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1876–2024
Fillmore County, Nebraska
Fillmore County·Nebraska

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

One of Nebraska's most lopsided rural counties in 2024

18762024·38 elections
Fillmore County, Nebraska · The Crumpled Pamphlet · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+55
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
5,541
2024 ACS
Most similar
Nuckolls County
NE · similarity 1.00
7 precincts · 3,024 votes cast
Trump · R+55
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−54.7%
6622,3153,024
2020R
−52.9%
6932,3593,148
2016R
−51.6%
6132,1302,941
2012R
−41.7%
8072,0072,879
2008R
−32.3%
9621,9132,947
2004R
−46.5%
8282,3143,193
2000R
−39.2%
8482,0242,998
1996R
−20.6%
1,0581,6963,095
1992R
−14.6%
9901,5013,496
1988R
−15.2%
1,4351,9553,418
1984R
−41.7%
1,0092,4743,511
1980R
−37.6%
1,0252,4353,746
1976R
−16.6%
1,4892,0983,671
1972R
−32.8%
1,2702,5113,781
1968R
−24.7%
1,2972,2133,713
1964D
+12.7%
2,4971,9364,433
1960R
−22.2%
1,8102,8424,652
1956R
−33.9%
1,5493,1374,686
1952R
−49.5%
1,2163,6034,819
1948R
−17.1%
1,8962,6774,573
1944R
−30.6%
1,7883,3625,150
1940R
−30.3%
1,9693,6775,646
1936D
+4.9%
3,1542,8586,062
1932D
+25.1%
3,6552,1785,881
1928R
−21.6%
2,2353,4795,746
1924R
−11.3%
2,1562,7585,351
1920R
−28.4%
1,5492,8034,419
1916D
+9.9%
1,9111,5613,552
1912D
+21.1%
1,7369723,615
1908D
+6.1%
1,9891,7563,809
1904R
−32.7%
8371,9803,492
1900R
−0.6%
1,8601,8833,796
1896D
+1.9%
1,7331,6683,494
1892D
+37.6%
1,5412763,365
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.
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
24.7%
Mainline Protestant
23.0%
Catholic & Orthodox
14.4%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.7%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 37.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Fillmore County delivered a 54.9-point Republican margin in the 2024 presidential race, reflecting the deep-red tilt common to Nebraska's sparsely populated agricultural plains, where farming communities have shifted decisively rightward over the past two decades.

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

Fillmore County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $76,295, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 5,541 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 Nuckolls County and Seward County.