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Profile of Congressional District 1, CO


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2022 population: 717,038

2022 Census data
White:386,747 53.94%
Black:61,1668.53%
Indian:2,4660.34%
Asian:25,6573.58%
2+ races:29,2494.08%
Hispanic:208,58829.09%
Total non-White:330,29146.06%




    

Age, Family & Household Data for Congressional District 1, CO

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2022
NumberPercent
34.9
133,829 18.7%
583,209 81.3%
85,849 12.0%
326,048
2.15
151,867 46.6%
110,427 72.7%
15,438 10.2%
174,181 53.4%
    

2022 Housing Data for Congressional District 1, CO

Housing Data
 Number%
Housing Units348,091 
Median Value$540,700 
Occupied326,04893.7%
Vacant22,0436.3%
Owned160,18249.1%
Rented165,86650.9%
Median Rent$1,665 
Single-Family Units174,65750.2%
    Detached145,98041.9%
    Attached28,6778.2%
Buldings with 5+ Units152,38543.8%
Mobile Homes1,2030.3%

2022 Income & Employment Data for Congressional District 1, CO

Household Income
RangeNumber%
Less than $10,00015,1414.6%
$10,000 to $14,99911,3663.5%
$15,000 to $19,9998,8272.7%
$20,000 to $24,9999,4412.9%
$25,000 to $29,9999,6563.0%
$30,000 to $34,9999,6092.9%
$35,000 to $39,9999,1602.8%
$40,000 to $44,99910,2903.2%
$45,000 to $49,99910,8683.3%
$50,000 to $59,99920,5296.3%
$60,000 to $74,99928,6178.8%
$75,000 to $99,99940,69312.5%
$100,000 to $124,99932,2969.9%
$125,000 to $149,99924,9067.6%
$150,000 to $199,99934,84210.7%
$200,000 or more49,80715.3%
Median Household Income85,737 
Per Capita Income56,353 
Welfare Households
 Number%
SSI10,8523.3%
Public Assistance9,5672.9%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps30,3439.3%
Labor Force, Ages 25-64
 Number%
Employed302,25481.3%
Unemployed13,6363.7%
In Armed Forces7930.2%
Total Labor Force316,68385.2%
Not in Labor Force54,88714.8%
Real Unemployment Rate 18.4%
Class of Worker
 MaleFemale% Male
Private Sector165,048123,45657.2%
Non-Profit14,49427,14834.8%
Self-Employed24,60616,92159.3%
Local Government8,10414,20036.3%
State Government6,8899,05643.2%
Federal Government6,1424,12359.8%
Total Private + Self189,654140,37757.5%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.35,62954,52739.5%
Total225,283194,90453.6%
Pct. Govt.11.5%  
Occupation
 Number%
Management, Business, Science, Arts100,69123.9%
Sales and Office Occupations76,87318.3%
Professional, Technical123,79029.4%
Service Occupations58,57113.9%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing1,0220.2%
All others60,68014.4%
White Collar 71.6%
Industry
 Number%
Professional, scientific, management62,70714.9%
Educational services and health care37,7199.0%
Retail trade35,8118.5%
Construction28,4636.8%
Accommodation, food svcs, recreation27,7116.6%
Finance, insurance and real estate24,5405.8%
Manufacturing24,1375.7%
Other services20,3014.8%
Transportation, warehousing, utilities17,6324.2%
Public administration14,4793.4%
Information14,1013.4%
Wholesale trade9,5612.3%
Farming, forestry, fishing, mining1,1980.3%

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Congressional District 1, CO

