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Nevada County Map

Nevada has 17 counties. That is 16 counties and 1 county-equivalent, together home to 3,282,188 people.

Neighbouring areas are given different colours so their shared borders read clearly. These colours carry no data.

Boundaries from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, generalised so that no point moves by more than half a pixel at this width. Select any area to open its page.
Counties
17
41st most of the 51 states and DC
Population
3,282,188
31st largest
Land area
109,860
square miles
Density
29.9
people per square mile, computed

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. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

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Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Nevada with the state boundary drawn on top. County lines are not drawn here: at this scale they would bury the picture, and the map above already carries them.

Aerial view of Nevada from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
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The extremes of Nevada

Most populous

Clark County

2,407,226

Least populous

Esmeralda County

729

Largest by land area

Nye County

18,182 sq mi

Smallest by land area

Carson City

144.5 sq mi

Most densely populated

Carson City

405 per sq mi

Highest median household income

Storey County

$93,409

Which is the largest county-equivalent in Nevada? The answer depends on whether you mean area or population.

The counties, by shape

Every one, drawn to its own scale so the small ones stay recognisable. Shape alone is not a size comparison; the table below carries the areas.

What the map does not say

The counties of Nevada are nowhere near the same size. Nye County covers 18,182 sq mi of land, 125.8 times the 144.5 sq mi of Carson City. People are spread even less evenly: Carson City packs 405 per sq mi while Esmeralda County holds 0.20 per sq mi.

They were not drawn in one sitting either. Humboldt County dates to 1856, and the boundaries were still being redrawn when Pershing County was organised in 1919, 63 years later. Founding years come from Wikidata and are worth checking against the county's own history before citing.

Water is part of the picture too: 8.0% of Carson City is water, the most in the state, which is why its land area and total area disagree. And 6 of the 17 counties here share their names with counties in other states, so searching by name alone can land in the wrong place; the A to Z index lists every duplicate.

All 17 counties of Nevada

Sortable on any column. This table doubles as the text alternative to the map above: every area is a link, in alphabetical order, whether or not the map renders.

The 17 counties of Nevada, with population, land area, density, median household income, county seat and FIPS code.
NamePopulationLand areaDensityMedian incomeSeatFIPS
Carson City58,571144.5 sq mi405 per sq mi$72,355Carson City32510
Churchill County25,8514,950 sq mi5.2 per sq mi$79,163Fallon32001
Clark County2,407,2267,892 sq mi305 per sq mi$76,472Las Vegas32003
Douglas County50,111710.5 sq mi70.5 per sq mi$90,754Minden32005
Elko County54,81517,173 sq mi3.2 per sq mi$86,487Elko32007
Esmeralda County7293,582 sq mi0.20 per sq mi$41,715Goldfield32009
Eureka County1,8674,176 sq mi0.45 per sq mi$70,473Eureka32011
Humboldt County17,2679,641 sq mi1.8 per sq mi$81,073Winnemucca32013
Lander County5,8725,519 sq mi1.1 per sq mi$89,014Battle Mountain32015
Lincoln County4,32010,633 sq mi0.41 per sq mi$72,307Pioche32017
Lyon County65,0882,003 sq mi32.5 per sq mi$80,812Yerington32019
Mineral County4,4073,751 sq mi1.2 per sq mi$54,855Hawthorne32021
Nye County57,33618,182 sq mi3.2 per sq mi$60,714Tonopah32023
Pershing County6,4216,037 sq mi1.1 per sq mi$66,902Lovelock32027
Storey County4,260263.8 sq mi16.1 per sq mi$93,409Virginia City32029
Washoe County509,3866,316 sq mi80.7 per sq mi$88,096Reno32031
White Pine County8,6618,887 sq mi0.98 per sq mi$72,865Ely32033

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; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Looking for Nevada County?

Nevada is also the name of 2 counties in other states. If you meant one of those rather than the state of Nevada, they are listed here.

The ten most populous

  1. Clark County2,407,226
  2. Washoe County509,386
  3. Lyon County65,088
  4. Carson City58,571
  5. Nye County57,336
  6. Elko County54,815
  7. Douglas County50,111
  8. Churchill County25,851
  9. Humboldt County17,267
  10. White Pine County8,661

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