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
GroupGrant CountyNebraskaUnited States
German31.5%31.0%12.5%
Irish27.8%11.7%9.4%
English15.8%9.4%9.5%
Scottish3.7%—1.3%
American3.4%3.5%5.3%
French2.4%—1.6%
Hungarian2.4%——
Norwegian2.2%——
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
Grant County
Nebraska
United States
Median age
40.4
37.3
39.1
Age 18–24
6.1%
9.8%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
21.8%
16.8%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Grant County
Nebraska
United States
Median household income
$70,147
$76,475
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.2%
10.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
28.6%
34.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Grant County
Nebraska
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
1.7%
12.8%
22.3%
Spanish
1.2%
8.5%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Grant County
Nebraska
United States
Catholic
21.6%
19.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
37.2%
14.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
33.9%
50.8%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
7.0%
12.1%
5.2%
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.
Grant County, Nebraska
Precinct data
Results by precinct
1 precincts · 366 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Grant County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -GRANT CNTYGRANT CNTY
15
351
0
366
4.1%
95.9%
R+91.8
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−33.9%
1896
+4.8%
1900
−20.4%
1904
−37.9%
1908
+4.1%
1912
+4.7%
1916
+20.6%
1920
−28.8%
1924
−12.9%
1928
−42.4%
1932
+21.5%
1936
+9.2%
1940
−27.0%
1944
−31.1%
1948
−32.5%
1952
−62.3%
1956
−66.5%
1960
−52.7%
1964
−20.9%
1968
−54.7%
1972
−69.0%
1976
−44.4%
1980
−63.9%
1984
−77.3%
1988
−54.1%
1992
−38.3%
1996
−43.7%
2000
−71.4%
2004
−78.5%
2008
−75.5%
2012
−80.4%
2016
−85.7%
2020
−88.3%
2024
−91.8%
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
4.1%Harris15
95.9%Trump351
0.0%
R+91.8
R+3.5
R+90.3
366
R
5.0%Biden20
93.3%Trump375
1.7%Jorgensen7
R+88.3
R+2.6
R+92.8
402
R
4.9%Clinton20
90.6%Trump367
1.5%Johnson6
R+85.7
R+5.2
R+87.8
405
R
8.3%Obama30
88.7%Romney322
1.9%Gray7
R+80.4
R+5.0
R+84.3
363
R
11.2%Obama41
86.6%McCain318
2.2%
R+75.5
D+3.1
R+82.7
367
R
10.4%Kerry41
88.9%Bush352
0.8%
R+78.5
R+7.1
R+76.1
396
R
12.7%Gore49
84.2%Bush324
2.6%Nader10
R+71.4
R+27.7
R+71.9
385
R
21.1%Clinton84
64.8%Dole258
13.8%Perot55
R+43.7
R+5.4
R+52.2
398
R
16.7%Clinton75
55.0%Bush247
27.6%Perot124
R+38.3
D+15.8
R+43.9
449
R
22.7%Dukakis89
76.8%Bush301
0.5%
R+54.1
D+23.3
R+46.4
392
R
11.1%Mondale51
88.5%Reagan406
0.4%
R+77.3
R+13.5
R+59.1
459
R
16.3%Carter76
80.2%Reagan373
3.4%
R+63.9
R+19.5
R+54.1
465
R
26.0%Carter116
70.4%Ford314
3.6%
R+44.4
D+24.6
R+46.5
446
R
15.5%McGovern69
84.5%Nixon376
0.0%
R+69.0
R+14.3
R+45.8
445
R
20.2%Humphrey84
74.9%Nixon311
4.8%
R+54.7
R+33.8
R+54.0
415
R
39.6%Johnson199
60.4%Goldwater304
0.0%
R+20.9
D+31.8
R+43.5
503
R
23.6%Kennedy127
76.4%Nixon410
0.0%
R+52.7
D+13.8
R+52.9
537
R
16.7%Stevenson87
83.3%Eisenhower433
0.0%
R+66.5
R+4.2
R+51.1
520
R
18.9%Stevenson105
81.1%Eisenhower452
0.0%
R+62.3
R+29.8
R+51.5
557
R
33.7%Truman139
66.3%Dewey273
0.0%
R+32.5
R+1.5
R+37.0
412
R
34.5%Roosevelt172
65.5%Dewey327
0.0%
R+31.1
R+4.0
R+38.6
499
R
36.5%Roosevelt243
63.5%Willkie423
0.0%
R+27.0
R+36.2
R+37.0
666
D
54.4%Roosevelt321
45.3%Landon267
0.3%
D+9.2
R+12.3
R+15.1
590
D
58.9%Roosevelt395
37.4%Hoover251
3.7%
D+21.5
D+63.9
D+3.7
671
R
28.5%Smith160
70.9%Hoover398
0.5%
R+42.4
R+29.5
R+25.0
561
R
35.8%Davis191
48.7%Coolidge260
15.4%La Follette82
R+12.9
D+15.9
D+12.3
534
R
35.3%Cox141
64.2%Harding256
0.5%
R+28.8
R+49.5
R+2.6
399
D
59.2%Wilson241
38.6%Hughes157
2.2%
D+20.6
D+16.0
D+17.5
407
D
39.4%Wilson93
34.7%Taft82
25.8%
D+4.7
D+0.6
R+14.9
236
D
51.8%Bryan101
47.7%Taft93
0.5%
D+4.1
D+42.0
D+13.7
195
R
29.0%Parker49
66.9%Roosevelt113
4.1%
R+37.9
R+17.5
R+18.2
169
R
38.8%Bryan97
59.2%McKinley148
2.0%
R+20.4
R+25.2
R+12.9
250
D
50.3%Bryan95
45.5%McKinley86
4.2%
D+4.8
D+38.7
D+10.8
189
O
9.8%Cleveland11
43.8%Harrison49
46.4%
Weaver +2.7
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R+35.6
112
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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
7.0%50
93.0%667
717
2020
R
3.9%14
89.2%321
360
2018
R
4.7%14
93.7%282
301
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026R+84.1
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+91.8
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 7.7 points more Democratic.
Domestic migration in Grant County, NE in Grant County, NE: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+11
2012
−8
2013
+5
2014
−10
2015
+16
2016
+10
2017
−21
2018
+7
2019
−41
2021
−28
2022
+2
2023
−26
2024
0
2025
+3
With fewer than 750 residents spread across the Sandhills, Grant County has recorded some of the widest presidential margins in the state, reflecting the dominant ranching culture and sparse demographics of Nebraska's interior.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 21.5 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 91.8 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 3.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 91.8 points.
A population of 626, a 96% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $70,147 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Gove County and Cheyenne 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, Grant County, Nebraska voted Republican by 91.8 points (R+91.8), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 366 votes cast, 15 went Democratic and 351 went Republican.
When did Grant County, Nebraska last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Grant County, Nebraska voted Democratic was 1936.
How many people live in Grant County, Nebraska?
Grant County, Nebraska has a population of 626 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Grant County, Nebraska?
Median household income in Grant County, Nebraska is $70,147 — below the national median of $80,734. The Nebraska state median is $76,475.
What is the political history of Grant County, Nebraska?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Grant County, Nebraska from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 27 went Republican.
