Lander County, Nevada: Stable Rural Right county. In 2024, voted R+62%. Democratic peak: D+86 in 1896.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+62MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
- Population
- 5,7702024 5-year
- Median household income
- $89,0142024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 77.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 16.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+86 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+62 in 2020MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Humboldt County, NV · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Lander CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Lander County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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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 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | −4.2% |
| 1896 | +86.4% |
| 1900 | +38.6% |
| 1904 | −36.5% |
| 1908 | +3.3% |
| 1912 | +24.9% |
| 1916 | +16.3% |
| 1920 | −22.8% |
| 1924 | −21.3% |
| 1928 | −18.4% |
| 1932 | +32.7% |
| 1936 | +42.3% |
| 1940 | +9.4% |
| 1944 | −5.2% |
| 1948 | −14.1% |
| 1952 | −35.8% |
| 1956 | −31.2% |
| 1960 | +1.0% |
| 1964 | +7.3% |
| 1968 | −17.6% |
| 1972 | −26.1% |
| 1976 | −3.8% |
| 1980 | −40.3% |
| 1984 | −59.0% |
| 1988 | −45.2% |
| 1992 | −23.2% |
| 1996 | −20.2% |
| 2000 | −57.8% |
| 2004 | −57.9% |
| 2008 | −42.7% |
| 2012 | −48.3% |
| 2016 | −59.1% |
| 2020 | −61.6% |
| 2024 | −62.3% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 482 | 2,180 | 2,725 | ||
| R | 496 | 2,198 | 2,765 | ||
| R | 403 | 1,828 | 2,413 | ||
| R | 534 | 1,580 | 2,165 | ||
| R | 577 | 1,466 | 2,081 | ||
| R | 414 | 1,602 | 2,053 | ||
| R | 395 | 1,619 | 2,119 | ||
| R | 660 | 1,107 | 2,215 | ||
| R | 423 | 885 | 1,992 | ||
| R | 439 | 1,214 | 1,714 | ||
| R | 301 | 1,222 | 1,561 | ||
| R | 361 | 935 | 1,425 | ||
| R | 518 | 561 | 1,123 | ||
| R | 468 | 798 | 1,266 | ||
| R | 301 | 461 | 909 | ||
| D | 391 | 338 | 729 | ||
| D | 391 | 383 | 774 | ||
| R | 283 | 540 | 823 | ||
| R | 237 | 501 | 738 | ||
| R | 298 | 397 | 704 | ||
| R | 383 | 425 | 808 | ||
| D | 475 | 393 | 868 | ||
| D | 585 | 237 | 822 | ||
| D | 536 | 272 | 808 | ||
| R | 314 | 456 | 770 | ||
| R | 138 | 254 | 545 | ||
| R | 254 | 416 | 709 | ||
| D | 473 | 321 | 931 | ||
| O | 197 | 68 | 518 | ||
| D | 276 | 257 | 574 | ||
| R | 93 | 227 | 367 | ||
| D | 325 | 144 | 469 | ||
| D | 494 | 36 | 530 | ||
| O | 30 | 52 | 524 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
17.3%
English
14.0%
American
13.2%
Irish
6.9%
Italian
5.9%
Scottish
2.0%
African American
1.0%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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: 37.6 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
$89,014
Lander County ranks in the top 10% of US counties.
Lander County$89,014
Nevada$78,260
United States$80,734
Lander 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
10.7%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1815.9%
Working age (18–64)8.9%
Seniors (65+)7.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
93.5%
speak English only
Spanish5.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.4%
Other languages0.4%
Other Indo-European0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 29.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
A sparsely populated ranching and mining county in central Nevada, Lander delivers some of the state's widest presidential margins, with fewer than 6,000 residents spread across nearly 6,000 square miles of high desert.
The Republican margin here reached sixty-two points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was sixty-two points.
A population of 5,770, a 78% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $89,014 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Humboldt County and Kimball County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Lander County, Nevada vote in 2024?
In 2024, Lander County, Nevada voted Republican by 62.3 points (R+62), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,725 votes cast, 482 went Democratic and 2,180 went Republican.
What is Lander County, Nevada's political typology?
Akashic places Lander 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 23 times, and other 2 times.
When did Lander County, Nevada last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Lander County, Nevada voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Lander County, Nevada?
Lander County, Nevada has a population of 5,770 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lander County, Nevada?
Median household income in Lander County, Nevada is $89,014 — above the national median of $80,734. The Nevada state median is $78,260.
What is the political history of Lander County, Nevada?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Lander County, Nevada from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 9 went Democratic and 23 went Republican. The county's typology — "Stable Rural Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.