Morrill County, Nebraska

2024 results by precinct

9 precincts · 2,430 votes cast

Trump · R+68

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−68.3%	366	2,026	2,430
2020	R	−67.5%	386	2,113	2,558
2016	R	−68.7%	284	1,802	2,209
2012	R	−56.0%	455	1,681	2,190
2008	R	−49.7%	557	1,725	2,351
2004	R	−54.9%	495	1,755	2,293
2000	R	−53.2%	460	1,597	2,138
1996	R	−30.7%	620	1,296	2,202
1992	R	−24.1%	577	1,185	2,527
1988	R	−34.4%	754	1,556	2,331
1984	R	−60.2%	464	1,888	2,366
1980	R	−54.4%	512	1,893	2,540
1976	R	−16.0%	971	1,351	2,379
1972	R	−54.0%	520	1,740	2,260
1968	R	−45.4%	480	1,516	2,281
1964	R	−14.6%	1,228	1,649	2,877
1960	R	−25.5%	1,199	2,020	3,219
1956	R	−27.5%	1,029	1,810	2,839
1952	R	−47.0%	897	2,485	3,382
1948	R	−5.6%	1,320	1,478	2,798
1944	R	−28.7%	1,108	1,998	3,106
1940	R	−20.2%	1,471	2,214	3,685
1936	D	+18.9%	1,999	1,354	3,404
1932	D	+17.3%	2,008	1,406	3,476
1928	R	−49.8%	765	2,318	3,121
1924	R	−16.6%	734	1,153	2,519
1920	R	−33.5%	667	1,366	2,085
1916	D	+29.3%	888	470	1,428
1912	D	+14.7%	391	227	1,118
1908	—	No data	—	—	—
1904	—	No data	—	—	—
1900	—	No data	—	—	—
1896	—	No data	—	—	—
1892	—	No data	—	—	—
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
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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: 41.5 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

2.2%

85+

1.2%

2.6%

75–84

4.3%

6.0%

65–74

5.8%

7.1%

55–64

6.4%

6.1%

45–54

5.0%

6.5%

35–44

5.9%

5.2%

25–34

4.2%

4.7%

18–24

4.4%

8.4%

5–17

7.7%

3.4%

3.0%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$58,500

Morrill County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Morrill County$58,500

Nebraska$76,475

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

13.9%

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

16.8%

Mainline Protestant

15.1%

Other Christian

13.5%

Baptist

4.3%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.3%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 49.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Morrill County sits in the Nebraska Panhandle, where a sparse, agriculture-dependent population has returned Republican presidential margins above 60 points in each of the last three cycles, making it one of the most lopsided counties in the state.

The Republican margin in Morrill County reached its widest at sixty-nine points in 2016. The margin in 2024 was sixty-eight points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Morrill County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $58,500, a 83% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 4,534 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 Niobrara County and Furnas County.

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