Eureka County, Nevada: Stable Rural Right county. In 2024, voted R+78%. Democratic peak: D+92 in 1896.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+78MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
- Population
- 1,5852024 5-year
- Median household income
- $70,4732024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 83.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+92 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+78 in 2020MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Furnas County, NE · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Eureka CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Eureka 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 | −4.9% |
| 1896 | +92.3% |
| 1900 | +52.5% |
| 1904 | −34.0% |
| 1908 | −1.2% |
| 1912 | +32.8% |
| 1916 | +4.6% |
| 1920 | −31.8% |
| 1924 | −27.5% |
| 1928 | +2.0% |
| 1932 | +47.8% |
| 1936 | +37.5% |
| 1940 | +10.8% |
| 1944 | −18.7% |
| 1948 | −5.6% |
| 1952 | −41.4% |
| 1956 | −28.7% |
| 1960 | −3.5% |
| 1964 | +8.0% |
| 1968 | −26.1% |
| 1972 | −45.5% |
| 1976 | −23.3% |
| 1980 | −58.0% |
| 1984 | −54.5% |
| 1988 | −45.0% |
| 1992 | −29.1% |
| 1996 | −36.9% |
| 2000 | −57.6% |
| 2004 | −57.9% |
| 2008 | −57.7% |
| 2012 | −68.8% |
| 2016 | −76.0% |
| 2020 | −77.7% |
| 2024 | −77.8% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 104 | 910 | 1,036 | ||
| R | 105 | 895 | 1,017 | ||
| R | 74 | 723 | 854 | ||
| R | 107 | 663 | 808 | ||
| R | 144 | 564 | 728 | ||
| R | 144 | 571 | 738 | ||
| R | 150 | 632 | 837 | ||
| R | 158 | 412 | 688 | ||
| R | 129 | 330 | 690 | ||
| R | 151 | 413 | 582 | ||
| R | 124 | 439 | 578 | ||
| R | 103 | 430 | 564 | ||
| R | 163 | 272 | 467 | ||
| R | 139 | 371 | 510 | ||
| R | 149 | 277 | 490 | ||
| D | 285 | 243 | 528 | ||
| R | 223 | 239 | 462 | ||
| R | 183 | 330 | 513 | ||
| R | 157 | 379 | 536 | ||
| R | 278 | 312 | 603 | ||
| R | 217 | 317 | 534 | ||
| D | 353 | 284 | 637 | ||
| D | 396 | 180 | 576 | ||
| D | 385 | 136 | 521 | ||
| D | 261 | 251 | 512 | ||
| R | 94 | 209 | 418 | ||
| R | 157 | 313 | 491 | ||
| D | 263 | 239 | 520 | ||
| D | 209 | 70 | 424 | ||
| R | 218 | 224 | 481 | ||
| R | 107 | 235 | 376 | ||
| D | 389 | 121 | 510 | ||
| D | 553 | 22 | 575 | ||
| O | 10 | 48 | 773 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
Irish
16.7%
American
15.3%
German
10.5%
English
6.8%
Italian
2.1%
Polish
0.7%
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: 50.7 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
$70,473
Eureka County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Eureka County$70,473
Nevada$78,260
United States$80,734
Eureka County ranks near the middle 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
24.9%
Nearly half of children live in poverty.
Children under 1865.8%
Working age (18–64)16.1%
Seniors (65+)0.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
98.0%
speak English only
Spanish1.4%
Other languages0.6%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 50.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Eureka County's roughly 1,600 residents make it one of Nevada's least populous counties, yet it consistently posts some of the widest presidential margins in the state, with cattle ranching and mining shaping a deeply rural electorate.
The Republican margin here reached seventy-eight points in 2024. The 2024 margin was seventy-eight points.
A population of 1,585, a 84% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $70,473 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Furnas County and Adair County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Eureka County, Nevada vote in 2024?
In 2024, Eureka County, Nevada voted Republican by 77.8 points (R+78), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,036 votes cast, 104 went Democratic and 910 went Republican.
What is Eureka County, Nevada's political typology?
Akashic places Eureka County, Nevada in the "Stable Rural Right" typology — Mountain, Plains, and rural Republican counties already near their ceiling, with little further room to swing. 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 9 times, Republican 24 times, and other 1 times.
When did Eureka County, Nevada last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Eureka County, Nevada voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Eureka County, Nevada?
Eureka County, Nevada has a population of 1,585 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Eureka County, Nevada?
Median household income in Eureka County, Nevada is $70,473 — below the national median of $80,734. The Nevada state median is $78,260.
What is the political history of Eureka County, Nevada?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Eureka County, Nevada from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 9 went Democratic and 24 went Republican. The county's typology — "Stable Rural Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.