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1876–2024
Weld County, Colorado
Weld County·Colorado

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

Oil, farms, and a 21-point Republican margin in Colorado's northeast corner

18762024·38 elections
Weld County, Colorado · Peter Romero · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+21
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
350,396
2024 ACS
Most similar
Josephine County
OR · similarity 0.99
184 precincts · 179,921 votes cast
Trump · R+21
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−21.0%
68,752106,469179,921
2020R
−18.0%
66,05096,133166,946
2016R
−22.2%
46,51976,651135,430
2012R
−12.7%
49,05063,775116,291
2008R
−8.7%
47,29256,526105,866
2004R
−26.8%
31,86855,59188,653
2000R
−21.6%
23,43637,40964,541
1996R
−9.7%
21,32526,51853,390
1992R
−3.1%
19,29520,95854,029
1988R
−12.4%
20,54826,49747,807
1984R
−38.2%
13,86331,29345,679
1980R
−30.7%
11,43323,90140,646
1976R
−13.8%
16,50121,97639,702
1972R
−34.9%
11,69024,69537,255
1968R
−22.4%
10,42017,10129,865
1964D
+17.1%
17,26812,20429,679
1960R
−22.2%
11,17917,55828,790
1956R
−25.7%
10,17017,22827,455
1952R
−33.6%
8,89018,00227,096
1948R
−6.4%
10,93412,44623,639
1944R
−26.4%
8,45914,54623,086
1940R
−20.3%
10,65316,12927,009
1936D
+14.5%
12,9939,60623,296
1932D
+1.9%
11,18210,75422,945
1928R
−40.4%
5,76213,71919,717
1924R
−41.7%
3,40610,18516,250
1920R
−31.5%
5,20210,26816,100
1916D
+22.1%
8,6005,39514,533
1912D
+14.1%
4,7133,11411,368
1908R
−8.2%
4,6505,53710,846
1904R
−29.3%
2,5554,8337,780
1900D
+9.3%
3,3862,7866,486
1896D
+66.6%
4,6208745,625
1892R
−41.1%
01,1382,769
1888R
−26.9%
1,0361,9423,374
1884R
−22.8%
7651,3322,490
1880R
−30.2%
3738041,429
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
African American
1.2%
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
14.1%
Other Christian
8.5%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.9%
Mainline Protestant
1.8%
Methodist
0.8%
Baptist
0.5%
Non-Christian
0.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 72.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Weld County's economy is anchored by cattle ranching, sugar beets, and one of the nation's most productive onshore oil fields, a mix that has kept it among Colorado's most reliably Republican counties even as the state's Front Range has shifted toward Democrats.

The Republican margin in Weld County reached its widest at forty-two points in 1924. The margin in 2024 was twenty-one points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Weld County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $97,097, a 73% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 350,396 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 Josephine County and Mariposa County.