† 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
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · 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
GroupLexingtonNebraskaUnited States
Mexican33.2%8.7%11.3%
Guatemalan15.6%1.0%0.5%
Salvadoran4.8%0.6%0.7%
Honduran3.9%0.2%0.3%
Cuban1.5%0.4%0.7%
Argentinean0.5%——
Colombian0.3%—0.4%
Spaniard0.3%——
German12.7%31.0%12.5%
Irish3.8%11.7%9.4%
English3.5%9.4%9.5%
Swedish1.8%3.1%—
American1.3%3.5%5.3%
Scottish0.9%—1.3%
French0.8%—1.6%
Danish0.7%——
African American†11.5%3.7%9.9%
Somali2.2%——
African1.7%0.3%0.5%
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
Lexington
Nebraska
United States
Median age
31.3
37.3
39.1
Age 18–24
8.0%
9.8%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
9.5%
16.8%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Lexington
Nebraska
United States
Median household income
$67,666
$76,475
$84,427
Poverty rate
13.8%
10.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
13.1%
34.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Lexington
Nebraska
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
69.3%
12.8%
22.3%
Spanish
57.6%
8.5%
13.6%
Other languages
11.0%
0.6%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Lexington
Nebraska
United States
Catholic
—
19.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
14.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
50.8%
51.5%
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.
Lexington, Nebraska
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−45.9%
2008
−25.4%
2012
−22.0%
2016
−5.4%
2020
−6.1%
2024
−23.3%
DemocraticRepublican
6 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. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
37.9%Harris878
61.3%Trump1,418
0.8%
R+23.3
R+17.2
R+21.9
2,315
R
46.1%Biden1,220
52.2%Trump1,382
1.7%
R+6.1
R+0.7
R+10.6
2,646
R
44.3%Clinton1,083
49.8%Trump1,215
5.9%
R+5.4
D+16.6
R+7.5
2,442
R
37.7%Obama827
59.7%Romney1,310
2.6%
R+22.0
D+3.4
R+25.9
2,193
R
35.6%Obama826
61.0%McCain1,414
3.3%
R+25.4
D+20.5
R+32.6
2,317
R
27.0%Kerry582
72.9%Bush1,572
0.1%
R+45.9
—
R+43.5
2,156
Dawson County's largest city drew a surge of Latino workers through its beef-processing industry, shifting Lexington from a homogeneous rural town to one of Nebraska's most demographically distinct small cities over roughly three decades.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 45.9 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 17.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 23.3 points.
A population of 10,862, a 19% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $67,666 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Schuyler and Liberal.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Lexington, Nebraska voted Republican by 23.3 points (R+23.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,315 votes cast, 878 went Democratic and 1,418 went Republican.
How many people live in Lexington, Nebraska?
Lexington, Nebraska has a population of 10,862 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lexington, Nebraska?
Median household income in Lexington, Nebraska is $67,666 — below the national median of $80,734. The Nebraska state median is $76,475.
What is the political history of Lexington, Nebraska?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Lexington, Nebraska from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
