Pawnee County, Nebraska: Sunbelt Conservative county. In 2024, voted R+58%. Republican peak: R+58 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+58MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Sunbelt ConservativeAkashic typology
- Population
- 2,5302024 5-year
- Median household income
- $62,1882024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 95.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 1.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+44 in 1892MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+58 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Webster County, MO · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Pawnee CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Pawnee 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 | +44.2% |
| 1896 | −11.9% |
| 1900 | −17.8% |
| 1904 | −46.3% |
| 1908 | −13.2% |
| 1912 | +15.4% |
| 1916 | −2.3% |
| 1920 | −42.8% |
| 1924 | −20.3% |
| 1928 | −29.1% |
| 1932 | +25.3% |
| 1936 | +5.1% |
| 1940 | −24.7% |
| 1944 | −27.7% |
| 1948 | −15.2% |
| 1952 | −50.0% |
| 1956 | −28.3% |
| 1960 | −26.3% |
| 1964 | −2.4% |
| 1968 | −31.2% |
| 1972 | −42.5% |
| 1976 | −7.7% |
| 1980 | −49.5% |
| 1984 | −40.0% |
| 1988 | −11.8% |
| 1992 | −5.8% |
| 1996 | −11.9% |
| 2000 | −27.3% |
| 2004 | −34.1% |
| 2008 | −27.2% |
| 2012 | −37.2% |
| 2016 | −52.4% |
| 2020 | −52.4% |
| 2024 | −57.8% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 284 | 1,085 | 1,385 | ||
| R | 322 | 1,071 | 1,429 | ||
| R | 279 | 974 | 1,327 | ||
| R | 400 | 899 | 1,341 | ||
| R | 483 | 859 | 1,384 | ||
| R | 481 | 986 | 1,483 | ||
| R | 522 | 937 | 1,519 | ||
| R | 580 | 766 | 1,569 | ||
| R | 566 | 670 | 1,808 | ||
| R | 767 | 975 | 1,758 | ||
| R | 552 | 1,306 | 1,884 | ||
| R | 431 | 1,418 | 1,993 | ||
| R | 845 | 990 | 1,873 | ||
| R | 524 | 1,299 | 1,823 | ||
| R | 583 | 1,209 | 2,005 | ||
| R | 1,111 | 1,166 | 2,277 | ||
| R | 1,009 | 1,728 | 2,737 | ||
| R | 1,022 | 1,830 | 2,852 | ||
| R | 810 | 2,432 | 3,242 | ||
| R | 1,271 | 1,725 | 2,996 | ||
| R | 1,275 | 2,254 | 3,529 | ||
| R | 1,596 | 2,643 | 4,239 | ||
| D | 2,297 | 2,074 | 4,404 | ||
| D | 2,641 | 1,568 | 4,249 | ||
| R | 1,547 | 2,825 | 4,394 | ||
| R | 1,365 | 2,147 | 3,844 | ||
| R | 972 | 2,510 | 3,592 | ||
| R | 1,171 | 1,228 | 2,473 | ||
| D | 958 | 593 | 2,366 | ||
| R | 1,115 | 1,468 | 2,672 | ||
| R | 562 | 1,739 | 2,543 | ||
| R | 1,121 | 1,632 | 2,868 | ||
| R | 1,163 | 1,486 | 2,724 | ||
| D | 1,266 | 231 | 2,339 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
39.4%
Irish
13.8%
English
10.0%
French
2.1%
Scottish
1.8%
American
1.6%
Italian
1.0%
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: 44.9 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
$62,188
Pawnee County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Pawnee County$62,188
Nebraska$76,475
United States$80,734
Pawnee 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
13.5%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 187.7%
Working age (18–64)14.2%
Seniors (65+)21.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
91.3%
speak English only
Other Indo-European8.0%
Spanish0.5%
Other languages0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 57.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Pawnee County, anchored by the small county seat of Pawnee City, sits in the state's southeast corner and has delivered some of the widest presidential margins in Nebraska, reflecting the heavily rural, agricultural character of its roughly 3,000 residents.
The Republican margin here reached fifty-eight points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved five points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was fifty-eight points.
A median household income of $62,188, a 95% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 2,530 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Webster County and Bourbon County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Pawnee County, Nebraska vote in 2024?
In 2024, Pawnee County, Nebraska voted Republican by 57.8 points (R+58), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,385 votes cast, 284 went Democratic and 1,085 went Republican.
What is Pawnee County, Nebraska's political typology?
Akashic places Pawnee County, Nebraska in the "Sunbelt Conservative" typology — Affluent, predominantly white Sunbelt counties — reliably Republican. 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 4 times, Republican 30 times, and other 0 times.
When did Pawnee County, Nebraska last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Pawnee County, Nebraska voted Democratic was 1936.
How many people live in Pawnee County, Nebraska?
Pawnee County, Nebraska has a population of 2,530 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Pawnee County, Nebraska?
Median household income in Pawnee County, Nebraska is $62,188 — below the national median of $80,734. The Nebraska state median is $76,475.
What is the political history of Pawnee County, Nebraska?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Pawnee County, Nebraska from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 4 went Democratic and 30 went Republican. The county's typology — "Sunbelt Conservative" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.