Hall County, Nebraska: New American county. In 2024, voted R+38%. Republican peak: R+48 in 1984.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+38MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 62,5362024 5-year
- Median household income
- $69,2512024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 64.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 3.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 32.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+34 in 1892MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+48 in 1984MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Adams County, NE · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Hall CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Hall 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 | +34.2% |
| 1896 | −1.9% |
| 1900 | −6.5% |
| 1904 | −44.3% |
| 1908 | −0.3% |
| 1912 | +23.5% |
| 1916 | −1.4% |
| 1920 | −42.0% |
| 1924 | −25.5% |
| 1928 | −33.7% |
| 1932 | +24.0% |
| 1936 | +9.7% |
| 1940 | −22.5% |
| 1944 | −23.2% |
| 1948 | −10.7% |
| 1952 | −38.7% |
| 1956 | −32.9% |
| 1960 | −28.0% |
| 1964 | +10.4% |
| 1968 | −28.0% |
| 1972 | −44.5% |
| 1976 | −27.9% |
| 1980 | −43.4% |
| 1984 | −47.5% |
| 1988 | −27.4% |
| 1992 | −18.1% |
| 1996 | −17.9% |
| 2000 | −31.5% |
| 2004 | −39.5% |
| 2008 | −24.1% |
| 2012 | −27.1% |
| 2016 | −36.8% |
| 2020 | −34.8% |
| 2024 | −37.6% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 6,956 | 15,566 | 22,901 | ||
| R | 7,681 | 16,189 | 24,450 | ||
| R | 6,282 | 14,408 | 22,060 | ||
| R | 7,161 | 12,646 | 20,229 | ||
| R | 7,855 | 12,977 | 21,271 | ||
| R | 6,228 | 14,592 | 21,154 | ||
| R | 5,952 | 11,803 | 18,546 | ||
| R | 6,708 | 10,183 | 19,416 | ||
| R | 5,558 | 9,341 | 20,913 | ||
| R | 6,853 | 12,062 | 19,023 | ||
| R | 4,655 | 13,193 | 17,956 | ||
| R | 4,422 | 12,166 | 17,857 | ||
| R | 6,079 | 10,935 | 17,386 | ||
| R | 4,218 | 10,987 | 15,205 | ||
| R | 4,571 | 8,457 | 13,861 | ||
| D | 8,273 | 6,715 | 14,988 | ||
| R | 5,496 | 9,763 | 15,259 | ||
| R | 4,815 | 9,536 | 14,351 | ||
| R | 4,608 | 10,435 | 15,043 | ||
| R | 4,590 | 5,694 | 10,284 | ||
| R | 4,768 | 7,651 | 12,419 | ||
| R | 4,687 | 7,412 | 12,099 | ||
| D | 6,295 | 5,146 | 11,810 | ||
| D | 6,266 | 3,743 | 10,492 | ||
| R | 3,391 | 6,862 | 10,306 | ||
| R | 1,863 | 4,040 | 8,525 | ||
| R | 1,724 | 4,719 | 7,123 | ||
| R | 2,483 | 2,555 | 5,264 | ||
| D | 2,085 | 1,047 | 4,412 | ||
| R | 2,229 | 2,241 | 4,681 | ||
| R | 817 | 2,508 | 3,818 | ||
| R | 1,766 | 2,017 | 3,868 | ||
| R | 1,845 | 1,917 | 3,853 | ||
| D | 1,546 | 392 | 3,373 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
27.0%
Irish
9.3%
English
7.4%
American
4.5%
Polish
4.1%
French
1.0%
Scottish
0.8%
African American
3.1%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
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: 36.1 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
$69,251
Hall County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Hall County$69,251
Nebraska$76,475
United States$80,734
Hall 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
14.1%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1818.1%
Working age (18–64)12.4%
Seniors (65+)15.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
72.2%
speak English only
Spanish24.9%
Other languages1.7%
Other Indo-European0.6%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.6%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 54.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Hall County anchors Nebraska's Platte River corridor and hosts one of the state's largest beef-processing complexes, drawing a substantial Hispanic workforce that has steadily increased the county's demographic diversity even as presidential margins remain heavily Republican.
Hall County has leaned Republican in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of thirty-four points in 1892. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved three points toward the Republican candidate — part of the sharpest rightward shift recorded among any group of places in the country.
Its demographics describe the shift: a 65% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $69,251, and a population of 62,536. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Adams County and Scotts Bluff County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Hall County, Nebraska vote in 2024?
In 2024, Hall County, Nebraska voted Republican by 37.6 points (R+38), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 22,901 votes cast, 6,956 went Democratic and 15,566 went Republican.
What is Hall County, Nebraska's political typology?
Akashic places Hall County, Nebraska in the "New American" typology — Communities where a large share of households speak a language other than English — multilingual, Democratic-leaning overall, yet the hardest-swinging bloc toward the Republican Party in 2024. 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 5 times, Republican 29 times, and other 0 times.
When did Hall County, Nebraska last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Hall County, Nebraska voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Hall County, Nebraska?
Hall County, Nebraska has a population of 62,536 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Hall County, Nebraska?
Median household income in Hall County, Nebraska is $69,251 — below the national median of $80,734. The Nebraska state median is $76,475.
What is the political history of Hall County, Nebraska?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Hall County, Nebraska from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 29 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.