Hitchcock County, Nebraska: Evangelical Deep South county. In 2024, voted R+78%. Republican peak: R+78 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+78MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Evangelical Deep SouthAkashic typology
- Population
- 2,5692024 5-year
- Median household income
- $51,5672024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 94.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+34 in 1892MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+78 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Morrill County, NE · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Hitchcock CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Hitchcock County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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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 | +33.8% |
| 1896 | +7.2% |
| 1900 | +7.9% |
| 1904 | −44.1% |
| 1908 | −0.1% |
| 1912 | +32.5% |
| 1916 | +24.8% |
| 1920 | −28.0% |
| 1924 | −16.4% |
| 1928 | −48.3% |
| 1932 | +20.2% |
| 1936 | +14.9% |
| 1940 | −16.7% |
| 1944 | −27.9% |
| 1948 | −13.4% |
| 1952 | −50.0% |
| 1956 | −35.9% |
| 1960 | −41.3% |
| 1964 | −9.7% |
| 1968 | −44.8% |
| 1972 | −57.3% |
| 1976 | −6.5% |
| 1980 | −58.3% |
| 1984 | −60.4% |
| 1988 | −40.0% |
| 1992 | −26.9% |
| 1996 | −36.2% |
| 2000 | −55.0% |
| 2004 | −58.9% |
| 2008 | −47.5% |
| 2012 | −60.5% |
| 2016 | −73.0% |
| 2020 | −74.1% |
| 2024 | −77.6% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 152 | 1,269 | 1,439 | ||
| R | 175 | 1,264 | 1,470 | ||
| R | 161 | 1,232 | 1,468 | ||
| R | 274 | 1,178 | 1,495 | ||
| R | 346 | 1,001 | 1,379 | ||
| R | 296 | 1,171 | 1,486 | ||
| R | 312 | 1,126 | 1,480 | ||
| R | 409 | 977 | 1,569 | ||
| R | 359 | 824 | 1,731 | ||
| R | 480 | 1,132 | 1,630 | ||
| R | 341 | 1,391 | 1,739 | ||
| R | 329 | 1,474 | 1,963 | ||
| R | 786 | 898 | 1,732 | ||
| R | 364 | 1,339 | 1,703 | ||
| R | 387 | 1,173 | 1,753 | ||
| R | 946 | 1,149 | 2,095 | ||
| R | 678 | 1,634 | 2,312 | ||
| R | 741 | 1,570 | 2,311 | ||
| R | 669 | 2,008 | 2,677 | ||
| R | 923 | 1,208 | 2,131 | ||
| R | 877 | 1,556 | 2,433 | ||
| R | 1,188 | 1,663 | 2,851 | ||
| D | 1,738 | 1,285 | 3,045 | ||
| D | 1,772 | 1,168 | 2,983 | ||
| R | 698 | 2,022 | 2,743 | ||
| R | 633 | 987 | 2,155 | ||
| R | 615 | 1,127 | 1,830 | ||
| D | 733 | 435 | 1,203 | ||
| D | 471 | 128 | 1,057 | ||
| R | 632 | 633 | 1,296 | ||
| R | 166 | 598 | 979 | ||
| D | 528 | 450 | 992 | ||
| D | 487 | 421 | 918 | ||
| O | 495 | 76 | 1,238 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
29.4%
Irish
10.4%
English
9.5%
American
6.9%
Scottish
3.2%
Italian
2.4%
Polish
1.4%
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: 45.5 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
$51,567
Hitchcock County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Hitchcock County$51,567
Nebraska$76,475
United States$80,734
Hitchcock County ranks in the bottom 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
12.8%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1813.3%
Working age (18–64)11.9%
Seniors (65+)16.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
98.5%
speak English only
Asian & Pacific Islander0.9%
Spanish0.5%
Other Indo-European0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 47.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
With roughly 3,100 residents spread across the Republican Platte River shortgrass plains, Hitchcock County recorded a 78-point presidential margin in 2024—among the widest in the state and a signal of how consolidation in rural agricultural counties has accelerated over recent cycles.
The Republican margin here reached its widest at seventy-eight points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved four points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was seventy-eight points.
A median household income of $51,567, a 13% poverty rate, and a 94% non-Hispanic-white share describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Morrill County and Furnas County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Hitchcock County, Nebraska vote in 2024?
In 2024, Hitchcock County, Nebraska voted Republican by 77.6 points (R+78), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,439 votes cast, 152 went Democratic and 1,269 went Republican.
What is Hitchcock County, Nebraska's political typology?
Akashic places Hitchcock County, Nebraska in the "Evangelical Deep South" typology — Deeply Republican, heavily Baptist counties of the Deep South. 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 6 times, Republican 27 times, and other 1 times.
When did Hitchcock County, Nebraska last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Hitchcock County, Nebraska voted Democratic was 1936.
How many people live in Hitchcock County, Nebraska?
Hitchcock County, Nebraska has a population of 2,569 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Hitchcock County, Nebraska?
Median household income in Hitchcock County, Nebraska is $51,567 — below the national median of $80,734. The Nebraska state median is $76,475.
What is the political history of Hitchcock County, Nebraska?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Hitchcock County, Nebraska from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 27 went Republican. The county's typology — "Evangelical Deep South" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.