Gosper County, Nebraska: Stable Rural Right county. In 2024, voted R+63%. Republican peak: R+63 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+63MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
- Population
- 2,0402024 5-year
- Median household income
- $77,5002024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 91.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+45 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+63 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Owyhee County, ID · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Gosper CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Gosper 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 | +28.1% |
| 1896 | +23.1% |
| 1900 | +7.0% |
| 1904 | −41.6% |
| 1908 | +11.6% |
| 1912 | +41.1% |
| 1916 | +16.9% |
| 1920 | −22.5% |
| 1924 | −9.8% |
| 1928 | −33.8% |
| 1932 | +44.7% |
| 1936 | +26.4% |
| 1940 | −22.9% |
| 1944 | −31.8% |
| 1948 | −4.1% |
| 1952 | −55.3% |
| 1956 | −42.9% |
| 1960 | −43.2% |
| 1964 | −3.3% |
| 1968 | −47.8% |
| 1972 | −54.8% |
| 1976 | −31.9% |
| 1980 | −58.5% |
| 1984 | −59.4% |
| 1988 | −35.1% |
| 1992 | −22.7% |
| 1996 | −32.2% |
| 2000 | −52.2% |
| 2004 | −59.7% |
| 2008 | −49.2% |
| 2012 | −51.5% |
| 2016 | −62.2% |
| 2020 | −60.5% |
| 2024 | −62.7% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 203 | 907 | 1,123 | ||
| R | 215 | 893 | 1,121 | ||
| R | 166 | 794 | 1,010 | ||
| R | 230 | 734 | 978 | ||
| R | 260 | 776 | 1,048 | ||
| R | 222 | 890 | 1,119 | ||
| R | 228 | 757 | 1,014 | ||
| R | 275 | 609 | 1,036 | ||
| R | 254 | 492 | 1,048 | ||
| R | 331 | 694 | 1,034 | ||
| R | 201 | 802 | 1,011 | ||
| R | 181 | 783 | 1,029 | ||
| R | 332 | 654 | 1,009 | ||
| R | 242 | 829 | 1,071 | ||
| R | 229 | 701 | 987 | ||
| R | 512 | 547 | 1,059 | ||
| R | 339 | 854 | 1,193 | ||
| R | 325 | 814 | 1,139 | ||
| R | 293 | 1,017 | 1,310 | ||
| R | 572 | 621 | 1,193 | ||
| R | 484 | 935 | 1,419 | ||
| R | 628 | 1,001 | 1,629 | ||
| D | 1,118 | 647 | 1,783 | ||
| D | 1,263 | 477 | 1,758 | ||
| R | 480 | 975 | 1,465 | ||
| O | 394 | 540 | 1,487 | ||
| R | 486 | 794 | 1,368 | ||
| D | 617 | 434 | 1,085 | ||
| D | 524 | 129 | 960 | ||
| D | 634 | 499 | 1,168 | ||
| R | 154 | 548 | 947 | ||
| D | 570 | 494 | 1,092 | ||
| D | 681 | 419 | 1,133 | ||
| O | 358 | 85 | 973 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
42.1%
Irish
10.6%
English
10.2%
American
7.3%
Scottish
1.9%
Italian
1.6%
Polish
1.6%
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: 48.4 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
$77,500
Gosper County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Gosper County$77,500
Nebraska$76,475
United States$80,734
Gosper County ranks in the top 25% 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
10.3%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1819.9%
Working age (18–64)8.2%
Seniors (65+)4.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.0%
speak English only
Other Indo-European2.9%
Spanish1.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 49.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Gosper County's 2024 presidential margin of R+63 reflects the deep-red lean typical of Nebraska's sparsely settled agricultural plains, where fewer than 2,200 residents spread across roughly 460 square miles.
The Republican margin here reached sixty-three points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved two points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was sixty-three points.
A population of 2,040, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $77,500 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Owyhee County and Cheyenne County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Gosper County, Nebraska vote in 2024?
In 2024, Gosper County, Nebraska voted Republican by 62.7 points (R+63), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,123 votes cast, 203 went Democratic and 907 went Republican.
What is Gosper County, Nebraska's political typology?
Akashic places Gosper 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 7 times, Republican 25 times, and other 2 times.
When did Gosper County, Nebraska last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Gosper County, Nebraska voted Democratic was 1936.
How many people live in Gosper County, Nebraska?
Gosper County, Nebraska has a population of 2,040 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Gosper County, Nebraska?
Median household income in Gosper County, Nebraska is $77,500 — below the national median of $80,734. The Nebraska state median is $76,475.
What is the political history of Gosper County, Nebraska?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Gosper County, Nebraska from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 7 went Democratic and 25 went Republican. The county's typology — "Stable Rural Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.