Niobrara County, Wyoming: Evangelical Deep South county. In 2024, voted R+81%. Republican peak: R+81 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+81MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Evangelical Deep SouthAkashic typology
- Population
- 2,3682024 5-year
- Median household income
- $64,1132024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 91.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 3.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+15 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+81 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Morrill County, NE · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Niobrara CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Niobrara County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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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 | No data |
| 1896 | No data |
| 1900 | No data |
| 1904 | No data |
| 1908 | No data |
| 1912 | −21.5% |
| 1916 | +5.7% |
| 1920 | −47.3% |
| 1924 | −8.8% |
| 1928 | −49.8% |
| 1932 | +15.1% |
| 1936 | +1.7% |
| 1940 | −8.6% |
| 1944 | −22.7% |
| 1948 | −12.7% |
| 1952 | −47.1% |
| 1956 | −41.3% |
| 1960 | −41.1% |
| 1964 | −14.2% |
| 1968 | −59.5% |
| 1972 | −62.2% |
| 1976 | −41.6% |
| 1980 | −57.0% |
| 1984 | −63.2% |
| 1988 | −39.5% |
| 1992 | −25.9% |
| 1996 | −33.1% |
| 2000 | −61.9% |
| 2004 | −63.5% |
| 2008 | −59.8% |
| 2012 | −64.4% |
| 2016 | −76.2% |
| 2020 | −73.6% |
| 2024 | −80.7% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 112 | 1,108 | 1,234 | ||
| R | 155 | 1,118 | 1,308 | ||
| R | 115 | 1,116 | 1,314 | ||
| R | 200 | 1,022 | 1,276 | ||
| R | 244 | 1,017 | 1,293 | ||
| R | 230 | 1,064 | 1,314 | ||
| R | 190 | 888 | 1,127 | ||
| R | 325 | 757 | 1,305 | ||
| R | 298 | 635 | 1,300 | ||
| R | 354 | 825 | 1,191 | ||
| R | 239 | 1,098 | 1,359 | ||
| R | 270 | 1,075 | 1,412 | ||
| R | 427 | 1,042 | 1,477 | ||
| R | 289 | 1,245 | 1,537 | ||
| R | 250 | 1,136 | 1,490 | ||
| R | 843 | 1,122 | 1,965 | ||
| R | 568 | 1,362 | 1,930 | ||
| R | 518 | 1,248 | 1,766 | ||
| R | 588 | 1,652 | 2,259 | ||
| R | 753 | 975 | 1,745 | ||
| R | 826 | 1,312 | 2,138 | ||
| R | 1,200 | 1,427 | 2,632 | ||
| D | 1,124 | 1,086 | 2,245 | ||
| D | 1,237 | 908 | 2,185 | ||
| R | 469 | 1,424 | 1,919 | ||
| R | 671 | 820 | 1,693 | ||
| R | 345 | 969 | 1,318 | ||
| D | 599 | 533 | 1,168 | ||
| R | 282 | 500 | 1,013 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
23.6%
English
16.6%
Irish
13.0%
American
3.5%
French
2.8%
Polish
1.1%
Scottish
0.6%
African American
2.8%
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: 54.9 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
$64,113
Niobrara County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Niobrara County$64,113
Wyoming$76,176
United States$80,734
Niobrara County ranks near the middle 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
12.0%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 183.2%
Working age (18–64)7.8%
Seniors (65+)37.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
98.9%
speak English only
Spanish0.6%
Other languages0.3%
Other Indo-European0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 67.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
With roughly 2,400 residents spread across a high-plains ranching landscape, Niobrara County delivered an R+80.7 presidential margin in 2024 — among the widest of any county in the country.
The Republican margin here reached its widest at eighty-one points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved seven points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was eighty-one points.
A median household income of $64,113, a 12% poverty rate, and a 92% non-Hispanic-white share describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Morrill County and Furnas County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Niobrara County, Wyoming vote in 2024?
In 2024, Niobrara County, Wyoming voted Republican by 80.7 points (R+81), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,234 votes cast, 112 went Democratic and 1,108 went Republican.
What is Niobrara County, Wyoming's political typology?
Akashic places Niobrara County, Wyoming in the "Evangelical Deep South" typology — Deeply Republican, heavily Baptist counties of the Deep South. 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 3 times, Republican 26 times, and other 0 times.
When did Niobrara County, Wyoming last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Niobrara County, Wyoming voted Democratic was 1936.
How many people live in Niobrara County, Wyoming?
Niobrara County, Wyoming has a population of 2,368 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Niobrara County, Wyoming?
Median household income in Niobrara County, Wyoming is $64,113 — below the national median of $80,734. The Wyoming state median is $76,176.
What is the political history of Niobrara County, Wyoming?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Niobrara County, Wyoming from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 3 went Democratic and 26 went Republican. The county's typology — "Evangelical Deep South" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.