combined metro areaReno-Carson City-Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA
presidential margin
2004–2024 · Democratic minus Republican
2004R+11.8
2008D+4.5
2012R+4.6
2016R+8.7
2020R+6.0
2024R+9.2
full record · 1892 → 2024
presidential returns
2024 turnout 74.0% of 515,263 citizens 18+
Year
Democrat
Republican
Others
Total
CVAP
Turnout
2024
168,524
203,727
8,964
381,215
515,263
74.0%
2020
165,336
186,941
10,480
362,757
475,511
76.3%
2016
124,885
150,966
24,819
300,670
445,052
67.6%
2012
126,647
139,261
6,039
271,947
424,394
64.1%
2008
135,389
123,432
4,055
262,876
403,205
65.2%
2004
102,143
129,943
4,254
236,340
382,016†
61.9%
† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
7 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupReno-Carson City-Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CAUnited States
German12.8%12.5%
English12.4%9.5%
Irish11.2%9.4%
Italian5.9%4.8%
American4.6%5.3%
Scottish2.3%1.3%
French2.1%1.6%
Norwegian1.4%—
Mexican18.2%11.3%
Salvadoran1.5%0.7%
Guatemalan0.8%0.5%
Spanish0.7%—
Puerto Rican0.6%1.8%
Spaniard0.5%—
Cuban0.2%0.7%
Filipino2.1%0.9%
Chinese0.7%1.3%
Asian Indian0.7%1.4%
Vietnamese0.3%0.6%
Japanese0.2%0.2%
Korean0.2%0.4%
Aztec0.3%—
African American†1.5%9.9%
African0.2%0.5%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Reno-Carson City-Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA
United States
Median age
40.9
39.1
Age 18–24
8.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Reno-Carson City-Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA
United States
Median household income
$86,068
$84,427
Poverty rate
10.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
31.0%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Reno-Carson City-Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
19.4%
22.3%
Spanish
14.0%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.1%
2.0%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)
1.5%
0.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Reno-Carson City-Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA
United States
Catholic
21.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
7.4%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
63.3%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Reno-Carson City-Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−28.2%
1896
+42.5%
1900
+9.3%
1904
−31.0%
1908
−7.2%
1912
+22.6%
1916
+4.4%
1920
−28.1%
1924
−23.0%
1928
−18.2%
1932
+29.7%
1936
+34.3%
1940
+5.0%
1944
−5.8%
1948
−15.8%
1952
−38.4%
1956
−34.1%
1960
−13.0%
1964
+3.5%
1968
−22.1%
1972
−36.4%
1976
−14.0%
1980
−42.1%
1984
−40.5%
1988
−26.1%
1992
−5.6%
1996
−8.4%
2000
−15.5%
2004
−11.8%
2008
+4.5%
2012
−4.6%
2016
−8.7%
2020
−6.0%
2024
−9.2%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
44.2%Harris168,524
53.4%Trump203,727
0.5%Oliver2,020 +5
R+9.2
R+3.3
R+7.8
381,215
All 8 candidates in 2024 · 6 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican53.4%203,727
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic44.2%168,524
OtherAll other candidates1.6%6,033
Chase OliverIndependent0.5%2,020
Joel SkousenIndependent0.2%897
Robert F Kennedy Jr.Independent0.0%7
Jill SteinIndependent0.0%5
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.0%2
R
45.6%Biden165,336
51.5%Trump186,941
2.9%
R+6.0
D+2.7
R+10.4
362,757
R
41.5%Clinton124,885
50.2%Trump150,966
8.3%
R+8.7
R+4.0
R+10.8
300,670
R
46.6%Obama126,647
51.2%Romney139,261
2.2%
R+4.6
R+9.2
R+8.5
271,947
D
51.5%Obama135,389
47.0%McCain123,432
1.5%
D+4.5
D+16.3
R+2.7
262,876
R
43.2%Kerry102,143
55.0%Bush129,943
1.8%
R+11.8
D+3.7
R+9.3
236,340
R
39.6%Gore72,365
55.1%Bush100,719
5.4%
R+15.5
R+7.1
R+16.0
182,926
R
39.0%Clinton63,866
47.3%Dole77,564
13.7%
R+8.4
R+2.8
R+16.9
163,911
R
32.6%Clinton54,713
38.2%Bush64,098
29.1%
R+5.6
D+20.5
R+11.2
167,636
R
35.2%Dukakis45,541
61.3%Bush79,354
3.6%
R+26.1
D+14.4
R+18.4
129,551
R
28.6%Mondale31,411
69.1%Reagan75,913
2.4%
R+40.5
D+1.6
R+22.3
109,923
R
23.2%Carter22,440
65.3%Reagan63,183
11.6%
R+42.1
R+28.1
R+32.3
96,828
R
40.6%Carter31,660
54.6%Ford42,566
4.8%
R+14.0
D+22.4
R+16.1
77,961
R
31.8%McGovern22,627
68.2%Nixon48,490
0.0%
R+36.4
R+14.3
R+13.2
71,132
R
33.0%Humphrey19,405
55.1%Nixon32,404
11.9%
R+22.1
R+25.6
R+21.4
58,823
D
51.7%Johnson26,553
48.3%Goldwater24,774
0.0%
D+3.5
D+16.4
R+19.1
51,327
R
43.5%Kennedy19,675
56.5%Nixon25,537
