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
GroupMcPherson CountyNebraskaUnited States
German37.9%31.0%12.5%
English12.2%9.4%9.5%
American8.8%3.5%5.3%
Irish6.9%11.7%9.4%
Swedish6.5%3.1%—
Scottish4.2%—1.3%
Czech1.7%3.4%—
Italian1.3%2.1%4.8%
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
McPherson County
Nebraska
United States
Median age
45.8
37.3
39.1
Age 18–24
15.1%
9.8%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
21.2%
16.8%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
McPherson County
Nebraska
United States
Median household income
$58,684
$76,475
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.2%
10.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
25.7%
34.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
McPherson County
Nebraska
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
4.1%
12.8%
22.3%
Spanish
2.2%
8.5%
13.6%
German or other West Germanic
1.9%
0.3%
0.5%
Religious landscape
Measure
McPherson County
Nebraska
United States
Catholic
—
19.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
11.5%
14.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
66.4%
50.8%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
22.1%
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.
McPherson County, Nebraska
Precinct data
Results by precinct
1 precincts · 283 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
McPherson County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -TRYONTRYON
12
267
4
283
4.2%
94.3%
R+90.1
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−23.3%
1896
+7.5%
1900
−21.8%
1904
−71.6%
1908
−16.1%
1912
+11.4%
1916
+24.5%
1920
−47.1%
1924
−22.2%
1928
−70.4%
1932
+11.4%
1936
−13.0%
1940
−43.3%
1944
−44.9%
1948
−36.2%
1952
−74.0%
1956
−48.3%
1960
−63.8%
1964
−35.6%
1968
−63.2%
1972
−70.9%
1976
−35.1%
1980
−68.8%
1984
−66.9%
1988
−57.9%
1992
−51.1%
1996
−56.8%
2000
−65.1%
2004
−67.3%
2008
−66.6%
2012
−67.4%
2016
−84.7%
2020
−85.4%
2024
−89.8%
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
4.2%Harris12
94.0%Trump267
1.4%Oliver4 +1
R+89.8
R+4.4
R+88.3
284
All 4 candidates in 2024 · 2 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican94.0%267
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic4.2%12
Chase OliverNonpartisan1.4%4
OtherAll other candidates0.4%1
R
5.6%Biden17
91.1%Trump275
3.3%Jorgensen10
R+85.4
R+0.8
R+89.9
302
R
4.9%Clinton14
89.5%Trump257
4.9%Johnson14
R+84.7
R+17.3
R+86.8
287
R
14.1%Obama41
81.4%Romney237
2.1%Gray6
R+67.4
R+0.8
R+71.2
291
R
15.4%Obama45
81.9%McCain240
2.7%
R+66.6
D+0.8
R+73.8
293
R
15.7%Kerry49
83.0%Bush259
1.3%
R+67.3
R+2.2
R+64.9
312
R
15.9%Gore48
81.1%Bush244
0.3%Nader1
R+65.1
R+8.3
R+65.6
301
R
15.5%Clinton50
72.4%Dole233
10.2%Perot33
R+56.8
R+5.8
R+65.4
322
R
14.9%Clinton49
66.0%Bush217
18.8%Perot62
R+51.1
D+6.8
R+56.6
329
R
20.5%Dukakis60
78.4%Bush229
1.0%
R+57.9
D+9.0
R+50.1
292
R
16.0%Mondale57
82.9%Reagan295
1.1%
R+66.9
D+2.0
R+48.6
356
R
14.3%Carter49
83.1%Reagan285
2.6%
R+68.8
R+33.7
R+59.1
343
R
31.2%Carter104
66.4%Ford221
2.4%
R+35.1
D+35.8
R+37.2
333
R
14.5%McGovern42
85.5%Nixon247
0.0%
R+70.9
R+7.7
R+47.8
289
R
12.9%Humphrey40
76.1%Nixon236
11.0%
R+63.2
R+27.6
R+62.5
310
R
32.2%Johnson104
67.8%Goldwater219
0.0%
R+35.6
D+28.2
R+58.2
323
R
18.1%Kennedy67
81.9%Nixon303
0.0%
R+63.8
R+15.5
R+63.9
370
R
25.9%Stevenson98
74.1%Eisenhower281
0.0%
R+48.3
D+25.7
R+32.9
379
R
13.0%Stevenson53
87.0%Eisenhower355
0.0%
R+74.0
R+37.9
R+63.3
408
R
31.9%Truman98
68.1%Dewey209
0.0%
R+36.2
D+8.7
R+40.6
307
R
27.6%Roosevelt118
72.4%Dewey310
0.0%
R+44.9
R+1.6
R+52.4
428
R
28.4%Roosevelt164
71.6%Willkie414
0.0%
R+43.3
R+30.2
R+53.2
578
R
42.8%Roosevelt250
55.8%Landon326
1.4%
R+13.0
R+24.4
R+37.3
584
D
54.9%Roosevelt367
43.5%Hoover291
1.6%
D+11.4
D+81.8
R+6.4
669
R
13.9%Smith69
84.3%Hoover419
1.8%
R+70.4
R+48.3
R+53.0
497
O
18.2%Davis96
40.3%Coolidge213
39.2%La Follette207
La Follette +1.1
D+24.9
D+3.0
528
R
22.9%Cox75
70.0%Harding229
7.0%
R+47.1
R+71.6
R+20.9
327
D
57.9%Wilson184
33.3%Hughes106
8.8%
D+24.5
D+13.1
D+21.4
318
O
31.2%Wilson180
19.8%Taft114
49.0%
Roosevelt +17.9
D+27.6
R+8.1
577
R
38.6%Bryan165
54.7%Taft234
6.8%
R+16.1
D+55.5
R+6.6
428
R
9.0%Parker12
80.6%Roosevelt108
10.4%
R+71.6
R+49.8
R+52.0
134
R
38.0%Bryan54
59.9%McKinley85
2.1%
R+21.8
R+29.3
R+14.3
142
D
53.8%Bryan43
46.3%McKinley37
0.0%
D+7.5
D+30.8
D+13.6
80
R
17.8%Cleveland13
41.1%Harrison30
41.1%
R+23.3
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R+24.9
73
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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
9.5%53
90.5%505
558
2020
R
4.1%12
89.3%260
291
2018
R
8.4%22
87.0%228
262
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026R+82.8
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+89.8
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 7.0 points more Democratic.
Domestic migration in McPherson County, NE in McPherson County, NE: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+15
2012
−44
2013
+19
2014
−20
2015
−22
2016
+17
2017
−7
2018
−1
2019
+2
2021
−10
2022
−5
2023
−2
2024
−6
2025
−7
McPherson County's 533 residents are spread across 859 square miles of Sandhills ranching country, and in 2024 it recorded a 90-point Republican presidential margin — one of the widest of any county in the United States.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 24.5 points in 1916 and a Republican high of 89.8 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 4.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 89.8 points.
A population of 475, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $58,684 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Ottawa County and Frontier 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, McPherson County, Nebraska voted Republican by 89.8 points (R+89.8), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 284 votes cast, 12 went Democratic and 267 went Republican.
When did McPherson County, Nebraska last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which McPherson County, Nebraska voted Democratic was 1932.
How many people live in McPherson County, Nebraska?
McPherson County, Nebraska has a population of 475 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in McPherson County, Nebraska?
Median household income in McPherson County, Nebraska is $58,684 — below the national median of $80,734. The Nebraska state median is $76,475.
What is the political history of McPherson County, Nebraska?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in McPherson County, Nebraska from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 3 went Democratic and 29 went Republican.
