Nye County, Nevada

2024 results by precinct

29 precincts · 26,997 votes cast

Trump · R+42

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−42.2%	7,559	18,946	26,997
2020	R	−40.3%	7,288	17,528	25,378
2016	R	−42.0%	5,094	13,324	19,595
2012	R	−24.2%	6,320	10,566	17,522
2008	R	−13.4%	7,226	9,537	17,268
2004	R	−19.8%	5,616	8,487	14,510
2000	R	−19.5%	4,525	6,904	12,181
1996	R	−7.4%	3,300	3,979	9,211
1992	R	−2.3%	2,561	2,743	8,022
1988	R	−33.4%	1,748	3,619	5,603
1984	R	−46.2%	1,269	3,573	4,989
1980	R	−38.0%	973	2,387	3,720
1976	D	+9.7%	1,261	1,027	2,415
1972	R	−23.2%	802	1,287	2,089
1968	R	−5.6%	728	843	2,071
1964	D	+21.6%	1,276	822	2,098
1960	D	+13.1%	993	763	1,756
1956	R	−11.6%	749	946	1,695
1952	R	−29.3%	567	1,037	1,604
1948	R	−9.1%	595	722	1,390
1944	D	+13.2%	943	723	1,666
1940	D	+24.7%	1,206	729	1,935
1936	D	+52.6%	1,495	464	1,959
1932	D	+43.8%	1,296	506	1,802
1928	D	+7.9%	1,123	958	2,081
1924	R	−19.3%	454	884	2,227
1920	R	−19.6%	1,007	1,576	2,899
1916	D	+18.4%	1,601	1,019	3,170
1912	D	+22.2%	869	345	2,359
1908	D	+3.4%	1,219	1,124	2,773
1904	R	−12.1%	389	511	1,007
1900	D	+71.2%	190	32	222
1896	D	+90.0%	228	12	240
1892	R	−2.7%	7	14	261
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

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

American

100.0%

African American

2.3%

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: 52.5 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.3%

85+

1.2%

5.0%

75–84

4.8%

9.2%

65–74

9.3%

8.2%

55–64

8.2%

5.1%

45–54

5.7%

5.5%

35–44

4.5%

5.4%

25–34

4.6%

3.0%

18–24

2.3%

6.6%

5–17

5.9%

1.8%

2.3%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$60,714

Nye County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Nye County$60,714

Nevada$78,260

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

14.1%

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

11.7%

Catholic & Orthodox

6.8%

Baptist

1.2%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.1%

Mainline Protestant

0.5%

Methodist

0.2%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 78.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Nye County stretches across 18,000 square miles of Basin and Range desert, yet holds fewer than 33,000 residents. Its sparse, rural electorate has delivered Republican presidential margins above 40 points in recent cycles.

The Democratic margin in Nye County peaked at ninety points in 1896. By 1980 the county had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was forty-two points, the most Republican-leaning result in the county's modern history.

The economic context is the key. Nye County's median household income of $60,714 sits well below state and national norms, and 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Otsego County and Gasconade County.

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Nye County was solidly one party for decades. In the last twenty years, it flipped.