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
GroupWheeler CountyNebraskaUnited States
German48.9%31.0%12.5%
Irish12.9%11.7%9.4%
English6.3%9.4%9.5%
Polish5.3%2.7%2.2%
Czech4.5%3.4%—
Swedish4.4%3.1%—
Scottish3.2%—1.3%
Norwegian2.6%——
Mexican1.8%8.7%11.3%
Guatemalan1.3%1.0%0.5%
Cuban0.4%0.4%0.7%
Spaniard0.4%——
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
Wheeler County
Nebraska
United States
Median age
54.3
37.3
39.1
Age 18–24
3.9%
9.8%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
29.3%
16.8%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Wheeler County
Nebraska
United States
Median household income
$70,250
$76,475
$84,427
Poverty rate
5.2%
10.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
30.3%
34.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Wheeler County
Nebraska
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
5.3%
12.8%
22.3%
Spanish
4.8%
8.5%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Wheeler County
Nebraska
United States
Catholic
8.9%
19.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
6.7%
14.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
69.3%
50.8%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
15.1%
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.
Wheeler County, Nebraska
Precinct data
Results by precinct
1 precincts · 486 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Wheeler County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -WHEELERWHEELER
57
424
5
486
11.7%
87.2%
R+75.5
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−30.4%
1896
+24.1%
1900
+13.0%
1904
−37.1%
1908
+3.1%
1912
+25.7%
1916
+21.7%
1920
−30.6%
1924
−7.9%
1928
−29.0%
1932
+48.5%
1936
+13.7%
1940
−7.4%
1944
−11.7%
1948
+10.7%
1952
−32.7%
1956
−28.4%
1960
−27.9%
1964
−12.2%
1968
−38.2%
1972
−62.2%
1976
−29.4%
1980
−56.1%
1984
−57.6%
1988
−36.9%
1992
−34.1%
1996
−32.3%
2000
−58.7%
2004
−62.9%
2008
−54.1%
2012
−56.3%
2016
−67.7%
2020
−75.3%
2024
−75.5%
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
11.7%Harris57
87.2%Trump424
0.6%Oliver3 +2
R+75.5
R+0.2
R+74.0
486
All 5 candidates in 2024 · 3 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican87.2%424
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic11.7%57
Chase OliverNonpartisan0.6%3
Cornel WestNonpartisan0.2%1
Jill SteinNonpartisan0.2%1
R
11.7%Biden59
87.1%Trump438
1.0%Jorgensen5
R+75.3
R+7.6
R+79.8
503
R
13.3%Clinton62
81.1%Trump377
3.7%Johnson17
R+67.7
R+11.5
R+69.8
465
R
20.8%Obama93
77.0%Romney345
1.8%Gray8
R+56.3
R+2.2
R+60.1
448
R
21.8%Obama96
75.9%McCain334
2.3%
R+54.1
D+8.8
R+61.4
440
R
17.9%Kerry81
80.8%Bush366
1.3%
R+62.9
R+4.2
R+60.5
453
R
18.8%Gore85
77.5%Bush351
2.4%Nader11
R+58.7
R+26.4
R+59.2
453
R
25.4%Clinton106
57.7%Dole241
16.5%Perot69
R+32.3
D+1.8
R+40.8
418
R
19.0%Clinton88
53.0%Bush246
27.4%Perot127
R+34.1
D+2.9
R+39.6
464
R
31.0%Dukakis141
67.9%Bush309
1.1%
R+36.9
D+20.7
R+29.2
455
R
20.9%Mondale97
78.5%Reagan365
0.6%
R+57.6
R+1.5
R+39.4
465
R
18.6%Carter93
74.7%Reagan374
6.8%
R+56.1
R+26.7
R+46.4
501
R
33.5%Carter146
62.8%Ford274
3.7%
R+29.4
D+32.9
R+31.4
436
R
18.9%McGovern84
81.1%Nixon361
0.0%
R+62.2
R+24.1
R+39.1
445
R
26.0%Humphrey131
64.2%Nixon323
9.7%
R+38.2
R+26.0
R+37.5
503
R
43.9%Johnson248
56.1%Goldwater317
0.0%
R+12.2
D+15.7
R+34.8
565
R
36.0%Kennedy239
64.0%Nixon424
