Jury Pool Profile

Pershing County, Nevada

Republican +55 (2024)

Population: 6,505
Median household income: $72,007
Unemployment: 4.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 4,783 73.5%
Black or African American alone 276 4.2%
Asian alone 75 1.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 208 3.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 5 0.1%
Some other race alone 473 7.3%
Two or more races 685 10.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,514 23.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.9

Under 18 1,096 16.8%
18–24 467 7.2%
25–44 2,061 31.7%
45–64 1,801 27.7%
65 and over 1,080 16.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.1%; -1.11 pp vs. state
County GDP: $592.2M; 0.22% of state
Avg. annual pay: $82,386
Establishments: 113

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Natural resources & mining 914 46.3%
Public administration 362 18.4%
Education & health services 279 14.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 197 10.0%
Leisure & hospitality 122 6.2%
Other services 16 0.8%
Professional & business services 13 0.7%
Financial activities 12 0.6%
Information 3 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.3%
Median gross rent: $667
Owner-occupied: 1,372
Renter-occupied: 475

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,308 votes cast

Republican 1,764 76.4%
Democratic 496 21.5%
Other / third-party 48 2.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

82.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,039 16.8%
Chinese 41 0.7%
Arabic 13 0.2%
Tagalog 12 0.2%
Other Indo-European 7 0.1%
Other 6 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 1,847
Family households: 1,260; 68.2% of households
Married w/ children: 1,052
Single-mother households: 116
Veterans: 448; 8.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

23.5% overall adherence rate

Catholic 1,014 15.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 302 4.5%
Evangelical Protestant 217 3.3%
Mainline Protestant 29 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.2%
With a disability: 19.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 9.3%

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; 18.49 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023