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1876–2024
Ouray County, Colorado
Ouray County·Colorado

Ouray County changed direction in the last decade.

A tiny mountain county that leans Democratic by double digits

18762024·38 elections
Ouray County, Colorado · Ken Lund from Las Vegas, Nevada, USA · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+21
in 2024
Archetype
Recent convert
since the recent cycles
Population
5,087
2024 ACS
Most similar
Nevada County
CA · similarity 0.97
5 precincts · 4,098 votes cast
Harris · D+21
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+21.2%
2,4421,5734,098
2020D
+19.6%
2,3651,5774,020
2016D
+10.5%
1,6971,3513,310
2012D
+5.2%
1,6461,4813,202
2008D
+8.8%
1,6361,3673,060
2004R
−4.6%
1,2781,4022,721
2000R
−25.7%
7051,2792,233
1996R
−23.1%
5699841,794
1992R
−12.1%
4616531,583
1988R
−29.4%
4398141,274
1984R
−42.5%
3669141,290
1980R
−48.0%
2378131,201
1976R
−30.2%
3336451,032
1972R
−53.8%
186669897
1968R
−19.6%
250401771
1964D
+12.0%
456358820
1960R
−8.1%
432508940
1956R
−32.4%
322634962
1952R
−25.2%
4136971,127
1948R
−10.8%
4615741,045
1944R
−24.8%
303503807
1940D
+1.4%
6065891,199
1936D
+22.3%
6774281,116
1932D
+26.7%
7063981,152
1928R
−5.4%
4795351,039
1924R
−20.9%
2564841,093
1920R
−27.9%
4027351,195
1916D
+39.5%
9613991,421
1912D
+29.8%
7102731,466
1908D
+32.3%
1,0855391,689
1904D
+7.9%
1,0809162,080
1900D
+45.4%
1,6566102,303
1896D
+96.4%
2,192382,235
1892R
−18.2%
03241,777
1888R
−13.1%
7339611,738
1884R
−11.1%
399499898
1880R
−6.8%
418479903
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
Irish
1.4%
African American
1.2%
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
Catholic & Orthodox
10.9%
Mainline Protestant
5.9%
Other Christian
5.1%
Methodist
3.2%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.6%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 73.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Despite its rural alpine setting—home to fewer than 4,000 residents and anchored by the old mining town of Ouray—this San Juan Mountains county has consistently returned Democratic presidential margins well above the national average.

The 2008 election was the turning point, when the Democratic candidate carried the county by nine points. The 2024 margin was twenty-one points, in line with the county's new direction.

The demographics suggest why. A population of 5,087, a 90% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $91,020 situate the county in the broader realignment patterns of recent cycles. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Nevada County and Harrisonburg city.