0.0%
R+27.9
D+0.5
R+28.1
663
R
35.8%Stevenson218
64.2%Eisenhower391
0.0%
R+28.4
D+4.2
R+13.0
609
R
33.7%Stevenson231
66.3%Eisenhower455
0.0%
R+32.7
R+43.3
R+21.9
686
D
55.3%Truman327
44.7%Dewey264
0.0%
D+10.7
D+22.3
D+6.2
591
R
44.2%Roosevelt310
55.8%Dewey392
0.0%
R+11.7
R+4.3
R+19.2
702
R
46.3%Roosevelt427
53.7%Willkie495
0.0%
R+7.4
R+21.1
R+17.3
922
D
52.6%Roosevelt484
38.9%Landon358
8.5%
D+13.7
R+34.8
R+10.6
920
D
72.6%Roosevelt658
24.2%Hoover219
3.2%
D+48.5
D+77.4
D+30.7
906
R
35.2%Smith293
64.2%Hoover534
0.6%
R+29.0
R+21.1
R+11.5
832
O
19.1%Davis145
27.0%Coolidge205
53.2%La Follette404
La Follette +26.9
D+22.7
D+17.3
759
R
27.0%Cox165
57.5%Harding352
15.5%
R+30.6
R+52.2
R+4.4
612
D
54.7%Wilson270
33.0%Hughes163
12.3%
D+21.7
R+4.0
D+18.5
494
O
40.2%Wilson194
14.5%Taft70
45.3%
Roosevelt +5.2
D+22.6
D+6.1
483
D
48.7%Bryan252
45.6%Taft236
5.6%
D+3.1
D+40.2
D+12.6
517
R
15.9%Parker56
53.0%Roosevelt187
31.2%
R+37.1
R+50.2
R+17.4
353
D
55.9%Bryan180
42.9%McKinley138
1.2%
D+13.0
R+11.0
D+20.6
322
D
60.5%Bryan161
36.5%McKinley97
3.0%
D+24.1
D+54.5
D+30.1
266
O
9.5%Cleveland29
39.9%Harrison122
50.7%
Weaver +10.8
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R+32.1
306
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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
15.4%145
84.6%797
942
2020
R
10.4%49
82.0%387
472
2018
R
14.5%60
82.9%343
414
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026R+68.6
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+75.5
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 6.9 points more Democratic.
Domestic migration in Wheeler County, NE in Wheeler County, NE: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−9
2012
−22
2013
−19
2014
+6
2015
−13
2016
+20
2017
+8
2018
−17
2019
−20
2021
+12
2022
−3
2023
−12
2024
+5
2025
−10
Wheeler County's 886 residents delivered a 75-point Republican margin in 2024, a figure more common to uncontested races than genuine campaigns. Sparsely settled Sandhills ranching country, it has trended heavily Republican for decades.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 48.5 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 75.5 points in 2024. The 2024 margin was 75.5 points.
A population of 847, a 95% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $70,250 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Deuel County and Banner 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, Wheeler County, Nebraska voted Republican by 75.5 points (R+75.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 486 votes cast, 57 went Democratic and 424 went Republican.
When did Wheeler County, Nebraska last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Wheeler County, Nebraska voted Democratic was 1948.
How many people live in Wheeler County, Nebraska?
Wheeler County, Nebraska has a population of 847 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Wheeler County, Nebraska?
Median household income in Wheeler County, Nebraska is $70,250 — below the national median of $80,734. The Nebraska state median is $76,475.
What is the political history of Wheeler County, Nebraska?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Wheeler County, Nebraska from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 7 went Democratic and 24 went Republican.
