Garden County, Nebraska: Farm Belt county. In 2024, voted R+70%. Republican peak: R+72 in 1984.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+70MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Farm BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 1,7612024 5-year
- Median household income
- $41,8822024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 93.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+31 in 1916MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+72 in 1984MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Keith County, NE · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Garden CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Garden 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 | No data |
| 1896 | No data |
| 1900 | No data |
| 1904 | No data |
| 1908 | No data |
| 1912 | +17.1% |
| 1916 | +30.5% |
| 1920 | −36.1% |
| 1924 | −17.1% |
| 1928 | −56.4% |
| 1932 | +21.7% |
| 1936 | −0.5% |
| 1940 | −29.5% |
| 1944 | −39.5% |
| 1948 | −28.0% |
| 1952 | −62.1% |
| 1956 | −55.4% |
| 1960 | −52.7% |
| 1964 | −32.9% |
| 1968 | −64.1% |
| 1972 | −70.1% |
| 1976 | −33.5% |
| 1980 | −69.3% |
| 1984 | −72.4% |
| 1988 | −45.5% |
| 1992 | −37.2% |
| 1996 | −44.1% |
| 2000 | −62.3% |
| 2004 | −65.0% |
| 2008 | −49.3% |
| 2012 | −53.8% |
| 2016 | −66.6% |
| 2020 | −71.3% |
| 2024 | −70.3% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 162 | 949 | 1,120 | ||
| R | 161 | 1,016 | 1,200 | ||
| R | 153 | 869 | 1,075 | ||
| R | 242 | 829 | 1,091 | ||
| R | 283 | 844 | 1,138 | ||
| R | 201 | 970 | 1,183 | ||
| R | 203 | 963 | 1,219 | ||
| R | 279 | 851 | 1,297 | ||
| R | 212 | 697 | 1,303 | ||
| R | 366 | 986 | 1,362 | ||
| R | 180 | 1,158 | 1,351 | ||
| R | 202 | 1,297 | 1,580 | ||
| R | 445 | 928 | 1,442 | ||
| R | 204 | 1,161 | 1,365 | ||
| R | 206 | 1,120 | 1,425 | ||
| R | 559 | 1,106 | 1,665 | ||
| R | 426 | 1,376 | 1,802 | ||
| R | 335 | 1,167 | 1,502 | ||
| R | 341 | 1,457 | 1,798 | ||
| R | 519 | 923 | 1,442 | ||
| R | 541 | 1,248 | 1,789 | ||
| R | 736 | 1,351 | 2,087 | ||
| R | 986 | 996 | 2,007 | ||
| D | 1,204 | 768 | 2,010 | ||
| R | 404 | 1,470 | 1,889 | ||
| R | 459 | 725 | 1,553 | ||
| R | 421 | 924 | 1,395 | ||
| D | 598 | 306 | 956 | ||
| O | 282 | 136 | 853 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
34.2%
Irish
15.4%
English
14.1%
American
7.8%
Italian
2.3%
Polish
1.6%
French
1.5%
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: 49.9 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
$41,882
Garden County ranks in the bottom 10% of US counties.
Garden County$41,882
Nebraska$76,475
United States$80,734
Garden County ranks in the bottom 10% 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
16.5%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1817.5%
Working age (18–64)17.6%
Seniors (65+)10.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.5%
speak English only
Spanish2.1%
Other Indo-European0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 53.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Garden County sits in the Nebraska Sandhills, where ranching defines both the economy and the electorate — its 2024 presidential margin of R+70.5 reflects a degree of partisan uniformity common to the region's most sparsely settled communities.
The Republican margin here reached seventy-two points in 1984. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was seventy points.
A population of 1,761, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $41,882 describe an agricultural county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Keith County and Stanton County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Garden County, Nebraska vote in 2024?
In 2024, Garden County, Nebraska voted Republican by 70.3 points (R+70), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,120 votes cast, 162 went Democratic and 949 went Republican.
What is Garden County, Nebraska's political typology?
Akashic places Garden 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 2 times, Republican 26 times, and other 1 times.
When did Garden County, Nebraska last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Garden County, Nebraska voted Democratic was 1932.
How many people live in Garden County, Nebraska?
Garden County, Nebraska has a population of 1,761 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Garden County, Nebraska?
Median household income in Garden County, Nebraska is $41,882 — below the national median of $80,734. The Nebraska state median is $76,475.
What is the political history of Garden County, Nebraska?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Garden County, Nebraska from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 2 went Democratic and 26 went Republican. The county's typology — "Farm Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.