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1876–2024
Brown County, Nebraska
Brown County·Nebraska

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

One of Nebraska's most lopsided presidential counties in 2024

18762024·38 elections
Brown County, Nebraska · David Benbennick · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+74
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
2,869
2024 ACS
Most similar
Custer County
NE · similarity 1.00
3 precincts · 1,648 votes cast
Trump · R+74
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−74.5%
2011,4281,648
2020R
−76.0%
1911,4701,684
2016R
−77.1%
1531,3851,597
2012R
−69.3%
2241,3021,555
2008R
−57.2%
3111,2081,567
2004R
−66.8%
2681,4261,733
2000R
−66.8%
2501,3751,684
1996R
−42.2%
3591,1051,766
1992R
−37.3%
3119991,846
1988R
−50.5%
4351,3361,783
1984R
−65.6%
3121,5141,833
1980R
−61.0%
3411,6152,087
1976R
−37.3%
5571,2411,836
1972R
−63.2%
3301,4621,792
1968R
−51.9%
3691,3401,871
1964R
−17.9%
8851,2722,157
1960R
−54.3%
5141,7352,249
1956R
−48.2%
5481,5662,114
1952R
−56.4%
5431,9502,493
1948R
−25.3%
7001,1741,874
1944R
−35.0%
7451,5492,294
1940R
−29.3%
9751,7832,758
1936R
−8.8%
1,1881,4192,638
1932D
+14.2%
1,5651,1742,750
1928R
−49.4%
6361,9072,575
1924R
−15.9%
7141,1042,452
1920R
−41.6%
5581,4172,065
1916D
+24.8%
9015281,504
1912D
+14.4%
4832951,303
1908R
−5.3%
5265881,171
1904R
−54.6%
134587829
1900R
−17.5%
327470819
1896R
−13.8%
290385687
1892D
+37.3%
36374775
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%
English
0.7%
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.
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
Methodist
19.0%
Mainline Protestant
17.4%
Catholic & Orthodox
11.4%
Pentecostal & Holiness
9.6%
Other Christian
2.8%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 39.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Brown County's vast Sandhills ranching landscape anchors an electorate that delivered a 74.7-point Republican margin in 2024, among the widest gaps recorded anywhere in the state that cycle.

The Republican margin in Brown County reached its widest at seventy-seven points in 2016. The margin in 2024 was seventy-four points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Brown County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $54,676, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 2,869 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 Custer County and Cherry County.