† 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
1 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
GroupPahrump, NVNevadaUnited States
German17.6%9.4%12.5%
English14.7%8.6%9.5%
Irish11.9%7.9%9.4%
Italian5.4%4.9%4.8%
American3.9%3.4%5.3%
French2.7%1.5%1.6%
Scottish2.1%1.5%1.3%
Norwegian2.1%——
Mexican13.7%21.4%11.3%
Salvadoran1.1%1.5%0.7%
Spaniard0.7%0.4%—
Puerto Rican0.4%0.9%1.8%
Guatemalan0.4%0.8%0.5%
Spanish0.3%0.5%—
Cuban0.2%1.3%0.7%
African American†2.0%7.6%9.9%
Jamaican0.4%—0.4%
Nigerian0.3%—0.2%
African0.2%0.7%0.5%
Filipino0.7%4.5%0.9%
Chinese0.3%1.3%1.3%
Korean0.3%0.5%0.4%
Japanese0.3%0.4%0.2%
Native Hawaiian0.3%0.3%—
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
Pahrump, NV
Nevada
United States
Median age
52.5
39.3
39.1
Age 18–24
5.3%
8.0%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
30.8%
17.0%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Pahrump, NV
Nevada
United States
Median household income
$60,714
$78,260
$84,427
Poverty rate
14.1%
12.4%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
13.3%
27.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Pahrump, NV
Nevada
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
12.3%
29.5%
22.3%
Spanish
9.3%
20.0%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Pahrump, NV
Nevada
United States
Catholic
6.8%
24.7%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
6.1%
6.7%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
78.5%
58.4%
51.5%
Latter-day Saints
6.8%
5.9%
2.0%
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.
Pahrump, NV
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−2.7%
1896
+90.0%
1900
+71.2%
1904
−12.1%
1908
+3.4%
1912
+22.2%
1916
+18.4%
1920
−19.6%
1924
−19.3%
1928
+7.9%
1932
+43.8%
1936
+52.6%
1940
+24.7%
1944
+13.2%
1948
−9.1%
1952
−29.3%
1956
−11.6%
1960
+13.1%
1964
+21.6%
1968
−5.6%
1972
−23.2%
1976
+9.7%
1980
−38.0%
1984
−46.2%
1988
−33.4%
1992
−2.3%
1996
−7.4%
2000
−19.5%
2004
−19.8%
2008
−13.4%
2012
−24.2%
2016
−42.0%
2020
−40.3%
2024
−42.2%
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
28.0%Harris7,559
70.2%Trump18,946
0.4%Skousen109 +2
R+42.2
R+1.8
R+40.7
26,997
All 5 candidates in 2024 · 3 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican70.2%18,946
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic28.0%7,559
OtherAll other candidates1.1%290
Joel SkousenIndependent0.4%109
Chase OliverIndependent0.3%93
R
28.7%Biden7,288
69.1%Trump17,528
2.2%
R+40.3
D+1.7
R+44.8
25,378
R
26.0%Clinton5,094
68.0%Trump13,324
6.0%
R+42.0
R+17.8
R+44.1
19,595
R
36.1%Obama6,320
60.3%Romney10,566
3.6%
R+24.2
R+10.8
R+28.1
17,522
R
41.8%Obama7,226
55.2%McCain9,537
2.9%
R+13.4
D+6.4
R+20.7
17,268
R
38.7%Kerry5,616
58.5%Bush8,487
2.8%
R+19.8
R+0.3
R+17.3
14,510
R
37.1%Gore4,525
56.7%Bush6,904
6.2%
R+19.5
R+12.2
R+20.0
12,181
R
35.8%Clinton3,300
43.2%Dole3,979
21.0%
R+7.4
R+5.1
R+15.9
9,211
R
31.9%Clinton2,561
34.2%Bush2,743
33.9%
R+2.3
D+31.1
R+7.8
8,022
R
31.2%Dukakis1,748
64.6%Bush3,619
4.2%
R+33.4
D+12.8
R+25.7
5,603
R
25.4%Mondale1,269
71.6%Reagan3,573
2.9%
R+46.2
R+8.2
R+28.0
4,989
R
26.2%Carter973
64.2%Reagan2,387
9.7%
R+38.0
R+47.7
R+28.3
3,720
D
52.2%Carter1,261
42.5%Ford1,027
5.3%
D+9.7
D+32.9
D+7.6
2,415
R
38.4%McGovern802
61.6%Nixon1,287
0.0%
R+23.2
R+17.7
R+0.1
2,089
R
35.2%Humphrey728
40.7%Nixon843
24.1%
R+5.6
R+27.2
R+4.9
2,071
D
60.8%Johnson1,276
