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
GroupNance CountyNebraskaUnited States
German37.5%31.0%12.5%
Polish17.4%2.7%2.2%
Irish11.7%11.7%9.4%
English11.6%9.4%9.5%
Swedish6.4%3.1%—
American3.8%3.5%5.3%
Czech2.9%3.4%—
Danish2.6%——
Mexican1.7%8.7%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.5%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
Nance County
Nebraska
United States
Median age
43.1
37.3
39.1
Age 18–24
7.6%
9.8%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
21.4%
16.8%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Nance County
Nebraska
United States
Median household income
$65,179
$76,475
$84,427
Poverty rate
16.6%
10.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
20.1%
34.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Nance County
Nebraska
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
2.4%
12.8%
22.3%
Spanish
1.2%
8.5%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Nance County
Nebraska
United States
Catholic
37.6%
19.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
6.1%
14.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
40.6%
50.8%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
15.7%
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.
Nance County, Nebraska
Precinct data
Results by precinct
5 precincts · 1,837 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Nance County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
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%Harris352
79.3%Trump1,462
0.7%Oliver13 +3
R+60.2
R+1.4
R+58.7
1,844
All 6 candidates in 2024 · 4 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican79.3%1,462
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic19.1%352
Chase OliverNonpartisan0.7%13
Jill SteinNonpartisan0.4%8
OtherAll other candidates0.4%7
Cornel WestNonpartisan0.1%2
R
19.6%Biden359
78.4%Trump1,437
1.7%Jorgensen32
R+58.8
D+1.6
R+63.3
1,832
R
17.3%Clinton281
77.8%Trump1,261
3.0%Johnson48
R+60.5
R+21.9
R+62.5
1,621
R
29.7%Obama481
68.2%Romney1,106
1.1%Gray18
R+38.6
R+5.3
R+42.4
1,621
R
32.2%Obama549
65.4%McCain1,116
2.5%
R+33.2
D+11.7
R+40.5
1,707
R
26.5%Kerry459
71.5%Bush1,237
2.0%
R+44.9
R+8.4
R+42.5
1,731
R
29.8%Gore497
66.4%Bush1,105
2.8%Nader46
R+36.5
R+18.7
R+37.0
1,665
R
33.9%Clinton585
51.7%Dole892
13.8%Perot238
R+17.8
R+3.1
R+26.3
1,724
R
28.1%Clinton559
42.8%Bush851
28.6%Perot569
R+14.7
D+5.0
R+20.3
1,987
R
39.9%Dukakis794
59.5%Bush1,185
0.6%
R+19.6
D+25.3
R+11.9
1,990
R
27.2%Mondale525
72.1%Reagan1,393
0.7%
R+45.0
R+3.8
R+26.7
1,931
R
26.2%Carter561
67.3%Reagan1,442
6.5%
R+41.1
R+32.4
R+31.4
2,143
R
44.3%Carter936
53.1%Ford1,121
2.7%
R+8.8
D+28.8
R+10.8
2,113
R
31.2%McGovern641
68.8%Nixon1,413
0.0%
R+37.6
R+8.1
R+14.4
2,054
R
31.3%Humphrey677
60.8%Nixon1,316
7.9%
R+29.5
R+36.3
R+28.8
2,165
D
53.4%Johnson1,323
46.6%Goldwater1,155
0.0%
D+6.8
D+32.1
R+15.8
2,478
R
37.3%Kennedy1,012
62.7%Nixon1,699
0.0%
R+25.3
D+13.8
R+25.5
2,711
R
30.5%Stevenson779
69.5%Eisenhower1,779
0.0%
R+39.1
D+8.4
R+23.7
2,558
R
26.2%Stevenson751
73.8%Eisenhower2,112
0.0%
R+47.5
R+34.0
R+36.8
2,863
R
43.2%Truman1,019
56.8%Dewey1,339
0.0%
R+13.6
D+7.2
R+18.1
2,358
R
39.6%Roosevelt1,113
60.4%Dewey1,697
0.0%
R+20.8
R+5.2
R+28.3
2,810
R
42.2%Roosevelt1,435
57.8%Willkie1,963
0.0%
R+15.5
R+21.9
R+25.5
3,398
D
52.5%Roosevelt2,012
46.2%Landon1,770
1.3%
D+6.3
R+29.8
R+17.9
3,831
D
67.7%Roosevelt2,479
31.6%Hoover1,156
0.7%
D+36.1
D+63.1
D+18.3
3,661
R
36.3%Smith1,318
63.3%Hoover2,299
0.4%
R+27.0
R+13.6
R+9.5
3,633
R
34.0%Davis1,130
47.4%Coolidge1,574
18.2%La Follette603
R+13.4
D+28.5
D+11.8
3,319
R
27.6%Cox746
69.5%Harding1,877
2.9%
R+41.9
R+52.9
R+15.7
2,701
D
54.6%Wilson1,165
43.6%Hughes930
1.9%
D+11.0
D+6.5
D+7.9
2,135
D
37.2%Wilson716
32.7%Taft630
30.2%
D+4.5
D+12.0
R+15.1
1,927
R
45.0%Bryan926
52.5%Taft1,082
2.5%
R+7.6
D+41.5
D+2.0
2,059
R
17.2%Parker311
66.3%Roosevelt1,198
16.5%
R+49.1
R+37.1
R+29.4
1,807
R
42.8%Bryan853
54.8%McKinley1,091
2.4%
R+11.9
R+24.1
R+4.4
1,992
D
55.5%Bryan951
43.4%McKinley743
1.1%
D+12.1
D+48.2
D+18.2
1,712
O
6.0%Cleveland87
42.1%Harrison614
52.0%
Weaver +9.9
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R+37.8
1,460
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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
24.5%881
75.5%2,717
3,598
2020
R
14.4%242
80.3%1,353
1,685
2018
R
25.5%315
71.5%885
1,237
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026R+50.1
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+60.2
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 10 points more Democratic.
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
+17 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −172 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $48,036 in average income, against $67,409 for residents who stayed — 29% 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 Nance County, NE in Nance County, NE: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+5
2012
−49
2013
−118
2014
−11
2015
+51
2016
−10
2017
+11
2018
−49
2019
+3
2021
+9
2022
−32
2023
−25
2024
+26
2025
+17
Nance County's population has shrunk steadily for decades, and its remaining electorate—overwhelmingly non-Hispanic white and agriculture-dependent—delivered a 60-point Republican margin in the 2024 presidential race.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 36.1 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 60.5 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 1.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 60.2 points.
A population of 3,324, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $65,179 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Howard County and Valley 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, Nance County, Nebraska voted Republican by 60.2 points (R+60.2), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,844 votes cast, 352 went Democratic and 1,462 went Republican.
When did Nance County, Nebraska last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Nance County, Nebraska voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Nance County, Nebraska?
Nance County, Nebraska has a population of 3,324 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Nance County, Nebraska?
Median household income in Nance County, Nebraska is $65,179 — below the national median of $80,734. The Nebraska state median is $76,475.
What is the political history of Nance County, Nebraska?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Nance County, Nebraska from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 27 went Republican.
