Washington County, Colorado

2024 results by precinct

6 precincts · 2,806 votes cast

Trump · R+75

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−75.1%	329	2,436	2,806
2020	R	−74.0%	369	2,595	3,008
2016	R	−73.3%	296	2,299	2,733
2012	R	−62.1%	468	2,076	2,591
2008	R	−56.5%	529	1,949	2,513
2004	R	−63.0%	455	2,050	2,530
2000	R	−57.3%	477	1,878	2,445
1996	R	−37.6%	649	1,566	2,440
1992	R	−23.2%	660	1,266	2,613
1988	R	−27.6%	958	1,707	2,715
1984	R	−56.3%	568	2,080	2,684
1980	R	−51.2%	568	2,007	2,811
1976	R	−8.4%	1,211	1,440	2,736
1972	R	−45.4%	643	1,837	2,629
1968	R	−35.0%	694	1,634	2,682
1964	R	−3.3%	1,341	1,434	2,779
1960	R	−31.1%	1,039	1,979	3,022
1956	R	−30.8%	1,067	2,020	3,098
1952	R	−40.3%	1,009	2,398	3,443
1948	R	−11.2%	1,304	1,636	2,958
1944	R	−36.1%	1,058	2,259	3,328
1940	R	−25.9%	1,403	2,390	3,816
1936	D	+9.0%	2,071	1,723	3,886
1932	D	+25.4%	2,378	1,385	3,913
1928	R	−42.1%	851	2,132	3,046
1924	R	−33.2%	720	1,851	3,411
1920	R	−31.7%	1,060	2,117	3,337
1916	D	+26.2%	1,748	989	2,898
1912	D	+20.5%	765	361	1,968
1908	R	−16.7%	424	599	1,049
1904	R	−38.9%	191	460	692
1900	R	−23.2%	191	312	522
1896	R	−10.9%	177	222	413
1892	R	−63.0%	0	250	397
1888	R	−22.3%	505	810	1,370
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
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%

African American

1.0%

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: 41.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.4%

85+

2.2%

3.1%

75–84

2.8%

6.5%

65–74

6.5%

6.4%

55–64

6.9%

6.1%

45–54

4.5%

7.0%

35–44

6.1%

6.3%

25–34

5.3%

3.6%

18–24

3.1%

9.0%

5–17

7.9%

2.6%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$67,167

Washington County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Washington County$67,167

Colorado$95,470

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

8.1%

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

8.7%

Pentecostal & Holiness

5.1%

Methodist

4.4%

Other Christian

3.2%

Baptist

2.5%

Mainline Protestant

1.4%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 74.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

A sparsely populated high-plains ranching county on Colorado's eastern edge, Washington recorded a 75-point Republican presidential margin in 2024 — among the widest in the state and consistent with its long-running pattern of single-party dominance.

The Republican margin in Washington County reached its widest at seventy-five points in 2024. The margin in 2024 was seventy-five points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Washington County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $67,167, a 87% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 4,831 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 Cheyenne County and Harlan County.

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Washington County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.