Thayer County, Nebraska

2024 results by precinct

4 precincts · 2,863 votes cast

Trump · R+61

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−60.6%	544	2,278	2,863
2020	R	−56.3%	624	2,308	2,989
2016	R	−57.7%	499	2,051	2,690
2012	R	−43.1%	728	1,874	2,659
2008	R	−33.4%	860	1,749	2,659
2004	R	−45.6%	764	2,075	2,878
2000	R	−42.4%	821	2,096	3,006
1996	R	−25.6%	933	1,698	2,989
1992	R	−13.7%	924	1,391	3,410
1988	R	−19.8%	1,322	1,981	3,326
1984	R	−46.0%	946	2,580	3,551
1980	R	−43.5%	926	2,514	3,650
1976	R	−20.2%	1,315	1,994	3,360
1972	R	−39.9%	978	2,274	3,252
1968	R	−35.6%	1,061	2,331	3,569
1964	D	+3.7%	2,298	2,132	4,430
1960	R	−34.8%	1,550	3,202	4,752
1956	R	−39.6%	1,447	3,346	4,793
1952	R	−51.8%	1,266	3,992	5,258
1948	R	−14.8%	1,931	2,601	4,532
1944	R	−36.7%	1,644	3,554	5,198
1940	R	−30.4%	2,077	3,893	5,970
1936	D	+12.9%	3,418	2,628	6,125
1932	D	+33.8%	3,841	1,878	5,809
1928	R	−24.0%	2,173	3,552	5,748
1924	R	−20.9%	1,719	2,847	5,399
1920	R	−49.6%	1,120	3,456	4,714
1916	R	−5.5%	1,581	1,772	3,457
1912	D	+23.9%	1,490	703	3,290
1908	R	−0.3%	1,703	1,714	3,493
1904	R	−36.2%	812	1,930	3,089
1900	R	−9.2%	1,516	1,825	3,374
1896	R	−8.2%	1,315	1,556	2,943
1892	D	+33.5%	1,261	356	2,704
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: 46.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

2.0%

85+

2.8%

75–84

3.5%

7.2%

65–74

7.1%

55–64

7.1%

6.2%

45–54

5.5%

5.6%

35–44

4.9%

4.7%

25–34

4.5%

3.3%

18–24

3.1%

8.6%

5–17

9.2%

2.3%

2.6%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$66,213

Thayer County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Thayer County$66,213

Nebraska$76,475

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

9.0%

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

Mainline Protestant

60.8%

Other Christian

9.6%

Catholic & Orthodox

8.3%

Methodist

6.3%

Pentecostal & Holiness

0.6%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 14.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Thayer County's agricultural flatlands and shrinking population of roughly 6,000 have produced some of the widest presidential margins in the state, reflecting a broader rural consolidation that has reshaped Nebraska's electoral map over the past decade.

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

Thayer County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $66,213, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 4,901 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 Franklin County and Nuckolls County.

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