Nevada · Census place 3285400

Yerington, Nevada

Yerington is a city in Lyon County, Nevada with an estimated 3,199 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 15th largest of 18 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 3,199; #15 of 18 in Nevada
Change since 2020: +3.1%; +96 people
Land area: 29.5 sq mi
Density: 108 / sq mi; State median 1,876

Orange pin: Yerington. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Carson City.

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Yerington population, 2020 to 2024

Yerington added 96 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.1%. In the latest year it moved by +5.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,101. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Yerington covers 29.50 square miles of land, for 108 people per square mile of land. The median Nevada place of 5,000+ has 1,876, so Yerington is less dense than the typical town.

What county Yerington is in

All of Yerington's residents live in Lyon County, which had 63,718 residents in 2024. Yerington holds 5.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Yerington

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Yerington by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 89447. 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 Yerington is

The Census internal point of Yerington is at 38.955500, -119.110100. Carson City, the capital, is 38.0 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Carson City, NV (58,148 people), 36.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sparks, NV, 53.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 38.955500, -119.110100
DMS: 38°57'19.80"N 119°06'36.36"W
UTM: 11N 317159.6E 4313955.7N
Geohash: 9qgm9edsj
Plus code: 85C2XV4Q+6X

Daylight in Yerington

At 38.96° N, Yerington gets about 14 h 54 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 26 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 28 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Yerington

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Nevada, measured between internal points. The closest is Carson City, 36.8 miles away, with 58,148 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Yerington, NV?

3,199 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 96 (3.1%) from 3,103 in July 2020.

What county is Yerington in?

Lyon County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Yerington?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 89447.

How far is Yerington from Carson City?

38.0 miles (61.2 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Yerington.

What is the nearest larger city to Yerington?

Carson City, NV, with 58,148 residents, 36.8 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.