Elko County, Nevada

Elko County population, land area and income

Elko County had 54,363 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 17,173.3 square miles of land. It ranks 6th of 17 in Nevada by population and 2nd by land area. That works out to 3.2 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and in the bottom quarter nationally.

The median county-equivalent in Nevada has 17,116 residents, so Elko County is 3.2 times that size.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $85,829 is in the top tenth among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Elko County's population changed since 2020

Elko County gained 687 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 1.3%. That ranks 7th of 17 in Nevada for growth. The median Nevada county changed by +0.1%, and the state as a whole by +4.8%.

Since the April 2020 estimates base, Elko County recorded 2,564 births and 2,038 deaths, a natural change of +526. Net international migration added +253 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -133. The largest single component was natural change, which added 526 people.

Where Elko County is

The Census internal point of Elko County is at 41.141100, -115.351400. It sits in UTM zone 11N. The map shades Nevada's 17 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Elko County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Elko County

4 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Elko County, 28,592 people together, or 53% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Elko County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Elko with 20,822.

Counties bordering Elko County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 9 neighbors for Elko County, including 5 across a state line. The most populous is Twin Falls County, ID, with 96,509 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• ID

  Twin Falls County, ID

  96,509 people

  91 mi NNE

• UT

  Tooele County, UT

  84,488 people

  125 mi ESE

• UT

  Box Elder County, UT

  64,120 people

  123 mi ENE

• ID

  Cassia County, ID

  25,976 people

  119 mi NE

• Humboldt County

  17,116 people

  145 mi W

• ID

  Owyhee County, ID

  12,748 people

  108 mi NNW

• White Pine County

  8,534 people

  121 mi SSE

• Lander County

  5,785 people

  124 mi SW

• Eureka County

  1,877 people

  94 mi SSW

Distance to Carson City and the nearest big city

Carson City is 270.2 miles WSW of Elko County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Boise City, ID (population 237,963), 175.7 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Elko, NV (population 20,822), 30.1 miles away.

Elko County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Elko County is 32007: state code 32 for Nevada plus county code 007. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $85,829.