Perkins County, Nebraska

2024 results by precinct

2 precincts · 1,432 votes cast

Trump · R+72

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−72.4%	187	1,224	1,432
2020	R	−72.6%	199	1,321	1,545
2016	R	−72.6%	161	1,217	1,455
2012	R	−64.3%	238	1,135	1,394
2008	R	−55.1%	310	1,092	1,420
2004	R	−65.7%	262	1,285	1,558
2000	R	−63.8%	243	1,170	1,452
1996	R	−43.2%	352	1,018	1,541
1992	R	−32.5%	300	842	1,666
1988	R	−40.5%	468	1,118	1,604
1984	R	−64.1%	307	1,420	1,736
1980	R	−58.4%	313	1,342	1,762
1976	R	−21.8%	622	981	1,649
1972	R	−53.4%	354	1,165	1,519
1968	R	−48.7%	360	1,165	1,652
1964	R	−2.0%	877	912	1,789
1960	R	−30.2%	697	1,301	1,998
1956	R	−32.1%	666	1,296	1,962
1952	R	−56.8%	451	1,637	2,088
1948	R	−2.3%	863	904	1,767
1944	R	−23.5%	806	1,301	2,107
1940	R	−14.6%	1,054	1,413	2,467
1936	D	+29.4%	1,584	861	2,460
1932	D	+41.5%	1,669	674	2,398
1928	R	−39.4%	631	1,461	2,106
1924	R	−20.8%	493	836	1,652
1920	R	−28.4%	387	722	1,180
1916	D	+28.5%	397	210	655
1912	D	+26.3%	253	101	579
1908	D	+2.1%	265	254	523
1904	R	−37.3%	57	179	327
1900	D	+11.1%	231	184	423
1896	D	+16.4%	233	166	408
1892	D	+25.9%	328	89	924
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: 41.2 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.7%

85+

2.1%

2.9%

75–84

3.6%

6.6%

65–74

6.9%

6.1%

55–64

6.1%

4.0%

45–54

5.6%

8.2%

35–44

5.8%

6.4%

25–34

4.7%

2.4%

18–24

2.6%

10.0%

5–17

9.3%

2.8%

2.2%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$72,778

Perkins County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Perkins County$72,778

Nebraska$76,475

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

7.2%

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

21.3%

Methodist

16.3%

Catholic & Orthodox

7.1%

Other Christian

2.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 53.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Perkins County recorded an R+72.7 margin in the 2024 presidential race, placing it among the most one-sided rural counties on the High Plains. Its sparse population of roughly 3,200 is spread across an agricultural landscape with few urban counterweights.

The Republican margin in Perkins County reached its widest at seventy-three points in 2020. The margin in 2024 was seventy-two points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Perkins County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $72,778, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 2,821 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 Cheyenne County and Garfield County.

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