Colorado State Senate District 22

State Legislative District Profile (Upper Chamber)

Overview

District ID
co-sd-022
State
Colorado
Chamber
Upper chamber (state senate)
District Code
022
Land Area
50.8 sq mi
Water Area
1.23 sq mi

Boundary

Boundary of Colorado State Senate District 22

Boundary as GeoJSON

Source: U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line state legislative district boundaries.

Counties

CountyOverlapShare of district landShare of county land
Jefferson County50.76 sq mi99.9%6.6%

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Places

PlaceOverlapShare of district landShare of place land
Lakewood city20.89 sq mi41.1%48.0%
Golden city9.63 sq mi19.0%99.9%
Wheat Ridge city9.34 sq mi18.4%100.0%
Applewood CDP4.06 sq mi8.0%100.0%
West Pleasant View CDP1.35 sq mi2.7%87.9%
Edgewater city0.69 sq mi1.4%99.9%
Lakeside town0.19 sq mi0.4%99.8%
East Pleasant View CDP0.11 sq mi0.2%100.0%
Mountain View town0.09 sq mi0.2%100.0%
Fairmount CDP0.02 sq mi<0.1%0.3%

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Overlapping Congressional Districts

Congressional districtPopulation in bothShare of this district's populationShare of the congressional district's populationShare of this district's land
CO District 7162,063100.0%22.5%100.0%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau 2020 blocks and 2025 block equivalency files (119th Congress, 2024 state legislative plans).

Voters

Registered Voters
124,557
Active Voters
109,906 (88.2%)

Party Registration

PartyVotersShare
Democratic38,16930.6%
Republican18,46414.8%
Unaffiliated64,35051.7%
Other parties3,5742.9%
No party recorded00.0%

Turnout by Cycle

CycleGeneralDemocratic PrimaryRepublican Primary
2025–202646,892 (37.6%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)
2023–202489,438 (71.8%)15,667 (12.6%)8,901 (7.1%)
2021–202269,949 (56.2%)11,594 (9.3%)7,032 (5.6%)
2019–202082,027 (65.9%)23,885 (19.2%)9,409 (7.6%)
2017–201861,955 (49.7%)13,987 (11.2%)6,271 (5.0%)
2015–201663,013 (50.6%)6,745 (5.4%)5,071 (4.1%)
2013–201445,801 (36.8%)5,821 (4.7%)5,344 (4.3%)
2011–201252,057 (41.8%)4,584 (3.7%)3,843 (3.1%)

Turnout counts today's registered voters with a counted ballot in the cycle's elections (the odd and even year), as a share of today's registered voters. Voters who have since left the rolls are not counted.

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Source: Civitech voter file snapshot as of 01/20/2026. These are registered voters, separate from the Census population figures. Counts under 10 are suppressed and shown as "<10".

Demographics

Total Population
164,539 (± 2,489)
Median Age
37.3
Median Household Income
$87,395 (± $2,406)
High School Graduate or Higher (age 25+)
93.8%
Bachelor's Degree or Higher (age 25+)
45.6%

Population by Age

GroupPeopleShare
Under 1826,18015.9%
18 to 64111,12767.5%
65 and over27,23216.6%

Population by Race and Hispanic Origin

GroupPeopleShare
Hispanic or Latino (any race)36,36722.1%
White, not Hispanic112,60668.4%
Black, not Hispanic2,9701.8%
Asian, not Hispanic5,0643.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native, not Hispanic7030.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander, not Hispanic2040.1%
Some other race, not Hispanic2370.1%
Two or more races, not Hispanic6,3883.9%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 ACS 5-year estimates (tables B01001, B01002, B01003, B03002, B15003, B19013) for this state legislative district. Estimates are survey-based; ± figures are 90% margins of error.

Citizen Voting Age Population

Total Citizen Population
157,287
Citizen Voting Age Population (CVAP)
131,738

Citizen Population by Race/Ethnicity

GroupCitizensShare
Non-Hispanic125,69079.9%
Hispanic31,60020.1%
White113,64672.3%
Black2,5631.6%
Asian4,0612.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native7130.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander2060.1%
Two or More Races5100.3%

Citizen Voting Age Population by Race/Ethnicity

GroupCVAPShare
Non-Hispanic108,67882.5%
Hispanic23,05817.5%
White99,32175.4%
Black2,7682.1%
Asian4,2543.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native1,9161.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander1720.1%
Two or More Races3790.3%

Source: Redistricting Data Hub / U.S. Census Bureau CVAP Special Tabulation (2020-2024 ACS 5-year).