Jury Pool Profile
Esmeralda County, Nevada
- County seat
- Goldfield
- Judicial district
- 5th Judicial District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 729
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 1,028.
At a glance
Esmeralda County is a 729-person venue. The county population is 71% White (Census race-alone categories). 32% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 58.3%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $66,369, $14,760 below the NV state median of $81,129; 21.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 25.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home. The largest employment sector is Natural resources & mining, at 47.8% of covered employment, average pay $84,454/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 6.36%, above the 5.21% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 78% to 82% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 1,028
- Median household income
- $41,715
- Unemployment
- 6.4%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 71% / 0%.
Esmeralda County has a population of 1,028, with a median age of 55.0. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 71.0%; Black residents 0.3%. Independently, 31.5% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $66,369; 21.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 14.8% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Natural resources & mining, about 48% of covered jobs.
Natural resources & mining is the largest employment sector at 47.8% of covered employment, followed by Public administration at 24.3%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 6.36%, above the Nevada state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 80%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Esmeralda County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 81.6% in 2024, 82.1% in 2020, 77.8% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 60% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 25.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
25.3% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Tagalog. Veterans account for 10.9% of the adult civilian population (98 individuals).