Hispanic Breakdown
CountryNumber%
Mexican155,41421.67%
Puerto Rican5,2450.73%
Cuban2,1070.29%
Dominican1,1460.16%
Total Central American8,2761.15%
Costa Rican3270.05%
Guatemalan2,3090.32%
Honduran1,4950.21%
Nicaraguan4810.07%
Panamanian2990.04%
Salvadoran3,3650.47%
Total South American9,0901.27%
Argentinean1,1770.16%
Bolivian1070.01%
Chilean6840.10%
Colombian2,9620.41%
Ecuadorian5340.07%
Paraguayan400.01%
Peruvian1,4480.20%
Uruguayan1240.02%
Venezuelan1,9380.27%
Other South American760.01%
Other Hispanic27,3103.81%
Asian Breakdown
CountryNumber%
Vietnamese5,7710.80%
Chinese5,1290.72%
Indian3,1500.44%
Korean2,1110.29%
Filipino1,6970.24%
Japanese1,6680.23%
Thai5010.07%
Cambodian4750.07%
Taiwanese4510.06%
Language Spoken at Home
LanguageNumber%
English512,19275.6%
Spanish117,82417.4%
Other9,5571.4%
Other Indo-European6,9981.0%
French, Haitian, Cajun4,6690.7%
Other Asian4,5850.7%
Vietnamese4,5790.7%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic4,2980.6%
Chinese4,1650.6%
Ancestry
CountryNumber%
German97,96513.7%
Irish75,48910.5%
English68,7719.6%
Italian37,6965.3%
American19,7242.8%
Polish19,3252.7%
European17,8282.5%
French15,0932.1%
Scottish14,3652.0%
Swedish11,8251.6%
Norwegian11,7321.6%
Russian9,3401.3%
Dutch7,3931.0%
Scotch-Irish5,9380.8%
Eastern European4,8330.7%
Citizenship & Nativity
 Number%
U.S. citizen663,05692.5%
Not a citizen53,9827.5%
Native617,30286.1%
Foreign-born99,73613.9%

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Congressional District 1, CO

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years9-12 YearsH.S. Grad or GEDSome CollegeBach. DegreeGrad Degree
23,960 4.6%25,526 4.9%80,501 15.4%109,643 20.9%173,944 33.2%110,452 21.1%
  Average years of education: 14.5
Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years 23,960 4.6%
9-12 Years 25,526 4.9%
H.S. Grad or GED 80,501 15.4%
Some College 109,643 20.9%
Bach. Degree 173,944 33.2%
Grad Degree 110,452 21.1%
Average years of education: 14.5

Source for the above data: U.S. Census Bureau / American Community Survey (1 year-estimates)



Historical U.S. House Election Results for Congressional District 1, CO

Click on the District to view county-level data for that election (where available).
NOTE: Results prior to 2022 are for districts which previously covered much of this area, regardless of district number.

DateDistrictWinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal Votes
2022-11-08 CO01Diana DeGette* (D) 226,929 80.3% Jennifer Qualteri (R) 49,529 17.5% 6,157 2.2% 282,615
Redistricting effect (2022); the partisan balance of the district was moved to the LEFT by approximately 4% compared to 2020.
2020-11-03 CO01Diana DeGette* (D) 331,621 73.6% Shane Bolling (R) 105,955 23.5% 12,714 2.8% 450,290
2018-11-06 CO01Diana DeGette* (D) 272,886 73.8% Casper Stockham (R) 85,207 23.0% 11,622 3.1% 369,715
2016-11-08 CO01Diana DeGette* (D) 257,254 67.9% Casper Stockham (R) 105,030 27.7% 16,752 4.4% 379,036
2014-11-04 CO01Diana DeGette* (D) 183,281 65.8% Martin Walsh (R) 80,682 29.0% 14,531 5.2% 278,494
2012-11-06 CO01Diana DeGette* (D) 237,579 68.2% Danny Stroud (R) 93,217 26.8% 17,414 5.0% 348,210
Redistricting effect (2012); the partisan balance of the district was moved to the RIGHT by approximately 3% compared to 2010.
2010-11-02 CO01Diana DeGette* (D) 140,073 67.4% Mike Fallon (R) 59,747 28.8% 7,931 3.8% 207,751
2008-11-04 CO01Diana DeGette* (D) 203,755 71.9% George Lilly (R) 67,345 23.8% 12,146 4.3% 283,246
2006-11-07 CO01Diana DeGette* (D) 129,446 79.8% Thomas Kelly (Green) 32,825 20.2% 0 0.0% 162,271
2004-11-02 CO01Diana DeGette* (D) 177,077 73.5% Roland Chicas (R) 58,659 24.3% 5,193 2.2% 240,929
2002-11-05 CO01Diana DeGette* (D) 111,718 66.3% Ken Chlouber (R) 49,884 29.6% 6,980 4.1% 168,582
Redistricting effect (2002); the partisan balance of the district was changed by less than 1% compared to 2000.
2000-11-07 CO01Diana DeGette* (D) 141,831 68.7% Jesse Thomas (R) 56,291 27.3% 8,312 4.0% 206,434
1998-11-03 CO01Diana DeGette* (D) 116,628 66.9% Nancy McClanahan (R) 52,452 30.1% 5,225 3.0% 174,305
1996-11-05 CO01Diana DeGette (D) 112,631 56.9% Joe Rogers (R) 79,540 40.2% 5,668 2.9% 197,839
1994-11-08 CO01Pat Schroeder* (D) 93,123 60.0% Bill Eggert (R) 61,978 39.9% 154 0.1% 155,255
1992-11-03 CO01Pat Schroeder* (D) 156,629 68.8% Raymond Aragon (R) 70,902 31.2% 0 0.0% 227,531
Redistricting effect (1992); the partisan balance of the district was moved to the RIGHT by approximately 2% compared to 1990.
1990-11-06 CO01Pat Schroeder* (D) 82,176 63.7% Gloria Roemer (R) 46,802 36.3% 0 0.0% 128,978
1988-11-08 CO01Pat Schroeder* (D) 133,922 69.9% Joy Wood (R) 57,587 30.1% 0 0.0% 191,509
1986-11-04 CO01Pat Schroeder* (D) 106,113 68.4% Joy Wood (R) 49,095 31.6% 0 0.0% 155,208
1984-11-06 CO01Pat Schroeder* (D) 126,348 62.0% Mary Downs (R) 73,993 36.3% 3,532 1.7% 203,873
1982-11-02 CO01Pat Schroeder* (D) 94,969 60.3% Arch Decker (R) 59,009 37.4% 3,619 2.3% 157,597
