Cedar County, Nebraska: Farm Belt county. In 2024, voted R+70%. Republican peak: R+70 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+70MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Farm BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 8,3152024 5-year
- Median household income
- $73,5782024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 95.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+49 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+70 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Webster County, NE · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Cedar CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Cedar County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
Turnout—
Harris +50Trump +50
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 | +26.1% |
| 1896 | +18.5% |
| 1900 | +4.1% |
| 1904 | −25.6% |
| 1908 | +3.1% |
| 1912 | +24.1% |
| 1916 | −0.3% |
| 1920 | −50.1% |
| 1924 | −11.3% |
| 1928 | +0.5% |
| 1932 | +48.8% |
| 1936 | +20.4% |
| 1940 | −25.3% |
| 1944 | −32.6% |
| 1948 | −0.7% |
| 1952 | −54.1% |
| 1956 | −29.4% |
| 1960 | −2.0% |
| 1964 | +14.9% |
| 1968 | −30.4% |
| 1972 | −24.7% |
| 1976 | −4.0% |
| 1980 | −41.0% |
| 1984 | −46.2% |
| 1988 | −16.6% |
| 1992 | −21.6% |
| 1996 | −22.9% |
| 2000 | −45.1% |
| 2004 | −50.8% |
| 2008 | −41.3% |
| 2012 | −53.5% |
| 2016 | −67.0% |
| 2020 | −68.8% |
| 2024 | −69.6% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 702 | 4,141 | 4,938 | ||
| R | 725 | 4,174 | 5,015 | ||
| R | 571 | 3,532 | 4,420 | ||
| R | 958 | 3,278 | 4,334 | ||
| R | 1,190 | 2,912 | 4,174 | ||
| R | 1,083 | 3,387 | 4,536 | ||
| R | 1,062 | 2,989 | 4,269 | ||
| R | 1,218 | 2,171 | 4,159 | ||
| R | 1,007 | 1,981 | 4,518 | ||
| R | 1,759 | 2,462 | 4,238 | ||
| R | 1,201 | 3,298 | 4,536 | ||
| R | 1,265 | 3,259 | 4,858 | ||
| R | 2,225 | 2,415 | 4,760 | ||
| R | 1,807 | 2,995 | 4,802 | ||
| R | 1,444 | 2,853 | 4,637 | ||
| D | 3,104 | 2,299 | 5,403 | ||
| R | 2,939 | 3,060 | 5,999 | ||
| R | 2,078 | 3,809 | 5,887 | ||
| R | 1,417 | 4,753 | 6,170 | ||
| R | 2,578 | 2,616 | 5,194 | ||
| R | 1,839 | 3,616 | 5,455 | ||
| R | 2,619 | 4,397 | 7,016 | ||
| D | 3,781 | 2,394 | 6,793 | ||
| D | 4,981 | 1,696 | 6,732 | ||
| D | 3,241 | 3,206 | 6,467 | ||
| R | 1,747 | 2,441 | 6,115 | ||
| R | 1,279 | 3,906 | 5,243 | ||
| R | 1,715 | 1,727 | 3,491 | ||
| D | 1,511 | 716 | 3,294 | ||
| D | 1,732 | 1,627 | 3,403 | ||
| R | 1,023 | 1,797 | 3,027 | ||
| D | 1,565 | 1,441 | 3,043 | ||
| D | 1,519 | 1,041 | 2,588 | ||
| O | 710 | 226 | 1,852 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
50.7%
Irish
6.8%
English
5.8%
American
5.4%
Polish
1.2%
French
1.2%
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: 41.9 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
$73,578
Cedar County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Cedar County$73,578
Nebraska$76,475
United States$80,734
Cedar County ranks near the middle 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
7.1%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 186.9%
Working age (18–64)6.2%
Seniors (65+)13.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.6%
speak English only
Spanish2.1%
Other Indo-European0.2%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 9.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Cedar County's R+70 margin in 2024 ranks among the widest in the state, reflecting a sparse, agriculturally rooted population where Republican presidential candidates have dominated for decades.
The Republican margin here reached seventy points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was seventy points.
A population of 8,315, a 96% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $73,578 describe an agricultural county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Webster County and Slope County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Cedar County, Nebraska vote in 2024?
In 2024, Cedar County, Nebraska voted Republican by 69.6 points (R+70), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 4,938 votes cast, 702 went Democratic and 4,141 went Republican.
What is Cedar County, Nebraska's political typology?
Akashic places Cedar County, Nebraska in the "Farm Belt" typology — Rural Plains and Midwest farm counties — Republican, with modest recent movement. 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 8 times, Republican 25 times, and other 1 times.
When did Cedar County, Nebraska last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Cedar County, Nebraska voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Cedar County, Nebraska?
Cedar County, Nebraska has a population of 8,315 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Cedar County, Nebraska?
Median household income in Cedar County, Nebraska is $73,578 — below the national median of $80,734. The Nebraska state median is $76,475.
What is the political history of Cedar County, Nebraska?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Cedar County, Nebraska from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 8 went Democratic and 25 went Republican. The county's typology — "Farm Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.