† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupDavid CityNebraskaUnited States
German32.3%31.0%12.5%
Czech26.4%3.4%—
English5.4%9.4%9.5%
Swedish5.4%3.1%—
Irish4.8%11.7%9.4%
American4.5%3.5%5.3%
Dutch3.6%——
Polish2.1%2.7%2.2%
Mexican3.0%8.7%11.3%
Guatemalan0.3%1.0%0.5%
Spanish0.2%0.2%—
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
David City
Nebraska
United States
Median age
35.9
37.3
39.1
Age 18–24
10.6%
9.8%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.8%
16.8%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
David City
Nebraska
United States
Median household income
$65,573
$76,475
$84,427
Poverty rate
15.1%
10.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
32.7%
34.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
David City
Nebraska
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
6.8%
12.8%
22.3%
Spanish
3.7%
8.5%
13.6%
German or other West Germanic
1.6%
0.3%
0.5%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.4%
0.8%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
David City
Nebraska
United States
Catholic
—
19.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
14.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
50.8%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
David City, Nebraska
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−47.7%
2008
−33.6%
2012
−43.6%
2016
−56.2%
2020
−53.8%
2024
−54.9%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
22.0%Harris313
76.9%Trump1,095
1.1%
R+54.9
R+1.1
R+53.4
1,424
R
22.0%Biden309
75.8%Trump1,064
2.2%
R+53.8
D+2.4
R+58.2
1,404
R
19.6%Clinton232
75.8%Trump896
4.6%
R+56.2
R+12.5
R+58.3
1,182
R
27.2%Obama321
70.8%Romney836
1.9%
R+43.6
R+10.1
R+47.5
1,180
R
31.6%Obama380
65.2%McCain783
3.2%
R+33.6
D+14.1
R+40.8
1,201
R
25.8%Kerry330
73.5%Bush939
0.7%
R+47.7
—
R+45.2
1,278
David City sits at the center of Butler County, one of Nebraska's most consistently Republican-leaning counties at the presidential level, where Czech and German immigrant heritage shaped a tight-knit agricultural community that has changed little demographically in decades.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 56.2 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 54.9 points.
A population of 3,017, a 90% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $65,573 describe the city.
In 2024, David City, Nebraska voted Republican by 54.9 points (R+54.9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,424 votes cast, 313 went Democratic and 1,095 went Republican.
How many people live in David City, Nebraska?
David City, Nebraska has a population of 3,017 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in David City, Nebraska?
Median household income in David City, Nebraska is $65,573 — below the national median of $80,734. The Nebraska state median is $76,475.
What is the political history of David City, Nebraska?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in David City, Nebraska from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
