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1876–2024
Boyd County, Nebraska
Boyd County·Nebraska

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

One of Nebraska's most lopsided presidential counties in 2024

18762024·38 elections
Boyd County, Nebraska · Ammodramus · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+75
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
1,688
2024 ACS
Most similar
Golden Valley County
ND · similarity 1.00
3 precincts · 1,076 votes cast
Trump · R+75
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−74.9%
1329381,076
2020R
−75.8%
1351,0101,155
2016R
−74.0%
1289831,156
2012R
−64.0%
1888731,071
2008R
−53.1%
2508391,110
2004R
−59.5%
2289111,148
2000R
−53.6%
2659311,242
1996R
−30.3%
3727781,342
1992R
−24.9%
3537441,571
1988R
−33.2%
4809671,467
1984R
−58.0%
3081,1751,496
1980R
−51.1%
3761,2611,733
1976R
−11.6%
7921,0041,821
1972R
−47.4%
5061,4191,925
1968R
−42.0%
4371,2501,934
1964R
−9.6%
9081,1002,008
1960R
−28.9%
7681,3932,161
1956R
−25.0%
8481,4142,262
1952R
−37.3%
7571,6562,413
1948R
−1.2%
1,0351,0602,095
1944R
−23.9%
8951,4562,351
1940R
−24.3%
1,0571,7342,791
1936D
+9.1%
1,5551,2902,900
1932D
+43.6%
2,0988082,957
1928R
−18.1%
1,1431,6532,815
1924R
−17.8%
5229912,638
1920R
−45.1%
5271,4822,116
1916D
+2.5%
8528091,722
1912D
+22.2%
6512811,663
1908R
−3.3%
8919541,906
1904R
−47.2%
3281,2331,916
1900D
+1.5%
7957711,625
1896D
+13.0%
6575001,204
1892D
+29.0%
5281841,188
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.
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
36.7%
Catholic & Orthodox
35.1%
Other Christian
8.6%
Methodist
4.9%
Pentecostal & Holiness
3.6%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 11.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Boyd County's 2024 presidential margin of R+75 placed it among the most one-sided counties in the state, a pattern consistent with its sparse, ranch-dominated landscape and a population that has declined steadily for decades.

The Republican margin in Boyd County reached its widest at seventy-six points in 2020. The margin in 2024 was seventy-five points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Boyd County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $67,045, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 1,688 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 Golden Valley County and Harlan County.