Pawnee County, Nebraska

2024 results by precinct

5 precincts · 1,385 votes cast

Trump · R+58

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−57.8%	284	1,085	1,385
2020	R	−52.4%	322	1,071	1,429
2016	R	−52.4%	279	974	1,327
2012	R	−37.2%	400	899	1,341
2008	R	−27.2%	483	859	1,384
2004	R	−34.1%	481	986	1,483
2000	R	−27.3%	522	937	1,519
1996	R	−11.9%	580	766	1,569
1992	R	−5.8%	566	670	1,808
1988	R	−11.8%	767	975	1,758
1984	R	−40.0%	552	1,306	1,884
1980	R	−49.5%	431	1,418	1,993
1976	R	−7.7%	845	990	1,873
1972	R	−42.5%	524	1,299	1,823
1968	R	−31.2%	583	1,209	2,005
1964	R	−2.4%	1,111	1,166	2,277
1960	R	−26.3%	1,009	1,728	2,737
1956	R	−28.3%	1,022	1,830	2,852
1952	R	−50.0%	810	2,432	3,242
1948	R	−15.2%	1,271	1,725	2,996
1944	R	−27.7%	1,275	2,254	3,529
1940	R	−24.7%	1,596	2,643	4,239
1936	D	+5.1%	2,297	2,074	4,404
1932	D	+25.3%	2,641	1,568	4,249
1928	R	−29.1%	1,547	2,825	4,394
1924	R	−20.3%	1,365	2,147	3,844
1920	R	−42.8%	972	2,510	3,592
1916	R	−2.3%	1,171	1,228	2,473
1912	D	+15.4%	958	593	2,366
1908	R	−13.2%	1,115	1,468	2,672
1904	R	−46.3%	562	1,739	2,543
1900	R	−17.8%	1,121	1,632	2,868
1896	R	−11.9%	1,163	1,486	2,724
1892	D	+44.2%	1,266	231	2,339
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: 44.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.6%

85+

2.1%

4.2%

75–84

6.1%

7.5%

65–74

7.0%

6.6%

55–64

6.8%

4.4%

45–54

3.6%

4.9%

35–44

6.2%

4.2%

25–34

4.5%

3.1%

18–24

2.8%

9.6%

5–17

7.9%

3.5%

3.6%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$62,188

Pawnee County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Pawnee County$62,188

Nebraska$76,475

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

13.5%

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

15.6%

Other Christian

14.3%

Catholic & Orthodox

6.5%

Methodist

5.9%

Non-Christian

0.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 57.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Pawnee County, anchored by the small county seat of Pawnee City, sits in the state's southeast corner and has delivered some of the widest presidential margins in Nebraska, reflecting the heavily rural, agricultural character of its roughly 3,000 residents.

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

Pawnee County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $62,188, a 95% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 2,530 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 Webster County and Bourbon County.

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