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
GroupHamilton CountyNebraskaUnited States
German42.7%31.0%12.5%
Irish9.8%11.7%9.4%
English7.7%9.4%9.5%
American5.0%3.5%5.3%
Swedish4.6%3.1%—
Polish3.1%2.7%2.2%
Danish2.4%——
Czech1.6%3.4%—
Mexican3.3%8.7%11.3%
Guatemalan0.5%1.0%0.5%
Puerto Rican0.3%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
Hamilton County
Nebraska
United States
Median age
42
37.3
39.1
Age 18–24
7.0%
9.8%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
20.9%
16.8%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Hamilton County
Nebraska
United States
Median household income
$83,994
$76,475
$84,427
Poverty rate
5.2%
10.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
31.3%
34.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Hamilton County
Nebraska
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
2.6%
12.8%
22.3%
Spanish
2.3%
8.5%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Hamilton County
Nebraska
United States
Catholic
8.9%
19.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
20.3%
14.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
37.9%
50.8%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
30.4%
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.
Hamilton County, Nebraska
Precinct data
Results by precinct
8 precincts · 5,547 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Hamilton County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -0505
235
867
7
1,109
21.2%
78.2%
R+57.0
Precinct -0202
177
717
17
911
19.4%
78.7%
R+59.3
Precinct -0303
159
679
14
852
18.7%
79.7%
R+61.0
Precinct -0707
155
593
14
762
20.3%
77.8%
R+57.5
Precinct -0808
135
521
7
663
20.4%
78.6%
R+58.2
Precinct -0606
81
418
3
502
16.1%
83.3%
R+67.1
Precinct -0101
64
349
0
413
15.5%
84.5%
R+69.0
Precinct -0404
61
272
2
335
18.2%
81.2%
R+63.0
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−33.5%
1896
+6.1%
1900
+1.5%
1904
−43.0%
1908
+0.9%
1912
+31.8%
1916
+11.1%
1920
−36.1%
1924
−26.6%
1928
−38.4%
1932
+19.1%
1936
−1.7%
1940
−32.7%
1944
−39.4%
1948
−22.9%
1952
−52.0%
1956
−49.9%
1960
−45.3%
1964
−5.5%
1968
−45.8%
1972
−53.1%
1976
−33.5%
1980
−56.7%
1984
−60.1%
1988
−40.0%
1992
−30.2%
1996
−33.9%
2000
−48.7%
2004
−57.0%
2008
−42.9%
2012
−50.4%
2016
−58.1%
2020
−57.3%
2024
−60.1%
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
19.1%Harris1,067
79.2%Trump4,416
0.7%Oliver40 +3
R+60.1
R+2.8
R+58.6
5,573
All 6 candidates in 2024 · 4 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican79.2%4,416
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic19.1%1,067
Chase OliverNonpartisan0.7%40
OtherAll other candidates0.5%26
Jill SteinNonpartisan0.2%13
Cornel WestNonpartisan0.2%11
R
20.1%Biden1,118
77.4%Trump4,309
1.9%Jorgensen106
R+57.3
D+0.7
R+61.8
5,566
R
17.5%Clinton878
75.6%Trump3,783
4.5%Johnson224
R+58.1
R+7.7
R+60.1
5,004
R
23.5%Obama1,146
73.9%Romney3,600
1.6%Gray80
R+50.4
R+7.5
R+54.2
4,871
R
27.8%Obama1,332
70.6%McCain3,389
1.6%
R+42.9
D+14.1
R+50.1
4,799
R
20.8%Kerry1,012
77.8%Bush3,785
1.4%
R+57.0
R+8.3
R+54.5
4,866
R
23.7%Gore1,066
72.4%Bush3,251
3.1%Nader141
R+48.7
R+14.7
R+49.2
4,491
R
27.4%Clinton1,172
61.4%Dole2,623
10.7%Perot457
R+33.9
R+3.8
R+42.5
4,274
R
21.5%Clinton994
51.7%Bush2,388
26.4%Perot1,220
R+30.2
D+9.8
R+35.8
4,617
R
29.7%Dukakis1,289
69.7%Bush3,022
0.5%
R+40.0
D+20.1
R+32.3
4,334
R
19.6%Mondale842
79.8%Reagan3,418
0.6%
R+60.1
R+3.4
R+41.9
4,285
R
18.2%Carter778
74.9%Reagan3,200
6.9%
R+56.7
R+23.2
R+47.0
4,271
R
32.0%Carter1,337
65.5%Ford2,737
2.6%
R+33.5
D+19.6
R+35.5
4,181
R
23.5%McGovern907
76.5%Nixon2,960
0.0%
R+53.1
R+7.3
R+29.9
3,867
R
25.1%Humphrey918
70.9%Nixon2,592
3.9%
R+45.8
R+40.3
R+45.1
3,654
R
47.3%Johnson1,886
52.7%Goldwater2,105
0.0%
R+5.5
D+39.8
R+28.1
3,991
R
27.3%Kennedy1,223
72.7%Nixon3,249
0.0%
R+45.3
D+4.6
R+45.5
4,472
R
25.0%Stevenson1,075
75.0%Eisenhower3,217
0.0%
R+49.9
D+2.1
R+34.5
4,292
R
24.0%Stevenson1,130
76.0%Eisenhower3,579
