† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
3 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupLincoln-Beatrice, NENebraskaUnited States
German33.3%31.0%12.5%
Irish11.3%11.7%9.4%
English10.1%9.4%9.5%
Czech4.3%3.4%—
American3.4%3.5%5.3%
Swedish3.4%3.1%—
Polish2.0%2.7%2.2%
Italian1.6%2.1%4.8%
Mexican5.2%8.7%11.3%
Guatemalan0.4%1.0%0.5%
Salvadoran0.4%0.6%0.7%
Puerto Rican0.3%0.3%1.8%
Spanish0.3%0.2%—
Cuban0.2%0.4%0.7%
Vietnamese1.3%0.5%0.6%
Asian Indian0.5%0.5%1.4%
Chinese0.4%0.2%1.3%
Burmese0.4%0.4%—
Filipino0.2%0.2%0.9%
African American†2.7%3.7%9.9%
African0.2%0.3%0.5%
Sudanese0.2%0.2%—
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Lincoln-Beatrice, NE
Nebraska
United States
Median age
35
37.3
39.1
Age 18–24
14.1%
9.8%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
15.8%
16.8%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Lincoln-Beatrice, NE
Nebraska
United States
Median household income
$74,716
$76,475
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.7%
10.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
40.4%
34.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Lincoln-Beatrice, NE
Nebraska
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
11.4%
12.8%
22.3%
Spanish
4.4%
8.5%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.5%
0.8%
2.0%
Vietnamese
1.2%
0.4%
0.5%
Religious landscape
Measure
Lincoln-Beatrice, NE
Nebraska
United States
Catholic
12.8%
19.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
16.5%
14.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
53.7%
50.8%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
14.4%
12.1%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Lincoln-Beatrice, NE
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−36.4%
1896
−6.9%
1900
−13.5%
1904
−48.6%
1908
+2.3%
1912
+25.9%
1916
+7.3%
1920
−33.2%
1924
−19.1%
1928
−45.6%
1932
+3.5%
1936
+6.5%
1940
−19.1%
1944
−19.1%
1948
−12.6%
1952
−37.8%
1956
−30.9%
1960
−26.5%
1964
+19.0%
1968
−16.9%
1972
−24.9%
1976
−14.2%
1980
−18.8%
1984
−22.0%
1988
−2.1%
1992
−1.5%
1996
−2.6%
2000
−12.2%
2004
−16.3%
2008
+2.4%
2012
−3.2%
2016
−4.4%
2020
+2.3%
2024
−1.0%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
48.4%Harris86,642
49.4%Trump88,405
0.8%Oliver1,409 +3
R+1.0
R+3.3
D+0.5
178,939
All 6 candidates in 2024 · 4 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican49.4%88,405
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic48.4%86,642
Chase OliverNonpartisan0.8%1,409
OtherAll other candidates0.7%1,206
Cornel WestNonpartisan0.4%642
Jill SteinNonpartisan0.4%635
D
49.6%Biden88,116
47.3%Trump84,027
3.0%
D+2.3
D+6.7
R+2.1
177,533
R
43.3%Clinton66,708
47.6%Trump73,422
9.1%
R+4.4
R+1.1
R+6.4
154,193
R
47.2%Obama68,304
50.5%Romney72,950
2.3%
R+3.2
R+5.6
R+7.1
144,589
D
50.2%Obama72,910
47.9%McCain69,480
1.9%
D+2.4
D+18.6
R+4.9
145,179
R
41.1%Kerry58,516
57.3%Bush81,692
1.6%
R+16.3
R+4.1
R+13.8
142,458
R
40.8%Gore50,416
53.0%Bush65,509
6.3%
R+12.2
R+9.6
R+12.7
123,654
R
43.6%Clinton49,779
46.1%Dole52,704
10.3%
R+2.6
R+1.1
R+11.1
114,260
R
38.3%Clinton46,838
39.7%Bush48,656
22.0%
R+1.5
D+0.6
R+7.0
122,439
R
48.6%Dukakis51,094
50.7%Bush53,331
0.7%
R+2.1
D+19.9
D+5.6
105,121
R
38.6%Mondale37,518
60.7%Reagan58,877
0.7%
R+22.0
R+3.2
R+3.8
97,074
R
34.2%Carter31,224
53.0%Reagan48,396
12.9%
R+18.8
R+4.6
R+9.1
91,399
R
41.7%Carter35,417
55.9%Ford47,460
2.5%
R+14.2
D+10.8
R+16.2
84,976
R
37.5%McGovern31,599
62.5%Nixon52,578
0.0%
R+24.9
R+8.0
R+1.8
84,177
R
39.0%Humphrey28,901
55.9%Nixon41,455
5.2%
R+16.9
R+35.9
R+16.2
74,187
