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1876–2024
Adams County, Nebraska
Adams County·Nebraska

Adams County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

A south-central Nebraska county where Republicans routinely clear 40-point margins

18762024·38 elections
Adams County, Nebraska · Ammodramus · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+41
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
31,052
2024 ACS
Most similar
Wayne County
NE · similarity 1.00
22 precincts · 14,412 votes cast
Trump · R+41
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−41.5%
4,10010,07714,412
2020R
−40.1%
4,21310,08514,653
2016R
−44.3%
3,3029,28713,513
2012R
−33.6%
4,0628,31612,670
2008R
−27.0%
4,6858,25213,210
2004R
−41.0%
3,7919,23313,286
2000R
−36.0%
3,6868,16212,438
1996R
−23.9%
3,9356,92412,496
1992R
−22.1%
3,4606,36513,163
1988R
−31.8%
4,1568,07312,308
1984R
−50.9%
2,9459,12712,155
1980R
−39.5%
3,3728,50012,973
1976R
−20.7%
4,9597,62312,839
1972R
−44.9%
3,3598,84112,200
1968R
−32.3%
3,5247,19111,362
1964D
+7.1%
6,4415,58612,027
1960R
−29.0%
4,3647,93212,296
1956R
−33.9%
4,0458,18612,231
1952R
−41.4%
3,7459,03312,778
1948R
−8.9%
4,6525,56010,212
1944R
−21.7%
4,6127,16511,777
1940R
−21.2%
4,3116,63010,941
1936D
+19.1%
6,1264,09410,621
1932D
+17.1%
5,6113,9159,934
1928R
−41.9%
2,9267,19410,186
1924R
−28.9%
2,3534,8248,536
1920R
−41.6%
1,9324,8497,008
1916D
+12.7%
2,6572,0414,868
1912D
+31.7%
2,1177964,168
1908D
+7.7%
2,3371,9874,535
1904R
−36.7%
8982,3153,857
1900D
+2.9%
2,1141,9924,206
1896D
+7.0%
2,0421,7683,918
1892D
+37.1%
1,6203203,505
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%
African American
1.2%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
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.
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
Mainline Protestant
20.4%
Catholic & Orthodox
13.8%
Methodist
5.9%
Pentecostal & Holiness
4.4%
Other Christian
4.1%
Baptist
0.4%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 51.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Adams County anchors Nebraska's agricultural heartland, where Hastings serves as the regional hub and presidential results have leaned Republican by double digits for decades, with the 2024 gap widening past 40 points.

The Republican margin in Adams County reached its widest at fifty-one points in 1984. The margin in 2024 was forty-one points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Adams County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $68,365, a 84% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 31,052 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Wayne County and Perry County.