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
GroupFranklin CountyNebraskaUnited States
German37.3%31.0%12.5%
Irish10.5%11.7%9.4%
English10.2%9.4%9.5%
American7.4%3.5%5.3%
Swedish3.2%3.1%—
Czech2.7%3.4%—
Danish2.2%——
Polish1.2%2.7%2.2%
Mexican2.1%8.7%11.3%
Salvadoran0.7%0.6%0.7%
Puerto Rican0.5%0.3%1.8%
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
Franklin County
Nebraska
United States
Median age
49
37.3
39.1
Age 18–24
5.4%
9.8%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
28.1%
16.8%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Franklin County
Nebraska
United States
Median household income
$60,195
$76,475
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.3%
10.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
21.3%
34.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Franklin County
Nebraska
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
3.0%
12.8%
22.3%
Spanish
2.6%
8.5%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Franklin County
Nebraska
United States
Catholic
4.4%
19.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
12.6%
14.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
31.5%
50.8%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
46.2%
12.1%
5.2%
Black Protestant
5.2%
0.8%
2.2%
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.
Franklin County, Nebraska
Precinct data
Results by precinct
4 precincts · 1,600 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Franklin County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -WEST FRANKLINWEST FRANKLIN
83
469
4
556
14.9%
84.4%
R+69.4
Precinct -HILDRETHHILDRETH
59
350
4
413
14.3%
84.7%
R+70.5
Precinct -EAST FRANKLINEAST FRANKLIN
54
279
4
337
16.0%
82.8%
R+66.8
Precinct -CAMPBELLCAMPBELL
40
253
1
294
13.6%
86.1%
R+72.4
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−32.5%
1896
+13.9%
1900
+6.4%
1904
−36.8%
1908
+8.7%
1912
+34.8%
1916
+10.6%
1920
−37.1%
1924
−15.7%
1928
−27.3%
1932
+30.0%
1936
+16.0%
1940
−26.2%
1944
−36.5%
1948
−7.4%
1952
−51.8%
1956
−37.5%
1960
−28.4%
1964
+6.3%
1968
−36.9%
1972
−43.2%
1976
−10.6%
1980
−54.5%
1984
−50.5%
1988
−25.2%
1992
−24.8%
1996
−30.9%
2000
−46.5%
2004
−50.5%
2008
−41.0%
2012
−47.4%
2016
−65.6%
2020
−67.2%
2024
−69.5%
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
14.7%Harris236
84.2%Trump1,351
0.6%Oliver9 +3
R+69.5
R+2.3
R+68.0
1,605
All 6 candidates in 2024 · 4 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican84.2%1,351
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic14.7%236
Chase OliverNonpartisan0.6%9
OtherAll other candidates0.3%5
Jill SteinNonpartisan0.2%3
Cornel WestNonpartisan0.1%1
R
16.0%Biden276
83.2%Trump1,437
0.6%Jorgensen11
R+67.2
R+1.6
R+71.6
1,728
R
14.9%Clinton250
80.5%Trump1,347
3.2%Johnson54
R+65.6
R+18.2
R+67.7
1,673
R
25.0%Obama384
72.4%Romney1,112
1.7%Gray26
R+47.4
R+6.4
R+51.3
1,536
R
28.5%Obama442
69.5%McCain1,079
2.0%
R+41.0
D+9.4
R+48.3
1,552
R
24.0%Kerry412
74.5%Bush1,277
1.5%
R+50.5
R+3.9
R+48.0
1,714
R
25.2%Gore420
71.7%Bush1,196
2.2%Nader36
R+46.5
R+15.6
R+47.0
1,668
R
28.1%Clinton483
59.0%Dole1,013
12.5%Perot215
R+30.9
R+6.1
R+39.4
1,716
R
24.1%Clinton477
48.9%Bush969
26.6%Perot528
R+24.8
D+0.4
R+30.4
1,983
R
36.8%Dukakis768
62.1%Bush1,294
1.1%
R+25.2
D+25.3
R+17.5
2,085
R
24.5%Mondale522
75.1%Reagan1,597
0.4%
R+50.5
D+3.9
R+32.3
2,127
R
19.5%Carter441
74.0%Reagan1,675
6.6%
R+54.5
R+43.9
R+44.7
2,265
R
43.5%Carter941
54.1%Ford1,170
2.4%
R+10.6
D+32.6
R+12.7
2,163
R
28.4%McGovern599
71.6%Nixon1,510
0.0%
R+43.2
R+6.3
R+20.0
2,109
R
28.1%Humphrey626
65.0%Nixon1,447
6.8%
R+36.9
R+43.2
R+36.2
2,225
D
53.2%Johnson1,409
46.8%Goldwater1,241
0.0%
D+6.3
D+34.7
R+16.2
2,650
R
35.8%Kennedy1,003
64.2%Nixon1,798
0.0%
R+28.4
D+9.1
R+28.5
2,801
R
