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1876–2024
York County, Nebraska
York County·Nebraska

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

One of Nebraska's most reliably red counties by raw margin

18762024·38 elections
York County, Nebraska · Ammodramus · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+51
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
14,286
2024 ACS
Most similar
Randall County
TX · similarity 1.00
12 precincts · 7,020 votes cast
Trump · R+51
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−51.1%
1,6485,2347,020
2020R
−51.8%
1,6305,3377,161
2016R
−55.1%
1,1864,7006,381
2012R
−55.1%
1,3734,8746,355
2008R
−49.3%
1,6074,8486,568
2004R
−60.2%
1,3045,3936,797
2000R
−52.8%
1,4074,8166,460
1996R
−40.2%
1,6534,2666,507
1992R
−34.2%
1,3853,7837,013
1988R
−46.0%
1,7514,7656,547
1984R
−64.2%
1,1245,1476,271
1980R
−59.7%
1,1315,0896,634
1976R
−42.2%
1,6654,2236,066
1972R
−55.8%
1,3184,6515,969
1968R
−49.6%
1,2373,9235,419
1964R
−9.3%
2,8323,4106,242
1960R
−49.4%
1,7645,2056,969
1956R
−52.7%
1,5695,0656,634
1952R
−59.3%
1,4685,7427,210
1948R
−30.9%
2,0913,9606,051
1944R
−46.0%
1,8084,8856,693
1940R
−41.5%
2,2005,3227,522
1936R
−9.7%
3,7414,5548,415
1932D
+4.6%
3,9203,5737,579
1928R
−48.7%
1,9795,7697,779
1924R
−33.3%
1,7784,1107,007
1920R
−37.8%
1,8574,2656,378
1916D
+4.5%
2,2062,0114,351
1912D
+22.5%
1,8869624,111
1908R
−3.8%
2,0422,2094,384
1904R
−45.0%
7542,5293,942
1900R
−8.1%
1,8712,2074,160
1896R
−2.8%
1,8111,9193,794
1892D
+45.6%
1,9172193,727
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
1.0%
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
Mainline Protestant
34.9%
Methodist
10.4%
Catholic & Orthodox
9.5%
Other Christian
6.0%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 37.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

York County's R+51.4 margin in 2024 reflects the deep Republican lean common across Nebraska's agricultural interior, where small cities and farming communities have voted consistently right of center for decades.

The Republican margin in York County reached its widest at sixty-four points in 1984. The margin in 2024 was fifty-one points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

York County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $77,757, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 14,286 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 Randall County and Kendall County.