Jury Pool Profile

Elko County, Nevada

Republican +57 (2024)

Population: 53,852
Median household income: $83,427
Unemployment: 3.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 37,506 69.6%
Black or African American alone 459 0.9%
Asian alone 764 1.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 2,450 4.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 81 0.2%
Some other race alone 4,552 8.5%
Two or more races 8,040 14.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 13,821 25.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 35.4

Under 18 14,418 26.8%
18–24 4,435 8.2%
25–44 15,198 28.2%
45–64 12,951 24.0%
65 and over 6,850 12.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.9%; -1.33 pp vs. state
County GDP: $4.0B; 1.48% of state
Avg. annual pay: $64,165
Establishments: 1,413

U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Leisure & hospitality 5,252 23.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 4,986 22.5%
Education & health services 3,683 16.6%
Natural resources & mining 1,920 8.6%
Public administration 1,812 8.2%
Construction 1,598 7.2%
Professional & business services 1,511 6.8%
Other services 616 2.8%
Financial activities 539 2.4%
Manufacturing 162 0.7%
Information 123 0.6%
Unclassified 2 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 70.4%
Median gross rent: $1,126
Owner-occupied: 13,770
Renter-occupied: 5,776

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 22,465 votes cast

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

81.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 7,818 15.6%
Other 469 0.9%
Slavic languages 245 0.5%
Chinese 186 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 150 0.3%
Other Indo-European 99 0.2%
German 52 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 49 0.1%
Tagalog 29 0.1%
Arabic 10 0.0%
Vietnamese 9 0.0%
Korean 5 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 19,546
Family households: 13,123; 67.1% of households
Married w/ children: 10,166
Single-mother households: 1,516
Veterans: 2,726; 6.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

46.7% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.1%
With a disability: 12.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 17.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Nevada statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 8; 20.29 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 8

NHTSA FARS 2023