31.2%Stevenson888
68.8%Eisenhower1,955
0.0%
R+37.5
D+14.2
R+22.1
2,843
R
24.1%Stevenson775
75.9%Eisenhower2,438
0.0%
R+51.8
R+44.3
R+41.0
3,213
R
46.3%Truman1,340
53.7%Dewey1,555
0.0%
R+7.4
D+29.1
R+11.9
2,895
R
31.7%Roosevelt969
68.3%Dewey2,085
0.0%
R+36.5
R+10.4
R+44.0
3,054
R
36.9%Roosevelt1,378
63.1%Willkie2,354
0.0%
R+26.2
R+42.1
R+36.1
3,732
D
56.4%Roosevelt2,350
40.5%Landon1,685
3.1%
D+16.0
R+14.1
R+8.3
4,165
D
64.4%Roosevelt2,633
34.3%Hoover1,404
1.3%
D+30.0
D+57.3
D+12.3
4,091
R
36.1%Smith1,443
63.4%Hoover2,533
0.4%
R+27.3
R+11.6
R+9.8
3,993
R
35.5%Davis1,331
51.3%Coolidge1,920
12.7%La Follette476
R+15.7
D+21.4
D+9.5
3,745
R
30.3%Cox1,030
67.4%Harding2,294
2.3%
R+37.1
R+47.7
R+11.0
3,403
D
53.8%Wilson1,345
43.2%Hughes1,081
3.0%
D+10.6
R+24.2
D+7.4
2,500
D
48.9%Wilson1,148
14.1%Taft332
36.9%
D+34.8
D+26.1
D+15.2
2,347
D
52.4%Bryan1,298
43.7%Taft1,083
3.8%
D+8.7
D+45.5
D+18.2
2,476
R
21.7%Parker471
58.6%Roosevelt1,269
19.7%
R+36.8
R+43.2
R+17.2
2,167
D
51.8%Bryan1,122
45.5%McKinley984
2.7%
D+6.4
R+7.6
D+13.9
2,164
D
55.9%Bryan1,094
41.9%McKinley821
2.2%
D+13.9
D+46.4
D+20.0
1,958
O
5.6%Cleveland88
38.1%Harrison597
56.3%
Weaver +18.2
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R+34.1
1,568
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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
18.1%576
81.9%2,599
3,175
2020
R
11.5%190
84.3%1,398
1,659
2018
R
18.9%255
77.4%1,044
1,349
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026R+62.3
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+69.5
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 7.1 points more Democratic.
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
−14 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −186 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $39,657 in average income, against $73,854 for residents who stayed — 46% 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 Franklin County, NE in Franklin County, NE: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−21
2012
−2
2013
−104
2014
−9
2015
−53
2016
+27
2017
−20
2018
+35
2019
−43
2021
+17
2022
0
2023
0
2024
+1
2025
−14
Franklin County's 2024 presidential result placed it among the most heavily one-sided counties in the state, reflecting a rural, sparsely populated agricultural community where Republican margins have widened steadily over recent election cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 34.8 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 69.5 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 2.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 69.5 points.
A population of 2,846, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $60,195 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Dundy County and Frontier 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, Franklin County, Nebraska voted Republican by 69.5 points (R+69.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,605 votes cast, 236 went Democratic and 1,351 went Republican.
When did Franklin County, Nebraska last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Franklin County, Nebraska voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Franklin County, Nebraska?
Franklin County, Nebraska has a population of 2,846 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Franklin County, Nebraska?
Median household income in Franklin County, Nebraska is $60,195 — below the national median of $80,734. The Nebraska state median is $76,475.
What is the political history of Franklin County, Nebraska?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Franklin County, Nebraska from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 8 went Democratic and 25 went Republican.
