Nevada Counties

Complete list of all 17 counties in Nevada with population, area, median income, and county seats — plus a free printable blank map.

Counties

Population

3,216,285

Area

109,782 sq mi

Capital

Carson City

Time Zone

Pacific (PT)

Labeled outline map of Nevada counties. Download a printable version in SVG, PNG, or PDF.

All 18 Nevada counties

County	County Seat	Population ▼	Area	Median Income	Cities
Clark	—	2,329,464	7,891 mi²	$79,794	19
Washoe	—	472,020	6,302 mi²	$93,214	10
Carson City	—	59,982	145 mi²	$71,800	1
Nye	—	54,402	18,182 mi²	$60,992	9
Elko	—	52,020	17,170 mi²	$86,082	13
Churchill	—	50,369	4,930 mi²	$84,236	2
Douglas	—	47,947	710 mi²	$96,877	7
Lyon	—	37,772	2,001 mi²	$76,021	6
Malheur	—	32,334	0 mi²	$53,680	14
Storey	—	28,812	263 mi²	$93,445	2
Humboldt	—	18,165	9,641 mi²	$82,000	6
White Pine	—	8,649	8,876 mi²	$71,676	5
Lander	—	5,771	5,490 mi²	$89,014	2
Pershing	—	5,117	6,037 mi²	$69,089	2
Mineral	—	4,542	3,753 mi²	$55,290	4

How many counties does Nevada have?

Nevada has 17 counties covering 109,782 square miles and roughly 3,216,285 residents. The state was admitted to the Union in 1864 as the 36th state, and the current county boundaries reflect more than a century of administrative subdivision.

The largest county by land area is Nye County at 18,182 square miles, home to about 54,402 residents. The most populous is Clark County with approximately 2,329,464 residents — a density of about 295 people per square mile.

At the other end of the scale, Esmeralda County has only about 923 residents.

Nevada’s capital is Carson City, while the largest city is Las Vegas — a common pattern in the United States, where many states placed their capitals in smaller, more central towns rather than their largest commercial hubs.

Related resources

Download a printable outline of Nevada’s county boundaries from our blank map of Nevada page — available in SVG, PNG, and PDF.

Use the What County Am I In? tool to detect which Nevada county a GPS location or address falls in, or the Address to County Lookup for batch input.

For demographic radius analysis, the Find ZIP Codes in Radius and Population Within Radius tools let you draw a circle around any Nevada address and see every ZIP code and the total population inside.

Two SimpleMapLab studies cover Nevada specifically: the 100-mile radius around Carson City measures how much of the state lives within 100 miles of its capitol, and the loneliest town in Nevada ranks the state’s most isolated inhabited place. The county-counts blog post puts Nevada’s 17 counties in national context.

Frequently asked questions

Nevada has 17 counties. The state was admitted to the Union in 1864 as the 36th state. County boundaries have shifted over time as the population spread and new administrative units were carved from existing ones.

Nye County is the largest by land area at 18,182 square miles, with about 54,402 residents.

Clark County is the most populous, with approximately 2,329,464 residents over 7,891 square miles.

Esmeralda County has the smallest population at about 923 residents.

Carson City is the state capital. The largest city is Las Vegas — a common pattern in the US, where many states placed their capitals in smaller, more central towns rather than their largest commercial hubs.

Population, area, and demographic figures are aggregated from ZIP-code-level US Census data (via the SimpleMaps dataset) and the US Census Gazetteer. County boundaries used to render the map are from the US Atlas TopoJSON build of the Census Bureau's TIGER/Line shapefiles. The data is public domain.

Data sources

Population and demographics are aggregated from ZIP-code-level US Census data via the SimpleMaps dataset. Countiesboundaries are from the US Atlas TopoJSON build of the Census Bureau’s TIGER/Line shapefiles. Land area is from the Census Gazetteer. State counts follow the US Census Bureau’s definition of counties and county-equivalents (50 states + DC = 3,143). All sources are public domain.

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