0.0%
R+13.0
D+21.2
R+13.1
45,212
R
32.9%Stevenson12,632
67.1%Eisenhower25,727
0.0%
R+34.1
D+4.3
R+18.7
38,359
R
30.8%Stevenson11,291
69.2%Eisenhower25,381
0.0%
R+38.4
R+22.6
R+27.7
36,672
R
40.8%Truman11,237
56.6%Dewey15,603
2.6%
R+15.8
R+10.0
R+20.3
27,552
R
47.1%Roosevelt11,303
52.9%Dewey12,707
0.0%
R+5.8
R+10.8
R+13.3
24,010
D
52.5%Roosevelt13,136
47.5%Willkie11,885
0.0%
D+5.0
R+29.3
R+4.9
25,022
D
67.2%Roosevelt13,695
32.8%Landon6,696
0.0%
D+34.3
D+4.6
D+10.1
20,391
D
64.9%Roosevelt11,922
35.1%Hoover6,457
0.0%
D+29.7
D+48.0
D+11.9
18,382
R
40.9%Smith6,293
59.1%Hoover9,100
0.0%
R+18.2
D+4.7
R+0.8
15,393
R
22.6%Davis2,934
45.6%Coolidge5,913
31.8%
R+23.0
D+5.1
D+2.2
12,975
R
33.0%Cox4,045
61.1%Harding7,490
5.9%
R+28.1
R+32.5
R+1.9
12,256
D
48.1%Wilson6,338
43.7%Hughes5,759
8.1%
D+4.4
R+18.2
D+1.3
13,168
O
39.7%Wilson3,104
17.0%Taft1,333
43.3%
Roosevelt +3.6
D+29.9
D+3.1
7,823
R
42.6%Bryan3,420
49.8%Taft4,001
7.6%
R+7.2
D+23.7
D+2.3
8,030
R
30.2%Parker1,711
61.1%Roosevelt3,466
8.7%
R+31.0
R+40.2
R+11.3
5,669
D
54.6%Bryan2,720
45.4%McKinley2,259
0.0%
D+9.3
R+33.2
D+16.8
4,979
D
71.2%Bryan3,825
28.7%McKinley1,544
0.0%
D+42.5
D+70.6
D+48.5
5,371
O
9.3%Cleveland555
37.5%Harrison2,236
53.2%
Weaver +15.8
—
R+29.8
5,968
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026R+9.4
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+9.2
Registration and the presidential vote track closely here — within 0.2 points.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
† Some years predate full county coverage; a flagged year sums only the counties reporting it.
Voter registration in Reno-Carson City-Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2022 (partial)
928
396
218
225
89
2024 (partial)
948
407
220
224
97
2026 (partial)
570,413
139,415
193,189
197,599
40,210
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+4,973 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +68,192 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Reno-Carson City-Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA in Reno-Carson City-Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−1,165
2012
+296
2013
+1,086
2014
+4,440
2015
+4,937
2016
+7,421
2017
+8,191
2018
+10,717
2019
+9,989
2021
+9,801
2022
+2,108
2023
+1,536
2024
+3,862
2025
+4,973
Reno-Carson City-Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA sits in the desert Southwest. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 42.5 points in 1896 and a Republican high of 42.1 points in 1980. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 3.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 9.2 points.
A population of 698,448, a 62% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $86,068 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Sacramento-Roseville, CA and Edwards-Rifle, CO.
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How did Reno-Carson City-Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA, Nevada vote in 2024?
In 2024, Reno-Carson City-Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA, Nevada voted Republican by 9.2 points (R+9.2), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 381,215 votes cast, 168,524 went Democratic and 203,727 went Republican.
When did Reno-Carson City-Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA, Nevada last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Reno-Carson City-Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA, Nevada voted Democratic was 2008.
How many people live in Reno-Carson City-Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA, Nevada?
Reno-Carson City-Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA, Nevada has a population of 698,448 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Reno-Carson City-Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA, Nevada?
Median household income in Reno-Carson City-Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA, Nevada is $86,068 — above the national median of $80,734. The Nevada state median is $78,260.
What is the political history of Reno-Carson City-Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA, Nevada?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Reno-Carson City-Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA, Nevada from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 8 went Democratic and 24 went Republican.
