Esmeralda County, Nevada: New American county. In 2024, voted R+66%. Democratic peak: D+70 in 1896.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+66MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 1,0282024 5-year
- Median household income
- $41,7152024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 71.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 31.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+70 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+67 in 2020MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Lincoln County, NV · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Esmeralda CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Esmeralda 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 | −13.0% |
| 1896 | +70.4% |
| 1900 | +39.6% |
| 1904 | −9.5% |
| 1908 | +10.0% |
| 1912 | +25.3% |
| 1916 | +18.7% |
| 1920 | −12.7% |
| 1924 | −12.5% |
| 1928 | +5.6% |
| 1932 | +48.7% |
| 1936 | +56.8% |
| 1940 | +37.3% |
| 1944 | +19.6% |
| 1948 | +5.2% |
| 1952 | −11.2% |
| 1956 | −13.9% |
| 1960 | +15.9% |
| 1964 | +17.6% |
| 1968 | −5.7% |
| 1972 | −36.5% |
| 1976 | +7.9% |
| 1980 | −42.9% |
| 1984 | −45.6% |
| 1988 | −42.9% |
| 1992 | −17.6% |
| 1996 | −25.1% |
| 2000 | −44.2% |
| 2004 | −55.7% |
| 2008 | −46.6% |
| 2012 | −51.7% |
| 2016 | −62.4% |
| 2020 | −66.9% |
| 2024 | −65.7% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 73 | 376 | 461 | ||
| R | 74 | 400 | 487 | ||
| R | 65 | 329 | 423 | ||
| R | 92 | 317 | 435 | ||
| R | 104 | 303 | 427 | ||
| R | 99 | 367 | 481 | ||
| R | 116 | 333 | 491 | ||
| R | 140 | 277 | 546 | ||
| R | 118 | 221 | 584 | ||
| R | 143 | 380 | 552 | ||
| R | 158 | 453 | 647 | ||
| R | 110 | 311 | 469 | ||
| D | 214 | 181 | 416 | ||
| R | 127 | 273 | 400 | ||
| R | 118 | 138 | 353 | ||
| D | 187 | 131 | 318 | ||
| D | 215 | 156 | 371 | ||
| R | 124 | 164 | 288 | ||
| R | 139 | 174 | 313 | ||
| D | 183 | 164 | 365 | ||
| D | 223 | 150 | 373 | ||
| D | 639 | 292 | 931 | ||
| D | 566 | 156 | 722 | ||
| D | 426 | 147 | 573 | ||
| D | 341 | 305 | 646 | ||
| O | 150 | 241 | 726 | ||
| R | 347 | 466 | 940 | ||
| D | 1,135 | 709 | 2,281 | ||
| O | 713 | 252 | 1,825 | ||
| D | 2,787 | 2,208 | 5,784 | ||
| R | 380 | 490 | 1,161 | ||
| D | 289 | 125 | 414 | ||
| D | 397 | 69 | 466 | ||
| O | 19 | 84 | 499 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
22.1%
English
10.5%
American
9.2%
Scottish
5.1%
Irish
2.5%
Italian
2.3%
French
1.7%
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: 55.0 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
$41,715
Esmeralda County ranks in the bottom 10% of US counties.
Esmeralda County$41,715
Nevada$78,260
United States$80,734
Esmeralda County ranks in the bottom 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
12.4%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 180.0%
Working age (18–64)14.4%
Seniors (65+)12.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
74.7%
speak English only
Spanish22.8%
Other Indo-European1.3%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 86.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
With fewer than a thousand residents spread across 3,500 square miles of high desert, Esmeralda regularly posts some of the most lopsided presidential margins in the American West, reflecting the political tendencies common to remote, rural mining counties.
Esmeralda County has leaned Republican in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of seventy points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was sixty-six points.
Its demographics describe the shift: a 71% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $41,715, and a population of 1,028. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lincoln County and Stone County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Esmeralda County, Nevada vote in 2024?
In 2024, Esmeralda County, Nevada voted Republican by 65.7 points (R+66), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 461 votes cast, 73 went Democratic and 376 went Republican.
What is Esmeralda County, Nevada's political typology?
Akashic places Esmeralda 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 13 times, Republican 18 times, and other 3 times.
When did Esmeralda County, Nevada last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Esmeralda County, Nevada voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Esmeralda County, Nevada?
Esmeralda County, Nevada has a population of 1,028 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Esmeralda County, Nevada?
Median household income in Esmeralda County, Nevada is $41,715 — below the national median of $80,734. The Nevada state median is $78,260.
What is the political history of Esmeralda County, Nevada?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Esmeralda County, Nevada from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 13 went Democratic and 18 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.