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1876–2024
Humboldt County, Nevada
Humboldt County·Nevada

Humboldt County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

One of Nevada's most Republican counties by a 55-point margin

18762024·38 elections
Humboldt County, Nevada · Finetooth · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+55
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
17,289
2024 ACS
Most similar
Lander County
NV · similarity 1.00
15 precincts · 8,030 votes cast
Trump · R+55
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−55.2%
1,7116,1418,030
2020R
−53.9%
1,6895,8777,771
2016R
−48.7%
1,3864,5216,433
2012R
−36.1%
1,7373,8105,744
2008R
−30.0%
1,9093,5865,599
2004R
−47.2%
1,3613,8965,367
2000R
−49.9%
1,1283,6385,030
1996R
−18.9%
1,4672,3344,590
1992R
−19.7%
8101,5053,523
1988R
−37.9%
1,0242,3783,576
1984R
−47.4%
8622,4983,450
1980R
−44.5%
6841,9502,843
1976R
−11.8%
1,0741,3802,585
1972R
−39.9%
7131,6592,372
1968R
−15.9%
8851,2872,525
1964D
+12.5%
1,4211,1062,527
1960D
+0.7%
1,1731,1572,330
1956R
−21.2%
8401,2922,132
1952R
−33.8%
6911,3982,089
1948R
−0.8%
8869011,831
1944D
+8.7%
9948351,829
1940D
+26.8%
1,3677892,156
1936D
+51.2%
1,2103901,600
1932D
+47.1%
1,1264051,531
1928R
−13.1%
6027831,385
1924R
−13.4%
2484001,133
1920R
−10.0%
5326601,284
1916D
+22.6%
1,6811,0043,000
1912D
+28.5%
7192071,798
1908D
+9.1%
1,0098232,054
1904R
−23.9%
3566101,062
1900D
+31.6%
7003641,064
1896D
+76.9%
74998847
1892R
−3.4%
2754800
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%
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.
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
20.1%
Other Christian
14.0%
Baptist
2.8%
Mainline Protestant
1.3%
Methodist
0.8%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.6%
Non-Christian
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 60.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Humboldt County anchors Nevada's sparsely populated north, where ranching and mining shape a persistently lopsided presidential vote — the 2024 margin of R+55.2 ranks among the widest in the state.

The Republican margin in Humboldt County reached its widest at fifty-five points in 2024. The margin in 2024 was fifty-five points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Humboldt County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $81,073, a 68% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 17,289 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lander County and Lewis County.