† 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
GroupSidneyNebraskaUnited States
German38.2%31.0%12.5%
Irish11.6%11.7%9.4%
English9.8%9.4%9.5%
Italian4.4%2.1%4.8%
American3.9%3.5%5.3%
Swedish3.4%3.1%—
Norwegian2.3%——
Polish1.8%2.7%2.2%
Mexican8.1%8.7%11.3%
Spaniard1.0%——
Spanish0.5%0.2%—
Asian Indian0.7%0.5%1.4%
Filipino0.7%0.2%0.9%
Vietnamese0.3%0.5%0.6%
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
Sidney
Nebraska
United States
Median age
41.9
37.3
39.1
Age 18–24
8.3%
9.8%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
20.8%
16.8%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Sidney
Nebraska
United States
Median household income
$54,734
$76,475
$84,427
Poverty rate
16.2%
10.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
19.5%
34.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Sidney
Nebraska
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
2.2%
12.8%
22.3%
Religious landscape
Measure
Sidney
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.
Sidney, Nebraska
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−62.2%
2008
−47.7%
2012
−46.8%
2016
−58.7%
2020
−57.4%
2024
−58.9%
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
19.8%Harris572
78.7%Trump2,271
1.4%
R+58.9
R+1.5
R+57.4
2,884
R
20.1%Biden603
77.5%Trump2,325
2.4%
R+57.4
D+1.3
R+61.8
3,001
R
17.6%Clinton505
76.3%Trump2,189
6.1%
R+58.7
R+11.9
R+60.8
2,869
R
25.3%Obama729
72.1%Romney2,075
2.5%
R+46.8
D+0.9
R+50.7
2,876
R
24.4%Obama744
72.1%McCain2,196
3.4%
R+47.7
D+14.5
R+55.0
3,044
R
18.7%Kerry540
80.9%Bush2,333
0.4%
R+62.2
—
R+59.7
2,884
Sidney anchors Nebraska's sparsely populated western Panhandle, a region where ranching and retail heritage combine with reliably wide Republican margins in statewide races.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 62.2 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 58.9 points.
A population of 6,419, a 84% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $54,734 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Holdrege and Sidney.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Sidney, Nebraska voted Republican by 58.9 points (R+58.9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,884 votes cast, 572 went Democratic and 2,271 went Republican.
How many people live in Sidney, Nebraska?
Sidney, Nebraska has a population of 6,419 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Sidney, Nebraska?
Median household income in Sidney, Nebraska is $54,734 — below the national median of $80,734. The Nebraska state median is $76,475.
What is the political history of Sidney, Nebraska?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Sidney, Nebraska from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
