Mineral County, Nevada: Florida Surge county. In 2024, voted R+36%. Democratic peak: D+53 in 1936.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+36MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Florida SurgeAkashic typology
- Population
- 4,5422024 5-year
- Median household income
- $54,8552024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 58.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 3.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 17.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+53 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+47 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Chippewa County, MI · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Mineral CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Mineral 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 | +28.8% |
| 1916 | +20.9% |
| 1920 | −26.2% |
| 1924 | −21.2% |
| 1928 | +8.5% |
| 1932 | +46.2% |
| 1936 | +53.5% |
| 1940 | +26.1% |
| 1944 | +28.3% |
| 1948 | +25.3% |
| 1952 | +2.7% |
| 1956 | −0.6% |
| 1960 | +26.7% |
| 1964 | +21.7% |
| 1968 | +11.0% |
| 1972 | −46.6% |
| 1976 | +9.9% |
| 1980 | −39.2% |
| 1984 | −35.1% |
| 1988 | −19.3% |
| 1992 | −0.3% |
| 1996 | +11.0% |
| 2000 | −13.6% |
| 2004 | −17.4% |
| 2008 | −2.2% |
| 2012 | −10.7% |
| 2016 | −27.1% |
| 2020 | −25.4% |
| 2024 | −35.6% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 711 | 1,528 | 2,295 | ||
| R | 829 | 1,423 | 2,335 | ||
| R | 637 | 1,179 | 1,997 | ||
| R | 863 | 1,080 | 2,035 | ||
| R | 1,082 | 1,131 | 2,273 | ||
| R | 931 | 1,336 | 2,327 | ||
| R | 916 | 1,227 | 2,293 | ||
| D | 1,068 | 814 | 2,318 | ||
| R | 909 | 918 | 2,641 | ||
| R | 978 | 1,480 | 2,602 | ||
| R | 766 | 1,645 | 2,504 | ||
| R | 631 | 1,628 | 2,546 | ||
| D | 1,361 | 1,104 | 2,594 | ||
| R | 768 | 2,111 | 2,879 | ||
| D | 1,242 | 927 | 2,869 | ||
| D | 1,440 | 927 | 2,367 | ||
| D | 1,606 | 930 | 2,536 | ||
| R | 1,415 | 1,433 | 2,848 | ||
| D | 1,369 | 1,297 | 2,666 | ||
| D | 1,194 | 706 | 1,928 | ||
| D | 1,344 | 751 | 2,095 | ||
| D | 693 | 406 | 1,099 | ||
| D | 778 | 236 | 1,014 | ||
| D | 647 | 238 | 885 | ||
| D | 326 | 275 | 601 | ||
| O | 84 | 191 | 504 | ||
| R | 209 | 374 | 629 | ||
| D | 617 | 385 | 1,108 | ||
| O | 219 | 59 | 555 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
15.1%
German
11.5%
Irish
8.3%
American
6.1%
Scottish
5.8%
Italian
3.8%
French
0.8%
African American
2.6%
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: 44.3 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
$54,855
Mineral County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Mineral County$54,855
Nevada$78,260
United States$80,734
Mineral County ranks in the bottom 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
18.5%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1829.2%
Working age (18–64)17.9%
Seniors (65+)1.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
89.6%
speak English only
Spanish7.9%
Other languages1.9%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.4%
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 66.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Mineral County's economy has long tracked the boom-and-bust cycles of silver and gold extraction, leaving a small, widely scattered population that has voted Republican by double-digit margins in every presidential election this century.
The Democratic margin here once reached fifty-three points in 1936. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved ten points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was thirty-six points.
A population of 4,542, a 58% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $54,855 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Chippewa County and Mackinac County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Mineral County, Nevada vote in 2024?
In 2024, Mineral County, Nevada voted Republican by 35.6 points (R+36), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,295 votes cast, 711 went Democratic and 1,528 went Republican.
What is Mineral County, Nevada's political typology?
Akashic places Mineral County, Nevada in the "Florida Surge" typology — Florida coastal and retiree counties that moved sharply Republican across the Trump era. 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 14 times, and other 2 times.
When did Mineral County, Nevada last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Mineral County, Nevada voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Mineral County, Nevada?
Mineral County, Nevada has a population of 4,542 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Mineral County, Nevada?
Median household income in Mineral County, Nevada is $54,855 — below the national median of $80,734. The Nevada state median is $78,260.
What is the political history of Mineral County, Nevada?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Mineral County, Nevada from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 13 went Democratic and 14 went Republican. The county's typology — "Florida Surge" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.