Who is the Esmeralda County Assessor?

Kathleen R. Keyes (Republican) is the Assessor of Esmeralda County, Nevada. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.

Who is the Esmeralda County Clerk/Treasurer?

LaCinda Elgan is the Clerk/Treasurer of Esmeralda County, Nevada. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.

Who is the Esmeralda County District Attorney?

Robert Glennen, III is the District Attorney of Esmeralda County, Nevada. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.

Who is the Esmeralda County Recorder/Auditor?

Vera Boyer is the Recorder/Auditor of Esmeralda County, Nevada. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.

Who is the Esmeralda County Sheriff?

Julian Melendez is the Sheriff of Esmeralda County, Nevada.

Who are the Esmeralda County commissioners?

Rachel Holt (District 1); Fred Perez (District 2); Mary Jane Zakas (District 3).

Who is on the Esmeralda County School Board?

Carl Brownfield (School Board Trustee); Trinie Johnson (School Board Trustee); Anna Pacheco (School Board Trustee); Nicole Medlock (School Board Trustee); Marlayna Payne (School Board Trustee).

What is the population of Esmeralda County?

About 1,028 people, with a median age of 55; the median household income is $41,715 and 12.4% live below the poverty line (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates).

What is the unemployment rate in Esmeralda County?

5.7% in September 2026 (preliminary): 15 people unemployed in a labor force of 265, against 5.4% a year earlier (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted).

How many local governments are there in Esmeralda County?

3 in the Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments: 1 county, 1 school district and 1 special district governments.

Esmeralda County, NV elected officials: county commissioners, sheriff, school board and cities

Who holds every elected county, school board, city and special-district office in Esmeralda County: 13 seats on 7 elected bodies. 5 seats were on the November 3, 2026 ballot; they update once the county certifies its results.

Board of County Commissioners

Esmeralda County Board of Commissioners

Each member is elected by the voters of their district.

Office	Who holds it now	Next term
County Commissioner, District 1	Rachel Holt source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet
County Commissioner, District 2	Fred Perez source
County Commissioner, District 3	Mary Jane Zakas source

Official website

County officers

Office	Who holds it now	Next term
Assessor	Kathleen R. Keyes Republican source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet
Clerk/Treasurer	LaCinda Elgan source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet
District Attorney	Robert Glennen, III source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet
Recorder/Auditor	Vera Boyer source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet
Sheriff	Julian Melendez source

School Board

Esmeralda County School District Board of Trustees

Office	Who holds it now
School Board Trustee	Carl Brownfield source
School Board Trustee	Trinie Johnson source
School Board Trustee	Anna Pacheco source
School Board Trustee	Nicole Medlock source
School Board Trustee	Marlayna Payne source

Official website

How many local governments Esmeralda County has

The Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments counts 3 local governments in Esmeralda County. This page lists the ones whose offices are elected.

Kind of government	Census count (2022)	Listed on this page
County government	1	1
Cities, towns, villages and townships	0	0
School districts (school boards)	1	1
Special districts (elected boards)	1	0

Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments: Government Units Listing (census.gov).

About these counts

The Census Bureau counts every independent local government once, in the county it assigns it to: the one it mostly serves or where it's based. A city or district that crosses county lines is counted in only one county, so it may be listed on this page but counted elsewhere, or the other way around. Many special districts, such as housing authorities, have appointed boards, and some places have more than one elected body, so the two columns measure different things. School systems run by a county, city or the state aren't counted as separate governments, though their boards may be listed here; in some states the Bureau counts community or state colleges as school districts. The counts are as of 2022.

Who lives in Esmeralda County

1,028people

55median ageU.S.: 38.9

$41,715 household incomeU.S.: $80,734

12.4%below the U.S.: 12.5%

21.1%of adults 25+ with a bachelor's degreeU.S.: 35.7%

$108,900median home valueU.S.: $332,700

0.6%unemployed (of the labor force)U.S.: 5.2%

18.3%born outside the U.S.U.S.: 14.1%

10.9%of adults are veteransU.S.: 6.2%

4.7%U.S.: 8.4%

75.5%of renting households pay of income on rentU.S.: 51.1%

73.6%of homeowners with a mortgage pay of income on housing costsU.S.: 28.1%

Race and Hispanic origin: Hispanic or Latino 31.5% · White 58.3% · Black 0.3% · Asian 1.2% · Other or more than one race 8.8% (Hispanic or Latino people can be of any race; the other groups are non-Hispanic.)

Census Bureau, 2020–2024 5-year estimates (data.census.gov).

About these figures

The American Community Survey asks about 3.5 million households a year about who lives there, their work, income, schooling and housing. The 5-year estimates pool 2020–2024 answers so that every county and district has enough of them. They're estimates with a (larger for smaller places), and they're different from the once-a-decade census count. "Median" means half are above and half below. Household income is before taxes and includes everyone in the household. The unemployment share here is the survey's five-year average, so it differs from the monthly rate in the BLS jobs report. Race and Hispanic origin are as people describe themselves.

Health insurance means any coverage, private or public (such as Medicaid or Medicare), when people answered; the share is of everyone except people on active military duty and people living in institutions such as prisons and nursing homes. The housing shares are of renting households, and of homeowners with a mortgage, for whom the Census Bureau can compute them (households with no income, or renters who pay no cash rent, are left out). Rent here is gross rent, rent plus utilities; owner costs include the mortgage, property taxes, insurance, utilities and fees.

Jobs in Esmeralda County

5.7%September 2026, preliminary. A year earlier: 5.4%. Nevada: 4.5%.

15people unemployedSeptember 2026, preliminary.

250people employedSeptember 2026, preliminary. Counted where they live, not where they work.

265in the September 2026, preliminary.

Yearly average unemployment rate, 2016–2025.

