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1876–2024
Hamilton County, Nebraska
Hamilton County·Nebraska

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

One of Nebraska's most lopsided presidential counties in 2024

18762024·38 elections
Hamilton County, Nebraska · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+60
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
9,464
2024 ACS
Most similar
Pierce County
NE · similarity 1.00
8 precincts · 5,573 votes cast
Trump · R+60
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−60.1%
1,0674,4165,573
2020R
−57.3%
1,1184,3095,566
2016R
−58.1%
8783,7835,004
2012R
−50.4%
1,1463,6004,871
2008R
−42.9%
1,3323,3894,799
2004R
−57.0%
1,0123,7854,866
2000R
−48.7%
1,0663,2514,491
1996R
−33.9%
1,1722,6234,274
1992R
−30.2%
9942,3884,617
1988R
−40.0%
1,2893,0224,334
1984R
−60.1%
8423,4184,285
1980R
−56.7%
7783,2004,271
1976R
−33.5%
1,3372,7374,181
1972R
−53.1%
9072,9603,867
1968R
−45.8%
9182,5923,654
1964R
−5.5%
1,8862,1053,991
1960R
−45.3%
1,2233,2494,472
1956R
−49.9%
1,0753,2174,292
1952R
−52.0%
1,1303,5794,709
1948R
−22.9%
1,5092,4063,915
1944R
−39.4%
1,3303,0574,387
1940R
−32.7%
1,6663,2864,952
1936R
−1.7%
2,6532,7485,449
1932D
+19.1%
2,9692,0035,051
1928R
−38.4%
1,6063,6345,284
1924R
−26.6%
1,5452,9355,230
1920R
−36.1%
1,3562,9504,410
1916D
+11.1%
1,8161,4443,346
1912D
+31.8%
1,4334503,088
1908D
+0.9%
1,6641,6333,448
1904R
−43.0%
5511,8453,006
1900D
+1.5%
1,5711,5243,185
1896D
+6.1%
1,5621,3803,006
1892D
+33.5%
1,2072652,810
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
Mainline Protestant
20.8%
Methodist
18.5%
Other Christian
13.9%
Catholic & Orthodox
8.9%
Non-Christian
0.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 37.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Hamilton County's R+60.4 margin in 2024 places it among the most heavily one-sided counties in the state, a pattern consistent with its small-town, agriculturally rooted demographics and sparse population of roughly 9,400 residents.

The Republican margin in Hamilton County reached its widest at sixty points in 1984. The margin in 2024 was sixty points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Hamilton County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $83,994, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 9,464 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 Pierce County and Phelps County.