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Wage Policies

Overall Wage Policy Score: 62.43
The average living wage for the state of Nevada is $30.4/hr, while the states minimum wage is $9.75/hr, which can be set above the state standard, and is extended to farm workers. This gives Nevada a minimum wage score of 53.11 compared to all other states.
The minimum wage for tipped employees is $9.75/hr, which gives Nevada a minimum wage for tipped employees score of 100 compared to all other states.
The weekly unemployment (UI) benefit for Nevada is $202.8, resulting in a UI benefit score of 45.07 compared to all other states.

Worker Protection Policies

Overall Worker Protection Score: 52.38

✓ Nevada does provide accommodations for pregnant workers.
✓ Nevada does offer protections for workplace breastfeeding.
✓ Nevada does mandate equal pay across gender and race.
✓ Nevada does prohibit pay secrecy practices in the workplace.
X Nevada does not restrict access to salary history to reduce gender and racial bias.
X Nevada does not provide some form of paid family leave.
X Nevada does not provide some form of paid sick leave.
X Nevada does not provide flexible scheduling of worker shifts.
X Nevada does not mandate pay reporting or "call-in" pay by employers.
X Nevada does not provide split shift pay regulation.
X Nevada does not provide workers advanced notice of shift scheduling.
✓ Nevada does provide some form of sexual harassment protection in state law.
X Nevada does not extend workers compensation mandates to farmworkers.
✓ Nevada does extend worker protections to domestic workers.

Right To Organize Policies

Overall Right To Organize Score: 50

X Nevada does have a "right-to-work" law.
X Nevada does not legalize project labor agreements to ensure a fair wage to workers on contract.
✓ Nevada does partially protect workers against wage theft retaliation.
✓ Nevada does require collective bargaining for public workers.
✓ Nevada does provide collective bargaining for teachers.
✓ Nevada does provide wage negotiations for teachers.

Data from Oxfam America, Inc.
A global organization that fights inequality to end poverty and injustice.

Voting

Douglas County voted Republican in the 2020 Presidential Election with a very significant difference of 46.5% between the winner and runner up.

Voting Results by Party

Republican: 63.38%
Democratic: 33.91%
Other: 1.52%
Libertarian: 1.19%

Nearby Locations

Additional Location Details

Zip Code(s) : 89423
Latitude : 38.977004
Longitude : -119.578285
TimeZone : Pacific (GMT -08:00)
Daylight Saving : Yes
Region : West
Average Elevation : 5683 ft.
Area Code(s) : 775

Demographic Details

Average # of People Per Household : 2.42
Male Population Estimate : 45.93%
Female Population Estimate : 47.29%
Median Age : 49.7
Male Median Age : 49.8
Female Median Age : 49.7

White Population Estimate : 88.90%
Black Population Estimate : 0.62%
Hispanic Population Estimate : 7.03%
Asian Population Estimate : 2.26%
Hawaiian Population Estimate : 0.34%
Indian Population Estimate : 1.39%
Other Population Estimate : 2.24%

Crime Details

NOTE: Crime is available at the County level so this doesn't necessarily represent the city of Minden specifically.
Average # of Homicides for Douglas County: About 4 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Average # of Violent Crimes for Douglas County: About 152 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Douglas County is about 10% lower than the national average of about 4 homicides per 100,000 people, and about 47% lower than the national average of about 288 violent crimes per 100,000 people.