Washoe County, Nevada

2024 results by precinct

261 precincts · 263,734 votes cast

Harris · D+1

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+1.0%	130,071	127,443	263,734
2020	D	+4.5%	128,128	116,760	252,142
2016	D	+1.2%	97,379	94,758	209,909
2012	D	+3.7%	95,409	88,453	187,855
2008	D	+12.7%	99,671	76,880	179,175
2004	R	−4.2%	74,841	81,545	159,079
2000	R	−9.4%	52,097	63,640	122,301
1996	R	−4.2%	44,915	49,477	109,266
1992	R	−2.7%	39,500	42,636	114,671
1988	R	−22.3%	32,902	52,654	88,728
1984	R	−37.7%	22,321	50,418	74,511
1980	R	−39.5%	15,621	41,276	64,956
1976	R	−14.2%	21,687	29,264	53,227
1972	R	−32.4%	17,106	33,539	50,645
1968	R	−20.8%	14,560	23,492	42,988
1964	D	+4.7%	20,170	18,350	38,520
1960	R	−10.4%	15,280	18,833	34,113
1956	R	−32.9%	9,525	18,865	28,390
1952	R	−36.4%	8,888	19,044	27,932
1948	R	−14.7%	8,365	11,323	20,188
1944	R	−3.7%	8,384	9,024	17,408
1940	D	+6.8%	9,243	8,062	17,305
1936	D	+37.2%	9,514	4,358	13,872
1932	D	+30.5%	8,141	4,333	12,474
1928	R	−18.7%	3,952	5,767	9,719
1924	R	−24.2%	1,669	3,549	7,766
1920	R	−26.7%	2,357	4,189	6,865
1916	D	+1.6%	3,341	3,225	7,098
1912	D	+22.3%	1,446	644	3,602
1908	R	−7.5%	1,745	2,053	4,105
1904	R	−31.2%	721	1,517	2,552
1900	D	+4.5%	1,005	919	1,924
1896	D	+39.0%	1,168	513	1,681
1892	R	−18.1%	235	530	1,628
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

1.9%

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: 39.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.7%

85+

0.9%

2.4%

75–84

2.7%

5.3%

65–74

5.6%

6.4%

55–64

6.3%

6.0%

45–54

5.7%

7.0%

35–44

6.5%

7.8%

25–34

7.2%

4.5%

18–24

4.2%

7.9%

5–17

7.5%

2.7%

2.5%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$88,096

Washoe County ranks in the top 10% of US counties.

Washoe County$88,096

Nevada$78,260

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

10.7%

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

24.4%

Other Christian

9.3%

Baptist

1.4%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.1%

Mainline Protestant

1.0%

Non-Christian

0.9%

Methodist

0.5%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 61.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Washoe anchors Nevada's second-largest metro and has trended Democratic over two decades of in-migration, flipping from a double-digit Republican stronghold to a county decided by single digits in every presidential race since 2016.

The county's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached thirty-nine points in 1896; the Republican margin reached thirty-nine points in 1980. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Washoe County's demographics — a population of 497,200, a 63% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $88,096 — 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 DeKalb County and Centre County.

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Washoe County delivered a near-tie in 2024.