Dundy County, Nebraska: Farm Belt county. In 2024, voted R+79%. Republican peak: R+79 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+79MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Farm BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 1,7362024 5-year
- Median household income
- $58,9222024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 92.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+37 in 1892MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+79 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Deuel County, NE · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Dundy CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Dundy 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 | +37.3% |
| 1896 | +2.8% |
| 1900 | −4.1% |
| 1904 | −50.3% |
| 1908 | −10.3% |
| 1912 | +17.7% |
| 1916 | +22.8% |
| 1920 | −45.7% |
| 1924 | −31.6% |
| 1928 | −53.5% |
| 1932 | +15.7% |
| 1936 | +11.4% |
| 1940 | −28.4% |
| 1944 | −36.6% |
| 1948 | −18.3% |
| 1952 | −61.6% |
| 1956 | −41.5% |
| 1960 | −43.8% |
| 1964 | −12.3% |
| 1968 | −53.2% |
| 1972 | −63.9% |
| 1976 | −25.1% |
| 1980 | −67.0% |
| 1984 | −62.6% |
| 1988 | −42.0% |
| 1992 | −33.4% |
| 1996 | −48.0% |
| 2000 | −61.5% |
| 2004 | −63.8% |
| 2008 | −55.4% |
| 2012 | −62.5% |
| 2016 | −77.0% |
| 2020 | −77.6% |
| 2024 | −78.7% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 96 | 829 | 931 | ||
| R | 105 | 883 | 1,003 | ||
| R | 89 | 823 | 953 | ||
| R | 176 | 792 | 985 | ||
| R | 218 | 783 | 1,019 | ||
| R | 186 | 858 | 1,053 | ||
| R | 179 | 801 | 1,011 | ||
| R | 224 | 752 | 1,101 | ||
| R | 245 | 664 | 1,253 | ||
| R | 333 | 828 | 1,178 | ||
| R | 225 | 992 | 1,225 | ||
| R | 192 | 1,138 | 1,411 | ||
| R | 457 | 774 | 1,263 | ||
| R | 221 | 1,003 | 1,224 | ||
| R | 261 | 1,001 | 1,390 | ||
| R | 712 | 911 | 1,623 | ||
| R | 486 | 1,245 | 1,731 | ||
| R | 495 | 1,196 | 1,691 | ||
| R | 397 | 1,670 | 2,067 | ||
| R | 646 | 935 | 1,581 | ||
| R | 613 | 1,320 | 1,933 | ||
| R | 803 | 1,441 | 2,244 | ||
| D | 1,328 | 1,054 | 2,408 | ||
| D | 1,344 | 974 | 2,354 | ||
| R | 472 | 1,575 | 2,061 | ||
| R | 459 | 1,036 | 1,828 | ||
| R | 375 | 1,094 | 1,572 | ||
| D | 570 | 347 | 977 | ||
| O | 304 | 148 | 880 | ||
| R | 391 | 486 | 920 | ||
| R | 92 | 395 | 602 | ||
| R | 283 | 308 | 604 | ||
| D | 288 | 272 | 578 | ||
| O | 362 | 55 | 822 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
32.4%
Irish
15.7%
English
11.8%
American
9.0%
French
2.4%
Polish
2.2%
Scottish
2.2%
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: 46.4 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
$58,922
Dundy County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Dundy County$58,922
Nebraska$76,475
United States$80,734
Dundy 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
14.0%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1833.0%
Working age (18–64)9.3%
Seniors (65+)7.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
95.7%
speak English only
Spanish3.1%
Other languages1.0%
Other Indo-European0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 41.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Dundy sits in Nebraska's southwest corner along the Kansas and Colorado borders, where a sparse, agriculture-dependent population has delivered Republican presidential margins above 75 points in consecutive cycles.
The Republican margin here reached seventy-nine points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was seventy-nine points.
A population of 1,736, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $58,922 describe an agricultural county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Deuel County and Clay County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Dundy County, Nebraska vote in 2024?
In 2024, Dundy County, Nebraska voted Republican by 78.7 points (R+79), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 931 votes cast, 96 went Democratic and 829 went Republican.
What is Dundy County, Nebraska's political typology?
Akashic places Dundy 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 4 times, Republican 28 times, and other 2 times.
When did Dundy County, Nebraska last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Dundy County, Nebraska voted Democratic was 1936.
How many people live in Dundy County, Nebraska?
Dundy County, Nebraska has a population of 1,736 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Dundy County, Nebraska?
Median household income in Dundy County, Nebraska is $58,922 — below the national median of $80,734. The Nebraska state median is $76,475.
What is the political history of Dundy County, Nebraska?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Dundy County, Nebraska from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 4 went Democratic and 28 went Republican. The county's typology — "Farm Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.