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1876–2024
Rock County, Nebraska
Rock County·Nebraska

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

One of Nebraska's least-populous counties, with a margin to match

18762024·38 elections
Rock County, Nebraska · Ammodramus · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+79
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
1,319
2024 ACS
Most similar
Cherry County
NE · similarity 1.00
1 precincts · 835 votes cast
Trump · R+79
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−79.0%
85745835
2020R
−78.4%
84744842
2016R
−77.3%
70687798
2012R
−72.1%
103672789
2008R
−62.5%
139640801
2004R
−69.1%
130740883
2000R
−65.3%
141725894
1996R
−43.4%
180564885
1992R
−43.2%
162588987
1988R
−58.4%
198757957
1984R
−71.0%
1478731,023
1980R
−66.9%
1468551,059
1976R
−47.3%
2557321,009
1972R
−74.3%
1389371,075
1968R
−62.6%
1467911,031
1964R
−37.9%
3768351,211
1960R
−62.2%
2531,0841,337
1956R
−53.5%
2819281,209
1952R
−64.2%
2671,2261,493
1948R
−28.0%
4558091,264
1944R
−32.1%
5069841,490
1940R
−29.6%
6001,1041,704
1936R
−14.0%
7109441,672
1932D
+13.6%
8106131,445
1928R
−54.4%
3051,0341,341
1924R
−23.6%
2935851,236
1920R
−43.2%
239621885
1916D
+8.4%
449375879
1912D
+5.6%
279230869
1908R
−16.2%
334469832
1904R
−51.1%
138498705
1900R
−32.5%
243481732
1896R
−20.7%
224347594
1892D
+46.6%
34352625
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.
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
17.1%
Methodist
15.8%
Catholic & Orthodox
7.9%
Other Christian
4.8%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.6%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 53.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Rock County's 2024 presidential margin of R+79.1 reflects a pattern common to the Sandhills: sparse population, ranching-dominant economy, and some of the most lopsided partisan numbers in the state.

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

Rock County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $58,125, a 99% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 1,319 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 Cherry County and Casey County.