Reno, Nevada

Reno population, 2020 to 2024

Reno added 16,724 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +6.3%. In the latest year it moved by +5,636. Among 12 Nevada places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 5th; the median place changed by +4.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Nevada has 41,828 people, so Reno is 6.7 times that size.

Reno covers 108.99 square miles of land and 2.83 of water, for 2,585 people per square mile of land. The median Nevada place of 5,000+ has 1,876, so Reno is denser than the typical town.

What county Reno is in

All of Reno's residents live in Washoe County, which had 507,280 residents in 2024. Reno holds 55.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Reno

12 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Reno by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 89439, 89501, 89502, 89503, 89506, 89508, 89509, 89512, 89519, 89521, 89523, 89557. 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 Reno is

The Census internal point of Reno is at 39.549100, -119.849900. Carson City, the capital, is 27.0 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sacramento, CA (535,798 people), 110.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sparks, NV, 7.4 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 1,506 m (4,941 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in Reno

At 39.55° N, Reno gets about 14 h 58 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 22 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 36 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Reno daylight page.

Places near Reno

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Nevada, measured between internal points. The closest is Sparks, 7.4 miles away, with 111,520 people.