Nevada · Census place 3208900
Carlin, Nevada
Carlin is a city in Elko County, Nevada with an estimated 2,000 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 16th largest of 18 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,000
- #16 of 18 in Nevada
- Change since 2020
- -0.4%
- -9 people
- Land area
- 10.4 sq mi
- Density
- 192 / sq mi
- State median 1,876
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Carlin population, 2020 to 2024
Carlin lost 9 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.4%. In the latest year it moved by +4.
Carlin covers 10.44 square miles of land, for 192 people per square mile of land. The median Nevada place of 5,000+ has 1,876, so Carlin is less dense than the typical town.
What county Carlin is in
All of Carlin's residents live in Elko County, which had 54,363 residents in 2024. Carlin holds 3.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Carlin
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Carlin by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 89822. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Carlin is
The Census internal point of Carlin is at 40.719000, -116.108000. Carson City, the capital, is 221.5 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Elko, NV (20,822 people), 19.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Boise City, ID, 199.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.719000, -116.108000
- DMS
- 40°43'8.40"N 116°06'28.80"W
- UTM
- 11N 575336.7E 4507946.7N
- Geohash
- 9rjrtustr
- Plus code
- 85G5PV9R+JQ
Daylight in Carlin
At 40.72° N, Carlin gets about 15 h 06 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 15 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 51 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Carlin
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Nevada, measured between internal points. The closest is Elko, 19.6 miles away, with 20,822 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Carlin, NV?
2,000 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 9 (0.4%) from 2,009 in July 2020.
What county is Carlin in?
Elko County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Carlin?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 89822.
How far is Carlin from Carson City?
221.5 miles (356.5 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Carlin.
What is the nearest larger city to Carlin?
Elko, NV, with 20,822 residents, 19.6 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.