Clark County, Nevada: New American county. In 2024, voted D+3%. Democratic peak: D+63 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+3MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 2,329,5482024 5-year
- Median household income
- $76,4722024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 43.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 12.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 31.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+63 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+30 in 1980MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Lehigh County, PA · similarity 0.95
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Clark CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Clark County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | No data |
| 1896 | No data |
| 1900 | No data |
| 1904 | No data |
| 1908 | No data |
| 1912 | +29.6% |
| 1916 | +31.6% |
| 1920 | +2.3% |
| 1924 | −15.0% |
| 1928 | −13.2% |
| 1932 | +62.5% |
| 1936 | +62.4% |
| 1940 | +40.7% |
| 1944 | +23.6% |
| 1948 | +25.2% |
| 1952 | −5.9% |
| 1956 | +1.4% |
| 1960 | +13.6% |
| 1964 | +26.0% |
| 1968 | +2.3% |
| 1972 | −18.1% |
| 1976 | +2.9% |
| 1980 | −29.7% |
| 1984 | −27.1% |
| 1988 | −15.5% |
| 1992 | +9.0% |
| 1996 | +9.3% |
| 2000 | +6.6% |
| 2004 | +4.8% |
| 2008 | +19.1% |
| 2012 | +14.6% |
| 2016 | +10.7% |
| 2020 | +9.3% |
| 2024 | +2.6% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 520,187 | 493,052 | 1,031,223 | ||
| D | 521,852 | 430,930 | 972,510 | ||
| D | 402,227 | 320,057 | 767,156 | ||
| D | 389,936 | 289,053 | 691,190 | ||
| D | 380,765 | 257,078 | 647,490 | ||
| D | 281,767 | 255,337 | 545,397 | ||
| D | 196,100 | 170,932 | 382,198 | ||
| D | 127,963 | 103,431 | 262,710 | ||
| D | 124,586 | 97,403 | 302,782 | ||
| R | 78,359 | 108,110 | 191,779 | ||
| R | 53,386 | 94,133 | 150,363 | ||
| R | 38,313 | 76,194 | 127,424 | ||
| D | 51,178 | 48,236 | 102,812 | ||
| R | 36,807 | 53,101 | 89,908 | ||
| D | 33,225 | 31,522 | 75,065 | ||
| D | 40,760 | 23,921 | 64,681 | ||
| D | 23,949 | 18,197 | 42,146 | ||
| D | 19,095 | 18,584 | 37,679 | ||
| R | 11,855 | 13,333 | 25,188 | ||
| D | 10,787 | 6,382 | 17,453 | ||
| D | 7,350 | 4,543 | 11,893 | ||
| D | 5,154 | 2,170 | 7,324 | ||
| D | 5,091 | 1,178 | 6,269 | ||
| D | 5,837 | 1,347 | 7,184 | ||
| R | 984 | 1,284 | 2,268 | ||
| O | 288 | 533 | 1,636 | ||
| D | 620 | 589 | 1,320 | ||
| D | 1,115 | 529 | 1,853 | ||
| O | 358 | 110 | 837 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
8.0%
English
7.2%
Irish
6.8%
Italian
4.6%
American
2.9%
Polish
1.7%
French
1.3%
African American
9.6%
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: 38.5 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
$76,472
Clark County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Clark County$76,472
Nevada$78,260
United States$80,734
Clark County ranks in the top 25% 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
13.0%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1817.6%
Working age (18–64)11.8%
Seniors (65+)11.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
66.4%
speak English only
Spanish22.3%
Asian & Pacific Islander7.3%
Other Indo-European2.6%
Other languages1.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 56.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Home to roughly two-thirds of Nevada's population, Clark County has trended toward competitive margins in recent cycles, with its 2024 presidential result landing at D+2.6 — narrower than its post-2008 baseline.
Clark County has leaned Democratic in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of sixty-three points in 1932. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved seven points toward the Republican candidate — part of the sharpest rightward shift recorded among any group of places in the country.
Its demographics describe the shift: a 44% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $76,472, and a population of 2,329,548. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lehigh County and Rutland County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Clark County, Nevada vote in 2024?
In 2024, Clark County, Nevada voted Democratic by 2.6 points (D+3), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 1,031,223 votes cast, 520,187 went Democratic and 493,052 went Republican.
What is Clark County, Nevada's political typology?
Akashic places Clark County, Nevada in the "New American" typology — Communities where a large share of households speak a language other than English — multilingual, Democratic-leaning overall, yet the hardest-swinging bloc toward the Republican Party in 2024. 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 21 times, Republican 6 times, and other 2 times.
When did Clark County, Nevada last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Clark County, Nevada voted Republican was 1988.
How many people live in Clark County, Nevada?
Clark County, Nevada has a population of 2,329,548 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Clark County, Nevada?
Median household income in Clark County, Nevada is $76,472 — below the national median of $80,734. The Nevada state median is $78,260.
What is the political history of Clark County, Nevada?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Clark County, Nevada from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 21 went Democratic and 6 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.