Brown County, Nebraska: Stable Rural Right county. In 2024, voted R+74%. Republican peak: R+77 in 2016.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+74MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
- Population
- 2,8692024 5-year
- Median household income
- $54,6762024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 88.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 6.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+37 in 1892MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+77 in 2016MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Custer County, NE · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Brown CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Brown County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | +37.3% |
| 1896 | −13.8% |
| 1900 | −17.5% |
| 1904 | −54.6% |
| 1908 | −5.3% |
| 1912 | +14.4% |
| 1916 | +24.8% |
| 1920 | −41.6% |
| 1924 | −15.9% |
| 1928 | −49.4% |
| 1932 | +14.2% |
| 1936 | −8.8% |
| 1940 | −29.3% |
| 1944 | −35.0% |
| 1948 | −25.3% |
| 1952 | −56.4% |
| 1956 | −48.2% |
| 1960 | −54.3% |
| 1964 | −17.9% |
| 1968 | −51.9% |
| 1972 | −63.2% |
| 1976 | −37.3% |
| 1980 | −61.0% |
| 1984 | −65.6% |
| 1988 | −50.5% |
| 1992 | −37.3% |
| 1996 | −42.2% |
| 2000 | −66.8% |
| 2004 | −66.8% |
| 2008 | −57.2% |
| 2012 | −69.3% |
| 2016 | −77.1% |
| 2020 | −76.0% |
| 2024 | −74.5% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 201 | 1,428 | 1,648 | ||
| R | 191 | 1,470 | 1,684 | ||
| R | 153 | 1,385 | 1,597 | ||
| R | 224 | 1,302 | 1,555 | ||
| R | 311 | 1,208 | 1,567 | ||
| R | 268 | 1,426 | 1,733 | ||
| R | 250 | 1,375 | 1,684 | ||
| R | 359 | 1,105 | 1,766 | ||
| R | 311 | 999 | 1,846 | ||
| R | 435 | 1,336 | 1,783 | ||
| R | 312 | 1,514 | 1,833 | ||
| R | 341 | 1,615 | 2,087 | ||
| R | 557 | 1,241 | 1,836 | ||
| R | 330 | 1,462 | 1,792 | ||
| R | 369 | 1,340 | 1,871 | ||
| R | 885 | 1,272 | 2,157 | ||
| R | 514 | 1,735 | 2,249 | ||
| R | 548 | 1,566 | 2,114 | ||
| R | 543 | 1,950 | 2,493 | ||
| R | 700 | 1,174 | 1,874 | ||
| R | 745 | 1,549 | 2,294 | ||
| R | 975 | 1,783 | 2,758 | ||
| R | 1,188 | 1,419 | 2,638 | ||
| D | 1,565 | 1,174 | 2,750 | ||
| R | 636 | 1,907 | 2,575 | ||
| R | 714 | 1,104 | 2,452 | ||
| R | 558 | 1,417 | 2,065 | ||
| D | 901 | 528 | 1,504 | ||
| O | 483 | 295 | 1,303 | ||
| R | 526 | 588 | 1,171 | ||
| R | 134 | 587 | 829 | ||
| R | 327 | 470 | 819 | ||
| R | 290 | 385 | 687 | ||
| D | 363 | 74 | 775 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
28.5%
Irish
10.3%
American
10.1%
English
8.1%
Polish
4.1%
French
2.4%
Italian
0.9%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 45.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$54,676
Brown County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Brown County$54,676
Nebraska$76,475
United States$80,734
Brown County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
13.4%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1812.2%
Working age (18–64)10.8%
Seniors (65+)30.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
95.0%
speak English only
Spanish3.3%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.0%
Other Indo-European0.7%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 39.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Brown County's vast Sandhills ranching landscape anchors an electorate that delivered a 74.7-point Republican margin in 2024, among the widest gaps recorded anywhere in the state that cycle.
The Republican margin here reached seventy-seven points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was seventy-four points.
A population of 2,869, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $54,676 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Custer County and Cherry County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Brown County, Nebraska vote in 2024?
In 2024, Brown County, Nebraska voted Republican by 74.5 points (R+74), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,648 votes cast, 201 went Democratic and 1,428 went Republican.
What is Brown County, Nebraska's political typology?
Akashic places Brown County, Nebraska in the "Stable Rural Right" typology — Mountain, Plains, and rural Republican counties already near their ceiling, with little further room to swing. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 3 times, Republican 30 times, and other 1 times.
When did Brown County, Nebraska last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Brown County, Nebraska voted Democratic was 1932.
How many people live in Brown County, Nebraska?
Brown County, Nebraska has a population of 2,869 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Brown County, Nebraska?
Median household income in Brown County, Nebraska is $54,676 — below the national median of $80,734. The Nebraska state median is $76,475.
What is the political history of Brown County, Nebraska?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Brown County, Nebraska from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 3 went Democratic and 30 went Republican. The county's typology — "Stable Rural Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.