Garfield County, Nebraska

2024 results by precinct

2 precincts · 1,017 votes cast

Trump · R+76

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−76.4%	116	893	1,017
2020	R	−74.3%	133	933	1,076
2016	R	−71.4%	121	821	980
2012	R	−66.0%	149	769	940
2008	R	−57.1%	212	800	1,030
2004	R	−60.0%	196	806	1,017
2000	R	−53.6%	202	718	963
1996	R	−38.1%	249	625	988
1992	R	−34.4%	221	595	1,087
1988	R	−53.8%	234	803	1,057
1984	R	−63.7%	196	899	1,104
1980	R	−51.7%	238	811	1,108
1976	R	−34.2%	343	726	1,121
1972	R	−62.4%	209	903	1,112
1968	R	−58.9%	183	797	1,043
1964	R	−22.3%	483	761	1,244
1960	R	−54.9%	305	1,047	1,352
1956	R	−56.3%	262	936	1,198
1952	R	−60.9%	253	1,042	1,295
1948	R	−12.9%	542	702	1,244
1944	R	−37.4%	408	896	1,304
1940	R	−32.8%	533	1,053	1,586
1936	R	−3.2%	697	744	1,476
1932	D	+10.8%	775	622	1,417
1928	R	−66.5%	235	1,180	1,421
1924	R	−39.5%	251	757	1,280
1920	R	−37.8%	252	611	950
1916	D	+15.4%	426	302	807
1912	D	+5.2%	234	192	811
1908	R	−0.7%	363	368	764
1904	R	−53.5%	84	406	602
1900	R	−3.2%	235	251	497
1896	D	+20.2%	223	148	371
1892	D	+35.3%	134	17	331
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: 47.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.9%

85+

1.6%

3.6%

75–84

6.8%

8.6%

65–74

6.9%

6.5%

55–64

6.5%

5.4%

45–54

5.2%

35–44

3.8%

4.2%

25–34

4.8%

4.2%

18–24

4.4%

5.9%

5–17

8.2%

3.5%

2.8%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$62,804

Garfield County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Garfield County$62,804

Nebraska$76,475

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

8.8%

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

Mainline Protestant

26.6%

Catholic & Orthodox

21.7%

Methodist

19.4%

Baptist

13.8%

Other Christian

9.6%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.3%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 6.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Garfield County's roughly 1,900 residents make it one of the emptiest stretches of the Loup River sandhills, and its 2024 presidential margin of R+76.5 reflects a pattern of overwhelming Republican dominance typical of Nebraska's most rural, sparsely settled plains counties.

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

Garfield County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $62,804, a 98% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 1,718 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 Russell County and Casey County.

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