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
GroupKimball CountyNebraskaUnited States
German27.2%31.0%12.5%
Irish11.7%11.7%9.4%
English9.7%9.4%9.5%
Swedish6.2%3.1%—
American4.2%3.5%5.3%
Polish3.0%2.7%2.2%
Scotch-Irish2.9%——
Norwegian2.6%——
Mexican7.4%8.7%11.3%
Spanish0.6%0.2%—
Honduran0.3%0.2%0.3%
Cuban0.2%0.4%0.7%
Chilean0.2%——
Kenyan1.3%——
African American†0.2%3.7%9.9%
Somali0.2%——
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
Kimball County
Nebraska
United States
Median age
49.8
37.3
39.1
Age 18–24
5.5%
9.8%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
28.1%
16.8%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Kimball County
Nebraska
United States
Median household income
$56,712
$76,475
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.2%
10.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
15.0%
34.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Kimball County
Nebraska
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
4.5%
12.8%
22.3%
Spanish
2.0%
8.5%
13.6%
Other languages
2.1%
0.6%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Kimball County
Nebraska
United States
Catholic
13.6%
19.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
10.8%
14.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
56.3%
50.8%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
16.0%
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.
Kimball County, Nebraska
Precinct data
Results by precinct
5 precincts · 1,720 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Kimball County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -WARD 1WARD 1
120
509
15
644
18.6%
79.0%
R+60.4
Precinct -WARD 2WARD 2
71
335
6
412
17.2%
81.3%
R+64.1
Precinct -ANTELOPEANTELOPE
38
289
1
328
11.6%
88.1%
R+76.5
Precinct -DIXDIX
19
171
1
191
9.9%
89.5%
R+79.6
Precinct -BUSHNELLBUSHNELL
24
120
1
145
16.6%
82.8%
R+66.2
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−37.4%
1896
−21.2%
1900
−46.8%
1904
−69.1%
1908
−25.8%
1912
+8.8%
1916
+25.4%
1920
−44.0%
1924
−33.9%
1928
−49.0%
1932
+22.5%
1936
+14.5%
1940
−23.6%
1944
−34.0%
1948
−20.8%
1952
−55.2%
1956
−41.6%
1960
−35.9%
1964
−11.8%
1968
−48.6%
1972
−58.1%
1976
−28.0%
1980
−57.6%
1984
−66.8%
1988
−41.3%
1992
−29.2%
1996
−27.1%
2000
−54.9%
2004
−59.9%
2008
−50.1%
2012
−49.8%
2016
−65.6%
2020
−69.0%
2024
−66.9%
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
15.8%Harris272
82.7%Trump1,424
1.0%Oliver17 +3
R+66.9
D+2.1
R+65.4
1,722
All 6 candidates in 2024 · 4 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican82.7%1,424
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic15.8%272
Chase OliverNonpartisan1.0%17
Jill SteinNonpartisan0.2%4
Cornel WestNonpartisan0.2%3
OtherAll other candidates0.1%2
R
14.3%Biden268
83.3%Trump1,563
2.3%Jorgensen43
R+69.0
R+3.4
R+73.4
1,877
R
13.7%Clinton230
79.3%Trump1,330
4.7%Johnson78
R+65.6
R+15.8
R+67.7
1,677
R
23.4%Obama395
73.2%Romney1,235
2.3%Gray38
R+49.8
D+0.3
R+53.6
1,687
R
24.2%Obama439
74.3%McCain1,346
1.4%
R+50.1
D+9.9
R+57.4
1,811
R
19.5%Kerry366
79.4%Bush1,491
1.1%
R+59.9
R+5.0
R+57.5
1,877
R
20.8%Gore379
75.8%Bush1,379
2.3%Nader41
R+54.9
R+27.8
R+55.5
1,820
R
29.5%Clinton527
56.7%Dole1,011
11.9%Perot212
R+27.1
D+2.1
R+35.7
1,784
R
22.8%Clinton408
52.0%Bush931
24.7%Perot441
R+29.2
D+12.1
R+34.8
1,789
R
28.6%Dukakis540
69.9%Bush1,321
1.5%
R+41.3
D+25.5
R+33.6
1,890
R
16.2%Mondale339
83.1%Reagan1,734
0.7%
R+66.8
R+9.3
R+48.6
2,087
R
18.0%Carter385
75.6%Reagan1,615
6.4%
R+57.6
R+29.5
R+47.8
2,136
R
34.8%Carter696
62.8%Ford1,257
2.4%
R+28.0
D+30.1
R+30.1
2,001
R
20.9%McGovern437
79.1%Nixon1,650
0.0%
R+58.1
R+9.5
R+35.0
2,087
R
20.0%Humphrey414
68.6%Nixon1,423
11.4%
R+48.6
R+36.9
R+48.0
2,074
R
44.1%Johnson1,242
55.9%Goldwater1,573
0.0%
R+11.8
D+24.1
R+34.3
