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
GroupBoyd CountyNebraskaUnited States
German39.2%31.0%12.5%
Irish14.7%11.7%9.4%
American5.7%3.5%5.3%
English5.6%9.4%9.5%
Czech3.5%3.4%—
Swedish3.1%3.1%—
Danish1.1%——
Polish1.0%2.7%2.2%
Rosebud Sioux2.5%——
Peruvian1.5%——
Mexican1.1%8.7%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.4%0.3%1.8%
Spaniard0.2%——
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
Boyd County
Nebraska
United States
Median age
52.2
37.3
39.1
Age 18–24
2.1%
9.8%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
31.9%
16.8%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Boyd County
Nebraska
United States
Median household income
$67,045
$76,475
$84,427
Poverty rate
9.7%
10.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
22.3%
34.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Boyd County
Nebraska
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
4.5%
12.8%
22.3%
Spanish
3.6%
8.5%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Boyd County
Nebraska
United States
Catholic
35.1%
19.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
34.8%
14.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
11.1%
50.8%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
19.0%
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.
Boyd County, Nebraska
Precinct data
Results by precinct
3 precincts · 1,075 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Boyd County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
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
12.3%Harris132
87.2%Trump938
0.5%Oliver5 +1
R+74.9
D+0.9
R+73.4
1,076
All 4 candidates in 2024 · 2 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican87.2%938
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic12.3%132
Chase OliverNonpartisan0.5%5
OtherAll other candidates0.1%1
R
11.7%Biden135
87.4%Trump1,010
0.7%Jorgensen8
R+75.8
R+1.8
R+80.2
1,155
R
11.1%Clinton128
85.0%Trump983
2.0%Johnson23
R+74.0
R+10.0
R+76.1
1,156
R
17.6%Obama188
81.5%Romney873
0.5%Gray5
R+64.0
R+10.9
R+67.8
1,071
R
22.5%Obama250
75.6%McCain839
1.9%
R+53.1
D+6.4
R+60.3
1,110
R
19.9%Kerry228
79.4%Bush911
0.8%
R+59.5
R+5.9
R+57.0
1,148
R
21.3%Gore265
75.0%Bush931
2.0%Nader25
R+53.6
R+23.4
R+54.1
1,242
R
27.7%Clinton372
58.0%Dole778
13.5%Perot181
R+30.3
R+5.4
R+38.8
1,342
R
22.5%Clinton353
47.4%Bush744
29.8%Perot468
R+24.9
D+8.3
R+30.4
1,571
R
32.7%Dukakis480
65.9%Bush967
1.4%
R+33.2
D+24.8
R+25.5
1,467
R
20.6%Mondale308
78.5%Reagan1,175
0.9%
R+58.0
R+6.9
R+39.7
1,496
R
21.7%Carter376
72.8%Reagan1,261
5.5%
R+51.1
R+39.4
R+41.3
1,733
R
43.5%Carter792
55.1%Ford1,004
1.4%
R+11.6
D+35.8
R+13.7
1,821
R
26.3%McGovern506
73.7%Nixon1,419
0.0%
R+47.4
R+5.4
R+24.3
1,925
R
22.6%Humphrey437
64.6%Nixon1,250
12.8%
R+42.0
R+32.5
R+41.3
1,934
R
45.2%Johnson908
54.8%Goldwater1,100
0.0%
R+9.6
D+19.4
R+32.1
2,008
R
35.5%Kennedy768
64.5%Nixon1,393
0.0%
R+28.9
R+3.9
R+29.1
2,161
R
37.5%Stevenson848
62.5%Eisenhower1,414
0.0%
R+25.0
D+12.2
R+9.6
2,262
R
31.4%Stevenson757
68.6%Eisenhower1,656
0.0%
R+37.3
R+36.1
R+26.5
2,413
R
49.4%Truman1,035
50.6%Dewey1,060
0.0%
R+1.2
D+22.7
R+5.7
2,095
R
38.1%Roosevelt895
61.9%Dewey1,456
0.0%
R+23.9
D+0.4
R+31.4
2,351
R
37.9%Roosevelt1,057
62.1%Willkie1,734
0.0%
R+24.3
R+33.4
R+34.2
2,791
D
53.6%Roosevelt1,555
44.5%Landon1,290
1.9%
D+9.1
R+34.5
R+15.1
2,900
D
71.0%Roosevelt2,098
27.3%Hoover808
1.7%
D+43.6
D+61.7
D+25.8
2,957
R
40.6%Smith1,143
58.7%Hoover1,653
0.7%
R+18.1
R+0.3
R+0.7
2,815
O
19.8%Davis522
37.6%Coolidge991
42.2%La Follette1,114
La Follette +5.1
D+27.4
D+7.4
2,638
R
24.9%Cox527
70.0%Harding1,482
5.1%
R+45.1
R+47.6
R+18.9
2,116
D
49.5%Wilson852
47.0%Hughes809
3.5%
D+2.5
R+19.8
R+0.6
1,722
O
39.1%Wilson651
16.9%Taft281
44.0%
Roosevelt +4.8
D+25.6
D+2.7
1,663
R
46.7%Bryan891
50.1%Taft954
3.2%
R+3.3
D+43.9
D+6.2
1,906
R
17.1%Parker328
64.4%Roosevelt1,233
18.5%
R+47.2
R+48.7
R+27.6
1,916
D
48.9%Bryan795
47.4%McKinley771
3.6%
D+1.5
R+11.6
D+9.0
1,625
D
54.6%Bryan657
41.5%McKinley500
3.9%
D+13.0
D+42.0
D+19.1
1,204
R
15.5%Cleveland184
44.4%Harrison528
40.1%
R+29.0
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R+30.6
1,188
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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
15.1%320
84.9%1,797
2,117
2020
R
8.5%89
84.3%883
1,047
2018
R
13.3%128
83.1%797
959
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026R+68.7
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+74.9
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 6.2 points more Democratic.
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
−33 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −135 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $46,545 in average income, against $55,463 for residents who stayed — 16% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
Migration is one input to a place’s political change, not its cause — a shift can also come from residents changing their minds, generational turnover, or turnout. These figures describe the places people moved between; they do not measure how any mover voted.
Domestic migration in Boyd County, NE in Boyd County, NE: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−27
2012
−8
2013
−26
2014
+22
2015
+1
2016
−12
2017
+2
2018
−3
2019
−26
2021
+5
2022
−23
2023
+22
2024
−29
2025
−33
Boyd County's 2024 presidential margin of R+75 placed it among the most one-sided counties in the state, a pattern consistent with its sparse, ranch-dominated landscape and a population that has declined steadily for decades.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 43.6 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 75.8 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 0.9 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 74.9 points.
A population of 1,688, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $67,045 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Garfield County and Washington 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, Boyd County, Nebraska voted Republican by 74.9 points (R+74.9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,076 votes cast, 132 went Democratic and 938 went Republican.
When did Boyd County, Nebraska last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Boyd County, Nebraska voted Democratic was 1936.
How many people live in Boyd County, Nebraska?
Boyd County, Nebraska has a population of 1,688 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Boyd County, Nebraska?
Median household income in Boyd County, Nebraska is $67,045 — below the national median of $80,734. The Nebraska state median is $76,475.
What is the political history of Boyd County, Nebraska?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Boyd County, Nebraska from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 27 went Republican.
