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
GroupSioux CountyNebraskaUnited States
German29.2%31.0%12.5%
English18.5%9.4%9.5%
Irish14.9%11.7%9.4%
Danish6.1%——
Norwegian4.6%——
American4.1%3.5%5.3%
Scottish2.3%—1.3%
Swedish2.1%3.1%—
Mexican1.3%8.7%11.3%
Cuban0.5%0.4%0.7%
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
Sioux County
Nebraska
United States
Median age
43.7
37.3
39.1
Age 18–24
5.3%
9.8%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
27.5%
16.8%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Sioux County
Nebraska
United States
Median household income
$53,929
$76,475
$84,427
Poverty rate
14.9%
10.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
22.4%
34.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Sioux County
Nebraska
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
1.3%
12.8%
22.3%
Spanish
1.3%
8.5%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Sioux County
Nebraska
United States
Catholic
11.5%
19.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
15.9%
14.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
60.7%
50.8%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
11.8%
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.
Sioux County, Nebraska
Precinct data
Results by precinct
2 precincts · 678 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Sioux County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -BOWENBOWEN
42
338
2
382
11.0%
88.5%
R+77.5
Precinct -SHEEP CSHEEP C
35
259
2
296
11.8%
87.5%
R+75.7
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−11.6%
1896
+32.3%
1900
+10.9%
1904
−34.2%
1908
−5.1%
1912
+22.7%
1916
+34.8%
1920
−38.9%
1924
−24.8%
1928
−45.8%
1932
+19.9%
1936
+17.0%
1940
−26.9%
1944
−36.4%
1948
−11.6%
1952
−56.9%
1956
−31.5%
1960
−28.4%
1964
−29.6%
1968
−51.6%
1972
−66.4%
1976
−23.0%
1980
−68.7%
1984
−71.0%
1988
−48.8%
1992
−37.0%
1996
−53.8%
2000
−70.6%
2004
−68.5%
2008
−66.4%
2012
−70.8%
2016
−72.7%
2020
−78.0%
2024
−76.5%
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
11.3%Harris77
87.8%Trump597
0.6%Oliver4 +1
R+76.5
D+1.5
R+75.0
680
All 4 candidates in 2024 · 2 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican87.8%597
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic11.3%77
Chase OliverNonpartisan0.6%4
OtherAll other candidates0.3%2
R
9.8%Biden72
87.8%Trump642
2.1%Jorgensen15
R+78.0
R+5.3
R+82.4
731
R
11.0%Clinton81
83.7%Trump616
3.8%Johnson28
R+72.7
R+1.9
R+74.8
736
R
13.7%Obama101
84.4%Romney624
1.4%Gray10
R+70.8
R+4.4
R+74.6
739
R
16.0%Obama117
82.4%McCain603
1.6%
R+66.4
D+2.1
R+73.7
732
R
15.2%Kerry123
83.7%Bush677
1.1%
R+68.5
D+2.1
R+66.0
809
R
13.0%Gore98
83.6%Bush629
2.4%Nader18
R+70.6
R+16.8
R+71.1
752
R
18.0%Clinton138
71.7%Dole551
9.8%Perot75
R+53.8
R+16.7
R+62.3
768
R
18.5%Clinton148
55.5%Bush445
25.7%Perot206
R+37.0
D+11.7
R+42.6
802
R
25.3%Dukakis194
74.1%Bush568
0.7%
R+48.8
D+22.3
R+41.0
767
R
14.1%Mondale121
85.1%Reagan732
0.8%
R+71.0
R+2.4
R+52.8
860
R
12.9%Carter120
81.5%Reagan760
5.6%
R+68.7
R+45.7
R+58.9
932
R
37.3%Carter329
60.2%Ford532
2.5%
R+23.0
D+43.4
R+25.1
883
R
16.8%McGovern129
83.2%Nixon639
0.0%
R+66.4
R+14.8
R+43.3
768
R
19.8%Humphrey157
71.4%Nixon565
8.7%
R+51.6
R+22.0
R+50.9
791
R
35.2%Johnson379
64.8%Goldwater698
0.0%
R+29.6
R+1.2
R+52.2
1,077
R
35.8%Kennedy415
64.2%Nixon745
0.0%
R+28.4
D+3.0
R+28.6
1,160
R
