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1876–2024
State House District 47·Colorado

Colorado 47th State House District delivered R+15 in 2024 — close enough to flip again next time.

1876 — 2024·38 elections
CO
Latest
R+15
in 2024
Archetype
Tossup
since the recent cycles
Population
163,874
2024 ACS

Colorado 47th State House District, Colorado: Tossup district. In 2024, voted R+15%. Democratic peak: D+60 in 1896.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+15MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
TossupAkashic typology
Population
163,8742024 5-year
Median household income
$59,3672024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
70.8%2024 5-year
Black
2.0%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
39.7%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+60 in 1896MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+45 in 1892MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
9 counties · 0 D · 9 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−15.4%
33,30045,81181,098
R
−10.1%
36,99745,52884,555
R
−12.3%
30,04739,26675,003
D
+2.5%
36,60934,75973,230
D
+3.5%
35,89733,44970,507
R
−6.1%
31,37435,50167,591
R
−1.5%
27,40328,26358,064
D
+12.5%
28,98822,01455,909
D
+16.1%
30,10520,14262,020
D
+12.4%
33,47526,03460,178
R
−8.4%
27,20232,29760,309
R
−6.1%
25,08328,63058,086
D
+10.6%
31,36125,23157,661
R
−20.0%
22,40534,02358,174
D
+10.3%
30,75424,49060,599
D
+38.4%
43,22619,13962,778
D
+5.4%
34,42630,89065,726
R
−10.7%
28,24835,06963,914
R
−8.2%
29,57434,89665,089
D
+24.1%
38,20423,20962,243
D
+4.8%
29,34526,65756,185
D
+6.6%
33,48529,30163,116
D
+28.4%
38,48821,22360,767
D
+22.3%
35,21822,08958,905
R
−25.9%
18,60631,83151,032
R
−28.0%
11,92725,45348,385
R
−15.7%
17,11323,82242,654
D
+18.9%
24,19616,19242,354
D
+10.1%
15,31011,56237,259
R
−8.0%
15,38318,19334,968
R
−16.3%
12,54217,61231,019
D
+0.5%
11,99911,88824,375
D
+59.7%
15,1943,76119,146
O
−45.1%
04,3299,591
R
−2.7%
5,4715,79411,774
D
+7.2%
3,1662,7356,007
D
+21.6%
2,3921,5333,984
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
12.9%
English
9.2%
Irish
8.2%
Italian
5.3%
American
3.6%
Scottish
1.7%
French
1.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 41.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
1.1%
85+
1.4%
2.6%
75–84
3.3%
6.0%
65–74
6.3%
6.3%
55–64
6.6%
6.0%
45–54
5.5%
6.7%
35–44
5.9%
7.0%
25–34
5.6%
4.4%
18–24
3.8%
8.3%
5–17
7.8%
2.6%
<5
2.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$59,367
State House District 47 ranks near the middle of US counties.
State House District 47$59,367
Colorado$95,470
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
17.0%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1822.6%
Working age (18–64)15.8%
Seniors (65+)11.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
89.0%
speak English only
Spanish9.8%
Other Indo-European0.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.4%
Other languages0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
15.9%
Other Christian
9.5%
Pentecostal & Holiness
3.1%
Baptist
2.4%
Methodist
1.9%
Mainline Protestant
1.8%
Non-Christian
0.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 65.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Colorado 47th State House District in the Rocky Mountain West delivered a near-tie in 2024, with the Republican candidate carrying the district by fifteen points — well within the historical noise of how the district votes.

The district's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached sixty points in 1896; the Republican margin reached forty-five points in 1892. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Its demographics — a population of 163,874, a 71% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $59,367 — situate the district close to national averages on several dimensions.

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Frequently asked questions

How did State House District 47, Colorado vote in 2024?
In 2024, State House District 47, Colorado voted Republican by 15.4 points (R+15), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 81,098 votes cast, 33,300 went Democratic and 45,811 went Republican.
What is State House District 47, Colorado's political archetype?
Akashic classifies State House District 47, Colorado as a "Tossup" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 20 times, Republican 16 times, and other 1 times.
When did State House District 47, Colorado last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which State House District 47, Colorado voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in State House District 47, Colorado?
State House District 47, Colorado has a population of 163,874 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in State House District 47, Colorado?
Median household income in State House District 47, Colorado is $59,367 — below the national median of $80,734. The Colorado state median is $95,470.
What is the political history of State House District 47, Colorado?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in State House District 47, Colorado from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 20 went Democratic and 16 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Tossup" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.