Winnemucca, Nevada

Winnemucca population, 2020 to 2024

Winnemucca lost 178 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.1%. In the latest year it moved by -45. Among 12 Nevada places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 12th; the median place changed by +4.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Nevada has 41,828 people, so Winnemucca is 20% of it.

Winnemucca covers 9.77 square miles of land, for 842 people per square mile of land. The median Nevada place of 5,000+ has 1,876, so Winnemucca is less dense than the typical town.

What county Winnemucca is in

All of Winnemucca's residents live in Humboldt County, which had 17,116 residents in 2024. Winnemucca holds 48.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Winnemucca

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Winnemucca by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 89445. 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 Winnemucca is

The Census internal point of Winnemucca is at 40.964400, -117.724600. Carson City, the capital, is 164.7 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Elko, NV (20,822 people), 102.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sparks, NV, 142.2 miles away.

Daylight in Winnemucca

At 40.96° N, Winnemucca gets about 15 h 07 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 14 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 54 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Winnemucca

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Nevada, measured between internal points. The closest is Lovelock, 67.1 miles away, with 1,823 people.