Saline County, Nebraska: New American county. In 2024, voted R+33%. Democratic peak: D+49 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+33MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 14,6502024 5-year
- Median household income
- $79,9102024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 70.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 29.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+49 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+33 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Red Lake County, MN · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Saline CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Saline 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 | +33.0% |
| 1896 | −1.5% |
| 1900 | −5.0% |
| 1904 | −32.9% |
| 1908 | +4.6% |
| 1912 | +19.0% |
| 1916 | +28.1% |
| 1920 | −18.8% |
| 1924 | +4.4% |
| 1928 | +8.3% |
| 1932 | +48.6% |
| 1936 | +34.6% |
| 1940 | +7.0% |
| 1944 | +9.0% |
| 1948 | +15.3% |
| 1952 | −20.4% |
| 1956 | +2.2% |
| 1960 | +10.0% |
| 1964 | +39.7% |
| 1968 | +3.9% |
| 1972 | −3.2% |
| 1976 | +15.5% |
| 1980 | −18.9% |
| 1984 | −10.3% |
| 1988 | +14.0% |
| 1992 | +11.9% |
| 1996 | +11.2% |
| 2000 | −5.1% |
| 2004 | −11.7% |
| 2008 | +4.6% |
| 2012 | −5.4% |
| 2016 | −24.7% |
| 2020 | −28.5% |
| 2024 | −33.1% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 1,855 | 3,734 | 5,671 | ||
| R | 1,986 | 3,631 | 5,780 | ||
| R | 1,733 | 3,004 | 5,136 | ||
| R | 2,289 | 2,557 | 4,958 | ||
| D | 2,674 | 2,434 | 5,251 | ||
| R | 2,420 | 3,071 | 5,566 | ||
| R | 2,321 | 2,581 | 5,145 | ||
| D | 2,523 | 1,945 | 5,175 | ||
| D | 2,425 | 1,740 | 5,765 | ||
| D | 3,125 | 2,355 | 5,509 | ||
| R | 2,385 | 2,942 | 5,394 | ||
| R | 1,908 | 2,934 | 5,416 | ||
| D | 3,205 | 2,330 | 5,662 | ||
| R | 2,654 | 2,828 | 5,482 | ||
| D | 2,543 | 2,341 | 5,234 | ||
| D | 4,125 | 1,780 | 5,905 | ||
| D | 3,523 | 2,881 | 6,404 | ||
| D | 3,395 | 3,248 | 6,643 | ||
| R | 2,792 | 4,221 | 7,013 | ||
| D | 3,598 | 2,641 | 6,239 | ||
| D | 3,899 | 3,255 | 7,154 | ||
| D | 4,229 | 3,673 | 7,902 | ||
| D | 5,480 | 2,637 | 8,206 | ||
| D | 5,831 | 1,993 | 7,896 | ||
| D | 3,955 | 3,347 | 7,328 | ||
| D | 3,123 | 2,834 | 6,576 | ||
| R | 2,172 | 3,197 | 5,449 | ||
| D | 2,646 | 1,469 | 4,185 | ||
| D | 1,942 | 1,185 | 3,985 | ||
| D | 2,249 | 2,048 | 4,406 | ||
| R | 1,108 | 2,390 | 3,894 | ||
| R | 2,018 | 2,238 | 4,362 | ||
| R | 2,004 | 2,068 | 4,178 | ||
| D | 1,704 | 500 | 3,650 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
27.0%
English
7.5%
Irish
5.7%
American
2.2%
French
1.4%
Polish
0.8%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
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: 37.3 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
$79,910
Saline County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Saline County$79,910
Nebraska$76,475
United States$80,734
Saline County ranks in the top 25% 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
8.9%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 188.6%
Working age (18–64)9.1%
Seniors (65+)7.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
71.5%
speak English only
Spanish25.7%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.8%
Other Indo-European0.9%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 52.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Saline County's settlement history—anchored by Czech immigrants in the 19th century—persists in its small-town demographic profile, and its 2024 presidential margin of R+33.2 reflects the broader rural realignment visible across the eastern Nebraska plains.
Saline County has leaned Republican in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of forty-nine points in 1932. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved five points toward the Republican candidate — part of the sharpest rightward shift recorded among any group of places in the country.
Its demographics describe the shift: a 71% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $79,910, and a population of 14,650. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Red Lake County and Audubon County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Saline County, Nebraska vote in 2024?
In 2024, Saline County, Nebraska voted Republican by 33.1 points (R+33), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 5,671 votes cast, 1,855 went Democratic and 3,734 went Republican.
What is Saline County, Nebraska's political typology?
Akashic places Saline County, Nebraska in the "New American" typology — Communities where a large share of households speak a language other than English — multilingual, Democratic-leaning overall, yet the hardest-swinging bloc toward the Republican Party in 2024. 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 20 times, Republican 14 times, and other 0 times.
When did Saline County, Nebraska last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Saline County, Nebraska voted Democratic was 2008.
How many people live in Saline County, Nebraska?
Saline County, Nebraska has a population of 14,650 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Saline County, Nebraska?
Median household income in Saline County, Nebraska is $79,910 — below the national median of $80,734. The Nebraska state median is $76,475.
What is the political history of Saline County, Nebraska?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Saline County, Nebraska from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 20 went Democratic and 14 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.