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1876–2024
Congressional District 1·Colorado

Colorado 1st Congressional District has voted Democratic in eleven straight presidential cycles.

1876 — 2024·38 elections
CO
Latest
D+56
in 2024
Archetype
Democratic loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
718,155
2024 ACS

Colorado 1st Congressional District, Colorado: Democratic loyalist district. In 2024, voted D+56%. Democratic peak: D+75 in 1896.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
D+56MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
Democratic loyalistAkashic typology
Population
718,1552024 5-year
Median household income
$94,7272024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
59.3%2024 5-year
Black
9.0%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
28.0%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+75 in 1896MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+47 in 1892MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
4 counties · 4 D · 0 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
D
+56.0%
278,25774,775363,142
D
+61.3%
312,86771,637393,412
D
+54.7%
244,20962,716331,516
D
+49.2%
221,72173,124302,126
D
+52.4%
204,61762,588271,285
D
+40.2%
165,90569,915238,605
D
+30.9%
122,52561,224198,159
D
+31.7%
120,12958,513194,595
D
+30.5%
121,77155,394217,676
D
+23.5%
126,96377,711209,171
D
+2.3%
109,999105,007219,440
R
−1.2%
85,74588,307209,202
D
+2.7%
112,014105,803226,350
R
−10.6%
97,858121,784224,910
D
+6.6%
105,85891,835210,901
D
+32.2%
143,18273,140217,848
D
+0.1%
109,403109,226220,244
R
−12.7%
93,607121,144216,653
R
−12.9%
92,033119,531213,095
D
+7.8%
89,28976,193168,689
D
+2.1%
89,79986,140176,696
D
+5.5%
90,73481,147172,984
D
+31.8%
99,03750,629152,147
D
+9.9%
72,70459,238136,250
R
−27.9%
41,14473,378115,740
R
−46.5%
15,72858,94392,912
R
−29.5%
22,78843,48270,099
D
+29.0%
42,93123,13268,356
D
+30.9%
26,6298,13759,879
D
+4.5%
33,06830,12465,556
R
−5.9%
28,89032,59263,007
D
+13.6%
493788
D
+74.6%
62971
O
−47.1%
01634
R
−16.7%
121730
R
−10.5%
81019
R
−9.1%
5611
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
14.3%
Irish
11.3%
English
10.9%
Italian
5.5%
American
2.9%
Polish
2.7%
Scottish
2.2%
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: 35.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.5%
85+
0.8%
1.5%
75–84
2.0%
3.5%
65–74
4.1%
4.8%
55–64
4.6%
6.2%
45–54
5.5%
9.0%
35–44
8.1%
11.9%
25–34
11.5%
3.9%
18–24
4.1%
6.4%
5–17
6.2%
2.7%
<5
2.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$94,727
Congressional District 1 ranks near the middle of US counties.
Congressional District 1$94,727
Colorado$95,470
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
11.2%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1816.0%
Working age (18–64)10.1%
Seniors (65+)12.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
76.1%
speak English only
Spanish16.7%
Other Indo-European3.0%
Asian & Pacific Islander2.3%
Other languages1.9%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
25.4%
Other Christian
6.1%
Non-Christian
4.1%
Baptist
2.7%
Mainline Protestant
2.5%
Methodist
1.2%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.8%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 57.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Colorado 1st Congressional District sits in the Rocky Mountain West. Its political identity has been Democratic for as long as anyone now living can remember. 1 consecutive presidential elections in modern records have gone for the Democratic candidate, often by margins that would be considered landslide territory anywhere else.

The Democratic margin in Colorado 1st Congressional District reached its widest at seventy-five points in 1896. The margin in 2024 was fifty-six points — still decisive.

Its loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $94,727, a 59% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 718,155 together describe a district whose political habits are deeply settled.

Cite this page
All citations released under CC BY 4.0. Attribution: Akashic Intelligence.
Congressional District 1, Colorado — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/cd/0801/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did Congressional District 1, Colorado vote in 2024?
In 2024, Congressional District 1, Colorado voted Democratic by 56.0 points (D+56), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 363,142 votes cast, 278,257 went Democratic and 74,775 went Republican.
What is Congressional District 1, Colorado's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Congressional District 1, Colorado as a "Democratic loyalist" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 25 times, Republican 11 times, and other 1 times.
When did Congressional District 1, Colorado last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Congressional District 1, Colorado voted Republican was 1980.
How many people live in Congressional District 1, Colorado?
Congressional District 1, Colorado has a population of 718,155 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Congressional District 1, Colorado?
Median household income in Congressional District 1, Colorado is $94,727 — above the national median of $80,734. The Colorado state median is $95,470.
What is the political history of Congressional District 1, Colorado?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Congressional District 1, Colorado from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 25 went Democratic and 11 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Democratic loyalist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.