Saline County, Nebraska

2024 results by precinct

9 precincts · 5,671 votes cast

Trump · R+33

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−33.1%	1,855	3,734	5,671
2020	R	−28.5%	1,986	3,631	5,780
2016	R	−24.7%	1,733	3,004	5,136
2012	R	−5.4%	2,289	2,557	4,958
2008	D	+4.6%	2,674	2,434	5,251
2004	R	−11.7%	2,420	3,071	5,566
2000	R	−5.1%	2,321	2,581	5,145
1996	D	+11.2%	2,523	1,945	5,175
1992	D	+11.9%	2,425	1,740	5,765
1988	D	+14.0%	3,125	2,355	5,509
1984	R	−10.3%	2,385	2,942	5,394
1980	R	−18.9%	1,908	2,934	5,416
1976	D	+15.5%	3,205	2,330	5,662
1972	R	−3.2%	2,654	2,828	5,482
1968	D	+3.9%	2,543	2,341	5,234
1964	D	+39.7%	4,125	1,780	5,905
1960	D	+10.0%	3,523	2,881	6,404
1956	D	+2.2%	3,395	3,248	6,643
1952	R	−20.4%	2,792	4,221	7,013
1948	D	+15.3%	3,598	2,641	6,239
1944	D	+9.0%	3,899	3,255	7,154
1940	D	+7.0%	4,229	3,673	7,902
1936	D	+34.6%	5,480	2,637	8,206
1932	D	+48.6%	5,831	1,993	7,896
1928	D	+8.3%	3,955	3,347	7,328
1924	D	+4.4%	3,123	2,834	6,576
1920	R	−18.8%	2,172	3,197	5,449
1916	D	+28.1%	2,646	1,469	4,185
1912	D	+19.0%	1,942	1,185	3,985
1908	D	+4.6%	2,249	2,048	4,406
1904	R	−32.9%	1,108	2,390	3,894
1900	R	−5.0%	2,018	2,238	4,362
1896	R	−1.5%	2,004	2,068	4,178
1892	D	+33.0%	1,704	500	3,650
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: 37.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.9%

85+

1.3%

1.8%

75–84

2.3%

4.7%

65–74

4.4%

5.9%

55–64

5.7%

6.4%

45–54

6.3%

6.5%

35–44

6.1%

5.1%

25–34

4.7%

5.7%

18–24

6.0%

10.1%

5–17

9.7%

3.5%

2.9%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$79,910

Saline County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.

Saline County$79,910

Nebraska$76,475

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

8.9%

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

Mainline Protestant

20.1%

Catholic & Orthodox

15.7%

Methodist

7.4%

Other Christian

2.7%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.2%

Non-Christian

0.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 52.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Saline County's settlement history—anchored by Czech immigrants in the 19th century—persists in its small-town demographic profile, and its 2024 presidential margin of R+33.2 reflects the broader rural realignment visible across the eastern Nebraska plains.

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

Saline County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $79,910, a 71% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 14,650 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 Red Lake County and Audubon County.

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