Montrose County, Colorado

2024 results by precinct

21 precincts · 25,626 votes cast

Trump · R+33

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−32.6%	8,354	16,704	25,626
2020	R	−36.4%	7,687	16,770	24,922
2016	R	−42.1%	5,466	14,382	21,186
2012	R	−36.8%	6,138	13,552	20,130
2008	R	−29.8%	6,495	12,199	19,153
2004	R	−39.7%	4,776	11,218	16,219
2000	R	−36.8%	4,041	9,266	14,215
1996	R	−22.2%	4,019	6,730	12,239
1992	R	−9.7%	3,713	4,847	11,723
1988	R	−22.7%	3,748	6,012	9,993
1984	R	−42.2%	2,864	7,162	10,173
1980	R	−45.4%	2,232	6,685	9,800
1976	R	−20.2%	3,164	4,838	8,282
1972	R	−38.3%	1,870	4,571	7,059
1968	R	−17.2%	2,394	3,547	6,712
1964	D	+19.8%	4,009	2,678	6,709
1960	R	−17.0%	2,861	4,040	6,925
1956	R	−24.4%	2,461	4,054	6,534
1952	R	−35.2%	2,037	4,279	6,371
1948	D	+1.4%	2,544	2,473	5,116
1944	R	−13.3%	2,258	2,952	5,237
1940	R	−10.7%	3,013	3,744	6,855
1936	D	+12.7%	2,938	2,248	5,425
1932	D	+10.8%	2,516	1,992	4,858
1928	R	−36.9%	1,297	2,873	4,271
1924	R	−18.5%	1,239	2,077	4,533
1920	R	−17.3%	1,522	2,225	4,058
1916	D	+30.1%	2,571	1,315	4,179
1912	D	+22.6%	1,478	631	3,752
1908	D	+8.7%	1,461	1,193	3,082
1904	R	−15.2%	922	1,306	2,533
1900	D	+20.7%	1,038	658	1,834
1896	D	+74.6%	1,348	182	1,564
1892	R	−34.9%	0	301	863
1888	R	−15.2%	372	512	920
1884	R	−28.4%	230	420	670
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%

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: 46.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.1%

85+

1.6%

3.8%

75–84

4.5%

7.3%

65–74

7.8%

6.7%

55–64

7.2%

5.7%

45–54

5.5%

6.2%

35–44

6.0%

5.1%

25–34

4.5%

3.6%

18–24

3.4%

8.3%

5–17

7.1%

2.3%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$72,120

Montrose County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Montrose County$72,120

Colorado$95,470

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

11.5%

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

Other Christian

11.2%

Catholic & Orthodox

9.5%

Pentecostal & Holiness

6.4%

Mainline Protestant

2.2%

Baptist

1.9%

Methodist

1.1%

Non-Christian

0.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 67.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Montrose County anchors Colorado's Western Slope, where an economy built on agriculture, energy extraction, and outdoor recreation has produced some of the state's most consistent Republican margins over the past two decades.

The Democratic margin in Montrose County peaked at seventy-five points in 1896. By 1968 the county had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was thirty-three points, the most Republican-leaning result in the county's modern history.

The economic context is the key. Montrose County's median household income of $72,120 sits well below state and national norms, and 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Delta County and Klamath County.

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Montrose County was solidly one party for decades. In the last twenty years, it flipped.