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1876–2024
Kimball County, Nebraska
Kimball County·Nebraska

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

One of Nebraska's most lopsided presidential counties in 2024

18762024·38 elections
Kimball County, Nebraska · Ammodramus · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+67
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
3,248
2024 ACS
Most similar
Boone County
NE · similarity 1.00
5 precincts · 1,722 votes cast
Trump · R+67
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−66.9%
2721,4241,722
2020R
−69.0%
2681,5631,877
2016R
−65.6%
2301,3301,677
2012R
−49.8%
3951,2351,687
2008R
−50.1%
4391,3461,811
2004R
−59.9%
3661,4911,877
2000R
−54.9%
3791,3791,820
1996R
−27.1%
5271,0111,784
1992R
−29.2%
4089311,789
1988R
−41.3%
5401,3211,890
1984R
−66.8%
3391,7342,087
1980R
−57.6%
3851,6152,136
1976R
−28.0%
6961,2572,001
1972R
−58.1%
4371,6502,087
1968R
−48.6%
4141,4232,074
1964R
−11.8%
1,2421,5732,815
1960R
−35.9%
1,0162,1523,168
1956R
−41.6%
6561,5902,246
1952R
−55.2%
4751,6462,121
1948R
−20.8%
6721,0241,696
1944R
−34.0%
5761,1691,745
1940R
−23.6%
7351,1901,925
1936D
+14.5%
1,1378422,032
1932D
+22.5%
1,2687932,110
1928R
−49.0%
4381,2961,751
1924R
−33.9%
2537501,464
1920R
−44.0%
3399101,299
1916D
+25.4%
388223649
1912D
+8.8%
10973409
1908R
−25.8%
124216357
1904R
−69.1%
20143178
1900R
−46.8%
48137190
1896R
−21.2%
6297165
1892D
+37.4%
10924227
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%
African American
1.4%
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
Catholic & Orthodox
13.6%
Mainline Protestant
10.7%
Methodist
9.0%
Other Christian
5.1%
Pentecostal & Holiness
3.7%
Baptist
1.6%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 56.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Kimball County sits in the southwestern Panhandle where ranching and dryland farming define the economy; its R+67 presidential margin in 2024 placed it among the most one-sided counties in the state.

The Republican margin in Kimball County reached its widest at sixty-nine points in 1904. The margin in 2024 was sixty-seven points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Kimball County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $56,712, a 84% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 3,248 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 Boone County and Wheeler County.