D
59.5%Johnson44,261
40.5%Goldwater30,143
0.0%
D+19.0
D+45.5
R+3.6
74,404
R
36.8%Kennedy28,520
63.2%Nixon49,067
0.0%
R+26.5
D+4.4
R+26.6
77,587
R
34.6%Stevenson24,722
65.4%Eisenhower46,793
0.0%
R+30.9
D+6.9
R+15.5
71,515
R
31.1%Stevenson22,567
68.9%Eisenhower49,971
0.0%
R+37.8
R+25.2
R+27.0
72,538
R
43.7%Truman24,736
56.3%Dewey31,847
0.0%
R+12.6
D+6.5
R+17.0
56,583
R
40.4%Roosevelt25,659
59.6%Dewey37,788
0.0%
R+19.1
±0.0
R+26.6
63,447
R
40.5%Roosevelt26,946
59.5%Willkie39,657
0.0%
R+19.1
R+25.6
R+29.0
66,603
D
52.4%Roosevelt33,459
45.9%Landon29,316
1.7%
D+6.5
D+2.9
R+17.8
63,890
D
50.9%Roosevelt29,434
47.3%Hoover27,385
1.8%
D+3.5
D+49.2
R+14.2
57,879
R
26.9%Smith15,733
72.5%Hoover42,440
0.6%
R+45.6
R+26.5
R+28.2
58,533
R
33.9%Davis16,741
53.0%Coolidge26,189
13.1%
R+19.1
D+14.1
D+6.1
49,397
R
31.8%Cox12,409
65.0%Harding25,387
3.2%
R+33.2
R+40.5
R+7.0
39,049
D
52.2%Wilson14,275
44.9%Hughes12,280
2.9%
D+7.3
R+18.6
D+4.2
27,335
D
45.6%Wilson10,874
19.7%Taft4,690
34.8%
D+25.9
D+23.7
D+6.4
23,863
D
49.8%Bryan13,698
47.5%Taft13,079
2.7%
D+2.3
D+50.9
D+11.8
27,506
R
20.3%Parker4,338
69.0%Roosevelt14,714
10.7%
R+48.6
R+35.1
R+29.0
21,340
R
41.9%Bryan10,243
55.5%McKinley13,543
2.6%
R+13.5
R+6.6
R+6.0
24,419
R
45.4%Bryan10,273
52.3%McKinley11,834
2.3%
R+6.9
D+29.5
R+0.8
22,629
R
14.0%Cleveland2,926
50.5%Harrison10,517
35.5%
R+36.4
—
R+38.1
20,828
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
D
56.0%99,267
43.7%77,412
177,147
2020
R
30.3%52,460
54.1%93,810
173,363
2018
D
51.6%68,373
44.5%58,952
132,531
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026R+11.0
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+1.0
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 10.0 points more Republican.
Domestic migration in Lincoln-Beatrice, NE in Lincoln-Beatrice, NE: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+683
2012
+557
2013
+1,072
2014
+1,810
2015
+699
2016
+914
2017
+677
2018
+248
2019
+52
2021
−1,363
2022
−429
2023
+294
2024
+198
2025
+442
Lincoln-Beatrice, NE sits in the Great Plains. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 25.9 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 48.6 points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 3.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 1.0 points.
A population of 365,966, a 80% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $74,716 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Omaha-Fremont, NE-IA and Bloomington-Pontiac, IL.
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How did Lincoln-Beatrice, NE, Nebraska vote in 2024?
In 2024, Lincoln-Beatrice, NE, Nebraska voted Republican by 1.0 points (R+1.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 178,939 votes cast, 86,642 went Democratic and 88,405 went Republican.
When did Lincoln-Beatrice, NE, Nebraska last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Lincoln-Beatrice, NE, Nebraska voted Democratic was 2020.
How many people live in Lincoln-Beatrice, NE, Nebraska?
Lincoln-Beatrice, NE, Nebraska has a population of 365,966 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lincoln-Beatrice, NE, Nebraska?
Median household income in Lincoln-Beatrice, NE, Nebraska is $74,716 — below the national median of $80,734. The Nebraska state median is $76,475.
What is the political history of Lincoln-Beatrice, NE, Nebraska?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Lincoln-Beatrice, NE, Nebraska from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 8 went Democratic and 26 went Republican.
