York County, Nebraska: Stable Rural Right county. In 2024, voted R+51%. Republican peak: R+64 in 1984.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+51MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
- Population
- 14,2862024 5-year
- Median household income
- $77,7572024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 89.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 6.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+46 in 1892MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+64 in 1984MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Randall County, TX · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of York CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for York County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
Turnout—
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 | +45.6% |
| 1896 | −2.8% |
| 1900 | −8.1% |
| 1904 | −45.0% |
| 1908 | −3.8% |
| 1912 | +22.5% |
| 1916 | +4.5% |
| 1920 | −37.8% |
| 1924 | −33.3% |
| 1928 | −48.7% |
| 1932 | +4.6% |
| 1936 | −9.7% |
| 1940 | −41.5% |
| 1944 | −46.0% |
| 1948 | −30.9% |
| 1952 | −59.3% |
| 1956 | −52.7% |
| 1960 | −49.4% |
| 1964 | −9.3% |
| 1968 | −49.6% |
| 1972 | −55.8% |
| 1976 | −42.2% |
| 1980 | −59.7% |
| 1984 | −64.2% |
| 1988 | −46.0% |
| 1992 | −34.2% |
| 1996 | −40.2% |
| 2000 | −52.8% |
| 2004 | −60.2% |
| 2008 | −49.3% |
| 2012 | −55.1% |
| 2016 | −55.1% |
| 2020 | −51.8% |
| 2024 | −51.1% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 1,648 | 5,234 | 7,020 | ||
| R | 1,630 | 5,337 | 7,161 | ||
| R | 1,186 | 4,700 | 6,381 | ||
| R | 1,373 | 4,874 | 6,355 | ||
| R | 1,607 | 4,848 | 6,568 | ||
| R | 1,304 | 5,393 | 6,797 | ||
| R | 1,407 | 4,816 | 6,460 | ||
| R | 1,653 | 4,266 | 6,507 | ||
| R | 1,385 | 3,783 | 7,013 | ||
| R | 1,751 | 4,765 | 6,547 | ||
| R | 1,124 | 5,147 | 6,271 | ||
| R | 1,131 | 5,089 | 6,634 | ||
| R | 1,665 | 4,223 | 6,066 | ||
| R | 1,318 | 4,651 | 5,969 | ||
| R | 1,237 | 3,923 | 5,419 | ||
| R | 2,832 | 3,410 | 6,242 | ||
| R | 1,764 | 5,205 | 6,969 | ||
| R | 1,569 | 5,065 | 6,634 | ||
| R | 1,468 | 5,742 | 7,210 | ||
| R | 2,091 | 3,960 | 6,051 | ||
| R | 1,808 | 4,885 | 6,693 | ||
| R | 2,200 | 5,322 | 7,522 | ||
| R | 3,741 | 4,554 | 8,415 | ||
| D | 3,920 | 3,573 | 7,579 | ||
| R | 1,979 | 5,769 | 7,779 | ||
| R | 1,778 | 4,110 | 7,007 | ||
| R | 1,857 | 4,265 | 6,378 | ||
| D | 2,206 | 2,011 | 4,351 | ||
| D | 1,886 | 962 | 4,111 | ||
| R | 2,042 | 2,209 | 4,384 | ||
| R | 754 | 2,529 | 3,942 | ||
| R | 1,871 | 2,207 | 4,160 | ||
| R | 1,811 | 1,919 | 3,794 | ||
| D | 1,917 | 219 | 3,727 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
38.2%
Irish
13.5%
English
10.4%
American
2.7%
French
1.4%
Polish
1.2%
Scottish
0.9%
African American
1.0%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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: 38.6 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
$77,757
York County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
York County$77,757
Nebraska$76,475
United States$80,734
York County ranks in the top 25% 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
9.2%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1810.8%
Working age (18–64)8.7%
Seniors (65+)8.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
94.8%
speak English only
Spanish3.4%
Other Indo-European1.2%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.4%
Other languages0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 37.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
York County's R+51.4 margin in 2024 reflects the deep Republican lean common across Nebraska's agricultural interior, where small cities and farming communities have voted consistently right of center for decades.
The Republican margin here reached sixty-four points in 1984. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was fifty-one points.
A population of 14,286, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $77,757 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Randall County and Kendall County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did York County, Nebraska vote in 2024?
In 2024, York County, Nebraska voted Republican by 51.1 points (R+51), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 7,020 votes cast, 1,648 went Democratic and 5,234 went Republican.
What is York County, Nebraska's political typology?
Akashic places York 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 4 times, Republican 30 times, and other 0 times.
When did York County, Nebraska last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which York County, Nebraska voted Democratic was 1932.
How many people live in York County, Nebraska?
York County, Nebraska has a population of 14,286 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in York County, Nebraska?
Median household income in York County, Nebraska is $77,757 — below the national median of $80,734. The Nebraska state median is $76,475.
What is the political history of York County, Nebraska?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in York County, Nebraska from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 4 went Democratic and 30 went Republican. The county's typology — "Stable Rural Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.