Jury Pool Profile

Lander County, Nevada

Republican +62 (2024)

Population: 5,745
Median household income: $84,474
Unemployment: 4.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 4,718 82.1%
Black or African American alone 141 2.5%
Asian alone 31 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 183 3.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 69 1.2%
Two or more races 603 10.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,266 22.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.3

Under 18 1,559 27.1%
18–24 299 5.2%
25–44 1,798 31.3%
45–64 1,331 23.2%
65 and over 758 13.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.8%; -0.4 pp vs. state
County GDP: $920.5M; 0.34% of state
Avg. annual pay: $96,950
Establishments: 122

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 379 10.5%
Education & health services 308 8.5%
Public administration 232 6.4%
Leisure & hospitality 185 5.1%
Other services 104 2.9%
Professional & business services 34 0.9%
Construction 19 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 66.9%
Median gross rent: $1,066
Owner-occupied: 1,537
Renter-occupied: 759

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,725 votes cast

Republican 2,180 80.0%
Democratic 482 17.7%
Other / third-party 63 2.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

88.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 580 10.6%
Other 33 0.6%
Other Asian/Pacific 17 0.3%
German 16 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 9 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,296
Family households: 1,676; 73.0% of households
Married w/ children: 1,198
Single-mother households: 26
Veterans: 229; 5.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

70.8% overall adherence rate

Catholic 2,463 43.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,036 18.1%
Evangelical Protestant 489 8.5%
Mainline Protestant 73 1.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.9%
With a disability: 14.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 11th Judicial District Court
Judges: 1 (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: Battle Mountain, Hawthorne, Lovelock

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Nevada statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 23.89 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023