0.0%
R+52.0
R+29.1
R+41.2
4,709
R
38.5%Truman1,509
61.5%Dewey2,406
0.0%
R+22.9
D+16.5
R+27.4
3,915
R
30.3%Roosevelt1,330
69.7%Dewey3,057
0.0%
R+39.4
R+6.7
R+46.9
4,387
R
33.6%Roosevelt1,666
66.4%Willkie3,286
0.0%
R+32.7
R+31.0
R+42.7
4,952
R
48.7%Roosevelt2,653
50.4%Landon2,748
0.9%
R+1.7
R+20.9
R+26.0
5,449
D
58.8%Roosevelt2,969
39.7%Hoover2,003
1.6%
D+19.1
D+57.5
D+1.3
5,051
R
30.4%Smith1,606
68.8%Hoover3,634
0.8%
R+38.4
R+11.8
R+20.9
5,284
R
29.5%Davis1,545
56.1%Coolidge2,935
13.8%La Follette722
R+26.6
D+9.6
R+1.4
5,230
R
30.7%Cox1,356
66.9%Harding2,950
2.4%
R+36.1
R+47.3
R+10.0
4,410
D
54.3%Wilson1,816
43.2%Hughes1,444
2.6%
D+11.1
R+20.7
D+8.0
3,346
D
46.4%Wilson1,433
14.6%Taft450
39.0%
D+31.8
D+30.9
D+12.3
3,088
D
48.3%Bryan1,664
47.4%Taft1,633
4.4%
D+0.9
D+43.9
D+10.5
3,448
R
18.3%Parker551
61.4%Roosevelt1,845
20.3%
R+43.0
R+44.5
R+23.4
3,006
D
49.3%Bryan1,571
47.8%McKinley1,524
2.8%
D+1.5
R+4.6
D+9.0
3,185
D
52.0%Bryan1,562
45.9%McKinley1,380
2.1%
D+6.1
D+39.6
D+12.1
3,006
O
9.4%Cleveland265
43.0%Harrison1,207
47.6%
Weaver +4.7
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R+35.2
2,810
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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
22.1%2,432
77.9%8,589
11,021
2020
R
13.1%678
79.6%4,114
5,166
2018
R
21.8%896
74.9%3,076
4,105
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026R+59.0
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+60.1
Registration and the presidential vote track closely here — within 1.1 points.
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
+28 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +243 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $79,658 in average income, against $102,371 for residents who stayed — 22% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean R+37.6 on average — 22 points more Democratic-leaning than Hamilton County, NE itself (R+60.1).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
Hall County, NE78R+37.6
Where departures went households, 2022–23
Hall County, NE48
Lancaster County, NE39
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 Hamilton County, NE in Hamilton County, NE: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−57
2012
−63
2013
+51
2014
−17
2015
+38
2016
−16
2017
−4
2018
+31
2019
+45
2021
−8
2022
+67
2023
+96
2024
+52
2025
+28
Hamilton County's R+60.4 margin in 2024 places it among the most heavily one-sided counties in the state, a pattern consistent with its small-town, agriculturally rooted demographics and sparse population of roughly 9,400 residents.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 31.8 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 60.1 points in 1984. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 2.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 60.1 points.
A population of 9,464, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $83,994 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Clay County and Pierce 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, Hamilton County, Nebraska voted Republican by 60.1 points (R+60.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 5,573 votes cast, 1,067 went Democratic and 4,416 went Republican.
When did Hamilton County, Nebraska last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Hamilton County, Nebraska voted Democratic was 1932.
How many people live in Hamilton County, Nebraska?
Hamilton County, Nebraska has a population of 9,464 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Hamilton County, Nebraska?
Median household income in Hamilton County, Nebraska is $83,994 — above the national median of $80,734. The Nebraska state median is $76,475.
What is the political history of Hamilton County, Nebraska?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Hamilton County, Nebraska from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 27 went Republican.
