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1876–2024
Archuleta County, Colorado
Archuleta County·Colorado

Archuleta County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

A mountain gateway county where rural character shapes the ballot

18762024·38 elections
Archuleta County, Colorado · WhisperToMe · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+14
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
13,900
2024 ACS
Most similar
Hendricks County
IN · similarity 0.99
8 precincts · 9,357 votes cast
Trump · R+14
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−14.0%
3,9045,2189,357
2020R
−15.9%
3,7385,1899,144
2016R
−24.0%
2,5004,2647,339
2012R
−17.7%
2,6793,8726,734
2008R
−12.1%
2,8363,6386,625
2004R
−25.0%
2,1413,6015,839
2000R
−32.7%
1,4322,9884,758
1996R
−28.1%
9971,9633,437
1992R
−15.0%
8191,2422,816
1988R
−28.5%
7951,4402,262
1984R
−45.0%
5841,5572,163
1980R
−37.9%
5321,2521,900
1976R
−9.5%
6327681,432
1972R
−32.6%
300606940
1968R
−7.9%
409486978
1964D
+26.0%
6323701,008
1960D
+7.4%
5674891,057
1956R
−20.0%
4236351,060
1952R
−29.3%
3776911,070
1948D
+10.9%
5974791,084
1944R
−17.0%
4276021,030
1940R
−7.7%
7448691,618
1936D
+16.5%
7615411,333
1932D
+33.0%
9284621,410
1928R
−15.1%
4476101,080
1924R
−17.4%
2694511,046
1920R
−28.9%
3797001,109
1916D
+26.9%
8304731,325
1912D
+11.7%
6094521,347
1908D
+0.2%
5055031,092
1904R
−30.0%
3576741,058
1900R
−19.2%
391578973
1896D
+46.9%
393141537
1892R
−48.0%
0107223
1888R
−24.5%
77127204
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Non-Christian
12.1%
Other Christian
11.2%
Catholic & Orthodox
6.8%
Mainline Protestant
2.4%
Baptist
1.9%
Methodist
1.5%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.6%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 63.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Archuleta County, anchored by Pagosa Springs near the New Mexico border, leans Republican by double digits despite a modest tourism-driven economy — a pattern common to Colorado's rural San Juan Basin counties.

The Republican margin in Archuleta County reached its widest at forty-eight points in 1892. The margin in 2024 was fourteen points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Archuleta County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $83,065, a 80% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 13,900 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Hendricks County and Kane County.