Redistricting effect (1982); the partisan balance of the district was moved to the LEFT by approximately 2% compared to 1980.
1980-11-04 CO01Pat Schroeder* (D) 107,364 59.8% Naomi Bradford (R) 67,804 37.7% 4,454 2.5% 179,622
1978-11-07 CO01Pat Schroeder* (D) 82,742 61.5% Gene Hutcheson (R) 49,845 37.0% 2,043 1.5% 134,630
1976-11-02 CO01Pat Schroeder* (D) 103,037 53.2% Don Friedman (R) 89,384 46.2% 1,189 0.6% 193,610
1974-11-04 CO01Pat Schroeder* (D) 94,583 58.5% Frank Southworth (R) 66,046 40.8% 1,105 0.7% 161,734
1972-11-07 CO01Pat Schroeder (D) 101,832 51.6% Mike McKevitt* (R) 93,733 47.5% 1,930 1.0% 197,495
Redistricting effect (1972); the partisan balance of the district was moved to the RIGHT by approximately 1% compared to 1970.
1970-11-03 CO01Mike McKevitt (R) 84,643 51.5% Craig Barnes (D) 74,444 45.3% 5,257 3.2% 164,344
1968-11-05 CO01Byron Rogers* (D) 91,199 45.7% Frank Kemp (R) 82,677 41.5% 25,499 12.8% 199,375
1966-11-08 CO01Byron Rogers* (D) 92,688 56.0% Greg Pearson (R) 72,732 44.0% 0 0.0% 165,420
1964-11-03 CO01Byron Rogers* (D) 138,475 67.5% Glenn Jones (R) 65,423 31.9% 1,183 0.6% 205,081
1962-11-06 CO01Byron Rogers* (D) 94,680 56.0% William Chenoweth (R) 74,392 44.0% 0 0.0% 169,072
1960-11-08 CO01Byron Rogers* (D) 121,610 60.0% Robert Rolander (R) 81,042 40.0% 0 0.0% 202,652
1958-11-04 CO01Byron Rogers* (D) 107,567 66.7% John Harpel (R) 53,801 33.3% 0 0.0% 161,368
1956-11-06 CO01Byron Rogers* (D) 116,487 57.8% Robert McCollum (R) 85,127 42.2% 0 0.0% 201,614
1954-11-02 CO01Byron Rogers* (D) 84,745 55.6% Ellen Harris (R) 67,210 44.1% 415 0.3% 152,370
1952-11-04 CO01Byron Rogers* (D) 101,864 50.8% Mason Knuckles (R) 97,442 48.6% 1,307 0.7% 200,613
1950-11-07 CO01Byron Rogers (D) 70,165 50.3% Richard Luxford (R) 67,436 48.4% 1,872 1.3% 139,473
1948-11-02 CO01John Carroll* (D) 106,096 64.8% Christopher Cusack (R) 57,541 35.2% 0 0.0% 163,637
1946-11-05 CO01John Carroll (D) 60,513 51.8% Dean Gillespie* (R) 55,724 47.7% 691 0.6% 116,928
1944-11-07 CO01Dean Gillespie* (R) 90,151 51.8% Charles Graham (D) 83,253 47.8% 798 0.5% 174,202
1944-03-07 sp CO01Dean Gillespie (R) 41,319 51.5% Carl Wuertele (D) 38,394 47.9% 441 0.6% 80,154
1942-11-03 CO01Lawrence Lewis* (D) 58,143 53.4% Olaf Jacobson (R) 50,083 46.0% 681 0.6% 108,907
1940-11-05 CO01Lawrence Lewis* (D) 110,078 64.6% James Parriott (R) 59,427 34.9% 849 0.5% 170,354
1938-11-08 CO01Lawrence Lewis* (D) 83,517 65.3% William Reilly (R) 42,758 33.4% 1,601 1.3% 127,876
1936-11-03 CO01Lawrence Lewis* (D) 100,704 69.0% Harry Zimmerhackel (R) 41,574 28.5% 3,748 2.6% 146,026
*: incumbent           sp: special election           RO: runoff election

