Harlan County, Nebraska

2024 results by precinct

2 precincts · 1,805 votes cast

Trump · R+68

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−67.9%	280	1,506	1,805
2020	R	−68.9%	282	1,615	1,934
2016	R	−67.8%	254	1,496	1,832
2012	R	−58.5%	354	1,395	1,778
2008	R	−52.5%	402	1,329	1,766
2004	R	−56.4%	398	1,467	1,897
2000	R	−49.7%	438	1,358	1,852
1996	R	−32.3%	520	1,120	1,858
1992	R	−23.8%	488	992	2,116
1988	R	−31.5%	725	1,403	2,154
1984	R	−54.4%	493	1,692	2,203
1980	R	−52.0%	486	1,690	2,317
1976	R	−19.8%	879	1,325	2,255
1972	R	−48.4%	539	1,549	2,088
1968	R	−37.4%	579	1,392	2,174
1964	R	−3.6%	1,195	1,283	2,478
1960	R	−32.8%	893	1,766	2,659
1956	R	−37.1%	848	1,850	2,698
1952	R	−51.8%	730	2,300	3,030
1948	R	−10.0%	1,220	1,490	2,710
1944	R	−32.9%	1,006	1,991	2,997
1940	R	−23.5%	1,353	2,182	3,535
1936	D	+10.3%	2,084	1,692	3,814
1932	D	+31.3%	2,486	1,272	3,879
1928	R	−42.7%	1,055	2,702	3,861
1924	R	−17.1%	1,216	1,845	3,689
1920	R	−26.5%	974	1,756	2,947
1916	D	+19.5%	1,267	834	2,225
1912	D	+28.8%	918	325	2,059
1908	D	+3.2%	1,158	1,081	2,403
1904	R	−43.1%	299	1,178	2,039
1900	D	+4.9%	977	880	1,967
1896	D	+15.4%	1,151	836	2,050
1892	D	+30.3%	568	101	1,540
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%.

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: 47.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.5%

85+

1.7%

4.7%

75–84

4.6%

7.3%

65–74

8.7%

8.0%

55–64

6.9%

5.4%

45–54

4.2%

6.5%

35–44

4.6%

3.4%

25–34

4.3%

2.8%

18–24

3.5%

9.6%

5–17

6.5%

3.2%

2.6%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$70,625

Harlan County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Harlan County$70,625

Nebraska$76,475

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

6.7%

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

16.6%

Methodist

12.3%

Catholic & Orthodox

6.7%

Other Christian

2.9%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 61.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Harlan County, anchored by the reservoir bearing its name in south-central Nebraska, recorded an R+68 presidential margin in 2024, placing it among the state's most one-sided rural counties. Its shrinking, agriculture-dependent population has trended heavily Republican for decades.

The Republican margin in Harlan County reached its widest at sixty-nine points in 2020. The margin in 2024 was sixty-eight points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Harlan County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $70,625, a 95% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 2,847 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 Boyd County and Morrill County.

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