Colorado 5th Congressional District: Realigning Affluent Suburb district. In 2024, voted R+9%. Republican peak: R+22 in 2016.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+9MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Realigning Affluent SuburbAkashic typology
- Population
- 514,4162024 5-year
- Median household income
- $90,3632024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 70.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 5.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 18.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Republican margin
- R+22 in 2016MIT Election Lab
DW-NOMINATE
Member ideology
R
CRANK, Jeff
CRANK scores 0.68 on the first NOMINATE dimension (−1 most liberal, +1 most conservative).
Predecessors: LAMBORN, Doug (2023–2025), LAMBORN, Doug (2021–2023), LAMBORN, Doug (2019–2021), LAMBORN, Doug (2017–2019)
Source · Voteview / Lewis, Poole, Rosenthal et al. (CC-BY).
2024 presidential election
Congressional District 5
TrumpR+9
Constituent county margins for Congressional District 5, COOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
| Donald Trump ✓Republican | 53.2% | 199,615 |
|---|---|---|
| Kamala HarrisDemocratic | 44.1% | 165,522 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 2.8% | 10,336 |
D+60R+60
1 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin.
Districts are drawn from fractional county slices; this map shows the whole counties that overlap the district. District boundaries: TIGER 2024.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2008–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 2008 | −18.4% |
| 2012 | −20.5% |
| 2016 | −21.8% |
| 2020 | −10.2% |
| 2024 | −9.1% |
DemocraticRepublican
5 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 165,522 | 199,615 | 375,473 | ||
| R | 160,890 | 198,634 | 371,668 | ||
| R | 107,235 | 175,694 | 314,319 | ||
| R | 110,794 | 167,911 | 278,705 | ||
| R | 107,872 | 157,424 | 269,596 |
Congressional elections · 16 Senate races
U.S. Senate
| Year | Won | D % | R % | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | D | 55.9% | 41.3% | 2,500,201 |
| 2020 | D | 53.5% | 44.2% | 3,235,790 |
| 2016 | D | 50.0% | 44.3% | 2,743,023 |
| 2014 | R | 46.3% | 48.2% | 2,041,058 |
| 2010 | D | 48.1% | 46.4% | 1,772,286 |
| 2008 | D | 52.8% | 42.5% | 2,331,621 |
| 2004 | D | 51.3% | 46.5% | 2,107,472 |
| 2002 | R | 45.8% | 50.7% | 1,416,082 |
| 1998 | R | 35.0% | 62.5% | 1,327,235 |
| 1996 | R | 45.7% | 51.4% | 1,459,601 |
| 1992 | D | 51.8% | 42.7% | 1,552,289 |
| 1990 | R | 41.7% | 55.7% | 1,022,027 |
| 1986 | D | 49.9% | 48.4% | 1,060,765 |
| 1984 | R | 34.6% | 64.2% | 1,297,809 |
| 1980 | D | 50.3% | 48.7% | 1,173,142 |
| 1978 | R | 40.3% | 58.7% | 819,256 |
Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
17.8%
English
12.7%
Irish
11.2%
Italian
4.4%
American
4.4%
Scottish
2.8%
Polish
2.4%
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.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 35.1 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.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$90,363
Congressional District 5 ranks near the middle of US counties.
Congressional District 5$90,363
Colorado$95,470
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
8.5%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1810.1%
Working age (18–64)7.9%
Seniors (65+)9.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
88.7%
speak English only
Spanish7.1%
Other Indo-European2.2%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.7%
Other languages0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 56.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Home to the U.S. Air Force Academy and a dense concentration of military installations, CO-5 has returned Republican candidates by double-digit margins in every recent presidential cycle, reflecting its heavily veteran and defense-connected population.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of twenty-two points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved one point toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was nine points.
A population of 514,416, a 70% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $90,363 describe the district.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Congressional District 5, Colorado vote in 2024?
In 2024, Congressional District 5, Colorado voted Republican by 9.1 points (R+9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 375,473 votes cast, 165,522 went Democratic and 199,615 went Republican.
What is Congressional District 5, Colorado's political typology?
Akashic places Congressional District 5, Colorado in the "Realigning Affluent Suburb" typology. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 5 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 0 times, Republican 5 times, and other 0 times.
How many people live in Congressional District 5, Colorado?
Congressional District 5, Colorado has a population of 514,416 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Congressional District 5, Colorado?
Median household income in Congressional District 5, Colorado is $90,363 — above the national median of $80,734. The Colorado state median is $95,470.
What is the political history of Congressional District 5, Colorado?
Akashic tracks 5 presidential elections in Congressional District 5, Colorado from 2008 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 5 went Republican. The district's typology — "Realigning Affluent Suburb" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.