Every month, last two years

Month	Rate	Unemployed	Employed	Labor force
September 2026 (preliminary)	5.7%	15	250	265
August 2026	5.3%	14	249	263
July 2026	6.4%	17	248	265
June 2026	5.5%	15	257	272
May 2026	5.1%	14	258	272
April 2026	4.4%	12	258	270
March 2026	7.1%	20	262	282
February 2026	9.0%	25	252	277
January 2026	8.7%	24	251	275
December 2025	6.7%	20	280	300
November 2025	6.4%	19	278	297
October 2025	not collected (2025 federal shutdown)
September 2025	5.4%	15	262	277
August 2025	5.3%	14	251	265
July 2025	6.9%	18	241	259
June 2025	6.6%	17	241	258
May 2025	7.0%	18	240	258
April 2025	9.1%	24	241	265
March 2025	7.6%	21	255	276
February 2025	9.0%	25	254	279
January 2025	8.8%	24	250	274
December 2024	5.8%	17	274	291
November 2024	7.1%	21	276	297
October 2024	6.8%	20	272	292

Yearly averages

Year	Rate	Unemployed	Employed	Labor force
2025 (11 months)	7.3%	20	254	274
2024	7.5%	21	258	279
2023	5.8%	18	292	310
2022	5.7%	16	265	281
2021	5.0%	14	266	280
2020	7.3%	20	255	275
2019	5.7%	17	283	300
2018	6.9%	19	257	276
2017	6.1%	19	293	312
2016	7.3%	24	304	328

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, : BLS publishes county figures only that way, so they rise and fall with the seasons; compare a month with the same month a year earlier rather than with the month before. Nevada's figure above is on the same basis; seasonally adjusted, as in BLS's monthly state release, it was 4.7% in September 2026. The latest month is preliminary and is revised the next month, and BLS revises earlier years each spring. People are counted where they live. October 2025 wasn't collected during the 2025 federal government shutdown, so 2025's yearly average covers 11 months.

Crime reported in Esmeralda County

721.2 per 100,0002019. Nevada: 496.1.

721.2 per 100,0002019. Nevada: 2,330.4.

0murders2019, 6 violent crimes in all.

2019 is the latest year with complete reporting here: at least one of the county's police agencies didn't send the FBI a full year of figures since, so later totals would be undercounts.

Earlier years

Year	Violent	Rate	Property	Rate
2019	6	721.2	6	721.2
2018	1	116.6	11	1,282.1
2016	1	118.8	5	593.8

By police agency (1)

Agency	Year	Violent	Property	People served
Esmeralda County Sheriff's Office	2019	6	6	832

Crimes to the county's city and county police agencies (FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Return A), per 100,000 people they serve. Years with incomplete reporting are left out. Crime in Nevada · the U.S.

Police staffing

0.00 per 1,000 residents2022, 1 agency serving 757 people.

0sworn officers2022, full-time, as of October 31.

0civilian staff2022, full-time.

2022 is the latest year every agency here sent the FBI its staff count.

Agencies counted (1), 2022

Agency	Officers	Civilians	People served
Esmeralda County Sheriff's Office	0	0	757

Earlier years

Year	Officers	Per 1,000	Civilians	Agencies
2022	0	0.00	0	1
2019	8	9.62	4	1
2018	11	12.82	5	1
2017	12	15.08	4	1
2016	12	14.25	5	1

Full-time employees of the county's city police departments and sheriff's office, as each reported them to the FBI (Uniform Crime Reporting, Law Enforcement Employees), per 1,000 people in the areas those agencies serve (the FBI's population figures). A year is shown only when every one of these agencies sent a count; a count under half or over double the agency's own counts in nearby years is treated as not sent. Towns policed under contract by another agency are counted through that agency. State police, campus and other agencies aren't included. Sheriffs' offices often also run the county jail and courthouse security, so their staff counts include those jobs.

Quick answers

Who is the Esmeralda County Assessor?: Kathleen R. Keyes (Republican) is the Assessor of Esmeralda County, Nevada. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.
Who is the Esmeralda County Clerk/Treasurer?: LaCinda Elgan is the Clerk/Treasurer of Esmeralda County, Nevada. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.
Who is the Esmeralda County District Attorney?: Robert Glennen, III is the District Attorney of Esmeralda County, Nevada. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.
Who is the Esmeralda County Recorder/Auditor?: Vera Boyer is the Recorder/Auditor of Esmeralda County, Nevada. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.
Who is the Esmeralda County Sheriff?: Julian Melendez is the Sheriff of Esmeralda County, Nevada.
Who are the Esmeralda County commissioners?: Rachel Holt (District 1); Fred Perez (District 2); Mary Jane Zakas (District 3).
Who is on the Esmeralda County School Board?: Carl Brownfield (School Board Trustee); Trinie Johnson (School Board Trustee); Anna Pacheco (School Board Trustee); Nicole Medlock (School Board Trustee); Marlayna Payne (School Board Trustee).
What is the population of Esmeralda County?: About 1,028 people, with a median age of 55; the median household income is $41,715 and 12.4% live below the poverty line (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates).
What is the unemployment rate in Esmeralda County?: 5.7% in September 2026 (preliminary): 15 people unemployed in a labor force of 265, against 5.4% a year earlier (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted).
How many local governments are there in Esmeralda County?: 3 in the Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments: 1 county, 1 school district and 1 special district governments.

Officeholders as of November 6, 2026, from the Clark County Election Department's index of elected officials, each other county's own website and its school district's, and the Secretary of State's certified list of 2026 general-election candidates; officials appointed since a page was updated may differ; each name links to its source. Officials change between elections (appointments, resignations), and the body's own website is the authority. Party is shown only for offices elected on a partisan ballot.

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