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
GroupThomas CountyNebraskaUnited States
German36.3%31.0%12.5%
Irish21.5%11.7%9.4%
English12.9%9.4%9.5%
American5.7%3.5%5.3%
Scottish3.7%—1.3%
Norwegian2.7%——
Polish2.3%2.7%2.2%
Dutch1.6%——
Mexican5.0%8.7%11.3%
African American†2.0%3.7%9.9%
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
Thomas County
Nebraska
United States
Median age
53.3
37.3
39.1
Age 18–24
3.6%
9.8%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
39.1%
16.8%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Thomas County
Nebraska
United States
Median household income
$65,000
$76,475
$84,427
Poverty rate
8.9%
10.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
28.7%
34.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Thomas County
Nebraska
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
5.6%
12.8%
22.3%
Spanish
5.0%
8.5%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Thomas County
Nebraska
United States
Catholic
18.2%
19.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
14.8%
14.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
50.3%
50.8%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
16.7%
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.
Thomas County, Nebraska
Precinct data
Results by precinct
1 precincts · 393 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Thomas County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -THOMASTHOMAS
44
348
1
393
11.2%
88.5%
R+77.4
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+1.1%
1896
+38.7%
1900
+10.1%
1904
−32.4%
1908
+15.0%
1912
+22.3%
1916
+3.2%
1920
−17.9%
1924
+1.7%
1928
−45.2%
1932
+24.3%
1936
+1.1%
1940
−27.4%
1944
−22.5%
1948
−13.5%
1952
−60.7%
1956
−55.4%
1960
−49.7%
1964
−20.2%
1968
−60.3%
1972
−68.9%
1976
−51.3%
1980
−60.0%
1984
−60.2%
1988
−64.8%
1992
−45.4%
1996
−55.7%
2000
−69.4%
2004
−71.6%
2008
−71.8%
2012
−77.9%
2016
−79.9%
2020
−77.8%
2024
−77.4%
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
11.2%Harris44
88.5%Trump348
0.3%Oliver1
R+77.4
D+0.4
R+75.9
393
All 3 candidates in 2024 · 1 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican88.5%348
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic11.2%44
Chase OliverNonpartisan0.3%1
R
10.5%Biden45
88.3%Trump377
1.2%Jorgensen5
R+77.8
D+2.1
R+82.2
427
R
7.6%Clinton30
87.5%Trump344
2.5%Johnson10
R+79.9
R+2.0
R+82.0
393
R
10.3%Obama42
88.2%Romney360
1.2%Smith5
R+77.9
R+6.1
R+81.8
408
R
13.1%Obama51
84.9%McCain331
2.1%
R+71.8
R+0.2
R+79.1
390
R
13.5%Kerry60
85.1%Bush378
1.4%
R+71.6
R+2.3
R+69.2
444
R
13.9%Gore55
83.3%Bush329
2.3%Nader9
R+69.4
R+13.7
R+69.9
395
R
14.9%Clinton64
70.6%Dole303
14.5%Perot62
R+55.7
R+10.3
R+64.2
429
R
14.9%Clinton70
60.3%Bush283
24.5%Perot115
R+45.4
D+19.4
R+51.0
469
R
17.4%Dukakis81
82.2%Bush383
0.4%
R+64.8
R+4.6
R+57.1
466
R
19.5%Mondale73
79.7%Reagan298
0.8%
R+60.2
R+0.2
R+41.9
374
R
16.2%Carter65
76.1%Reagan306
7.7%
R+60.0
R+8.7
R+50.2
402
R
22.0%Carter103
73.3%Ford343
4.7%
R+51.3
D+17.7
R+53.3
468
R
15.5%McGovern73
84.5%Nixon397
0.0%
R+68.9
R+8.6
R+45.8
470
R
16.5%Humphrey76
76.8%Nixon354
6.7%
R+60.3
R+40.2
R+59.6
461
R
39.9%Johnson212
60.1%Goldwater319
0.0%
R+20.2
D+29.6
R+42.7
531
R
25.1%Kennedy141
74.9%Nixon420
0.0%
R+49.7
D+5.7
R+49.9
561
R
22.3%Stevenson121
77.7%Eisenhower422
0.0%
R+55.4
D+5.2
R+40.0
543
R
19.7%Stevenson120
80.3%Eisenhower490
0.0%
R+60.7
R+47.2
R+49.9
610
R
43.3%Truman238
56.7%Dewey312
0.0%
R+13.5
D+9.0
R+17.9
550
R
38.8%Roosevelt214
61.2%Dewey338
0.0%
R+22.5
D+4.9
R+30.0
552
R
36.3%Roosevelt277
63.7%Willkie486
0.0%
R+27.4
R+28.5
R+37.3
763
D
49.7%Roosevelt374
48.6%Landon366
1.7%
D+1.1
R+23.2
R+23.2
753
D
60.6%Roosevelt437
36.3%Hoover262
3.1%
D+24.3
D+69.5
D+6.5
721
R
27.0%Smith152
72.2%Hoover406
0.7%
R+45.2
R+46.9
R+27.7
562
D
37.2%Davis216
35.5%Coolidge206
27.2%La Follette158
D+1.7
D+19.7
D+26.9
581
R
37.9%Cox207
55.9%Harding305
6.2%
R+17.9
R+21.1
D+8.2
546
D
49.0%Wilson261
45.8%Hughes244
5.3%
D+3.2
R+19.1
±0.0
533
D
44.6%Wilson172
22.3%Taft86
33.2%
D+22.3
D+7.3
D+2.7
386
D
55.6%Bryan130
40.6%Taft95
3.8%
D+15.0
D+47.4
D+24.5
234
R
28.2%Parker40
60.6%Roosevelt86
11.3%
R+32.4
R+42.5
R+12.7
142
D
53.7%Bryan80
43.6%McKinley65
2.7%
D+10.1
R+28.7
D+17.6
149
D
68.5%Bryan76
29.7%McKinley33
1.8%
D+38.7
D+37.7
D+44.8
111
D
38.3%Cleveland36
37.2%Harrison35
24.5%
D+1.1
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R+0.6
94
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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
15.9%122
84.1%646
768
2020
R
10.3%40
84.4%329
390
2018
R
10.7%36
86.1%291
338
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026R+74.1
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+77.4
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 3.3 points more Democratic.
Domestic migration in Thomas County, NE in Thomas County, NE: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+45
2012
+5
2013
−4
2014
−8
2015
−9
2016
+23
2017
−2
2018
−13
2019
+3
2021
+2
2022
−7
2023
+13
2024
−29
2025
−9
Thomas County's 729 residents live across a sparsely settled stretch of Nebraska Sandhills, and in 2024 its presidential vote broke roughly 88–11 in favor of the Republican nominee — a margin wider than nearly any county in the country.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 38.7 points in 1896 and a Republican high of 79.9 points in 2016. The 2024 margin was 77.4 points.
A population of 564, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $65,000 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Rock County and Sioux 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, Thomas County, Nebraska voted Republican by 77.4 points (R+77.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 393 votes cast, 44 went Democratic and 348 went Republican.
When did Thomas County, Nebraska last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Thomas County, Nebraska voted Democratic was 1936.
How many people live in Thomas County, Nebraska?
Thomas County, Nebraska has a population of 564 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Thomas County, Nebraska?
Median household income in Thomas County, Nebraska is $65,000 — below the national median of $80,734. The Nebraska state median is $76,475.
What is the political history of Thomas County, Nebraska?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Thomas County, Nebraska from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 9 went Democratic and 25 went Republican.
