Grand Junction, CO, Colorado: Populist metro. In 2024, voted R+24%. Democratic peak: D+64 in 1896.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+24MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- PopulistAkashic typology
- Population
- 158,6012024 5-year
- Median household income
- $73,6582024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 82.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 15.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+64 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+46 in 1980MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Grand Junction, CO, COOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
R+60D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 33,573 | 55,839 | 91,620 | ||
| R | 31,533 | 56,888 | 90,613 | ||
| R | 21,729 | 49,779 | 77,654 | ||
| R | 23,846 | 47,472 | 72,947 | ||
| R | 24,008 | 44,578 | 69,631 | ||
| R | 19,564 | 41,539 | 61,885 | ||
| R | 15,465 | 32,396 | 51,054 | ||
| R | 17,114 | 24,761 | 46,612 | ||
| R | 15,162 | 18,169 | 44,067 | ||
| R | 14,372 | 22,150 | 37,155 | ||
| R | 9,938 | 23,736 | 34,074 | ||
| R | 7,549 | 22,686 | 32,916 | ||
| R | 8,807 | 17,924 | 27,390 | ||
| R | 6,358 | 15,527 | 22,613 | ||
| R | 8,775 | 10,745 | 21,671 | ||
| D | 12,716 | 8,317 | 21,082 | ||
| R | 9,072 | 13,015 | 22,132 | ||
| R | 7,567 | 12,869 | 20,496 | ||
| R | 6,883 | 11,883 | 18,845 | ||
| D | 8,401 | 6,586 | 15,185 | ||
| D | 6,870 | 6,653 | 13,598 | ||
| D | 7,694 | 7,049 | 14,912 | ||
| D | 7,824 | 3,654 | 12,399 | ||
| D | 6,682 | 4,388 | 11,807 | ||
| R | 3,223 | 6,446 | 9,802 | ||
| R | 2,388 | 4,053 | 8,902 | ||
| R | 3,138 | 3,621 | 7,271 | ||
| D | 4,394 | 2,223 | 7,395 | ||
| O | 2,733 | 976 | 7,824 | ||
| R | 2,824 | 3,049 | 6,795 | ||
| R | 1,555 | 2,783 | 4,761 | ||
| D | 1,968 | 1,317 | 3,534 | ||
| D | 2,374 | 469 | 2,966 | ||
| O | 0 | 529 | 1,237 | ||
| R | 388 | 440 | 889 | ||
| R | 329 | 353 | 687 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
21.5%
English
15.2%
Irish
12.5%
Italian
5.1%
American
3.8%
Scottish
3.2%
French
2.6%
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: 41.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$73,658
Grand Junction, CO ranks near the middle of US counties.
Grand Junction, CO$73,658
Colorado$95,470
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
10.7%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1811.1%
Working age (18–64)10.4%
Seniors (65+)12.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
93.4%
speak English only
Spanish5.1%
Other Indo-European1.0%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.5%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 62.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Perched on the Western Slope far from Denver's urban core, Grand Junction consistently posts some of the widest Republican margins in Colorado, driven by energy-sector employment and a rural-leaning population that has resisted the state's broader Democratic shift.
The Democratic margin in Grand Junction, CO peaked at sixty-four points in 1896. By 1968 the metro had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was twenty-four points, the most Republican-leaning result in the metro's modern history.
The economic context is the key. The median household income of $73,658 sits well below state and national norms, and 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Grand Junction, CO, Colorado vote in 2024?
In 2024, Grand Junction, CO, Colorado voted Republican by 24.3 points (R+24), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 91,620 votes cast, 33,573 went Democratic and 55,839 went Republican.
What is Grand Junction, CO, Colorado's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Grand Junction, CO, Colorado as a "Populist" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 9 times, Republican 25 times, and other 2 times.
When did Grand Junction, CO, Colorado last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Grand Junction, CO, Colorado voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Grand Junction, CO, Colorado?
Grand Junction, CO, Colorado has a population of 158,601 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Grand Junction, CO, Colorado?
Median household income in Grand Junction, CO, Colorado is $73,658 — below the national median of $80,734. The Colorado state median is $95,470.
What is the political history of Grand Junction, CO, Colorado?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Grand Junction, CO, Colorado from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 9 went Democratic and 25 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Populist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.