Nevada County, California

Nevada County population, land area and income

Nevada County had 102,195 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 957.8 square miles of land. It ranks 36th of 58 in California by population and 44th by land area. That works out to 106.7 people per square mile, near the US average of 96.3, and above the national county median.

The median county-equivalent in California has 187,274 residents; Nevada County is somewhat smaller.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $87,142 is in the top tenth among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Nevada County's population changed since 2020

Nevada County lost 72 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 0.1%. That ranks 25th of 58 in California for growth. The median California county changed by -0.6%, and the state as a whole by -0.2%.

Since the April 2020 estimates base, Nevada County recorded 3,225 births and 4,828 deaths, a natural change of -1,603. Net international migration added +413 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +1,317. The largest single component was natural change, which removed 1,603 people.

Where Nevada County is

The Census internal point of Nevada County is at 39.297500, -120.771300. It sits in UTM zone 10N. The map shades California's 58 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Nevada County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Nevada County

3 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Nevada County, 34,520 people together, or 34% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Nevada County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Truckee with 17,240.

Counties bordering Nevada County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 4 neighbors for Nevada County, including 1 across a state line. The most populous is Washoe County, NV, with 507,280 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• NV

  Washoe County, NV

  507,280 people

  115 mi NNE

• Placer County

  433,822 people

  16 mi S

• Yuba County

  87,469 people

  31 mi W

• Sierra County

  3,113 people

  23 mi NE

Distance to Sacramento and the nearest big city

Sacramento is 63.1 miles SW of Nevada County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Roseville, CA (population 163,304), 46.9 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Grass Valley, CA (population 14,085), 16.0 miles away.

Nevada County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Nevada County is 06057: state code 06 for California plus county code 057. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $87,142.