† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
2 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupLincoln, NENebraskaUnited States
German32.6%31.0%12.5%
Irish11.2%11.7%9.4%
English10.2%9.4%9.5%
Czech4.3%3.4%—
Swedish3.5%3.1%—
American3.3%3.5%5.3%
Polish2.1%2.7%2.2%
Italian1.7%2.1%4.8%
Mexican5.3%8.7%11.3%
Guatemalan0.5%1.0%0.5%
Salvadoran0.4%0.6%0.7%
Puerto Rican0.3%0.3%1.8%
Spanish0.3%0.2%—
Cuban0.2%0.4%0.7%
Vietnamese1.4%0.5%0.6%
Asian Indian0.6%0.5%1.4%
Chinese0.5%0.2%1.3%
Burmese0.4%0.4%—
Filipino0.2%0.2%0.9%
African American†2.8%3.7%9.9%
African0.2%0.3%0.5%
Sudanese0.2%0.2%—
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Lincoln, NE
Nebraska
United States
Median age
34.5
37.3
39.1
Age 18–24
14.5%
9.8%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
15.3%
16.8%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Lincoln, NE
Nebraska
United States
Median household income
$75,185
$76,475
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.7%
10.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
41.5%
34.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Lincoln, NE
Nebraska
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
11.8%
12.8%
22.3%
Spanish
4.6%
8.5%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.6%
0.8%
2.0%
Vietnamese
1.3%
0.4%
0.5%
Religious landscape
Measure
Lincoln, NE
Nebraska
United States
Catholic
13.1%
19.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
16.5%
14.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
54.7%
50.8%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
13.1%
12.1%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Lincoln, NE
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−35.6%
1896
−4.0%
1900
−10.7%
1904
−48.8%
1908
+5.9%
1912
+28.1%
1916
+9.8%
1920
−31.0%
1924
−19.2%
1928
−47.0%
1932
−1.5%
1936
+4.3%
1940
−18.1%
1944
−17.4%
1948
−12.6%
1952
−35.8%
1956
−30.0%
1960
−25.2%
1964
+18.4%
1968
−16.8%
1972
−24.6%
1976
−15.1%
1980
−16.2%
1984
−20.4%
1988
−1.2%
1992
−1.0%
1996
−2.4%
2000
−11.5%
2004
−15.3%
2008
+3.3%
2012
−2.3%
2016
−2.3%
2020
+4.9%
2024
+1.5%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
49.7%Harris83,400
48.2%Trump80,882
0.8%Oliver1,333 +3
D+1.5
R+3.4
D+3.0
167,974
All 6 candidates in 2024 · 4 minor / independent
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic49.7%83,400
Donald J TrumpRepublican48.2%80,882
Chase OliverNonpartisan0.8%1,333
OtherAll other candidates0.7%1,157
Jill SteinNonpartisan0.4%608
Cornel WestNonpartisan0.4%594
D
50.9%Biden84,731
46.0%Trump76,582
3.1%
D+4.9
D+7.2
D+0.4
166,414
R
44.2%Clinton63,773
46.5%Trump67,042
9.2%
R+2.3
±0.0
R+4.4
144,145
R
47.7%Obama64,401
50.0%Romney67,437
2.3%
R+2.3
R+5.5
R+6.1
134,928
D
50.7%Obama68,437
47.4%McCain64,045
1.9%
D+3.3
D+18.6
R+4.0
135,019
R
41.5%Kerry54,861
56.9%Bush75,117
1.6%
R+15.3
R+3.9
R+12.9
132,074
R
41.1%Gore46,900
52.5%Bush59,971
6.4%
R+11.5
R+9.0
R+12.0
114,148
R
43.8%Clinton45,771
46.2%Dole48,291
9.9%
R+2.4
R+1.4
R+10.9
104,417
R
38.7%Clinton43,523
39.7%Bush44,650
21.5%
R+1.0
D+0.2
R+6.6
112,335
R
49.1%Dukakis47,086
50.3%Bush48,216
0.7%
R+1.2
D+19.2
D+6.5
95,935
R
39.5%Mondale34,809
59.8%Reagan52,761
0.7%
R+20.4
R+4.1
R+2.1
88,182
R
35.2%Carter28,965
51.5%Reagan42,307
13.3%
R+16.2
R+1.1
R+6.5
82,198
R
41.2%Carter30,911
56.3%Ford42,261
2.5%
R+15.1
D+9.5
R+17.2
75,081
R
37.7%McGovern28,011
62.3%Nixon46,280
0.0%
R+24.6
R+7.8
R+1.4
74,291
R
39.1%Humphrey25,197
55.9%Nixon35,990
5.0%
R+16.8
R+35.1
R+16.1
64,381
D
59.2%Johnson37,850
40.8%Goldwater26,108
0.0%
D+18.4
D+43.6
R+4.2
63,958
