Knox County, Nebraska

2024 results by precinct

7 precincts · 4,448 votes cast

Trump · R+63

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−63.1%	786	3,593	4,448
2020	R	−59.8%	905	3,721	4,708
2016	R	−60.0%	720	3,188	4,115
2012	R	−45.2%	1,059	2,885	4,036
2008	R	−36.1%	1,255	2,728	4,084
2004	R	−46.9%	1,086	3,062	4,213
2000	R	−43.9%	1,037	2,784	3,978
1996	R	−21.8%	1,266	2,123	3,938
1992	R	−26.9%	968	2,113	4,264
1988	R	−28.1%	1,477	2,644	4,147
1984	R	−48.6%	1,149	3,364	4,560
1980	R	−49.0%	1,057	3,404	4,789
1976	R	−14.8%	1,922	2,610	4,654
1972	R	−44.0%	1,289	3,318	4,607
1968	R	−43.5%	1,131	3,129	4,588
1964	R	−2.5%	2,617	2,752	5,369
1960	R	−28.9%	2,122	3,847	5,969
1956	R	−28.8%	2,110	3,814	5,924
1952	R	−50.9%	1,573	4,840	6,413
1948	R	−3.4%	2,597	2,778	5,375
1944	R	−20.4%	2,487	3,762	6,249
1940	R	−15.6%	3,179	4,352	7,531
1936	D	+19.8%	4,449	2,949	7,583
1932	D	+47.7%	5,229	1,830	7,128
1928	R	−11.4%	2,914	3,668	6,614
1924	R	−14.0%	1,532	2,405	6,226
1920	R	−41.9%	1,470	3,678	5,264
1916	D	+9.7%	2,329	1,910	4,330
1912	D	+20.0%	1,803	1,028	3,868
1908	D	+5.7%	2,106	1,871	4,097
1904	R	−36.9%	864	2,163	3,517
1900	D	+0.9%	1,630	1,600	3,347
1896	D	+20.1%	1,592	1,043	2,725
1892	D	+29.9%	957	326	2,109
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.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 44.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.1%

85+

2.8%

3.6%

75–84

3.9%

7.1%

65–74

7.3%

7.0%

55–64

6.8%

5.0%

45–54

4.7%

5.0%

35–44

5.1%

4.8%

25–34

4.4%

4.0%

18–24

3.4%

8.7%

5–17

9.4%

2.8%

3.2%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$64,636

Knox County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Knox County$64,636

Nebraska$76,475

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

13.7%

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

Catholic & Orthodox

35.1%

Mainline Protestant

31.5%

Methodist

7.0%

Other Christian

4.3%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 22.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Knox County's 2024 presidential margin of R+63.3 reflects a broader pattern of consolidation in Nebraska's sparsely populated northern tier, where ranching and agricultural economies correlate with some of the state's most consistent Republican supermajorities.

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

Knox County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $64,636, a 86% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 8,363 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 Daviess County and Kit Carson County.

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