Historical Presidential Election Results for Congressional District 1, CO


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YearTurnout WinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal Votes Diff
(St)
Diff
(US)
PSV
2020 redist Joe Biden (D) 315,904 79.5% Donald Trump* (R) 72,379 18.2% 9,027 2.3% 397,310 -24 -29 12.20%
2020 69% Joe Biden (D) 357,845 75.6% Donald Trump* (R) 104,535 22.1% 11,115 2.3% 473,495 -20 -25 14.54%
2016 64% Hillary Clinton (D) 277,790 69.0% Donald Trump (R) 93,486 23.2% 31,177 7.7% 402,453 -20 -23 14.48%
2012 64% Barack Obama* (D) 254,400 69.0% Mitt Romney (R) 106,334 28.8% 8,064 2.2% 368,798 -17 -18 14.34%
2008 58% Barack Obama (D) 222,009 74.2% John McCain (R) 72,573 24.3% 4,637 1.5% 299,219 -20 -21 12.46%
2004 54% John Kerry (D) 180,064 68.2% George W. Bush* (R) 81,265 30.8% 2,817 1.1% 264,146 -21 -20 12.40%
2000 43% Albert Gore, Jr. (D) 135,666 61.3% George W. Bush (R) 69,758 31.5% 15,791 7.1% 221,215 -19 -16 12.70%
1996 44% Bill Clinton* (D) 133,032 63.4% Robert Dole (R) 66,427 31.7% 10,367 4.9% 209,826 -14 -9 13.89%
1992 57% Bill Clinton (D) 135,016 55.9% George Bush* (R) 63,283 26.2% 43,245 17.9% 241,544 -10 -11 15.39%
1988 51% Michael Dukakis (D) 124,474 62.8% George Bush (R) 73,759 37.2% 0 0.0% 198,233 -16 -16 14.44%
1984 52% Walter Mondale (D) 104,299 52.5% Ronald Reagan* (R) 94,321 47.5% 0 0.0% 198,620 -16 -11 15.33%
1980 62% Ronald Reagan (R) 81,924 44.3% Jimmy Carter* (D) 76,017 41.1% 27,046 14.6% 184,987 -11 -6 15.62%
1976 62% Jimmy Carter (D) 93,764 50.0% Gerald Ford* (R) 93,723 50.0% 0 0.0% 187,487 -4 2 17.33%
1972 59% Richard Nixon* (R) 101,950 55.3% George McGovern (D) 82,403 44.7% 0 0.0% 184,353 -7 -5 19.33%
1968 n/a Hubert Humphrey (D) 106,081 50.6% Richard Nixon (R) 92,003 43.9% 11,408 5.4% 209,492 -7 1 25.82%
1964 n/a Lyndon Johnson* (D) 66.2% Barry Goldwater (R) 33.8% 0.0% -4 -5 n/a
1960 71% John Kennedy (D) 109,637 49.7% Richard Nixon (R) 109,446 49.6% 1,618 0.7% 220,701 -5 0 29.98%
1956 74% Dwight Eisenhower* (R) 121,402 55.9% Adlai Stevenson (D) 93,812 43.2% 1,907 0.9% 217,121 -4 -1 33.04%
1952 78% Dwight Eisenhower (R) 119,792 56.5% Adlai Stevenson (D) 92,237 43.5% 0 0.0% 212,029 -4 1 33.65%
* incumbent           PSV: percent of state vote
"2020 redist": shows what the results of the 2020 Presidential election would have been under the current (redistricted) boundaries of this district.

Historical Demographic Breakdown for Congressional District 1, CO


NOTE: Data prior to 2022 is for the district which previously covered much of this area, regardless of district number.

YearPopWhiteBlack IndianAsian2+ RacesHispanic
2021 716,790 53.7% 8.3% 0.3% 3.3% 4.7% 29.0%
2020 852,816 57.2% 7.8% 3.4% 4.5% 27.1%
2012 739,671 54.2% 8.6% 1.2% 3.5% 3.5% 29.0%
2010 662,039 53.8% 9.4% 0.6% 3.4% 2.1% 30.7%
2002 614,465 54.3% 10.1% 0.7% 2.8% 1.9% 30.0%
2000 662,711 47.2% 11.3% 1.3% 2.9% 3.9% 33.4%
1992 549,068 61.7% 12.9% 1.1% 2.4% 21.9%
1990 453,337 60.1% 13.3% 1.1% 2.3% 23.2%
1982 481,672 66.2% 12.3% 0.8% 1.8% 18.9%
1980 426,794 14.0% 1.0% 1.0% 15.0%
1972 441,881 10.0% 14.0%
1970 514,678 9.0% 9.0%
1960 493,887
1950 415,786

Voter Registration Data for Congressional District 1, CO

YearTotalRepublicanDemocratOtherR/D EdgeR/D Edge %VAPOP %
2023 454,870 42,008 9.2% 193,408 42.5% 219,454 48.2% Dem +151,400 Dem +33.3% 80%
2022 453,762 44,426 9.8% 199,351 43.9% 209,985 46.3% Dem +154,925 Dem +34.1% 79%
VAPOP% is the estimated percentage of voting age population that is registered.
Registration data may include "inactive" voters.   Data for each year pertains to the November elections.