Colorado 21st State Senate District, Colorado: Democratic loyalist district. In 2024, voted D+9%. Democratic peak: D+18 in 2008.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+9MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- Democratic loyalistAkashic typology
- Population
- 168,4132024 5-year
- Median household income
- $94,8062024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 55.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 3.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 42.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+18 in 2008MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for State Senate District 21, 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.
5 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 39,738 | 32,696 | 74,436 | ||
| D | 43,055 | 30,459 | 75,704 | ||
| D | 31,035 | 25,596 | 62,087 | ||
| D | 32,232 | 22,885 | 56,787 | ||
| D | 29,974 | 20,636 | 51,590 |
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
14.1%
English
8.5%
Irish
8.4%
Italian
4.2%
American
3.0%
French
1.7%
Polish
1.5%
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: 34.9 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
$94,806
State Senate District 21 ranks near the middle of US counties.
State Senate District 21$94,806
Colorado$95,470
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
9.8%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1813.5%
Working age (18–64)8.4%
Seniors (65+)10.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
70.9%
speak English only
Spanish23.6%
Asian & Pacific Islander2.4%
Other Indo-European2.4%
Other languages0.8%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 72.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Colorado SD-21 covers a swath of the state's rural southern and eastern stretches, where R+17.8 presidential margins reflect a voting pattern consistent with ranching and agriculture-dependent communities that have trended heavily toward Republican candidates over the past decade.
The Democratic margin in Colorado 21st State Senate District reached its widest at eighteen points in 2008. The margin in 2024 was nine points — still decisive.
Its loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $94,806, a 55% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 168,413 together describe a district whose political habits are deeply settled.
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Frequently asked questions
How did State Senate District 21, Colorado vote in 2024?
In 2024, State Senate District 21, Colorado voted Democratic by 9.5 points (D+9), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 74,436 votes cast, 39,738 went Democratic and 32,696 went Republican.
What is State Senate District 21, Colorado's political archetype?
Akashic classifies State Senate District 21, Colorado as a "Democratic loyalist" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 5 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 5 times, Republican 0 times, and other 0 times.
How many people live in State Senate District 21, Colorado?
State Senate District 21, Colorado has a population of 168,413 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in State Senate District 21, Colorado?
Median household income in State Senate District 21, Colorado is $94,806 — above the national median of $80,734. The Colorado state median is $95,470.
What is the political history of State Senate District 21, Colorado?
Akashic tracks 5 presidential elections in State Senate District 21, Colorado from 2008 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 0 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Democratic loyalist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.