Jackson County, Colorado

2024 results by precinct

1 precincts · 834 votes cast

Trump · R+55

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−55.3%	173	634	834
2020	R	−57.8%	175	681	876
2016	R	−53.2%	171	629	861
2012	R	−45.3%	216	600	848
2008	R	−38.0%	277	624	913
2004	R	−53.5%	210	710	934
2000	R	−55.0%	173	682	925
1996	R	−31.7%	222	486	833
1992	R	−21.3%	216	422	966
1988	R	−32.5%	294	584	891
1984	R	−57.5%	191	722	923
1980	R	−36.8%	283	673	1,059
1976	R	−23.5%	279	455	748
1972	R	−54.8%	178	623	812
1968	R	−42.3%	177	474	702
1964	D	+4.0%	384	354	741
1960	R	−16.6%	360	504	865
1956	R	−33.3%	297	594	892
1952	R	−30.9%	305	579	886
1948	R	−5.8%	291	327	618
1944	R	−29.5%	252	463	715
1940	R	−19.0%	357	526	888
1936	D	+1.6%	433	419	886
1932	D	+3.0%	415	390	822
1928	R	−22.8%	249	401	666
1924	R	−48.4%	111	394	585
1920	R	−54.8%	113	402	527
1916	D	+35.0%	331	157	497
1912	D	+4.7%	242	218	510
1908	—	No data	—	—	—
1904	—	No data	—	—	—
1900	—	No data	—	—	—
1896	—	No data	—	—	—
1892	—	No data	—	—	—
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
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%

African American

1.0%

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.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 51.6 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

3.1%

85+

0.6%

2.6%

75–84

4.8%

10.4%

65–74

11.2%

7.7%

55–64

5.6%

7.6%

45–54

6.2%

3.4%

35–44

2.5%

9.1%

25–34

5.0%

1.0%

18–24

2.3%

6.6%

5–17

7.4%

0.8%

2.1%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$47,667

Jackson County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.

Jackson County$47,667

Colorado$95,470

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

14.6%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

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

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

Other Christian

7.8%

Catholic & Orthodox

5.1%

Methodist

4.8%

Baptist

1.5%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 80.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Jackson County sits in the high North Park basin with fewer than 1,600 residents, a ranching economy, and a 2024 presidential margin exceeding 55 points — making it a reliable anchor of Colorado's rural Republican geography.

The Democratic margin in Jackson County peaked at thirty-five points in 1916. By 1968 the county had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was fifty-five points, the most Republican-leaning result in the county's modern history.

The economic context is the key. Jackson County's median household income of $47,667 sits well below state and national norms, and 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Fergus County and Carter County.

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Jackson County was solidly one party for decades. In the last twenty years, it flipped.