For a story on harried election clerk and MAGA Trump die-hards, New York Times reporter travels to Nevada county that has lost 92% of its population since its 1910 peak

 

Gold rush boom county of Esmeralda had 9,369 residents in 1910.  Since then its population has dropped 92% to 729.

 

Source:  Wikipedia

New York Times, 6/6/2024

There is no mention in the text of the article that Esmeralda is the least populous county in Nevada and the 20th least populous county in the United States.  

Trump won the county with 82.1% of the vote in 2020.