Nez Perce County, Idaho

2024 results by precinct

32 precincts · 20,132 votes cast

Trump · R+39

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−38.6%	5,928	13,707	20,132
2020	R	−33.6%	6,686	13,738	20,967
2016	R	−34.1%	4,828	10,699	17,195
2012	R	−20.9%	6,451	9,967	16,848
2008	R	−18.1%	7,123	10,357	17,823
2004	R	−25.6%	6,476	11,009	17,700
2000	R	−34.8%	4,995	10,577	16,021
1996	D	+4.9%	7,491	6,675	16,696
1992	D	+9.7%	7,069	5,431	16,974
1988	D	+4.8%	7,754	7,027	15,020
1984	R	−15.2%	5,981	8,153	14,330
1980	R	−5.9%	6,565	7,495	15,744
1976	D	+1.4%	6,324	6,151	12,755
1972	R	−9.6%	5,081	6,232	11,941
1968	D	+11.8%	6,502	5,019	12,579
1964	D	+40.5%	9,245	3,912	13,157
1960	D	+20.8%	7,944	5,203	13,147
1956	D	+6.7%	6,448	5,635	12,083
1952	R	−1.0%	5,552	5,659	11,231
1948	D	+27.7%	5,747	3,168	9,322
1944	D	+26.5%	5,453	3,159	8,649
1940	D	+27.1%	5,963	3,409	9,413
1936	D	+46.5%	5,705	1,988	7,985
1932	D	+38.7%	5,077	2,211	7,412
1928	R	−22.9%	2,535	4,054	6,644
1924	R	−19.6%	1,212	2,250	5,304
1920	R	−28.1%	1,548	2,761	4,311
1916	D	+19.5%	2,675	1,753	4,738
1912	D	+14.6%	1,619	1,011	4,166
1908	R	−13.7%	2,843	3,871	7,515
1904	R	−36.0%	1,696	3,956	6,281
1900	R	−0.4%	2,168	2,184	4,566
1896	D	+23.2%	1,089	675	1,786
1892	R	−44.2%	0	345	780
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

American

100.0%

Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.

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. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 41.2 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.9%

85+

1.9%

3.0%

75–84

3.3%

5.9%

65–74

6.0%

6.6%

55–64

6.8%

5.9%

45–54

5.8%

6.0%

35–44

5.8%

6.2%

25–34

5.8%

4.3%

18–24

4.4%

8.4%

5–17

7.7%

2.6%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$72,599

Nez Perce County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Nez Perce County$72,599

Idaho$77,800

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

12.2%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

0.0%

speak English only

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Other Christian

19.1%

Catholic & Orthodox

18.1%

Baptist

2.3%

Mainline Protestant

2.3%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.2%

Methodist

0.9%

Non-Christian

0.2%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 54.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Nez Perce County sits along the Clearwater and Snake rivers in north-central Idaho, and despite hosting the regional hub of Lewiston, it has returned Republican presidential margins above 35 points in recent cycles — a pattern consistent with rural interior Northwest counties.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Nez Perce County peaked at forty-seven points in 1936; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 2000 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of thirty-five points. By 2024, the margin had settled into deep Republican territory.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Nez Perce County's median household income of $72,599 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Ferry County and Clearwater County.

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