39.2%Goldwater822
0.0%
D+21.6
D+8.5
R+0.9
2,098
D
56.5%Kennedy993
43.5%Nixon763
0.0%
D+13.1
D+24.7
D+12.9
1,756
R
44.2%Stevenson749
55.8%Eisenhower946
0.0%
R+11.6
D+17.7
D+3.8
1,695
R
35.3%Stevenson567
64.7%Eisenhower1,037
0.0%
R+29.3
R+20.2
R+18.5
1,604
R
42.8%Truman595
51.9%Dewey722
5.3%
R+9.1
R+22.3
R+13.6
1,390
D
56.6%Roosevelt943
43.4%Dewey723
0.0%
D+13.2
R+11.4
D+5.7
1,666
D
62.3%Roosevelt1,206
37.7%Willkie729
0.0%
D+24.7
R+28.0
D+14.7
1,935
D
76.3%Roosevelt1,495
23.7%Landon464
0.0%
D+52.6
D+8.8
D+28.4
1,959
D
71.9%Roosevelt1,296
28.1%Hoover506
0.0%
D+43.8
D+35.9
D+26.1
1,802
D
54.0%Smith1,123
46.0%Hoover958
0.0%
D+7.9
D+27.2
D+25.4
2,081
O
20.4%Davis454
39.7%Coolidge884
39.9%
La Follette +0.2
D+0.3
D+5.9
2,227
R
34.7%Cox1,007
54.4%Harding1,576
10.9%
R+19.6
R+38.0
D+6.6
2,899
D
50.5%Wilson1,601
32.1%Hughes1,019
17.4%
D+18.4
R+3.9
D+15.2
3,170
O
36.8%Wilson869
14.6%Taft345
48.5%
Roosevelt +11.7
D+18.8
D+2.7
2,359
D
44.0%Bryan1,219
40.5%Taft1,124
15.5%
D+3.4
D+15.5
D+13.0
2,773
R
38.6%Parker389
50.7%Roosevelt511
10.6%
R+12.1
R+83.3
D+7.6
1,007
D
85.6%Bryan190
14.4%McKinley32
0.0%
D+71.2
R+18.8
D+78.7
222
D
95.0%Bryan228
5.0%McKinley12
0.0%
D+90.0
D+92.7
D+96.1
240
O
2.7%Cleveland7
5.4%Harrison14
92.0%
Weaver +86.6
—
R+4.3
261
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
R
28.5%7,645
64.2%17,220
26,843
2022
R
28.6%5,957
66.4%13,833
20,823
2018
R
27.9%4,888
65.1%11,397
17,503
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026R+25.5
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+42.2
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 17 points more Democratic.
Domestic migration in Pahrump, NV in Pahrump, NV: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+362
2012
−80
2013
−392
2014
+301
2015
+460
2016
+701
2017
+1,119
2018
+1,670
2019
+1,747
2021
+2,132
2022
+2,078
2023
+1,514
2024
+814
2025
+1,578
Pahrump anchors Nye County, one of Nevada's most reliably conservative corners, where rapid exurban growth from Las Vegas has added new registered voters without shifting the partisan lean.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 90.0 points in 1896 and a Republican high of 46.2 points in 1984. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 1.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 42.2 points.
A population of 54,344, a 69% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $60,714 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ and Grants Pass, OR.
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In 2024, Pahrump, NV, Nevada voted Republican by 42.2 points (R+42.2), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 26,997 votes cast, 7,559 went Democratic and 18,946 went Republican.
When did Pahrump, NV, Nevada last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Pahrump, NV, Nevada voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Pahrump, NV, Nevada?
Pahrump, NV, Nevada has a population of 54,344 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Pahrump, NV, Nevada?
Median household income in Pahrump, NV, Nevada is $60,714 — below the national median of $80,734. The Nevada state median is $78,260.
What is the political history of Pahrump, NV, Nevada?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Pahrump, NV, Nevada from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 12 went Democratic and 19 went Republican.
