San Miguel County, Colorado

2024 results by precinct

6 precincts · 4,804 votes cast

Harris · D+49

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+49.4%	3,529	1,154	4,804
2020	D	+54.2%	3,923	1,136	5,146
2016	D	+44.9%	2,975	1,033	4,329
2012	D	+43.2%	2,992	1,154	4,256
2008	D	+55.5%	3,349	933	4,350
2004	D	+44.7%	2,876	1,079	4,019
2000	D	+17.1%	1,598	1,043	3,255
1996	D	+27.8%	1,535	773	2,743
1992	D	+28.2%	1,380	628	2,663
1988	D	+8.9%	961	798	1,839
1984	R	−11.8%	654	833	1,521
1980	R	−6.8%	651	774	1,809
1976	D	+3.7%	674	622	1,419
1972	R	−14.8%	426	583	1,061
1968	R	−14.0%	311	422	793
1964	D	+31.3%	636	332	970
1960	D	+7.6%	612	525	1,139
1956	R	−16.0%	469	648	1,120
1952	R	−11.0%	524	654	1,185
1948	D	+15.0%	613	451	1,079
1944	D	+8.0%	630	536	1,173
1940	D	+7.7%	851	729	1,587
1936	D	+31.7%	860	433	1,348
1932	D	+37.2%	862	383	1,288
1928	R	−12.7%	554	721	1,313
1924	R	−7.1%	567	677	1,552
1920	R	−14.0%	688	928	1,709
1916	D	+37.7%	1,325	578	1,984
1912	D	+18.5%	1,029	639	2,105
1908	D	+2.3%	927	882	1,947
1904	R	−25.6%	797	1,370	2,240
1900	D	+37.6%	1,604	717	2,359
1896	D	+91.8%	2,136	87	2,232
1892	R	−23.4%	0	272	1,161
1888	R	−17.3%	378	540	939
1884	R	−8.5%	365	433	799
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%

Irish

0.7%

African American

0.8%

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: 43.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.8%

85+

0.5%

2.1%

75–84

1.6%

8.5%

65–74

5.1%

8.3%

55–64

6.5%

7.8%

45–54

7.2%

8.2%

35–44

6.1%

9.2%

25–34

6.3%

1.7%

18–24

2.2%

10.9%

5–17

4.5%

1.6%

0.9%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$79,024

San Miguel County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.

San Miguel County$79,024

Colorado$95,470

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

9.3%

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

9.5%

Other Christian

6.2%

Non-Christian

2.6%

Mainline Protestant

1.2%

Baptist

1.2%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 79.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Home to Telluride, this small mountain county posted a D+49.4 margin in 2024, making it one of the most Democratic-leaning counties in the state despite a population of fewer than 7,000 residents.

The Democratic margin in San Miguel County peaked at ninety-two points in 1896. By 1988 the county had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was forty-nine points, the most Democratic-leaning result in the county's modern history.

The economic context is the key. San Miguel County's median household income of $79,024 sits well below state and national norms, and 9% 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 Pitkin County and Windham County.

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