Carson City, Nevada

2024 results by precinct

24 precincts · 31,068 votes cast

Trump · R+11

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−11.3%	13,375	16,873	31,068
2020	R	−11.4%	12,735	16,113	29,739
2016	R	−14.1%	9,610	13,125	25,016
2012	R	−9.0%	10,291	12,394	23,319
2008	D	+0.9%	11,623	11,419	23,463
2004	R	−16.1%	9,441	13,171	23,106
2000	R	−19.2%	7,354	11,084	19,452
1996	R	−10.1%	7,269	9,168	18,814
1992	R	−6.7%	6,035	7,302	18,803
1988	R	−30.2%	5,088	9,701	15,291
1984	R	−42.0%	3,790	9,477	13,536
1980	R	−44.8%	2,769	8,389	12,556
1976	R	−14.4%	3,874	5,282	9,761
1972	R	−43.6%	2,120	5,396	7,516
1968	R	−25.0%	1,770	3,169	5,601
1964	D	+3.2%	2,129	1,997	4,126
1960	R	−20.5%	1,283	1,946	3,229
1956	R	−36.1%	822	1,749	2,571
1952	R	−48.1%	579	1,653	2,232
1948	R	−23.0%	681	1,095	1,801
1944	R	−11.7%	665	841	1,506
1940	D	+2.4%	785	748	1,533
1936	D	+16.6%	745	533	1,278
1932	D	+8.7%	579	486	1,065
1928	R	−16.1%	426	590	1,016
1924	D	+0.2%	415	413	932
1920	R	−17.5%	413	592	1,024
1916	D	+6.2%	610	534	1,227
1912	D	+21.3%	294	150	675
1908	R	−0.9%	343	350	751
1904	R	−28.1%	218	409	680
1900	D	+12.4%	399	311	710
1896	D	+33.2%	566	284	850
1892	R	−44.8%	31	417	862
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

1.4%

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: 42.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.9%

85+

2.0%

2.8%

75–84

2.9%

6.1%

65–74

6.5%

7.2%

55–64

6.9%

6.5%

45–54

5.3%

6.8%

35–44

5.4%

7.1%

25–34

5.9%

4.3%

18–24

3.5%

7.8%

5–17

7.3%

2.4%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$72,355

Carson City ranks near the middle of US counties.

Carson City$72,355

Nevada$78,260

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

10.3%

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

Catholic & Orthodox

19.3%

Other Christian

11.0%

Mainline Protestant

1.4%

Pentecostal & Holiness

0.9%

Methodist

0.9%

Baptist

0.7%

Non-Christian

0.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 65.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Carson City functions as both an independent city and county, making it Nevada's only consolidated municipality of that type. Despite housing state government, it has trended Republican in recent cycles, posting an R+11.3 margin in 2024.

The county's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached thirty-three points in 1896; the Republican margin reached forty-eight points in 1952. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Carson City's demographics — a population of 58,384, a 68% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $72,355 — 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 Clinton County and Berrien County.

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Carson City delivered a near-tie in 2024.