Colfax County, Nebraska

2024 results by precinct

5 precincts · 3,519 votes cast

Trump · R+51

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−50.9%	845	2,636	3,519
2020	R	−43.2%	1,025	2,636	3,726
2016	R	−40.8%	859	2,171	3,214
2012	R	−35.3%	969	2,051	3,069
2008	R	−27.9%	1,125	2,018	3,203
2004	R	−44.0%	990	2,589	3,633
2000	R	−44.5%	863	2,338	3,315
1996	R	−25.1%	1,065	1,954	3,538
1992	R	−21.8%	1,011	1,915	4,144
1988	R	−20.2%	1,542	2,329	3,898
1984	R	−50.2%	981	2,999	4,016
1980	R	−53.1%	893	3,259	4,454
1976	R	−16.9%	1,666	2,364	4,123
1972	R	−43.3%	1,107	2,799	3,906
1968	R	−37.9%	932	2,264	3,511
1964	D	+5.6%	2,207	1,972	4,179
1960	R	−11.8%	1,975	2,504	4,479
1956	R	−30.1%	1,526	2,843	4,369
1952	R	−39.1%	1,458	3,332	4,790
1948	R	−0.8%	1,897	1,928	3,825
1944	R	−3.0%	2,178	2,314	4,492
1940	R	−4.6%	2,361	2,587	4,948
1936	D	+30.9%	3,210	1,644	5,075
1932	D	+71.7%	4,076	648	4,779
1928	D	+31.3%	2,746	1,432	4,194
1924	R	−4.2%	1,293	1,450	3,716
1920	R	−34.4%	957	1,992	3,005
1916	D	+28.3%	1,628	897	2,579
1912	D	+18.0%	998	620	2,100
1908	D	+4.3%	1,267	1,159	2,483
1904	R	−18.5%	768	1,180	2,225
1900	D	+13.4%	1,357	1,033	2,423
1896	D	+21.6%	1,420	905	2,383
1892	D	+1.2%	612	589	1,896
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%

Polish

1.0%

African American

3.6%

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: 35.5 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.8%

85+

0.8%

1.5%

75–84

2.2%

4.9%

65–74

3.6%

7.5%

55–64

4.7%

7.2%

45–54

5.5%

6.8%

35–44

4.9%

6.1%

25–34

4.8%

4.7%

18–24

3.3%

10.7%

5–17

11.9%

3.5%

4.5%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$82,530

Colfax County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.

Colfax County$82,530

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

Catholic & Orthodox

51.6%

Mainline Protestant

11.6%

Methodist

0.9%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 35.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Colfax County's population is roughly 40% Hispanic, a demographic composition unusual for the Great Plains, yet presidential margins have run heavily Republican — a pattern that mirrors broader rural Latino rightward shifts seen nationally in 2024.

The Republican margin in Colfax County reached its widest at fifty-three points in 1980. The margin in 2024 was fifty-one points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Colfax County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $82,530, a 51% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 10,641 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 Bailey County and Jackson County.

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