2,815
R
32.1%Kennedy1,016
67.9%Nixon2,152
0.0%
R+35.9
D+5.7
R+36.0
3,168
R
29.2%Stevenson656
70.8%Eisenhower1,590
0.0%
R+41.6
D+13.6
R+26.2
2,246
R
22.4%Stevenson475
77.6%Eisenhower1,646
0.0%
R+55.2
R+34.5
R+44.5
2,121
R
39.6%Truman672
60.4%Dewey1,024
0.0%
R+20.8
D+13.2
R+25.2
1,696
R
33.0%Roosevelt576
67.0%Dewey1,169
0.0%
R+34.0
R+10.3
R+41.5
1,745
R
38.2%Roosevelt735
61.8%Willkie1,190
0.0%
R+23.6
R+38.2
R+33.6
1,925
D
56.0%Roosevelt1,137
41.4%Landon842
2.6%
D+14.5
R+8.0
R+9.7
2,032
D
60.1%Roosevelt1,268
37.6%Hoover793
2.3%
D+22.5
D+71.5
D+4.7
2,110
R
25.0%Smith438
74.0%Hoover1,296
1.0%
R+49.0
R+15.1
R+31.5
1,751
R
17.3%Davis253
51.2%Coolidge750
31.5%La Follette461
R+33.9
D+10.0
R+8.8
1,464
R
26.1%Cox339
70.1%Harding910
3.8%
R+44.0
R+69.4
R+17.8
1,299
D
59.8%Wilson388
34.4%Hughes223
5.9%
D+25.4
D+16.6
D+22.3
649
O
26.7%Wilson109
17.8%Taft73
55.5%
Roosevelt +28.9
D+34.6
R+10.7
409
R
34.7%Bryan124
60.5%Taft216
4.8%
R+25.8
D+43.3
R+16.2
357
R
11.2%Parker20
80.3%Roosevelt143
8.4%
R+69.1
R+22.3
R+49.4
178
R
25.3%Bryan48
72.1%McKinley137
2.6%
R+46.8
R+25.6
R+39.3
190
R
37.6%Bryan62
58.8%McKinley97
3.6%
R+21.2
D+16.2
R+15.1
165
R
10.6%Cleveland24
48.0%Harrison109
41.4%
R+37.4
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R+39.1
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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
21.3%718
78.7%2,650
3,368
2020
R
13.5%244
80.4%1,458
1,814
2018
R
14.6%202
81.4%1,122
1,379
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026R+60.4
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+66.9
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 6.5 points more Democratic.
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
+83 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −178 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $42,716 in average income, against $71,935 for residents who stayed — 41% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
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 Kimball County, NE in Kimball County, NE: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−39
2012
+16
2013
−107
2014
+30
2015
−22
2016
−43
2017
−78
2018
+12
2019
+62
2021
+25
2022
−57
2023
−36
2024
−24
2025
+83
Kimball County sits in the southwestern Panhandle where ranching and dryland farming define the economy; its R+67 presidential margin in 2024 placed it among the most one-sided counties in the state.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 25.4 points in 1916 and a Republican high of 69.1 points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 2.1 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 66.9 points.
A population of 3,248, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $56,712 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Garden County and Niobrara 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, Kimball County, Nebraska voted Republican by 66.9 points (R+66.9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,722 votes cast, 272 went Democratic and 1,424 went Republican.
When did Kimball County, Nebraska last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Kimball County, Nebraska voted Democratic was 1936.
How many people live in Kimball County, Nebraska?
Kimball County, Nebraska has a population of 3,248 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Kimball County, Nebraska?
Median household income in Kimball County, Nebraska is $56,712 — below the national median of $80,734. The Nebraska state median is $76,475.
What is the political history of Kimball County, Nebraska?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Kimball County, Nebraska from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 3 went Democratic and 30 went Republican.
