White Pine County, Nevada

2024 results by precinct

10 precincts · 4,351 votes cast

Trump · R+57

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−57.0%	883	3,364	4,351
2020	R	−58.2%	859	3,403	4,369
2016	R	−53.4%	707	2,723	3,773
2012	R	−43.7%	983	2,601	3,704
2008	R	−32.1%	1,230	2,440	3,773
2004	R	−40.0%	1,082	2,604	3,802
2000	R	−32.9%	1,069	2,234	3,543
1996	R	−0.1%	1,397	1,399	3,495
1992	D	+4.0%	1,354	1,206	3,730
1988	R	−12.7%	1,351	1,774	3,328
1984	R	−19.4%	1,276	1,917	3,311
1980	R	−20.7%	1,181	1,896	3,462
1976	D	+12.5%	2,009	1,543	3,739
1972	R	−22.5%	1,546	2,446	3,992
1968	D	+9.5%	2,062	1,670	4,108
1964	D	+41.0%	2,809	1,174	3,983
1960	D	+27.2%	2,713	1,552	4,265
1956	R	−3.0%	2,247	2,386	4,633
1952	R	−0.5%	2,183	2,205	4,388
1948	D	+23.2%	2,287	1,396	3,843
1944	D	+28.8%	2,812	1,554	4,366
1940	D	+40.1%	3,671	1,568	5,239
1936	D	+52.6%	2,806	872	3,678
1932	D	+23.4%	2,178	1,352	3,530
1928	R	−17.0%	1,413	1,992	3,405
1924	R	−23.3%	499	1,049	2,356
1920	R	−18.6%	902	1,354	2,436
1916	D	+31.1%	1,922	948	3,128
1912	D	+17.3%	514	254	1,501
1908	R	−3.9%	722	786	1,643
1904	R	−26.7%	152	276	465
1900	D	+32.9%	325	164	489
1896	D	+77.2%	311	40	351
1892	R	−14.5%	8	71	434
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.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 43.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.1%

85+

0.6%

3.3%

75–84

3.4%

7.1%

65–74

5.1%

7.3%

55–64

8.0%

6.7%

45–54

3.9%

8.1%

35–44

5.7%

8.3%

25–34

4.5%

4.6%

18–24

2.9%

7.8%

5–17

6.9%

2.2%

2.5%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$72,865

White Pine County ranks near the middle of US counties.

White Pine County$72,865

Nevada$78,260

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

8.2%

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

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.

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