Cherry County, Nebraska: Stable Rural Right county. In 2024, voted R+76%. Republican peak: R+76 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+76MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
- Population
- 5,4982024 5-year
- Median household income
- $66,2702024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 83.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+30 in 1892MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+76 in 2020MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Sheridan County, NE · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Cherry CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Cherry County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
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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 | +30.0% |
| 1896 | +6.0% |
| 1900 | −13.4% |
| 1904 | −44.7% |
| 1908 | −1.2% |
| 1912 | +14.0% |
| 1916 | +21.5% |
| 1920 | −37.5% |
| 1924 | −13.0% |
| 1928 | −38.5% |
| 1932 | +24.6% |
| 1936 | +3.5% |
| 1940 | −20.6% |
| 1944 | −25.6% |
| 1948 | −17.9% |
| 1952 | −53.3% |
| 1956 | −46.4% |
| 1960 | −44.2% |
| 1964 | −22.2% |
| 1968 | −53.8% |
| 1972 | −69.9% |
| 1976 | −40.4% |
| 1980 | −64.3% |
| 1984 | −70.6% |
| 1988 | −55.2% |
| 1992 | −38.0% |
| 1996 | −48.4% |
| 2000 | −65.9% |
| 2004 | −66.6% |
| 2008 | −57.6% |
| 2012 | −69.2% |
| 2016 | −74.0% |
| 2020 | −75.6% |
| 2024 | −76.0% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 349 | 2,687 | 3,078 | ||
| R | 373 | 2,844 | 3,269 | ||
| R | 317 | 2,623 | 3,118 | ||
| R | 436 | 2,557 | 3,064 | ||
| R | 599 | 2,360 | 3,059 | ||
| R | 483 | 2,509 | 3,042 | ||
| R | 446 | 2,322 | 2,847 | ||
| R | 551 | 1,905 | 2,800 | ||
| R | 563 | 1,707 | 3,008 | ||
| R | 642 | 2,240 | 2,896 | ||
| R | 463 | 2,720 | 3,198 | ||
| R | 489 | 2,517 | 3,155 | ||
| R | 906 | 2,197 | 3,192 | ||
| R | 463 | 2,610 | 3,073 | ||
| R | 582 | 2,199 | 3,003 | ||
| R | 1,428 | 2,244 | 3,672 | ||
| R | 1,044 | 2,695 | 3,739 | ||
| R | 884 | 2,414 | 3,298 | ||
| R | 960 | 3,148 | 4,108 | ||
| R | 1,492 | 2,141 | 3,633 | ||
| R | 1,371 | 2,314 | 3,685 | ||
| R | 1,781 | 2,705 | 4,486 | ||
| D | 2,010 | 1,874 | 3,939 | ||
| D | 2,912 | 1,754 | 4,703 | ||
| R | 1,285 | 2,905 | 4,208 | ||
| R | 1,169 | 1,663 | 3,806 | ||
| R | 711 | 1,636 | 2,465 | ||
| D | 1,734 | 1,091 | 2,994 | ||
| D | 1,047 | 679 | 2,622 | ||
| R | 1,021 | 1,048 | 2,168 | ||
| R | 325 | 978 | 1,461 | ||
| R | 698 | 922 | 1,669 | ||
| D | 687 | 607 | 1,342 | ||
| O | 499 | 152 | 1,157 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
30.4%
English
14.8%
Irish
9.8%
American
6.9%
Polish
3.6%
French
2.8%
Italian
1.7%
African American
0.8%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
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: 41.4 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
$66,270
Cherry County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Cherry County$66,270
Nebraska$76,475
United States$80,734
Cherry 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
8.3%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1810.2%
Working age (18–64)6.9%
Seniors (65+)13.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
94.4%
speak English only
Spanish3.3%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.8%
Other Indo-European0.3%
Other languages0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 51.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Cherry County stretches across the Nebraska Sandhills — nearly the size of Connecticut — yet holds fewer than 6,200 residents, a ranching-dominated population that delivered a 76-point Republican margin in 2024.
The Republican margin here reached seventy-six points in 2024. The 2024 margin was seventy-six points.
A population of 5,498, a 84% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $66,270 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Sheridan County and Bandera County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Cherry County, Nebraska vote in 2024?
In 2024, Cherry County, Nebraska voted Republican by 76.0 points (R+76), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,078 votes cast, 349 went Democratic and 2,687 went Republican.
What is Cherry County, Nebraska's political typology?
Akashic places Cherry 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 5 times, Republican 28 times, and other 1 times.
When did Cherry County, Nebraska last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Cherry County, Nebraska voted Democratic was 1936.
How many people live in Cherry County, Nebraska?
Cherry County, Nebraska has a population of 5,498 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Cherry County, Nebraska?
Median household income in Cherry County, Nebraska is $66,270 — below the national median of $80,734. The Nebraska state median is $76,475.
What is the political history of Cherry County, Nebraska?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Cherry County, Nebraska from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 28 went Republican. The county's typology — "Stable Rural Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.