Nevada County, California

2024 results by precinct

95 precincts · 62,144 votes cast

Harris · D+12

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+12.2%	33,784	26,177	62,144
2020	D	+14.7%	36,359	26,779	65,202
2016	D	+4.9%	26,053	23,365	54,935
2012	R	−0.6%	24,663	24,986	51,676
2008	D	+5.3%	28,617	25,663	55,647
2004	R	−8.5%	24,220	28,790	53,920
2000	R	−17.5%	17,670	25,998	47,479
1996	R	−14.8%	15,369	21,784	43,219
1992	R	−4.3%	15,433	17,343	44,201
1988	R	−17.3%	14,980	21,383	37,023
1984	R	−27.1%	11,198	19,809	31,768
1980	R	−28.9%	7,605	15,207	26,261
1976	R	−1.4%	7,926	8,170	16,881
1972	R	−15.8%	5,693	8,004	14,638
1968	R	−12.3%	4,607	6,061	11,794
1964	D	+13.2%	6,397	4,899	11,318
1960	R	−7.8%	4,633	5,419	10,141
1956	R	−19.7%	3,667	5,475	9,173
1952	R	−28.3%	3,476	6,252	9,818
1948	R	−0.0%	3,914	3,917	8,326
1944	D	+10.4%	3,266	2,648	5,961
1940	D	+33.3%	5,782	2,863	8,759
1936	D	+45.1%	5,128	1,913	7,131
1932	D	+30.4%	3,544	1,842	5,596
1928	R	−5.1%	1,959	2,173	4,179
1924	R	−33.7%	307	1,513	3,583
1920	R	−41.4%	747	2,055	3,163
1916	D	+21.4%	2,548	1,586	4,503
1912	D	+46.1%	1,851	0	4,014
1908	R	−12.7%	1,368	1,825	3,588
1904	R	−28.3%	1,167	2,249	3,830
1900	R	−15.8%	1,758	2,449	4,380
1896	D	+8.5%	2,360	1,985	4,435
1892	R	−3.0%	1,634	1,757	4,101
1888	R	−5.8%	1,923	2,167	4,192
1884	R	−13.7%	1,791	2,368	4,219
1880	R	−4.9%	2,029	2,241	4,292
1876	R	−9.4%	1,905	2,300	4,205

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

American

100.0%

French

0.6%

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. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 50.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.9%

85+

1.7%

4.6%

75–84

4.9%

8.3%

65–74

9.0%

7.1%

55–64

7.9%

5.9%

45–54

5.5%

6.3%

35–44

6.0%

4.8%

25–34

4.8%

2.8%

18–24

2.6%

6.8%

5–17

6.3%

2.0%

1.9%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$89,882

Nevada County ranks in the top 10% of US counties.

Nevada County$89,882

California$99,122

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

11.0%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

0.0%

speak English only

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Other Christian

12.7%

Catholic & Orthodox

7.7%

Non-Christian

4.2%

Baptist

1.4%

Mainline Protestant

1.1%

Pentecostal & Holiness

0.8%

Methodist

0.7%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 71.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Nevada County, California swung Democratic by 12.2 points in 2024, a margin shaped by its mix of remote workers, college-educated transplants, and longtime rural residents concentrated around Grass Valley and Truckee.

The county's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached forty-six points in 1912; the Republican margin reached forty-one points in 1920. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Nevada County's demographics — a population of 102,481, a 84% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $89,882 — situate the county close to national averages on several dimensions. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Ouray County and Douglas County.

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California

Similarity 0.93

Nevada County delivered a near-tie in 2024.