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Registration Statistics as of October 24, 2022
Total Registered Voters: 74,488
| American Independent Party | 3,449 |
| Democratic Party | 29,593 |
| Green Party | 709 |
| Libertarian Party | 1,263 |
| Peace & Freedom Party | 299 |
| Republican Party | 23,863 |
| No Party Preference | 11,218 |
| Other/Unknown | 4,094 |
Key Registration and Voting Statistics from the 2020 Census
These data were provided to this office by the California Secretary of State and are based on the 2020 Census. The most current data from the Census can be found at https://data.census.gov/table?g=0500000US06057. Please feel free to reach out to our office with any questions.
Nevada CountyTable 84: Registered Voters by Race (raw values) |
| Total Registered Voters | White | Black | Latino | AAPI | Other |
| Countywide | 74,926 | 57,401 | 8,044 | 6,413 | 1,873 | 1,947 |
| Grass Valley | 30,132 | 23,153 | 3,289 | 2,449 | 718 | 788 |
| Nevada City | 13,224 | 10,234 | 1,435 | 988 | 316 | 342 |
| Truckee | 10,734 | 8,119 | 1,050 | 1,155 | 323 | 272 |
| Penn Valley | 7,106 | 5,421 | 767 | 616 | 166 | 186 |
| Auburn | 3,981 | 3,028 | 428 | 361 | 95 | 102 |
Table 85: Registered Voters by Race (percentages) |
| Total Registered Voters | White | Black | Latino | AAPI | Other |
| Countywide | 74,926 | 76.6% | 10.7% | 8.6% | 2.5% | 2.6% |
| Grass Valley | 30,132 | 76.8% | 10.9% | 8.1% | 2.4% | 2.6% |
| Nevada City | 13,224 | 77.4% | 10.9% | 7.5% | 2.4% | 2.6% |
| Truckee | 10,734 | 75.6% | 9.8% | 10.8% | 3.0% | 2.5% |
| Penn Valley | 7,106 | 76.3% | 10.8% | 8.7% | 2.3% | 2.6% |
| Auburn | 3,981 | 76.1% | 10.7% | 9.1% | 2.4% | 2.6% |
Table 86: Voters by Race (raw values) |
| Total Voted | White | Black | Latino | AAPI | Other |
| Countywide | 65,138 | 49,671 | 6,932 | 5,263 | 1,591 | 1,675 |
| Grass Valley | 26,090 | 19,955 | 2,818 | 2,030 | 608 | 677 |
| Nevada City | 11,618 | 8,953 | 1,256 | 840 | 270 | 298 |
| Truckee | 9,394 | 7,073 | 904 | 904 | 278 | 235 |
| Penn Valley | 6,225 | 4,729 | 670 | 528 | 138 | 160 |
| Auburn | 3,555 | 2,689 | 384 | 307 | 85 | 90 |
Table 87: Turnout by Race (percentages) |
| Total Turnout | White | Black | Latino | AAPI | Other |
| Countywide | 86.9% | 86.5% | 86.2% | 82.1% | 84.9% | 86.0% |
| Grass Valley | 86.6% | 86.2% | 85.7% | 82.9% | 84.7% | 85.9% |
| Nevada City | 87.9% | 87.5% | 87.5% | 85.1% | 85.4% | 87.2% |
| Truckee | 87.5% | 87.1% | 86.1% | 78.3% | 86.2% | 86.4% |
| Penn Valley | 87.6% | 87.2% | 87.4% | 85.7% | 83.3% | 85.9% |
| Auburn | 89.3% | 88.8% | 89.8% | 85.0% | 89.5% | 88.4% |
Table 88: VBM Usage (percentages) |
| Total | White | Black | Latino | AAPI | Other |
| Countywide | 91.3% | 91.6% | 91.3% | 88.3% | 91.1% | 91.4% |
| Grass Valley | 91.5% | 91.8% | 91.4% | 89.0% | 91.8% | 91.4% |
| Nevada City | 94.0% | 94.0% | 94.2% | 94.0% | 95.9% | 94.3% |
| Truckee | 88.3% | 89.0% | 88.7% | 82.9% | 87.4% | 88.5% |
| Penn Valley | 92.9% | 93.4% | 93.1% | 87.9% | 92.0% | 93.1% |
| Auburn | 88.8% | 89.2% | 88.5% | 86.0% | 88.2% | 88.9% |
Table 89: Voting Method by Age Group (raw values) |
| 18 to 29 | 30 to 49 | 50 to 64 | 65 and Over |
| Total Registered Voters | 8,177 | 20,531 | 18,305 | 27,074 |
| Voted | 5,552 | 16,856 | 16,613 | 25,480 |
| Vote-by-Mail | 4,528 | 14,502 | 15,181 | 24,656 |
| CVR / Non-CVR | 220 | 316 | 137 | 52 |
| In-Person | 804 | 2,038 | 1,295 | 772 |
| Vote Center | - | - | - | - |
Table 90: Voting Method by Age Group (percentages) |
| 18 to 29 | 30 to 49 | 50 to 64 | 65 and over |
| Total Voted | 5,552 | 16,856 | 16,613 | 25,480 |
| Turnout | 67.9% | 82.1% | 90.8% | 94.1% |
| Vote-by-Mail | 81.6% | 86.0% | 91.4% | 96.8% |
| CVR / Non-CVR | 4.0% | 1.9% | 0.8% | 0.2% |
| In-Person | 14.5% | 12.1% | 7.8% | 3.0% |
| Vote Center | - | - | - | - |
Table 91: Ballot Rejections by Age Group |
| 18 to 29 | 30 to 49 | 50 to 64 | 65 and over |
| Total Voted | 5,552 | 16,856 | 16,613 | 25,480 |
| Rejected Ballots | 5 | 27 | 29 | 41 |
| Rejection Rate | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% |