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.

Huerfano County$52,526

Colorado$95,470

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

17.3%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

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

12.9%

Other Christian

9.9%

Non-Christian

5.0%

Methodist

1.4%

Pentecostal & Holiness

0.3%

Baptist

0.3%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 70.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Huerfano County's economy once centered on coal mining along the Culebra Range, and its largely Hispanic rural population has trended Republican in recent cycles, reflecting a broader realignment in small-town southern Colorado.

The Democratic margin in Huerfano County has rarely exceeded fifty-one points in modern history; the Republican margin has rarely exceeded fifty-nine points. 2024 delivered the county to the Republican candidate by nine points.

Huerfano County's demographics resemble the country more than they resemble most counties. A 78% non-Hispanic-white share, a 17% poverty rate, and a median household income of $52,526 — all within the broad national range. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Tillamook County and Las Animas County.

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