Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area — Elections 1876–2024

Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO, Colorado: Bellwether metro. In 2024, voted D+21%. Democratic peak: D+76 in 1896.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin: D+21MIT Election Lab
Political archetype: BellwetherAkashic typology
Population: 3,002,7212024 5-year
Median household income: $107,2072024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic): 66.0%2024 5-year
Black: 5.6%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino: 23.9%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin: D+76 in 1896MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin: R+45 in 1892MIT Election Lab

2024 results by constituent county

10 counties · 7 D · 3 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).
Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+21.4%	959,451	613,345	1,617,800
2020	D	+25.2%	1,028,508	606,212	1,678,426
2016	D	+15.8%	761,076	536,923	1,418,489
2012	D	+13.3%	726,404	552,551	1,309,453
2008	D	+17.1%	696,179	490,458	1,206,171
2004	D	+2.7%	533,748	505,613	1,052,402
2000	R	−0.0%	395,491	395,779	840,876
1996	D	+3.9%	349,058	320,824	731,670
1992	D	+8.2%	329,764	265,345	783,734
1988	R	−2.9%	331,916	351,959	696,657
1984	R	−25.0%	245,394	412,182	668,098
1980	R	−21.2%	193,691	322,250	607,087
1976	R	−9.9%	245,147	300,905	564,273
1972	R	−26.0%	175,480	302,847	490,283
1968	R	−5.3%	183,717	205,828	421,127
1964	D	+25.9%	254,343	149,062	405,864
1960	R	−5.1%	174,025	193,033	369,132
1956	R	−15.9%	133,363	184,179	320,059
1952	R	−15.7%	123,244	169,443	294,809
1948	D	+6.6%	116,068	101,557	221,478
1944	R	−1.4%	111,405	114,500	226,853
1940	D	+3.1%	115,244	108,334	225,019
1936	D	+28.9%	123,675	67,466	194,646
1932	D	+10.8%	94,486	75,551	176,067
1928	R	−29.6%	51,323	95,283	148,269
1924	R	−45.1%	21,103	75,185	119,786
1920	R	−28.7%	30,426	56,908	92,206
1916	D	+28.2%	55,945	30,649	89,594
1912	D	+29.1%	35,692	12,403	79,973
1908	D	+4.5%	43,408	39,563	86,085
1904	R	−8.1%	36,642	43,283	81,972
1900	D	+14.3%	41,929	31,255	74,774
1896	D	+75.6%	54,938	7,321	62,964
1892	O	−45.0%	0	13,981	31,044
1888	R	−15.9%	11,944	16,641	29,554
1884	R	−14.7%	8,647	11,798	21,406
1880	R	−11.1%	7,213	9,054	16,576
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

German

16.9%

English

12.2%

Irish

11.3%

Italian

5.2%

American

3.2%

Scottish

2.0%

Polish

1.7%

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: 37.5 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.5%

85+

0.9%

1.7%

75–84

2.2%

4.1%

65–74

4.6%

5.7%

55–64

5.7%

6.5%

45–54

6.2%

8.1%

35–44

7.5%

8.8%

25–34

8.2%

4.1%

18–24

3.9%

8.0%

5–17

7.6%

2.8%

2.6%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$107,207

Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO ranks near the middle of US counties.

Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$107,207

Colorado$95,470

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

8.4%

Child poverty is below the national average.

Children under 1810.9%

Working age (18–64)7.6%

Seniors (65+)9.3%

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

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

80.3%

speak English only

Spanish12.8%

Other Indo-European2.9%

Asian & Pacific Islander2.5%

Other languages1.5%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Catholic & Orthodox

16.5%

Other Christian

10.4%

Mainline Protestant

2.5%

Non-Christian

1.9%

Baptist

1.4%

Methodist

1.0%

Pentecostal & Holiness

0.9%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 65.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Denver's sprawling metro has shifted durably toward Democratic margins over the past two decades, driven by rapid in-migration of college-educated professionals and a fast-growing Latino electorate concentrated in Adams and Arapahoe counties.

The Democratic margin in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO has rarely exceeded seventy-six points in modern history; the Republican margin has rarely exceeded forty-five points. 2024 delivered the metro to the Democratic candidate by twenty-one points.

Its demographics resemble the country more than they resemble most metros. A 66% non-Hispanic-white share, a 8% poverty rate, and a median household income of $107,207 — all within the broad national range.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO, Colorado vote in 2024?

In 2024, Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO, Colorado voted Democratic by 21.4 points (D+21), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 1,617,800 votes cast, 959,451 went Democratic and 613,345 went Republican.

What is Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO, Colorado's political archetype?

Akashic classifies Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO, Colorado as a "Bellwether" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 18 times, Republican 18 times, and other 1 times.

When did Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO, Colorado last vote Republican?

The most recent presidential election in which Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO, Colorado voted Republican was 2000.

How many people live in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO, Colorado?

Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO, Colorado has a population of 3,002,721 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO, Colorado?

Median household income in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO, Colorado is $107,207 — above the national median of $80,734. The Colorado state median is $95,470.

What is the political history of Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO, Colorado?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO, Colorado from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 18 went Democratic and 18 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Bellwether" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.

Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO delivered D+21 in 2024.

Key facts

Demographics

Frequently asked questions