Jury Pool Profile
Carson City City, Nevada
- County seat
- Carson City
- Judicial district
- 1st Judicial District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 58,571
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 58,384.
At a glance
Carson City is a 58,571-person venue. The city population is 68% White (Census race-alone categories). 26% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 62.1%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $72,143, $8,986 below the NV state median of $81,129; 23.7% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 20.5% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish and Tagalog. The largest employment sector is Public administration, at 23.9% of covered employment, average pay $91,657/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.1%, below the 5.21% state average. The city carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 52% to 54% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 58,384
- Median household income
- $72,355
- Unemployment
- 4.1%
Who sits on a jury?
50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This city: 68% / 2%.
Carson City has a population of 58,384, with a median age of 42.4. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 67.9%; Black residents 1.8%. Independently, 26.4% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $72,143; 23.7% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 11.7% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Public administration, about 24% of covered jobs.
Public administration is the largest employment sector at 23.9% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 19.6%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.1%, below the Nevada state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this city in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 54%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Carson City was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 54.3% in 2024, 54.2% in 2020, 52.5% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 62% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 20.5% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
20.5% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Tagalog, Vietnamese. Veterans account for 8.7% of the adult civilian population (4,066 individuals).