Nevada · Census place 3268400
Sparks, Nevada
Sparks is a city in Washoe County, Nevada with an estimated 111,520 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 5th largest of 18 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 111,520
- #5 of 18 in Nevada
- Change since 2020
- +2.4%
- +2,634 people
- Land area
- 36.5 sq mi
- + 0.11 sq mi water
- Density
- 3,055 / sq mi
- State median 1,876
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Sparks population, 2020 to 2024
Sparks added 2,634 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.4%. In the latest year it moved by +749. Among 12 Nevada places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 8th; the median place changed by +4.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Nevada has 41,828 people, so Sparks is 2.7 times that size.
Sparks covers 36.50 square miles of land and 0.11 of water, for 3,055 people per square mile of land. The median Nevada place of 5,000+ has 1,876, so Sparks is denser than the typical town.
What county Sparks is in
All of Sparks's residents live in Washoe County, which had 507,280 residents in 2024. Sparks holds 22.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Sparks
3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Sparks by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 89431, 89434, 89436. 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 Sparks is
The Census internal point of Sparks is at 39.574300, -119.715200. Carson City, the capital, is 28.5 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Reno, NV (281,714 people), 7.4 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 1,379 m (4,524 ft) above sea level.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 39.574300, -119.715200
- DMS
- 39°34'27.48"N 119°42'54.72"W
- UTM
- 11N 266781.9E 4384032.4N
- Geohash
- 9r4c5u611
- Plus code
- 85F2H7FM+PW
- Time zone
- America/Los_Angeles
Daylight in Sparks
At 39.57° N, Sparks 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 Sparks daylight page.
Places near Sparks
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Nevada, measured between internal points. The closest is Reno, 7.4 miles away, with 281,714 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Sparks, NV?
111,520 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 2,634 (2.4%) from 108,886 in July 2020.
What county is Sparks in?
Washoe County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Sparks?
3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 89431, 89434, 89436.
How far is Sparks from Carson City?
28.5 miles (45.8 km) in a straight line, heading S from Sparks.
What is the nearest larger city to Sparks?
Reno, NV, with 281,714 residents, 7.4 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)
- 05Open-Meteo forecast API (time zone and Copernicus GLO-90 elevation) (last verified 2026-09-30)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.