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
GroupSherman CountyNebraskaUnited States
German43.4%31.0%12.5%
Polish22.3%2.7%2.2%
Irish10.1%11.7%9.4%
English8.9%9.4%9.5%
Czech6.5%3.4%—
Swedish4.0%3.1%—
American1.9%3.5%5.3%
French1.7%—1.6%
Mexican1.1%8.7%11.3%
Argentinean0.6%——
Puerto Rican0.5%0.3%1.8%
Spaniard0.3%——
Spanish0.3%0.2%—
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
Sherman County
Nebraska
United States
Median age
46.9
37.3
39.1
Age 18–24
6.5%
9.8%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
27.8%
16.8%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Sherman County
Nebraska
United States
Median household income
$63,578
$76,475
$84,427
Poverty rate
8.6%
10.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
20.5%
34.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Sherman County
Nebraska
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
1.7%
12.8%
22.3%
Spanish
1.1%
8.5%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Sherman County
Nebraska
United States
Catholic
55.4%
19.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
13.6%
14.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
24.1%
50.8%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
6.9%
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.
Sherman County, Nebraska
Precinct data
Results by precinct
6 precincts · 1,687 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Sherman County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -HARRISONHARRISON
44
322
10
376
11.7%
85.6%
R+73.9
Precinct -SOUTH LCSOUTH LC
67
233
0
300
22.3%
77.7%
R+55.3
Precinct -NORTH LCNORTH LC
92
206
0
298
30.9%
69.1%
R+38.3
Precinct -ROCKVILLEROCKVILLE
39
212
2
253
15.4%
83.8%
R+68.4
Precinct -ASHTONASHTON
32
198
2
232
13.8%
85.3%
R+71.6
Precinct -CENTRAL LCCENTRAL LC
54
173
1
228
23.7%
75.9%
R+52.2
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−26.9%
1896
+32.3%
1900
+18.4%
1904
−46.6%
1908
+8.4%
1912
+11.7%
1916
+24.8%
1920
−28.3%
1924
−4.5%
1928
+1.7%
1932
+46.5%
1936
+34.8%
1940
+11.6%
1944
+9.5%
1948
+23.2%
1952
−20.9%
1956
−7.9%
1960
+11.6%
1964
+36.3%
1968
−5.2%
1972
−15.1%
1976
+6.8%
1980
−34.3%
1984
−23.8%
1988
−4.3%
1992
−8.8%
1996
−15.3%
2000
−29.8%
2004
−32.3%
2008
−23.2%
2012
−24.5%
2016
−51.5%
2020
−57.6%
2024
−60.0%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
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
19.4%Harris328
79.4%Trump1,344
0.5%Oliver8 +3
R+60.0
R+2.5
R+58.6
1,692
All 6 candidates in 2024 · 4 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican79.4%1,344
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic19.4%328
Chase OliverNonpartisan0.5%8
Cornel WestNonpartisan0.3%5
OtherAll other candidates0.3%5
Jill SteinNonpartisan0.1%2
R
20.2%Biden343
77.8%Trump1,322
1.9%Jorgensen33
R+57.6
R+6.1
R+62.0
1,700
R
21.6%Clinton340
73.1%Trump1,150
3.8%Johnson59
R+51.5
R+27.0
R+53.6
1,573
R
36.1%Obama552
60.6%Romney927
1.9%Gray29
R+24.5
R+1.3
R+28.4
1,530
R
37.2%Obama585
60.4%McCain950
2.4%
R+23.2
D+9.1
R+30.5
1,572
R
32.9%Kerry541
65.2%Bush1,072
1.8%
R+32.3
R+2.5
R+29.9
1,643
R
33.1%Gore564
62.9%Bush1,072
2.8%Nader48
R+29.8
R+14.5
R+30.3
1,705
R
33.9%Clinton567
49.2%Dole822
15.9%Perot266
R+15.3
R+6.4
R+23.8
1,672
R
29.9%Clinton568
38.7%Bush736
30.7%Perot583
R+8.8
R+4.6
R+14.4
1,900
R
47.4%Dukakis839
51.7%Bush915
1.0%
R+4.3
D+19.5
D+3.4
1,771
R
37.6%Mondale701
61.4%Reagan1,144
0.9%
R+23.8
D+10.5
R+5.6
1,862
R
29.3%Carter578
63.7%Reagan1,254
7.0%
R+34.3
R+41.1
R+24.6
1,970
D
51.5%Carter1,078
44.7%Ford935
3.8%
D+6.8
D+21.9
D+4.8
2,093
R
42.5%McGovern811
57.5%Nixon1,099
0.0%
R+15.1
R+9.8
D+8.1
1,910
R
42.8%Humphrey851
48.1%Nixon955
9.1%
R+5.2
R+41.6
R+4.5
1,986
D
68.2%Johnson1,632
31.8%Goldwater762
0.0%
D+36.3
D+24.8
D+13.8
2,394
D
55.8%Kennedy1,427
44.2%Nixon1,131
0.0%
D+11.6
D+19.5
D+11.4
2,558
R
