Sheridan County, Nebraska: Stable Rural Right county. In 2024, voted R+70%. Republican peak: R+75 in 1984.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+70MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
- Population
- 5,0142024 5-year
- Median household income
- $60,1212024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 81.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+30 in 1916MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+75 in 1984MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Cherry County, NE · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Sheridan CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Sheridan County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
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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 | +26.6% |
| 1896 | +22.3% |
| 1900 | +5.6% |
| 1904 | −45.9% |
| 1908 | +1.6% |
| 1912 | +15.1% |
| 1916 | +29.7% |
| 1920 | −35.0% |
| 1924 | −23.3% |
| 1928 | −41.8% |
| 1932 | +23.1% |
| 1936 | +11.6% |
| 1940 | −33.7% |
| 1944 | −42.7% |
| 1948 | −29.7% |
| 1952 | −61.4% |
| 1956 | −49.1% |
| 1960 | −43.0% |
| 1964 | −35.7% |
| 1968 | −60.8% |
| 1972 | −66.4% |
| 1976 | −40.4% |
| 1980 | −72.7% |
| 1984 | −74.6% |
| 1988 | −56.6% |
| 1992 | −38.8% |
| 1996 | −46.4% |
| 2000 | −66.5% |
| 2004 | −65.6% |
| 2008 | −60.4% |
| 2012 | −66.0% |
| 2016 | −73.8% |
| 2020 | −72.7% |
| 2024 | −69.7% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 362 | 2,102 | 2,497 | ||
| R | 340 | 2,292 | 2,684 | ||
| R | 287 | 2,211 | 2,608 | ||
| R | 390 | 2,021 | 2,472 | ||
| R | 454 | 1,941 | 2,462 | ||
| R | 430 | 2,136 | 2,599 | ||
| R | 392 | 2,105 | 2,576 | ||
| R | 573 | 1,834 | 2,717 | ||
| R | 535 | 1,698 | 2,996 | ||
| R | 612 | 2,251 | 2,898 | ||
| R | 377 | 2,661 | 3,061 | ||
| R | 370 | 2,749 | 3,271 | ||
| R | 810 | 2,003 | 2,953 | ||
| R | 481 | 2,386 | 2,867 | ||
| R | 454 | 2,236 | 2,931 | ||
| R | 1,156 | 2,440 | 3,596 | ||
| R | 1,144 | 2,870 | 4,014 | ||
| R | 893 | 2,618 | 3,511 | ||
| R | 841 | 3,512 | 4,353 | ||
| R | 1,181 | 2,180 | 3,361 | ||
| R | 1,031 | 2,570 | 3,601 | ||
| R | 1,566 | 3,161 | 4,727 | ||
| D | 2,428 | 1,907 | 4,485 | ||
| D | 2,945 | 1,820 | 4,865 | ||
| R | 1,226 | 3,030 | 4,315 | ||
| R | 661 | 1,509 | 3,640 | ||
| R | 784 | 1,714 | 2,656 | ||
| D | 1,158 | 604 | 1,867 | ||
| O | 630 | 377 | 1,671 | ||
| D | 733 | 709 | 1,519 | ||
| R | 171 | 673 | 1,093 | ||
| D | 703 | 626 | 1,373 | ||
| D | 857 | 536 | 1,439 | ||
| O | 644 | 163 | 1,807 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
34.0%
English
11.9%
Irish
7.5%
American
5.5%
Scottish
1.5%
French
1.3%
Italian
0.9%
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: 46.1 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
$60,121
Sheridan County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Sheridan County$60,121
Nebraska$76,475
United States$80,734
Sheridan 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
11.3%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1814.7%
Working age (18–64)10.9%
Seniors (65+)7.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
93.9%
speak English only
Spanish2.2%
Other languages2.0%
Other Indo-European1.1%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.8%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 38.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Sheridan County's sparse Sandhills ranching economy and a population under 6,500 combine to produce presidential margins that rank among the widest in the state, with the 2024 result exceeding 70 points.
The Republican margin here reached seventy-five points in 1984. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved three points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was seventy points.
A population of 5,014, a 81% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $60,121 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Cherry County and Bandera County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Sheridan County, Nebraska vote in 2024?
In 2024, Sheridan County, Nebraska voted Republican by 69.7 points (R+70), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,497 votes cast, 362 went Democratic and 2,102 went Republican.
What is Sheridan County, Nebraska's political typology?
Akashic places Sheridan County, Nebraska in the "Stable Rural Right" typology — Mountain, Plains, and rural Republican counties already near their ceiling, with little further room to swing. 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 6 times, Republican 26 times, and other 2 times.
When did Sheridan County, Nebraska last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Sheridan County, Nebraska voted Democratic was 1936.
How many people live in Sheridan County, Nebraska?
Sheridan County, Nebraska has a population of 5,014 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Sheridan County, Nebraska?
Median household income in Sheridan County, Nebraska is $60,121 — below the national median of $80,734. The Nebraska state median is $76,475.
What is the political history of Sheridan County, Nebraska?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Sheridan County, Nebraska from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 26 went Republican. The county's typology — "Stable Rural Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.