R
37.4%Kennedy24,659
62.6%Nixon41,313
0.0%
R+25.2
D+4.8
R+25.4
65,972
R
35.0%Stevenson21,127
65.0%Eisenhower39,279
0.0%
R+30.0
D+5.7
R+14.6
60,406
R
32.1%Stevenson19,413
67.9%Eisenhower41,054
0.0%
R+35.8
R+23.2
R+25.0
60,467
R
43.7%Truman20,612
56.3%Dewey26,536
0.0%
R+12.6
D+4.8
R+17.0
47,148
R
41.3%Roosevelt21,421
58.7%Dewey30,436
0.0%
R+17.4
D+0.7
R+24.9
51,857
R
41.0%Roosevelt21,850
59.0%Willkie31,501
0.0%
R+18.1
R+22.4
R+28.0
53,351
D
51.3%Roosevelt26,232
47.0%Landon24,025
1.7%
D+4.3
D+5.8
R+19.9
51,145
R
48.4%Roosevelt22,398
49.8%Hoover23,070
1.8%
R+1.5
D+45.5
R+19.2
46,294
R
26.2%Smith12,207
73.2%Hoover34,062
0.6%
R+47.0
R+27.8
R+29.5
46,535
R
34.5%Davis13,411
53.6%Coolidge20,858
11.9%
R+19.2
D+11.9
D+6.0
38,883
R
32.8%Cox9,932
63.9%Harding19,328
3.3%
R+31.0
R+40.8
R+4.9
30,263
D
53.4%Wilson10,890
43.6%Hughes8,897
3.0%
D+9.8
R+18.4
D+6.6
20,390
D
47.3%Wilson8,281
19.1%Taft3,354
33.6%
D+28.1
D+22.2
D+8.6
17,515
D
51.7%Bryan10,569
45.7%Taft9,358
2.6%
D+5.9
D+54.7
D+15.5
20,456
R
19.8%Parker3,008
68.6%Roosevelt10,410
11.6%
R+48.8
R+38.0
R+29.1
15,180
R
43.4%Bryan7,542
54.2%McKinley9,402
2.4%
R+10.7
R+6.8
R+3.2
17,358
R
46.9%Bryan7,563
50.9%McKinley8,201
2.2%
R+4.0
D+31.7
D+2.1
16,122
R
14.2%Cleveland2,046
49.8%Harrison7,194
36.1%
R+35.6
—
R+37.3
14,454
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
D
56.9%94,666
42.8%71,150
166,254
2020
R
30.9%50,220
53.0%86,154
162,494
2018
D
52.6%65,349
43.5%54,056
124,196
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026R+9.1
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+1.5
Lincoln, NE registers Republican but votes Democratic — a 11-point gap between how voters register and how they vote, the signature of ancestral registration that trails realignment.
Domestic migration in Lincoln, NE in Lincoln, NE: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+984
2012
+776
2013
+932
2014
+2,004
2015
+496
2016
+963
2017
+642
2018
+359
2019
+6
2021
−1,411
2022
−493
2023
+106
2024
+63
2025
+320
Lincoln's Lancaster County has trended more competitive than Nebraska's statewide lean in recent cycles, driven by a large public-university workforce and student population concentrated near the UNL campus.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 28.1 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 48.8 points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 3.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 1.5 points.
A population of 344,337, a 79% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $75,185 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Omaha, NE-IA and Bloomington, IL.
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In 2024, Lincoln, NE, Nebraska voted Democratic by 1.5 points (D+1.5), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 167,974 votes cast, 83,400 went Democratic and 80,882 went Republican.
When did Lincoln, NE, Nebraska last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Lincoln, NE, Nebraska voted Republican was 2016.
How many people live in Lincoln, NE, Nebraska?
Lincoln, NE, Nebraska has a population of 344,337 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lincoln, NE, Nebraska?
Median household income in Lincoln, NE, Nebraska is $75,185 — below the national median of $80,734. The Nebraska state median is $76,475.
What is the political history of Lincoln, NE, Nebraska?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Lincoln, NE, Nebraska from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 8 went Democratic and 26 went Republican.