46.0%Stevenson1,219
54.0%Eisenhower1,429
0.0%
R+7.9
D+13.0
D+7.5
2,648
R
39.5%Stevenson1,166
60.5%Eisenhower1,784
0.0%
R+20.9
R+44.1
R+10.2
2,950
D
61.6%Truman1,608
38.4%Dewey1,003
0.0%
D+23.2
D+13.7
D+18.7
2,611
D
54.8%Roosevelt1,584
45.2%Dewey1,309
0.0%
D+9.5
R+2.1
D+2.0
2,893
D
55.8%Roosevelt1,888
44.2%Willkie1,494
0.0%
D+11.6
R+23.2
D+1.7
3,382
D
66.8%Roosevelt2,701
32.0%Landon1,294
1.2%
D+34.8
R+11.7
D+10.5
4,043
D
72.3%Roosevelt2,670
25.8%Hoover952
1.9%
D+46.5
D+44.8
D+28.7
3,692
D
50.5%Smith1,733
48.8%Hoover1,675
0.8%
D+1.7
D+6.2
D+19.2
3,435
R
35.4%Davis1,048
39.9%Coolidge1,182
24.1%La Follette715
R+4.5
D+23.8
D+20.7
2,964
R
32.7%Cox848
61.0%Harding1,582
6.4%
R+28.3
R+53.0
R+2.1
2,595
D
59.6%Wilson1,208
34.8%Hughes706
5.6%
D+24.8
D+13.0
D+21.6
2,028
O
36.2%Wilson673
24.4%Taft455
39.4%
Roosevelt +3.2
D+3.3
R+7.8
1,861
D
52.1%Bryan925
43.7%Taft776
4.1%
D+8.4
D+55.0
D+18.0
1,774
R
9.7%Parker140
56.3%Roosevelt809
34.0%
R+46.6
R+65.0
R+26.9
1,437
D
57.1%Bryan743
38.6%McKinley503
4.3%
D+18.4
R+13.9
D+26.0
1,302
D
65.1%Bryan859
32.7%McKinley432
2.2%
D+32.3
D+59.3
D+38.4
1,320
O
9.9%Cleveland122
36.9%Harrison453
53.2%
Weaver +16.4
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R+28.6
1,229
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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%812
75.5%2,501
3,313
2020
R
15.4%247
76.7%1,233
1,608
2018
R
28.7%370
67.7%873
1,289
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026R+46.2
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+60.0
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 14 points more Democratic.
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
−12 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −75 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $43,244 in average income, against $57,519 for residents who stayed — 25% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
Where departures went households, 2022–23
Buffalo County, NE24
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 Sherman County, NE in Sherman County, NE: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−46
2012
−17
2013
−4
2014
−32
2015
+24
2016
−6
2017
+64
2018
−49
2019
−42
2021
+25
2022
+49
2023
−14
2024
−15
2025
−12
Sherman County's small, agriculturally rooted population has delivered Republican presidential margins above 60 points, placing it among the most one-sided counties in a state already tilted heavily toward GOP presidential candidates.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 46.5 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 60.0 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 2.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 60.0 points.
A population of 2,967, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $63,578 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Howard County and Nance 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, Sherman County, Nebraska voted Republican by 60.0 points (R+60.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,692 votes cast, 328 went Democratic and 1,344 went Republican.
When did Sherman County, Nebraska last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Sherman County, Nebraska voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Sherman County, Nebraska?
Sherman County, Nebraska has a population of 2,967 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Sherman County, Nebraska?
Median household income in Sherman County, Nebraska is $63,578 — below the national median of $80,734. The Nebraska state median is $76,475.
What is the political history of Sherman County, Nebraska?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Sherman County, Nebraska from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 13 went Democratic and 19 went Republican.
