Douglas County, Nevada

A county in Nevada, ranked 7 of 17 by population.

CountyFIPS 32005

Within Nevada
Douglas County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Minden, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
50,111
+586 (+1.2%) since 2020
Land area
710.5
square miles. A further 3.8% of the total area is water
Population density
70.5
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Minden
Seat of county government.
Established
1861
164 years ago
Largest city
Not available
No incorporated place lies within this county.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Douglas County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Douglas County, Nevada from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 753 by 800 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Douglas County ranks

Position among the 17 counties of Nevada, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn NevadaNationally
Population50,1117th of 171,010th of 3,144
Land area710.5 sq mi15th of 171,292nd of 3,144
Population density70.5 per sq mi4th of 171,176th of 3,144
Median household income$90,7542nd of 17285th of 3,143

Full data for Douglas County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population50,111Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202049,525Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?49,482Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area710.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area27.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area738.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?70.5 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$90,754American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$615,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age55.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households21,325American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units24,825American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-284
344 births, 628 deaths
Net migration
+813
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 6 areas bordering Douglas County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Lyon CountyNevada64 mi65,088
Carson CityNevada26 mi58,571
Alpine CountyCalifornia23 mi1,043
Mono CountyCalifornia18 mi12,505
El Dorado CountyCalifornia12 mi192,323
Placer CountyCalifornia3.1 mi442,081

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 17 counties of Nevada

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.