2024 results by precinct
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38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | 577 | 2,677 | 3,319 | |
| 2020 | R | 632 | 2,848 | 3,570 | |
| 2016 | R | 477 | 2,422 | 3,065 | |
| 2012 | R | 667 | 2,232 | 2,947 | |
| 2008 | R | 780 | 2,177 | 3,033 | |
| 2004 | R | 743 | 2,543 | 3,337 | |
| 2000 | R | 774 | 2,326 | 3,215 | |
| 1996 | R | 880 | 1,982 | 3,311 | |
| 1992 | R | 802 | 1,824 | 3,588 | |
| 1988 | R | 1,097 | 2,352 | 3,470 | |
| 1984 | R | 811 | 2,920 | 3,756 | |
| 1980 | R | 840 | 2,739 | 3,824 | |
| 1976 | R | 1,369 | 2,254 | 3,703 | |
| 1972 | R | 861 | 2,542 | 3,403 | |
| 1968 | R | 935 | 2,273 | 3,414 | |
| 1964 | D | 2,001 | 1,879 | 3,880 | |
| 1960 | R | 1,331 | 3,005 | 4,336 | |
| 1956 | R | 1,240 | 3,099 | 4,339 | |
| 1952 | R | 1,115 | 3,559 | 4,674 | |
| 1948 | R | 1,589 | 2,511 | 4,100 | |
| 1944 | R | 1,530 | 3,375 | 4,905 | |
| 1940 | R | 1,763 | 3,576 | 5,339 | |
| 1936 | D | 2,932 | 2,856 | 5,918 | |
| 1932 | D | 3,878 | 2,320 | 6,376 | |
| 1928 | R | 1,767 | 4,105 | 5,926 | |
| 1924 | R | 1,716 | 2,758 | 5,481 | |
| 1920 | R | 1,466 | 3,392 | 5,008 | |
| 1916 | D | 1,975 | 1,737 | 3,821 | |
| 1912 | D | 1,694 | 557 | 3,658 | |
| 1908 | D | 1,939 | 1,891 | 3,956 | |
| 1904 | R | 701 | 2,118 | 3,561 | |
| 1900 | R | 1,826 | 1,932 | 3,829 | |
| 1896 | D | 1,703 | 1,691 | 3,473 | |
| 1892 | D | 1,624 | 232 | 3,374 | |
| 1888 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1884 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1876 | — | — | — | — |
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: 39.1 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.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$78,986
Clay County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Clay County$78,986
Nebraska$76,475
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
6.9%
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
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 49.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Clay County's population has contracted steadily for decades as agricultural consolidation hollowed out small towns, leaving an older, rural electorate that has voted Republican by widening margins in each of the last four presidential cycles.
The Republican margin in Clay County reached its widest at sixty-three points in 2016. The margin in 2024 was sixty-three points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.
Clay County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $78,986, a 88% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 6,095 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 Furnas County and Red Willow County.
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