Red Willow County, Nebraska

2024 results by precinct

13 precincts · 5,339 votes cast

Trump · R+68

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−68.2%	815	4,457	5,339
2020	R	−67.9%	811	4,525	5,470
2016	R	−69.8%	645	4,258	5,175
2012	R	−59.5%	952	3,891	4,936
2008	R	−49.9%	1,216	3,735	5,044
2004	R	−58.5%	1,055	4,129	5,258
2000	R	−49.6%	1,188	3,680	5,025
1996	R	−34.9%	1,365	3,112	5,011
1992	R	−25.0%	1,166	2,500	5,342
1988	R	−37.3%	1,511	3,331	4,885
1984	R	−59.9%	1,026	4,131	5,184
1980	R	−59.7%	899	4,050	5,278
1976	R	−26.1%	1,722	2,978	4,810
1972	R	−59.8%	931	3,701	4,632
1968	R	−42.0%	1,145	3,066	4,575
1964	R	−6.3%	2,416	2,740	5,156
1960	R	−33.9%	1,922	3,890	5,812
1956	R	−40.2%	1,625	3,806	5,431
1952	R	−46.2%	1,631	4,433	6,064
1948	R	−7.7%	2,238	2,610	4,848
1944	R	−18.6%	2,132	3,107	5,239
1940	R	−11.4%	2,481	3,119	5,600
1936	D	+24.0%	3,445	2,078	5,692
1932	D	+26.9%	3,479	1,972	5,592
1928	R	−33.2%	1,770	3,559	5,384
1924	R	−18.7%	1,122	1,931	4,329
1920	R	−25.4%	1,133	1,993	3,385
1916	D	+17.2%	1,418	977	2,569
1912	D	+30.6%	923	256	2,177
1908	D	+2.8%	1,317	1,242	2,690
1904	R	−51.5%	306	1,373	2,071
1900	R	−13.3%	905	1,192	2,157
1896	D	+1.6%	1,001	969	2,003
1892	D	+34.6%	807	159	1,871
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

0.8%

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: 41.6 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.8%

85+

2.1%

1.9%

75–84

3.4%

5.8%

65–74

6.1%

7.3%

55–64

7.0%

5.6%

45–54

5.7%

6.1%

35–44

5.5%

5.3%

25–34

5.3%

4.9%

18–24

3.8%

8.1%

5–17

8.5%

2.9%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$63,697

Red Willow County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Red Willow County$63,697

Nebraska$76,475

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

14.0%

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

Catholic & Orthodox

17.4%

Other Christian

13.0%

Methodist

11.5%

Mainline Protestant

8.0%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.6%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 47.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Red Willow County, anchored by McCook in southwest Nebraska, recorded an R+68.4 presidential margin in 2024 — among the widest in the state — reflecting the deep Republican alignment typical of sparsely populated Great Plains agricultural counties.

The Republican margin in Red Willow County reached its widest at seventy points in 2016. The margin in 2024 was sixty-eight points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Red Willow County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $63,697, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 10,557 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 Furnas County and Clay County.

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Red Willow County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.