Sarpy County, Nebraska: Realigning Affluent Suburb county. In 2024, voted R+12%. Republican peak: R+49 in 1972.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+12MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Realigning Affluent SuburbAkashic typology
- Population
- 197,3892024 5-year
- Median household income
- $103,3212024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 79.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 4.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 11.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+45 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+49 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Boone County, IN · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Sarpy CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Sarpy 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 | +15.5% |
| 1896 | +26.6% |
| 1900 | +15.5% |
| 1904 | −17.4% |
| 1908 | +8.6% |
| 1912 | +25.3% |
| 1916 | +19.3% |
| 1920 | −22.8% |
| 1924 | −4.5% |
| 1928 | −2.8% |
| 1932 | +45.4% |
| 1936 | +31.4% |
| 1940 | +7.9% |
| 1944 | +0.2% |
| 1948 | +5.4% |
| 1952 | −18.1% |
| 1956 | −20.9% |
| 1960 | −10.6% |
| 1964 | +11.6% |
| 1968 | −21.9% |
| 1972 | −49.4% |
| 1976 | −23.0% |
| 1980 | −42.5% |
| 1984 | −49.2% |
| 1988 | −29.6% |
| 1992 | −24.0% |
| 1996 | −25.6% |
| 2000 | −31.7% |
| 2004 | −38.9% |
| 2008 | −15.9% |
| 2012 | −23.1% |
| 2016 | −21.2% |
| 2020 | −11.2% |
| 2024 | −11.6% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 43,825 | 55,567 | 101,299 | ||
| R | 41,206 | 51,979 | 96,193 | ||
| R | 28,033 | 45,143 | 80,580 | ||
| R | 26,671 | 43,213 | 71,490 | ||
| R | 28,010 | 38,816 | 68,022 | ||
| R | 17,455 | 40,163 | 58,334 | ||
| R | 14,637 | 28,979 | 45,278 | ||
| R | 12,806 | 23,023 | 39,877 | ||
| R | 10,741 | 20,516 | 40,673 | ||
| R | 10,947 | 20,192 | 31,285 | ||
| R | 6,838 | 20,192 | 27,160 | ||
| R | 5,689 | 15,552 | 23,202 | ||
| R | 7,385 | 11,917 | 19,716 | ||
| R | 3,904 | 11,514 | 15,418 | ||
| R | 3,506 | 6,019 | 11,470 | ||
| D | 5,581 | 4,418 | 9,999 | ||
| R | 3,777 | 4,672 | 8,449 | ||
| R | 2,501 | 3,826 | 6,327 | ||
| R | 2,529 | 3,649 | 6,178 | ||
| D | 2,635 | 2,367 | 5,002 | ||
| D | 2,654 | 2,641 | 5,295 | ||
| D | 2,537 | 2,165 | 4,702 | ||
| D | 3,030 | 1,569 | 4,649 | ||
| D | 3,112 | 1,148 | 4,329 | ||
| R | 1,900 | 2,011 | 3,940 | ||
| R | 1,247 | 1,411 | 3,631 | ||
| R | 1,027 | 1,662 | 2,780 | ||
| D | 1,320 | 885 | 2,258 | ||
| D | 857 | 404 | 1,793 | ||
| D | 1,090 | 912 | 2,069 | ||
| R | 675 | 998 | 1,859 | ||
| D | 1,090 | 792 | 1,928 | ||
| D | 1,183 | 674 | 1,916 | ||
| D | 582 | 351 | 1,486 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
28.4%
Irish
12.4%
English
11.0%
Polish
5.0%
Italian
4.1%
American
3.6%
French
1.8%
African American
3.3%
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: 35.7 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
$103,321
Sarpy County ranks in the top 5% of US counties.
Sarpy County$103,321
Nebraska$76,475
United States$80,734
Sarpy County ranks in the top 5% 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
5.6%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 185.7%
Working age (18–64)5.3%
Seniors (65+)8.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
89.7%
speak English only
Spanish6.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.7%
Other Indo-European1.5%
Other languages0.6%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 68.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Sarpy County sits at the edge of the Omaha metro and has added residents faster than almost any Nebraska county this decade, drawing young families and defense-sector workers tied to Offutt Air Force Base. Its R+11.7 margin in 2024 is notably narrower than Nebraska's rural interior.
Once reliably Republican — a margin of forty-nine points in 1972 at its widest — Sarpy County has trended Democratic. The 2024 margin was twelve points.
A median household income of $103,321 — among the higher at this geographic scale — and a population of 197,389 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Boone County and Hendricks County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Sarpy County, Nebraska vote in 2024?
In 2024, Sarpy County, Nebraska voted Republican by 11.6 points (R+12), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 101,299 votes cast, 43,825 went Democratic and 55,567 went Republican.
What is Sarpy County, Nebraska's political typology?
Akashic places Sarpy County, Nebraska in the "Realigning Affluent Suburb" typology — College-educated, affluent suburbs — the one bloc moving toward the Democratic Party. 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 12 times, Republican 22 times, and other 0 times.
When did Sarpy County, Nebraska last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Sarpy County, Nebraska voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Sarpy County, Nebraska?
Sarpy County, Nebraska has a population of 197,389 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Sarpy County, Nebraska?
Median household income in Sarpy County, Nebraska is $103,321 — above the national median of $80,734. The Nebraska state median is $76,475.
What is the political history of Sarpy County, Nebraska?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Sarpy County, Nebraska from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 12 went Democratic and 22 went Republican. The county's typology — "Realigning Affluent Suburb" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.