Colorado 7th Congressional District: Realigning Affluent Suburb district. In 2024, voted D+15%. Democratic peak: D+15 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+15MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Realigning Affluent SuburbAkashic typology
- Population
- 741,8722024 5-year
- Median household income
- $106,6422024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 80.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 15.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+15 in 2024MIT Election Lab
DW-NOMINATE
Member ideology
D
PETTERSEN, Brittany
PETTERSEN scores -0.37 on the first NOMINATE dimension (−1 most liberal, +1 most conservative).
Predecessors: PERLMUTTER, Ed (2021–2023), PERLMUTTER, Ed (2019–2021), PERLMUTTER, Ed (2017–2019), PERLMUTTER, Ed (2015–2017)
Source · Voteview / Lewis, Poole, Rosenthal et al. (CC-BY).
2024 presidential election
Congressional District 7
HarrisD+15
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
| Kamala Harris ✓Democratic | 56.1% | 249,887 |
|---|---|---|
| Donald TrumpRepublican | 41.1% | 183,145 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 2.8% | 12,678 |
D+60R+60
9 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
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 | +6.3% |
| 2012 | +2.6% |
| 2016 | +2.9% |
| 2020 | +14.2% |
| 2024 | +15.0% |
DemocraticRepublican
5 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 249,887 | 183,145 | 445,710 | ||
| D | 256,107 | 190,946 | 457,979 | ||
| D | 185,543 | 173,905 | 394,728 | ||
| D | 183,955 | 174,476 | 358,431 | ||
| D | 181,929 | 160,019 | 348,847 |
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
20.6%
English
14.5%
Irish
13.0%
Italian
6.2%
American
3.4%
Polish
3.1%
Scottish
2.5%
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.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 41.6 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
$106,642
Congressional District 7 ranks near the middle of US counties.
Congressional District 7$106,642
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
7.2%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 187.6%
Working age (18–64)7.0%
Seniors (65+)7.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
90.4%
speak English only
Spanish5.4%
Other Indo-European2.1%
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 69.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Colorado's 7th district wraps around Denver's western and southern suburbs, where a diverse, college-educated electorate has produced Democratic presidential margins exceeding 20 points in recent cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of fifteen points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved one point toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was fifteen points.
A population of 741,872, a 80% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $106,642 describe the district.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Congressional District 7, Colorado vote in 2024?
In 2024, Congressional District 7, Colorado voted Democratic by 15.0 points (D+15), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 445,710 votes cast, 249,887 went Democratic and 183,145 went Republican.
What is Congressional District 7, Colorado's political typology?
Akashic places Congressional District 7, 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 5 times, Republican 0 times, and other 0 times.
How many people live in Congressional District 7, Colorado?
Congressional District 7, Colorado has a population of 741,872 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Congressional District 7, Colorado?
Median household income in Congressional District 7, Colorado is $106,642 — above the national median of $80,734. The Colorado state median is $95,470.
What is the political history of Congressional District 7, Colorado?
Akashic tracks 5 presidential elections in Congressional District 7, Colorado from 2008 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 0 went Republican. The district's typology — "Realigning Affluent Suburb" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.