Jury Pool Profile
Pershing County, Nevada
- County seat
- Lovelock
- Judicial district
- 11th Judicial District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 6,421
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 6,487.
At a glance
Pershing County is a 6,421-person venue. The county population is 72% White (Census race-alone categories). 24% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 63.7%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $68,559, $12,570 below the NV state median of $81,129; 6.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 17.1% 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 48.0% of covered employment, average pay $108,650/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.83%, below the 5.21% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 71% to 76% of the vote across the three. 27% of residents here live in group quarters rather than households, 1,761 people in barracks, dormitories, correctional facilities or nursing homes, so the figures above describe a population substantially larger than the one a summons reaches.
- Population
- 6,487
- Median household income
- $66,902
- Unemployment
- 3.8%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 72% / 5%.
Pershing County has a population of 6,487, with a median age of 42.4. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 71.7%; Black residents 4.8%. Independently, 23.6% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $68,559; 6.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 18.3% 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 48.0% of covered employment, followed by Public administration at 17.7%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.83%, 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.
Pershing County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 76.4% in 2024, 74.6% in 2020, 70.8% 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'). 17.1% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
17.1% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Chinese, Arabic. Veterans account for 7.3% of the adult civilian population (399 individuals).