Jury Pool Profile
Humboldt County, Nevada
- County seat
- Winnemucca
- Judicial district
- 6th Judicial District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 17,267
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 17,289.
At a glance
Humboldt County is a 17,267-person venue. The county population is 68% White (Census race-alone categories). 27% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Median household income is $85,433, $4,304 above the NV state median of $81,129; 19.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 17.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Natural resources & mining, at 28.5% of covered employment, average pay $117,889/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.53%, below the 5.21% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 70% to 76% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 17,289
- Median household income
- $81,073
- Unemployment
- 3.5%
Who sits on a jury?
50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 68% / 1%.
Humboldt County has a population of 17,289, with a median age of 37.7. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 68.4%; Black residents 0.8%. Independently, 27.3% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $85,433; 19.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 10.6% 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 29% of covered jobs.
Natural resources & mining is the largest employment sector at 28.5% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 19.0%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.53%, below the Nevada state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 74%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Humboldt County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 76.5% in 2024, 75.6% in 2020, 70.3% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 66% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 17.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
17.3% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Tagalog, German or other West Germanic. Veterans account for 6.4% of the adult civilian population (820 individuals).