Dawes County, Nebraska

2024 results by precinct

11 precincts · 3,889 votes cast

Trump · R+47

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−46.8%	992	2,812	3,889
2020	R	−44.5%	1,082	2,931	4,151
2016	R	−49.8%	801	2,632	3,676
2012	R	−36.1%	1,132	2,478	3,728
2008	R	−28.9%	1,285	2,376	3,775
2004	R	−42.3%	1,119	2,809	3,994
2000	R	−47.7%	823	2,549	3,621
1996	R	−24.7%	1,108	1,991	3,575
1992	R	−23.9%	987	1,961	4,068
1988	R	−39.7%	1,123	2,621	3,771
1984	R	−58.2%	865	3,326	4,232
1980	R	−59.9%	705	3,283	4,306
1976	R	−29.7%	1,286	2,446	3,910
1972	R	−61.5%	711	2,987	3,698
1968	R	−51.4%	741	2,600	3,614
1964	R	−23.2%	1,569	2,518	4,087
1960	R	−41.7%	1,279	3,106	4,385
1956	R	−47.7%	893	2,523	3,416
1952	R	−51.2%	1,157	3,583	4,740
1948	R	−23.1%	1,499	2,399	3,898
1944	R	−31.0%	1,447	2,747	4,194
1940	R	−28.5%	1,771	3,184	4,955
1936	D	+13.7%	2,784	2,083	5,122
1932	D	+7.7%	2,457	2,095	4,672
1928	R	−47.1%	1,173	3,276	4,468
1924	R	−25.7%	595	1,575	3,818
1920	R	−32.3%	900	1,801	2,788
1916	D	+17.7%	1,088	751	1,905
1912	D	+18.1%	583	298	1,571
1908	R	−6.8%	727	836	1,608
1904	R	−46.4%	247	818	1,231
1900	R	−2.1%	587	613	1,243
1896	D	+4.7%	916	832	1,795
1892	D	+35.3%	803	190	1,736
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%.

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: 35.8 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

2.0%

85+

2.5%

1.7%

75–84

3.2%

5.4%

65–74

5.0%

5.1%

55–64

5.8%

6.1%

45–54

4.3%

5.2%

35–44

5.5%

4.8%

25–34

7.2%

8.6%

18–24

9.5%

6.2%

5–17

6.5%

3.5%

2.1%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$56,280

Dawes County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Dawes County$56,280

Nebraska$76,475

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

13.1%

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

12.6%

Other Christian

9.4%

Methodist

8.8%

Mainline Protestant

7.2%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.0%

Baptist

1.2%

Non-Christian

0.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 58.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Dawes County, anchored by Chadron in the Pine Ridge region, delivered a 47-point Republican presidential margin in 2024 — a result consistent with its sparse, ranching-dominated economy and a population that has trended steadily more Republican over the past two decades.

The Republican margin in Dawes County reached its widest at sixty-two points in 1972. The margin in 2024 was forty-seven points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Dawes County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $56,280, a 87% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 8,140 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 Lincoln County and Churchill County.

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