Nevada County Map With Cities
By Marko Visic · Updated Oct 5, 2026
Nevada has 16 counties and one independent city, Carson City, covering 109,860 square miles of land. The Census Bureau estimates its population at 3,282,188 as of July 1, 2025. The largest county or city by land area is Nye County; the most populous is Clark County; the least populous is Esmeralda County.
Tap or click any county or city for details. Need a printable version? Blank Nevada map (PDF/PNG/SVG).
Carson City is an independent city: it is not part of any county.
All 16 Nevada counties and Carson City
| County or city | FIPS code | Population (July 1, 2025) ▼ | Change since April 2020 | Land area (sq mi) | People per sq mi | Median household income (2020–2024) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clark County | 32003 | 2,407,226 | +6.2% | 7,892 | 305 | $76,472 |
| Washoe County | 32031 | 509,386 | +4.7% | 6,316 | 81 | $88,096 |
| Lyon County | 32019 | 65,088 | +9.9% | 2,003 | 32 | $80,812 |
| Carson City | 32510 | 58,571 | -0.1% | 145 | 405 | $72,355 |
| Nye County | 32023 | 57,336 | +11.1% | 18,182 | 3 | $60,714 |
| Elko County | 32007 | 54,815 | +2.1% | 17,173 | 3 | $86,487 |
| Douglas County | 32005 | 50,111 | +1.3% | 711 | 71 | $90,754 |
| Churchill County | 32001 | 25,851 | +1.3% | 4,950 | 5 | $79,163 |
| Humboldt County | 32013 | 17,267 | -0.1% | 9,641 | 2 | $81,073 |
| White Pine County | 32033 | 8,661 | -4.6% | 8,887 | 1 | $72,865 |
| Pershing County | 32027 | 6,421 | -3.5% | 6,037 | 1 | $66,902 |
| Lander County | 32015 | 5,872 | +2.5% | 5,519 | 1 | $89,014 |
| Mineral County | 32021 | 4,407 | -3.2% | 3,751 | 1 | $54,855 |
| Lincoln County | 32017 | 4,320 | -4.0% | 10,633 | 0 | $72,307 |
| Storey County | 32029 | 4,260 | +3.9% | 264 | 16 | $93,409 |
| Eureka County | 32011 | 1,867 | +0.8% | 4,176 | 0 | $70,473 |
| Esmeralda County | 32009 | 729 | -0.1% | 3,582 | 0 | $41,715 |
FIPS code: the Census Bureau’s five-digit county ID, a two-digit state code plus a three-digit county code. It is not a ZIP code.
How many counties and independent cities does Nevada have?
Nevada has 16 counties and one independent city, Carson City covering 109,860 square miles. The state was admitted to the Union in 1864 as the 36th state.
The largest county or city by land area is Nye County at 18,182 square miles, home to 57,336 residents. The most populous is Clark County with 2,407,226 residents — a density of 305 people per square mile. At the other end of the scale, Esmeralda County has 729 residents.
Nevada’s capital is Carson City, while the largest city is Las Vegas.
Related resources
Download a printable outline of Nevada’s county or city 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 or city 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 16 counties and one independent city, Carson City in national context.
Frequently asked questions
- County Population Totals, Vintage 2025: estimates for July 1, 2025, released March 2026
- Gazetteer Files, 2026: county land and water area
- American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 2020–2024: median household income (table B19013)
- County boundaries on the map: US Atlas TopoJSON build of the US Census Bureau’s TIGER/Line shapefiles. All figures are US Census Bureau data in the public domain.