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1876–2024
Pitkin County, Colorado
Pitkin County·Colorado

Pitkin County has voted Democratic for as long as anyone can remember.

Aspen's home county tilts Democratic by some of the widest margins in Colorado

18762024·38 elections
Pitkin County, Colorado · Daniel Case · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+44
in 2024
Archetype
Democratic loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
16,985
2024 ACS
Most similar
San Miguel County
CO · similarity 1.00
12 precincts · 11,169 votes cast
Harris · D+44
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+44.2%
7,9322,99211,169
2020D
+51.9%
8,9892,78011,957
2016D
+45.5%
7,3332,55010,523
2012D
+38.0%
6,8493,02410,075
2008D
+48.8%
7,3492,4849,966
2004D
+38.4%
6,3352,7849,256
2000D
+20.2%
4,1372,5657,800
1996D
+28.3%
3,9491,9696,985
1992D
+28.6%
3,8201,6867,469
1988D
+9.8%
3,4202,8016,326
1984R
−14.9%
2,2933,1175,528
1980R
−7.3%
1,7602,1535,417
1976R
−13.8%
2,1942,9555,512
1972D
+10.0%
2,5312,0644,674
1968R
−20.1%
7281,1352,021
1964D
+27.8%
9585401,504
1960R
−16.4%
4886791,167
1956R
−24.4%
334550885
1952R
−28.5%
309556867
1948D
+12.0%
409319751
1944R
−1.8%
355368724
1940D
+1.9%
503484998
1936D
+34.8%
6593051,017
1932D
+48.2%
7272391,012
1928R
−3.3%
454485952
1924R
−25.5%
204442935
1920R
−6.3%
417478968
1916D
+50.8%
9152631,283
1912D
+42.0%
7702081,339
1908D
+38.2%
1,2625311,914
1904D
+8.6%
1,1209222,293
1900D
+66.3%
2,3054582,787
1896D
+98.3%
3,763273,802
1892R
−13.7%
04453,250
1888R
−11.0%
1,2171,5242,780
1884R
−11.6%
4796051,084
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%
English
0.5%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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
11.5%
Other Christian
10.0%
Non-Christian
5.1%
Mainline Protestant
2.4%
Methodist
0.3%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 70.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Pitkin County, anchored by the resort city of Aspen, combines a small permanent population with high incomes and strong college-educated majorities — a profile that has pushed its presidential margins well above 40 points Democratic in recent cycles.

The Democratic margin in Pitkin County reached its widest at ninety-eight points in 1896. The margin in 2024 was forty-four points — still decisive.

Pitkin County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $102,645, a 84% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 16,985 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of San Miguel County and Sonoma County.