Nevada County, California: Realigning Affluent Suburb county. In 2024, voted D+12%. Democratic peak: D+46 in 1912.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+12MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Realigning Affluent SuburbAkashic typology
- Population
- 102,4812024 5-year
- Median household income
- $89,8822024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 84.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 10.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+46 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+41 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Ouray County, CO · similarity 0.97
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Nevada CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Nevada County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
Turnout—
Harris +50Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | −9.4% |
| 1880 | −4.9% |
| 1884 | −13.7% |
| 1888 | −5.8% |
| 1892 | −3.0% |
| 1896 | +8.5% |
| 1900 | −15.8% |
| 1904 | −28.3% |
| 1908 | −12.7% |
| 1912 | +46.1% |
| 1916 | +21.4% |
| 1920 | −41.4% |
| 1924 | −33.7% |
| 1928 | −5.1% |
| 1932 | +30.4% |
| 1936 | +45.1% |
| 1940 | +33.3% |
| 1944 | +10.4% |
| 1948 | −0.0% |
| 1952 | −28.3% |
| 1956 | −19.7% |
| 1960 | −7.8% |
| 1964 | +13.2% |
| 1968 | −12.3% |
| 1972 | −15.8% |
| 1976 | −1.4% |
| 1980 | −28.9% |
| 1984 | −27.1% |
| 1988 | −17.3% |
| 1992 | −4.3% |
| 1996 | −14.8% |
| 2000 | −17.5% |
| 2004 | −8.5% |
| 2008 | +5.3% |
| 2012 | −0.6% |
| 2016 | +4.9% |
| 2020 | +14.7% |
| 2024 | +12.2% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 33,784 | 26,177 | 62,144 | ||
| D | 36,359 | 26,779 | 65,202 | ||
| D | 26,053 | 23,365 | 54,935 | ||
| R | 24,663 | 24,986 | 51,676 | ||
| D | 28,617 | 25,663 | 55,647 | ||
| R | 24,220 | 28,790 | 53,920 | ||
| R | 17,670 | 25,998 | 47,479 | ||
| R | 15,369 | 21,784 | 43,219 | ||
| R | 15,433 | 17,343 | 44,201 | ||
| R | 14,980 | 21,383 | 37,023 | ||
| R | 11,198 | 19,809 | 31,768 | ||
| R | 7,605 | 15,207 | 26,261 | ||
| R | 7,926 | 8,170 | 16,881 | ||
| R | 5,693 | 8,004 | 14,638 | ||
| R | 4,607 | 6,061 | 11,794 | ||
| D | 6,397 | 4,899 | 11,318 | ||
| R | 4,633 | 5,419 | 10,141 | ||
| R | 3,667 | 5,475 | 9,173 | ||
| R | 3,476 | 6,252 | 9,818 | ||
| R | 3,914 | 3,917 | 8,326 | ||
| D | 3,266 | 2,648 | 5,961 | ||
| D | 5,782 | 2,863 | 8,759 | ||
| D | 5,128 | 1,913 | 7,131 | ||
| D | 3,544 | 1,842 | 5,596 | ||
| R | 1,959 | 2,173 | 4,179 | ||
| O | 307 | 1,513 | 3,583 | ||
| R | 747 | 2,055 | 3,163 | ||
| D | 2,548 | 1,586 | 4,503 | ||
| O | 1,851 | 0 | 4,014 | ||
| R | 1,368 | 1,825 | 3,588 | ||
| R | 1,167 | 2,249 | 3,830 | ||
| R | 1,758 | 2,449 | 4,380 | ||
| D | 2,360 | 1,985 | 4,435 | ||
| R | 1,634 | 1,757 | 4,101 | ||
| R | 1,923 | 2,167 | 4,192 | ||
| R | 1,791 | 2,368 | 4,219 | ||
| R | 2,029 | 2,241 | 4,292 | ||
| R | 1,905 | 2,300 | 4,205 |
Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
16.5%
German
14.4%
Irish
13.5%
Italian
6.8%
American
3.3%
French
3.0%
Scottish
2.5%
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. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 50.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$89,882
Nevada County ranks in the top 10% of US counties.
Nevada County$89,882
California$99,122
United States$80,734
Nevada County ranks in the top 10% of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
11.0%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1811.1%
Working age (18–64)11.4%
Seniors (65+)8.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
90.9%
speak English only
Spanish5.6%
Other Indo-European2.1%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.9%
Other languages0.5%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 71.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Nevada County, California swung Democratic by 12.2 points in 2024, a margin shaped by its mix of remote workers, college-educated transplants, and longtime rural residents concentrated around Grass Valley and Truckee.
Once reliably Republican — a margin of forty-one points in 1920 at its widest — Nevada County has trended Democratic. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved two points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was twelve points.
A median household income of $89,882 — among the higher at this geographic scale — and a population of 102,481 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Ouray County and Douglas County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Nevada County, California vote in 2024?
In 2024, Nevada County, California voted Democratic by 12.2 points (D+12), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 62,144 votes cast, 33,784 went Democratic and 26,177 went Republican.
What is Nevada County, California's political typology?
Akashic places Nevada County, California in the "Realigning Affluent Suburb" typology — College-educated, affluent suburbs — the one bloc moving toward the Democratic Party. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 11 times, Republican 25 times, and other 2 times.
When did Nevada County, California last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Nevada County, California voted Republican was 2012.
How many people live in Nevada County, California?
Nevada County, California has a population of 102,481 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Nevada County, California?
Median household income in Nevada County, California is $89,882 — above the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Nevada County, California?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Nevada County, California from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 11 went Democratic and 25 went Republican. The county's typology — "Realigning Affluent Suburb" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.