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
GroupBrown CountyNebraskaUnited States
German28.5%31.0%12.5%
Irish10.3%11.7%9.4%
American10.1%3.5%5.3%
English8.1%9.4%9.5%
Polish4.1%2.7%2.2%
Swedish3.2%3.1%—
French2.4%—1.6%
Norwegian2.2%——
Mexican5.8%8.7%11.3%
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
Brown County
Nebraska
United States
Median age
45.7
37.3
39.1
Age 18–24
8.5%
9.8%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
27.5%
16.8%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Brown County
Nebraska
United States
Median household income
$54,676
$76,475
$84,427
Poverty rate
13.4%
10.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
24.0%
34.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Brown County
Nebraska
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
5.0%
12.8%
22.3%
Spanish
3.3%
8.5%
13.6%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.0%
0.8%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Brown County
Nebraska
United States
Catholic
11.4%
19.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
25.6%
14.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
39.7%
50.8%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
21.5%
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.
Brown County, Nebraska
Precinct data
Results by precinct
3 precincts · 1,642 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Brown County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -CITY OF AINSWORTHCITY OF AINSWORTH
103
681
9
793
13.0%
85.9%
R+72.9
Precinct -AINSWORTHAINSWORTH
42
425
2
469
9.0%
90.6%
R+81.7
Precinct -PINESPINES
56
322
2
380
14.7%
84.7%
R+70.0
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
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
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
12.2%Harris201
86.7%Trump1,428
0.4%Oliver6 +3
R+74.5
D+1.5
R+73.0
1,648
All 6 candidates in 2024 · 4 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican86.7%1,428
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic12.2%201
Chase OliverNonpartisan0.4%6
OtherAll other candidates0.4%6
Cornel WestNonpartisan0.3%5
Jill SteinNonpartisan0.1%2
R
11.3%Biden191
87.3%Trump1,470
1.1%Jorgensen18
R+76.0
D+1.2
R+80.4
1,684
R
9.6%Clinton153
86.7%Trump1,385
2.4%Johnson39
R+77.1
R+7.8
R+79.2
1,597
R
14.4%Obama224
83.7%Romney1,302
1.1%Gray17
R+69.3
R+12.1
R+73.2
1,555
R
19.8%Obama311
77.1%McCain1,208
3.1%
R+57.2
D+9.6
R+64.5
1,567
R
15.5%Kerry268
82.3%Bush1,426
2.3%
R+66.8
±0.0
R+64.4
1,733
R
14.8%Gore250
81.7%Bush1,375
2.1%Nader36
R+66.8
R+24.6
R+67.3
1,684
R
20.3%Clinton359
62.6%Dole1,105
16.4%Perot289
R+42.2
R+5.0
R+50.8
1,766
R
16.8%Clinton311
54.1%Bush999
28.4%Perot525
R+37.3
D+13.3
R+42.8
1,846
R
24.4%Dukakis435
74.9%Bush1,336
0.7%
R+50.5
D+15.0
R+42.8
1,783
R
17.0%Mondale312
82.6%Reagan1,514
0.4%
R+65.6
R+4.5
R+47.4
1,833
R
16.3%Carter341
77.4%Reagan1,615
6.3%
R+61.0
R+23.8
R+51.3
2,087
R
30.3%Carter557
67.6%Ford1,241
2.1%
R+37.3
D+25.9
R+39.3
1,836
R
18.4%McGovern330
81.6%Nixon1,462
0.0%
R+63.2
R+11.3
R+40.0
1,792
R
19.7%Humphrey369
71.6%Nixon1,340
8.7%
R+51.9
R+34.0
R+51.2
1,871
R
41.0%Johnson885
59.0%Goldwater1,272
0.0%
R+17.9
D+36.3
R+40.5
2,157
R
22.9%Kennedy514
77.1%Nixon1,735
0.0%
R+54.3
R+6.1
R+54.5
2,249
R
25.9%Stevenson548
74.1%Eisenhower1,566
0.0%
R+48.2
D+8.3
R+32.8
2,114
R
21.8%Stevenson543
78.2%Eisenhower1,950
0.0%
R+56.4
R+31.1
R+45.7
2,493
R
37.4%Truman700
62.6%Dewey1,174
0.0%
R+25.3
D+9.8
R+29.8
1,874
R
32.5%Roosevelt745
67.5%Dewey1,549
0.0%
R+35.0
R+5.8
R+42.5
2,294
R
35.4%Roosevelt975
64.6%Willkie1,783
0.0%
R+29.3
R+20.5
R+39.2
2,758
R
45.0%Roosevelt1,188
53.8%Landon1,419
1.2%
R+8.8
R+23.0
R+33.0
2,638
D
56.9%Roosevelt1,565
42.7%Hoover1,174
0.4%
D+14.2
D+63.6
R+3.6
2,750
R
24.7%Smith636
74.1%Hoover1,907
1.2%
R+49.4
R+33.5
R+31.9
2,575
R
29.1%Davis714
45.0%Coolidge1,104
25.1%La Follette616
R+15.9
D+25.7
D+9.3
2,452
R
27.0%Cox558
68.6%Harding1,417
4.4%
R+41.6
R+66.4
R+15.4
2,065
D
59.9%Wilson901
35.1%Hughes528
5.0%
D+24.8
D+10.4
D+21.7
1,504
O
37.1%Wilson483
22.6%Taft295
40.3%
Roosevelt +3.2
D+19.7
R+5.1
1,303
R
44.9%Bryan526
50.2%Taft588
4.9%
R+5.3
D+49.3
D+4.3
1,171
R
16.2%Parker134
70.8%Roosevelt587
13.0%
R+54.6
R+37.2
R+35.0
829
R
39.9%Bryan327
57.4%McKinley470
2.7%
R+17.5
R+3.6
R+9.9
819
R
42.2%Bryan290
56.0%McKinley385
1.7%
R+13.8
D+23.5
R+7.8
687
R
9.5%Cleveland74
46.8%Harrison363
43.6%
R+37.3
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R+38.9
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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
17.0%552
83.0%2,700
3,252
2020
R
7.8%125
86.4%1,387
1,605
2018
R
13.7%190
83.2%1,153
1,385
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026R+77.8
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+74.5
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 3.4 points more Republican.
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
−9 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −166 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $47,447 in average income, against $60,328 for residents who stayed — 21% 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 Brown County, NE in Brown County, NE: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−39
2012
−39
2013
−73
2014
+26
2015
+30
2016
−3
2017
+34
2018
−33
2019
−8
2021
+24
2022
−24
2023
−29
2024
−23
2025
−9
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.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 24.8 points in 1916 and a Republican high of 77.1 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 1.5 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 74.5 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 Cherry County and Perkins 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, Brown County, Nebraska voted Republican by 74.5 points (R+74.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,648 votes cast, 201 went Democratic and 1,428 went Republican.
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, 2 went Democratic and 31 went Republican.
