† 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
GroupMcCookNebraskaUnited States
German35.4%31.0%12.5%
Irish11.5%11.7%9.4%
English11.4%9.4%9.5%
American3.2%3.5%5.3%
Swedish2.7%3.1%—
Scottish2.5%—1.3%
Danish2.3%——
Polish2.1%2.7%2.2%
Mexican6.0%8.7%11.3%
Guatemalan0.4%1.0%0.5%
Spanish0.2%0.2%—
African American†0.8%3.7%9.9%
Jamaican0.2%—0.4%
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
McCook
Nebraska
United States
Median age
41.2
37.3
39.1
Age 18–24
9.4%
9.8%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
20.8%
16.8%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
McCook
Nebraska
United States
Median household income
$56,917
$76,475
$84,427
Poverty rate
17.3%
10.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
25.5%
34.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
McCook
Nebraska
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
4.9%
12.8%
22.3%
Spanish
3.9%
8.5%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
McCook
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.
McCook, Nebraska
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−55.0%
2008
−43.7%
2012
−54.9%
2016
−65.8%
2020
−63.1%
2024
−63.2%
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
17.8%Harris623
81.0%Trump2,841
1.2%
R+63.2
R+0.1
R+61.8
3,507
R
17.3%Biden623
80.4%Trump2,899
2.3%
R+63.1
D+2.7
R+67.6
3,605
R
14.7%Clinton502
80.5%Trump2,743
4.7%
R+65.8
R+10.9
R+67.9
3,406
R
21.6%Obama703
76.5%Romney2,489
1.9%
R+54.9
R+11.2
R+58.8
3,253
R
27.1%Obama925
70.9%McCain2,417
2.0%
R+43.7
D+11.2
R+51.0
3,411
R
22.4%Kerry778
77.4%Bush2,685
0.1%
R+55.0
—
R+52.5
3,468
McCook anchors Red Willow County, a reliably Republican corner of the state where farm-economy concerns consistently drive turnout. Its small-city services draw voters from surrounding rural precincts, amplifying its outsized role in southwest Nebraska electoral math.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 65.8 points in 2016. The 2024 margin was 63.2 points.
A population of 7,314, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $56,917 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Holdrege and Pratt.
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, McCook, Nebraska voted Republican by 63.2 points (R+63.2), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,507 votes cast, 623 went Democratic and 2,841 went Republican.
How many people live in McCook, Nebraska?
McCook, Nebraska has a population of 7,314 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in McCook, Nebraska?
Median household income in McCook, Nebraska is $56,917 — below the national median of $80,734. The Nebraska state median is $76,475.
What is the political history of McCook, Nebraska?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in McCook, Nebraska from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
