Elko County, Nevada

• White (non-Hispanic) 33,049 61.1%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 14,063 26.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 426 0.8%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 782 1.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2,956 5.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 1,910 3.5%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 84 0.2%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 777 1.4%

• Under 18 14,286 26.4%
• 18–24 4,551 8.4%
• 25–44 15,304 28.3%
• 45–64 12,805 23.7%
• 65 and over 7,101 13.1%

Median household income

$91,128

90% interval $84,417–$97,839

+$9,999 vs NV · 5th of 17

Below poverty line

9.5%

90% interval 7.7%–11.3%

−2.3 pp vs NV · 14th of 17

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.6%

−1.6 pp vs. state

County GDP

$4.0B

1.48% of state

Avg. annual pay

$66,963

Establishments

1,472

• Leisure & hospitality 5,323 23.6%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 4,913 21.8%
• Education & health services 3,692 16.4%
• Natural resources & mining 1,995 8.9%
• Public administration 1,832 8.1%
• Professional & business services 1,553 6.9%
• Other services 653 2.9%
• Financial activities 539 2.4%

The sectors listed cover 90.9% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

71.4%

+11.4 pp vs NV · 12th of 17

Median gross rent

$1,164

−$433 vs NV · 9th of 17

Owner-occupied

14,004

Renter-occupied

5,623

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 62% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Natural resources & mining, $107,655/yr) pays 3.0× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $36,315/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 15 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 17,352 77.2%
• Democratic 4,632 20.6%
• Other / third-party 481 2.1%

• Spanish 7,424 14.7%
• German or other West Germanic 96 0.2%
• Chinese 85 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 46 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 40 0.1%
• Tagalog 36 0.1%
• Vietnamese 5 0.0%

Households

19,627

Family households

13,123

66.9% of households

Married couples w/ children

4,529

34.5% of families

Single-mother families

1,354

10.3% of families

Veterans

2,716

6.8% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 13,462 25.1%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 8,544 15.9%
• Evangelical Protestant 2,524 4.7%
• Mainline Protestant 527 1.0%

Health insured

91.0%

±1.5 pp

Uninsured

9.0%

±1.5 pp

8th of 17

With a disability

14.1%

±1.5 pp

15th of 17

Bachelor's or higher

17.8%

±2 pp

−10.1 pp vs NV · 10th of 17

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

12.8%

90% interval 11.4%–14.2% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

4th Judicial District Court

Judges

3 (District Court judges per district (general civil + criminal jurisdiction, including family court divisions); Justice Court judges (limited jurisdiction, per township) separate. Vintage 2026 nvcourts.gov; counts cross-checked against NRS § 3.0105 statutory department allocations. Clark (8th) and Washoe (2nd) totals include both civil/criminal and family court departments.)

Court seats

Elko

Traffic fatalities

18

45.27 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

16