Deuel County, Nebraska

2024 results by precinct

3 precincts · 1,014 votes cast

Trump · R+68

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−68.2%	151	843	1,014
2020	R	−70.6%	141	871	1,034
2016	R	−70.0%	120	809	984
2012	R	−53.9%	215	763	1,017
2008	R	−49.2%	243	732	993
2004	R	−56.8%	222	820	1,053
2000	R	−55.2%	213	783	1,033
1996	R	−38.7%	245	629	991
1992	R	−29.1%	232	558	1,120
1988	R	−43.2%	302	769	1,080
1984	R	−65.5%	198	962	1,167
1980	R	−61.8%	192	946	1,220
1976	R	−31.7%	398	776	1,191
1972	R	−63.4%	224	1,001	1,225
1968	R	−56.4%	250	997	1,325
1964	R	−29.2%	533	972	1,505
1960	R	−52.4%	398	1,276	1,674
1956	R	−59.7%	294	1,165	1,459
1952	R	−70.1%	241	1,372	1,613
1948	R	−43.4%	412	1,043	1,455
1944	R	−47.0%	406	1,125	1,531
1940	R	−34.3%	565	1,156	1,721
1936	D	+15.1%	1,020	747	1,808
1932	D	+26.2%	1,093	630	1,765
1928	R	−49.3%	403	1,197	1,609
1924	R	−34.5%	316	775	1,331
1920	R	−34.4%	321	684	1,055
1916	D	+29.2%	340	181	544
1912	D	+18.6%	135	64	382
1908	R	−14.3%	392	526	938
1904	R	−52.4%	109	399	553
1900	R	−24.7%	241	403	657
1896	R	−3.2%	282	301	593
1892	D	+26.0%	250	101	574
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%.

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: 50.8 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.6%

85+

2.2%

3.0%

75–84

4.0%

9.3%

65–74

8.1%

7.8%

55–64

9.4%

7.0%

45–54

6.1%

4.0%

35–44

4.8%

4.9%

25–34

2.7%

3.0%

18–24

3.9%

7.3%

5–17

5.1%

2.1%

3.8%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$70,096

Deuel County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Deuel County$70,096

Nebraska$76,475

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

9.4%

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

Methodist

14.9%

Mainline Protestant

14.5%

Catholic & Orthodox

12.0%

Pentecostal & Holiness

7.5%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 51.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Deuel County, anchored by the small ranching community of Chappell, cast roughly five votes for the Republican presidential candidate for every one cast for the Democrat in 2024, reflecting the deep Republican lean typical of Nebraska's sparsely populated Panhandle.

The Republican margin in Deuel County reached its widest at seventy-one points in 2020. The margin in 2024 was sixty-eight points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Deuel County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $70,096, a 88% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 1,847 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 Frontier County and Custer County.

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