Lincoln County, Nebraska: Stable Rural Right county. In 2024, voted R+55%. Republican peak: R+57 in 2016.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+55MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
- Population
- 33,8022024 5-year
- Median household income
- $65,1482024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 88.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 9.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+34 in 1892MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+57 in 2016MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Jackson County, KS · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Lincoln CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Lincoln 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 | +34.1% |
| 1896 | +11.2% |
| 1900 | −8.3% |
| 1904 | −49.4% |
| 1908 | −5.0% |
| 1912 | +13.8% |
| 1916 | +23.3% |
| 1920 | −24.8% |
| 1924 | −21.3% |
| 1928 | −42.3% |
| 1932 | +31.4% |
| 1936 | +26.7% |
| 1940 | −8.7% |
| 1944 | −15.8% |
| 1948 | −3.4% |
| 1952 | −38.0% |
| 1956 | −25.4% |
| 1960 | −23.0% |
| 1964 | +14.5% |
| 1968 | −24.4% |
| 1972 | −39.9% |
| 1976 | −13.5% |
| 1980 | −40.6% |
| 1984 | −40.6% |
| 1988 | −15.8% |
| 1992 | −12.1% |
| 1996 | −15.7% |
| 2000 | −26.6% |
| 2004 | −38.0% |
| 2008 | −35.5% |
| 2012 | −40.1% |
| 2016 | −57.3% |
| 2020 | −54.6% |
| 2024 | −55.0% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 3,586 | 12,674 | 16,530 | ||
| R | 3,692 | 13,071 | 17,163 | ||
| R | 2,913 | 12,164 | 16,131 | ||
| R | 4,450 | 10,728 | 15,655 | ||
| R | 5,046 | 10,817 | 16,277 | ||
| R | 4,905 | 11,056 | 16,199 | ||
| R | 5,205 | 9,220 | 15,114 | ||
| R | 5,165 | 7,482 | 14,804 | ||
| R | 5,158 | 7,054 | 15,661 | ||
| R | 6,118 | 8,425 | 14,634 | ||
| R | 4,509 | 10,717 | 15,307 | ||
| R | 3,768 | 9,643 | 14,479 | ||
| R | 5,355 | 7,076 | 12,739 | ||
| R | 3,220 | 7,502 | 10,722 | ||
| R | 3,491 | 5,996 | 10,269 | ||
| D | 6,446 | 4,811 | 11,257 | ||
| R | 4,812 | 7,685 | 12,497 | ||
| R | 4,475 | 7,523 | 11,998 | ||
| R | 3,726 | 8,292 | 12,018 | ||
| R | 4,131 | 4,419 | 8,550 | ||
| R | 4,344 | 5,969 | 10,313 | ||
| R | 4,960 | 5,908 | 10,868 | ||
| D | 6,742 | 3,857 | 10,796 | ||
| D | 6,047 | 3,082 | 9,431 | ||
| R | 2,381 | 5,946 | 8,425 | ||
| R | 1,373 | 2,857 | 6,979 | ||
| R | 1,896 | 3,342 | 5,822 | ||
| D | 2,192 | 1,309 | 3,782 | ||
| O | 1,129 | 690 | 3,190 | ||
| R | 1,382 | 1,541 | 3,182 | ||
| R | 328 | 1,449 | 2,268 | ||
| R | 1,169 | 1,386 | 2,612 | ||
| D | 1,358 | 1,078 | 2,503 | ||
| O | 969 | 168 | 2,346 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
33.2%
Irish
14.7%
English
12.8%
American
4.4%
Polish
2.1%
Scottish
2.0%
French
1.7%
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: 42.4 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
$65,148
Lincoln County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Lincoln County$65,148
Nebraska$76,475
United States$80,734
Lincoln 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
12.4%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1815.9%
Working age (18–64)11.4%
Seniors (65+)10.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
94.9%
speak English only
Spanish3.7%
Other Indo-European1.1%
Other languages0.2%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 74.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Lincoln County anchors Nebraska's high-plains interior, where ranching and agriculture have sustained lopsided Republican margins for decades — the 2024 presidential result of R+55.2 reflects a regional pattern as consistent as the surrounding landscape.
The Republican margin here reached fifty-seven points in 2016. The 2024 margin was fifty-five points.
A population of 33,802, a 88% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $65,148 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Jackson County and Lawrence County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Lincoln County, Nebraska vote in 2024?
In 2024, Lincoln County, Nebraska voted Republican by 55.0 points (R+55), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 16,530 votes cast, 3,586 went Democratic and 12,674 went Republican.
What is Lincoln County, Nebraska's political typology?
Akashic places Lincoln County, Nebraska in the "Stable Rural Right" typology — Mountain, Plains, and rural Republican counties already near their ceiling, with little further room to swing. 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 27 times, and other 2 times.
When did Lincoln County, Nebraska last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Lincoln County, Nebraska voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Lincoln County, Nebraska?
Lincoln County, Nebraska has a population of 33,802 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lincoln County, Nebraska?
Median household income in Lincoln County, Nebraska is $65,148 — below the national median of $80,734. The Nebraska state median is $76,475.
What is the political history of Lincoln County, Nebraska?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Lincoln County, Nebraska from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 27 went Republican. The county's typology — "Stable Rural Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.