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
GroupBlaine CountyNebraskaUnited States
German32.7%31.0%12.5%
American14.7%3.5%5.3%
English13.7%9.4%9.5%
Irish7.3%11.7%9.4%
Czech6.6%3.4%—
Scotch-Irish4.7%——
Swedish3.3%3.1%—
French1.9%—1.6%
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
Blaine County
Nebraska
United States
Median age
57.5
37.3
39.1
Age 18–24
2.8%
9.8%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
34.6%
16.8%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Blaine County
Nebraska
United States
Median household income
$69,583
$76,475
$84,427
Poverty rate
9.0%
10.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
25.0%
34.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Blaine County
Nebraska
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
0.5%
12.8%
22.3%
Religious landscape
Measure
Blaine County
Nebraska
United States
Catholic
—
19.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
48.5%
14.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
41.3%
50.8%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
10.2%
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.
Blaine County, Nebraska
Precinct data
Results by precinct
1 precincts · 291 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Blaine County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -BLAINEBLAINE
37
250
4
291
12.7%
85.9%
R+73.2
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−24.4%
1896
−17.6%
1900
−15.6%
1904
−51.4%
1908
−15.3%
1912
+8.5%
1916
+13.7%
1920
−29.6%
1924
−20.8%
1928
−46.7%
1932
+27.1%
1936
+3.2%
1940
−18.7%
1944
−19.2%
1948
−0.8%
1952
−53.9%
1956
−47.3%
1960
−57.6%
1964
−25.1%
1968
−64.7%
1972
−71.9%
1976
−35.1%
1980
−67.4%
1984
−76.6%
1988
−64.7%
1992
−42.4%
1996
−61.1%
2000
−73.4%
2004
−77.6%
2008
−70.6%
2012
−78.9%
2016
−77.6%
2020
−77.3%
2024
−72.9%
DemocraticRepublican
38 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
R
12.7%Harris37
85.6%Trump250
1.0%Oliver3 +2
R+72.9
D+4.3
R+71.5
292
All 5 candidates in 2024 · 3 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican85.6%250
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic12.7%37
Chase OliverNonpartisan1.0%3
Jill SteinNonpartisan0.3%1
OtherAll other candidates0.3%1
R
11.0%Biden35
88.3%Trump280
0.6%Jorgensen2
R+77.3
D+0.3
R+81.7
317
R
9.5%Clinton30
87.1%Trump276
3.2%Johnson10
R+77.6
D+1.3
R+79.7
317
R
9.6%Obama29
88.4%Romney268
1.3%Gray4
R+78.9
R+8.3
R+82.7
303
R
13.6%Obama43
84.2%McCain266
2.2%
R+70.6
D+7.0
R+77.8
316
R
11.2%Kerry38
88.8%Bush301
0.0%
R+77.6
R+4.2
R+75.1
339
R
12.3%Gore43
85.7%Bush299
1.4%Nader5
R+73.4
R+12.2
R+73.9
349
R
14.0%Clinton53
75.1%Dole284
10.3%Perot39
R+61.1
R+18.7
R+69.6
378
R
14.1%Clinton64
56.5%Bush256
28.7%Perot130
R+42.4
D+22.3
R+47.9
453
R
17.5%Dukakis72
82.2%Bush338
0.2%
R+64.7
D+11.9
R+57.0
411
R
11.7%Mondale48
88.3%Reagan363
0.0%
R+76.6
R+9.2
R+58.4
411
R
14.3%Carter63
81.7%Reagan361
4.1%
R+67.4
R+32.3
R+57.7
442
R
31.5%Carter133
66.6%Ford281
1.9%
R+35.1
D+36.9
R+37.1
422
R
14.0%McGovern56
86.0%Nixon343
0.0%
R+71.9
R+7.3
R+48.8
399
R
14.8%Humphrey64
79.4%Nixon344
5.8%
R+64.7
R+39.5
R+64.0
433
R
37.4%Johnson195
62.6%Goldwater326
0.0%
R+25.1
D+32.5
R+47.7
521
R
21.2%Kennedy113
78.8%Nixon420
0.0%
R+57.6
R+10.3
R+57.8
533
R
26.4%Stevenson149
73.6%Eisenhower416
0.0%
R+47.3
D+6.7
R+31.9
565
R
23.0%Stevenson137
77.0%Eisenhower458
0.0%
R+53.9
R+53.1
R+43.2
595
R
49.6%Truman248
50.4%Dewey252
0.0%
R+0.8
D+18.4
R+5.3
500
R
40.4%Roosevelt248
59.6%Dewey366
0.0%
R+19.2
R+0.5
R+26.7
614
R
40.7%Roosevelt311
59.3%Willkie454
0.0%
R+18.7
R+21.9
R+28.6
765
D
51.0%Roosevelt365
47.8%Landon342
1.3%
D+3.2
R+23.9
R+21.0
716
D
62.6%Roosevelt431
35.4%Hoover244
2.0%
D+27.1
D+73.8
D+9.4
689
R
26.4%Smith175
73.1%Hoover484
0.5%
R+46.7
R+25.9
R+29.2
662
R
22.6%Davis132
43.4%Coolidge253
33.8%La Follette197
R+20.8
D+8.8
D+4.4
583
R
34.2%Cox176
63.8%Harding328
1.9%
R+29.6
R+43.3
R+3.4
514
D
54.4%Wilson246
40.7%Hughes184
4.9%
D+13.7
D+5.2
D+10.6
452
D
37.6%Wilson163
29.0%Taft126
33.4%
D+8.5
D+23.8
R+11.0
434
R
40.8%Bryan160
56.1%Taft220
3.1%
R+15.3
D+36.1
R+5.8
392
R
18.8%Parker34
70.2%Roosevelt127
11.0%
R+51.4
R+35.7
R+31.7
181
R
41.9%Bryan75
57.5%McKinley103
0.6%
R+15.6
D+1.9
R+8.1
179
R
40.5%Bryan60
58.1%McKinley86
1.4%
R+17.6
D+6.8
R+11.5
148
O
14.7%Cleveland23
39.1%Harrison61
46.2%
Weaver +7.1
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R+26.0
156
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Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
R
16.0%93
84.0%488
581
2020
R
12.0%35
76.3%222
291
2018
R
12.9%34
84.8%223
263
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026R+78.3
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+72.9
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 5.4 points more Republican.
Domestic migration in Blaine County, NE in Blaine County, NE: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−8
2012
+24
2013
−27
2014
+19
2015
−15
2016
−14
2017
+10
2018
−5
2019
−15
2021
+36
2022
−9
2023
−14
2024
+21
2025
−3
Blaine County's 583 residents make it among the smallest counties by population in the nation, and its 2024 presidential margin of R+73.2 reflects the lopsided partisanship typical of Nebraska's sparsely settled Sandhills ranching communities.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 27.1 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 78.9 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 4.3 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 72.9 points.
A population of 422, a 100% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $69,583 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Comanche County and Smith County.
Akashic
Political twins — counties
The counties 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, Blaine County, Nebraska voted Republican by 72.9 points (R+72.9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 292 votes cast, 37 went Democratic and 250 went Republican.
When did Blaine County, Nebraska last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Blaine County, Nebraska voted Democratic was 1936.
How many people live in Blaine County, Nebraska?
Blaine County, Nebraska has a population of 422 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Blaine County, Nebraska?
Median household income in Blaine County, Nebraska is $69,583 — below the national median of $80,734. The Nebraska state median is $76,475.
What is the political history of Blaine County, Nebraska?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Blaine County, Nebraska from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 4 went Democratic and 29 went Republican.
