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1876–2024
Hall County, Nebraska
Hall County·Nebraska

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

A meatpacking hub where Latino growth is reshaping the electorate

18762024·38 elections
Hall County, Nebraska · Calvin Beale · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+38
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
62,536
2024 ACS
Most similar
Adams County
NE · similarity 1.00
24 precincts · 22,901 votes cast
Trump · R+38
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−37.6%
6,95615,56622,901
2020R
−34.8%
7,68116,18924,450
2016R
−36.8%
6,28214,40822,060
2012R
−27.1%
7,16112,64620,229
2008R
−24.1%
7,85512,97721,271
2004R
−39.5%
6,22814,59221,154
2000R
−31.5%
5,95211,80318,546
1996R
−17.9%
6,70810,18319,416
1992R
−18.1%
5,5589,34120,913
1988R
−27.4%
6,85312,06219,023
1984R
−47.5%
4,65513,19317,956
1980R
−43.4%
4,42212,16617,857
1976R
−27.9%
6,07910,93517,386
1972R
−44.5%
4,21810,98715,205
1968R
−28.0%
4,5718,45713,861
1964D
+10.4%
8,2736,71514,988
1960R
−28.0%
5,4969,76315,259
1956R
−32.9%
4,8159,53614,351
1952R
−38.7%
4,60810,43515,043
1948R
−10.7%
4,5905,69410,284
1944R
−23.2%
4,7687,65112,419
1940R
−22.5%
4,6877,41212,099
1936D
+9.7%
6,2955,14611,810
1932D
+24.0%
6,2663,74310,492
1928R
−33.7%
3,3916,86210,306
1924R
−25.5%
1,8634,0408,525
1920R
−42.0%
1,7244,7197,123
1916R
−1.4%
2,4832,5555,264
1912D
+23.5%
2,0851,0474,412
1908R
−0.3%
2,2292,2414,681
1904R
−44.3%
8172,5083,818
1900R
−6.5%
1,7662,0173,868
1896R
−1.9%
1,8451,9173,853
1892D
+34.2%
1,5463923,373
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
1.1%
African American
3.1%
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.
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
21.3%
Mainline Protestant
11.6%
Other Christian
6.0%
Methodist
5.1%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.4%
Non-Christian
0.2%
Baptist
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 54.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Hall County anchors Nebraska's Platte River corridor and hosts one of the state's largest beef-processing complexes, drawing a substantial Hispanic workforce that has steadily increased the county's demographic diversity even as presidential margins remain heavily Republican.

The Republican margin in Hall County reached its widest at forty-eight points in 1984. The margin in 2024 was thirty-eight points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Hall County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $69,251, a 65% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 62,536 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 Adams County and Scotts Bluff County.