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1876–2024
Pueblo County, Colorado
Pueblo County·Colorado

Pueblo County votes the way the country votes.

A blue-collar steel town county that flipped Republican in 2024

18762024·38 elections
Pueblo County, Colorado · David Shankbone · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+5
in 2024
Archetype
Bellwether
since the recent cycles
Population
169,356
2024 ACS
Most similar
Deer Lodge County
MT · similarity 0.98
144 precincts · 85,120 votes cast
Trump · R+5
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−5.1%
39,32843,68885,120
2020D
+1.7%
43,77242,25288,299
2016R
−0.5%
35,87536,26578,646
2012D
+13.9%
42,55131,89476,419
2008D
+15.0%
41,09730,25772,427
2004D
+6.3%
35,36931,11767,187
2000D
+11.2%
28,88822,82753,946
1996D
+22.6%
28,79117,40250,301
1992D
+25.1%
30,26116,12056,438
1988D
+23.8%
32,78820,11953,318
1984D
+4.8%
27,12624,63452,200
1980D
+2.4%
21,87420,77046,441
1976D
+16.2%
25,84118,51845,143
1972R
−12.7%
19,62025,60747,045
1968D
+21.9%
27,21516,64648,291
1964D
+45.0%
34,93313,10348,536
1960D
+14.1%
27,42120,57948,582
1956R
−6.7%
20,43323,45444,814
1952D
+0.7%
20,61320,33341,659
1948D
+25.3%
21,63712,75635,041
1944D
+15.7%
19,03913,84832,983
1940D
+14.0%
18,80514,18533,115
1936D
+29.4%
18,66010,07129,224
1932D
+18.6%
15,32510,41426,354
1928R
−32.4%
7,88115,54123,673
1924R
−28.3%
4,91710,57720,009
1920R
−9.7%
7,8639,62118,109
1916D
+23.0%
10,7106,54518,141
1912D
+29.6%
7,6433,05015,533
1908D
+4.7%
8,0927,33715,937
1904R
−13.4%
6,9669,17316,463
1900R
−1.2%
5,8786,02812,164
1896D
+71.9%
8,3731,3189,806
1892R
−46.1%
02,4045,219
1888R
−5.4%
2,0382,2804,458
1884R
−10.1%
1,4491,7843,311
1880D
+2.1%
8608241,684
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
African American
1.7%
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
17.8%
Other Christian
8.4%
Pentecostal & Holiness
3.4%
Baptist
2.2%
Mainline Protestant
2.0%
Methodist
1.1%
Non-Christian
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 65.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Pueblo County's identity is rooted in its steelmaking past and union-household demographics, yet it shifted five points toward the Republican column in 2024 — continuing a years-long realignment among working-class Latino and industrial voters along the Arkansas River corridor.

The Democratic margin in Pueblo County has rarely exceeded seventy-two points in modern history; the Republican margin has rarely exceeded forty-six points. 2024 delivered the county to the Republican candidate by five points.

Pueblo County's demographics resemble the country more than they resemble most counties. A 72% non-Hispanic-white share, a 15% poverty rate, and a median household income of $64,010 — all within the broad national range. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Deer Lodge County and Pacific County.