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1876–2024
Otoe County, Nebraska
Otoe County·Nebraska

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

Missouri River county where margins have widened steadily for two decades

18762024·38 elections
Otoe County, Nebraska · Ammodramus · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+39
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
16,241
2024 ACS
Most similar
Dodge County
NE · similarity 1.00
10 precincts · 8,227 votes cast
Trump · R+39
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−38.8%
2,4635,6518,227
2020R
−37.8%
2,4905,6498,355
2016R
−38.0%
2,0254,8607,457
2012R
−24.3%
2,5614,2586,982
2008R
−15.8%
2,9154,0337,092
2004R
−37.1%
2,2755,0187,386
2000R
−29.6%
2,2084,1786,662
1996R
−15.5%
2,2793,2906,505
1992R
−13.5%
2,0382,9606,838
1988R
−17.4%
2,6163,7246,366
1984R
−42.6%
1,8694,6796,596
1980R
−47.9%
1,4714,6116,559
1976R
−20.5%
2,4363,7156,237
1972R
−47.4%
1,7184,8156,533
1968R
−40.1%
1,5083,8405,822
1964R
−6.7%
3,1693,6266,795
1960R
−33.1%
2,5435,0577,600
1956R
−39.3%
2,2965,2757,571
1952R
−51.7%
1,9396,0828,021
1948R
−23.5%
2,5154,0606,575
1944R
−33.0%
2,6645,2917,955
1940R
−32.9%
2,9275,7998,726
1936R
−2.6%
4,1734,3998,634
1932D
+20.5%
4,7523,1197,959
1928R
−26.0%
2,9595,0638,077
1924R
−16.0%
2,2083,2456,475
1920R
−38.4%
1,6713,8695,722
1916D
+4.9%
2,3442,1214,566
1912D
+25.3%
1,9459224,040
1908D
+3.5%
2,4112,2434,743
1904R
−26.9%
1,4202,6164,445
1900R
−7.6%
2,3272,7185,154
1896R
−1.1%
2,3842,4384,988
1892D
+15.4%
1,5919374,243
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%
African American
0.8%
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
25.4%
Catholic & Orthodox
14.0%
Other Christian
4.9%
Methodist
4.7%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.4%
Non-Christian
0.1%
Baptist
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 50.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Otoe County sits along Nebraska's eastern border with a small-city core in Nebraska City, yet its presidential margins have grown consistently rightward since 2004, reflecting rural consolidation patterns common across the Missouri River tier.

The Republican margin in Otoe County reached its widest at fifty-two points in 1952. The margin in 2024 was thirty-nine points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Otoe County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $82,188, a 87% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 16,241 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 Dodge County and Nemaha County.