34.3%Stevenson260
65.7%Eisenhower499
0.0%
R+31.5
D+25.4
R+16.1
759
R
21.5%Stevenson300
78.5%Eisenhower1,093
0.0%
R+56.9
R+45.3
R+46.2
1,393
R
44.2%Truman520
55.8%Dewey657
0.0%
R+11.6
D+24.8
R+16.1
1,177
R
31.8%Roosevelt408
68.2%Dewey876
0.0%
R+36.4
R+9.6
R+43.9
1,284
R
36.6%Roosevelt618
63.4%Willkie1,072
0.0%
R+26.9
R+43.9
R+36.8
1,690
D
57.7%Roosevelt956
40.7%Landon674
1.7%
D+17.0
R+2.9
R+7.3
1,658
D
59.0%Roosevelt1,006
39.1%Hoover667
1.8%
D+19.9
D+65.6
D+2.1
1,704
R
26.8%Smith435
72.5%Hoover1,178
0.7%
R+45.8
R+20.9
R+28.3
1,624
O
11.2%Davis149
36.0%Coolidge480
52.3%La Follette697
La Follette +16.8
D+14.0
D+0.3
1,333
R
26.1%Cox252
65.0%Harding627
8.9%
R+38.9
R+73.7
R+12.7
965
D
65.3%Wilson737
30.5%Hughes344
4.2%
D+34.8
D+12.1
D+31.7
1,128
O
37.8%Wilson375
15.1%Taft150
47.0%
Roosevelt +9.2
D+27.8
D+3.2
991
R
45.7%Bryan464
50.8%Taft516
3.4%
R+5.1
D+29.0
D+4.4
1,015
R
27.9%Parker111
62.1%Roosevelt247
10.1%
R+34.2
R+45.1
R+14.5
398
D
55.4%Bryan248
44.4%McKinley199
0.2%
D+10.9
R+21.4
D+18.5
448
D
65.5%Bryan306
33.2%McKinley155
1.3%
D+32.3
D+43.9
D+38.4
467
O
21.2%Cleveland90
32.8%Harrison139
46.0%
Weaver +13.2
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R+13.2
424
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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
15.0%201
85.0%1,143
1,344
2020
R
7.5%52
85.8%597
696
2018
R
12.8%69
83.2%447
537
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026R+74.3
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+76.5
Registration and the presidential vote track closely here — within 2.2 points.
Domestic migration in Sioux County, NE in Sioux County, NE: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+7
2012
0
2013
+2
2014
−8
2015
−43
2016
−19
2017
−60
2018
−23
2019
−28
2021
+9
2022
−26
2023
+28
2024
−51
2025
−17
Sioux County, tucked into Nebraska's northwestern Panhandle, recorded an R+76.7 margin in 2024, making it among the most one-sided counties in the country — a reflection of its sparse, ranching-dependent population and deep rural conservatism.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 34.8 points in 1916 and a Republican high of 78.0 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 1.5 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 76.5 points.
A population of 1,171, a 96% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $53,929 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Wallace County and Jewell 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, Sioux County, Nebraska voted Republican by 76.5 points (R+76.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 680 votes cast, 77 went Democratic and 597 went Republican.
When did Sioux County, Nebraska last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Sioux County, Nebraska voted Democratic was 1936.
How many people live in Sioux County, Nebraska?
Sioux County, Nebraska has a population of 1,171 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Sioux County, Nebraska?
Median household income in Sioux County, Nebraska is $53,929 — below the national median of $80,734. The Nebraska state median is $76,475.
What is the political history of Sioux County, Nebraska?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Sioux County, Nebraska from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 26 went Republican.
