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1876–2024
White Pine County, Nevada
White Pine County·Nevada

White Pine County changed its political identity.

One of Nevada's most lopsided presidential counties in 2024

18762024·38 elections
White Pine County, Nevada · Finetooth · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+57
in 2024
Archetype
Realigner
since the recent cycles
Population
8,735
2024 ACS
Most similar
Atchison County
MO · similarity 1.00
10 precincts · 4,351 votes cast
Trump · R+57
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−57.0%
8833,3644,351
2020R
−58.2%
8593,4034,369
2016R
−53.4%
7072,7233,773
2012R
−43.7%
9832,6013,704
2008R
−32.1%
1,2302,4403,773
2004R
−40.0%
1,0822,6043,802
2000R
−32.9%
1,0692,2343,543
1996R
−0.1%
1,3971,3993,495
1992D
+4.0%
1,3541,2063,730
1988R
−12.7%
1,3511,7743,328
1984R
−19.4%
1,2761,9173,311
1980R
−20.7%
1,1811,8963,462
1976D
+12.5%
2,0091,5433,739
1972R
−22.5%
1,5462,4463,992
1968D
+9.5%
2,0621,6704,108
1964D
+41.0%
2,8091,1743,983
1960D
+27.2%
2,7131,5524,265
1956R
−3.0%
2,2472,3864,633
1952R
−0.5%
2,1832,2054,388
1948D
+23.2%
2,2871,3963,843
1944D
+28.8%
2,8121,5544,366
1940D
+40.1%
3,6711,5685,239
1936D
+52.6%
2,8068723,678
1932D
+23.4%
2,1781,3523,530
1928R
−17.0%
1,4131,9923,405
1924R
−23.3%
4991,0492,356
1920R
−18.6%
9021,3542,436
1916D
+31.1%
1,9229483,128
1912D
+17.3%
5142541,501
1908R
−3.9%
7227861,643
1904R
−26.7%
152276465
1900D
+32.9%
325164489
1896D
+77.2%
31140351
1892R
−14.5%
871434
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%
Polish
0.8%
African American
4.8%
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. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
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
31.6%
Catholic & Orthodox
19.5%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.3%
Methodist
1.2%
Baptist
0.8%
Mainline Protestant
0.6%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 45.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

White Pine County, anchored by the copper-mining town of Ely, recorded a 57-point Republican presidential margin in 2024—among the widest in a state that statewide remained closely contested.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in White Pine County peaked at seventy-seven points in 1896; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1996 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of zero points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. White Pine County's median household income of $72,865 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Atchison County and Morrow County.