† 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
GroupPapillionNebraskaUnited States
German31.8%31.0%12.5%
Irish13.9%11.7%9.4%
English12.3%9.4%9.5%
Polish5.6%2.7%2.2%
Italian4.6%2.1%4.8%
American4.0%3.5%5.3%
Czech3.8%3.4%—
Swedish2.5%3.1%—
Mexican5.6%8.7%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.5%0.3%1.8%
Salvadoran0.4%0.6%0.7%
Venezuelan0.3%——
Spaniard0.3%——
Guatemalan0.2%1.0%0.5%
Spanish0.2%0.2%—
African American†3.1%3.7%9.9%
African0.3%0.3%0.5%
Sudanese0.3%0.2%—
Filipino0.3%0.2%0.9%
Vietnamese0.3%0.5%0.6%
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
Papillion
Nebraska
United States
Median age
41.1
37.3
39.1
Age 18–24
9.0%
9.8%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.5%
16.8%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Papillion
Nebraska
United States
Median household income
$111,679
$76,475
$84,427
Poverty rate
5.3%
10.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
47.9%
34.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Papillion
Nebraska
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
8.2%
12.8%
22.3%
Spanish
4.7%
8.5%
13.6%
German or other West Germanic
1.2%
0.3%
0.5%
Other languages
1.3%
0.6%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Papillion
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.
Papillion, Nebraska
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−44.9%
2008
−22.7%
2012
−27.7%
2016
−24.5%
2020
−12.1%
2024
−12.0%
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
43.0%Harris5,757
55.0%Trump7,357
2.0%
R+12.0
D+0.2
R+10.5
13,380
R
42.7%Biden5,715
54.8%Trump7,337
2.5%
R+12.1
D+12.4
R+16.6
13,393
R
34.4%Clinton4,025
58.9%Trump6,889
6.7%
R+24.5
D+3.3
R+26.6
11,701
R
35.0%Obama3,658
62.7%Romney6,557
2.2%
R+27.7
R+5.1
R+31.6
10,450
R
37.9%Obama3,856
60.6%McCain6,162
1.4%
R+22.7
D+22.2
R+30.0
10,163
R
27.0%Kerry2,401
71.8%Bush6,399
1.2%
R+44.9
—
R+42.4
8,908
Papillion sits at the heart of Sarpy County, Nebraska's fastest-growing county, where rapid suburban expansion has drawn younger families and military-affiliated residents from nearby Offutt Air Force Base, sustaining strong Republican margins even as demographics shift.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 44.9 points in 2004. The 2024 margin was 12.0 points.
A population of 25,244, a 85% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $111,679 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Pewaukee and Prior Lake.
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, Papillion, Nebraska voted Republican by 12.0 points (R+12.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 13,380 votes cast, 5,757 went Democratic and 7,357 went Republican.
How many people live in Papillion, Nebraska?
Papillion, Nebraska has a population of 25,244 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Papillion, Nebraska?
Median household income in Papillion, Nebraska is $111,679 — above the national median of $80,734. The Nebraska state median is $76,475.
What is the political history of Papillion, Nebraska?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Papillion, Nebraska from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
