Esmeralda County, Nevada

Esmeralda County population, land area and income

Esmeralda County had 720 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 3,581.9 square miles of land. It ranks 17th of 17 in Nevada by population and 13th by land area. That works out to 0.2 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and the 9th lowest nationally.

The median county-equivalent in Nevada has 17,116 residents, so Esmeralda County has 4% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $59,057 is below the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Esmeralda County's population changed since 2020

Esmeralda County lost 16 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 2.2%. That ranks 16th 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, Esmeralda County recorded 14 births and 64 deaths, a natural change of -50. Net international migration added +2 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +37. The largest single component was natural change, which removed 50 people.

Where Esmeralda County is

The Census internal point of Esmeralda County is at 37.779000, -117.632400. 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 Esmeralda County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Esmeralda County

No incorporated place of 1,000 or more people has residents in Esmeralda County. Its 720 residents live in smaller towns, census-designated places, or unincorporated land, which the subcounty estimates do not list at this size.

Counties bordering Esmeralda County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 4 neighbors for Esmeralda County, including 2 across a state line. The most populous is Nye County, NV, with 55,990 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Nye County

  55,990 people

  65 mi ENE

• CA

  Inyo County, CA

  18,485 people

  85 mi S

• CA

  Mono County, CA

  12,991 people

  68 mi W

• Mineral County

  4,475 people

  66 mi NW

Distance to Carson City and the nearest big city

Carson City is 149.9 miles NW of Esmeralda County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Clovis, CA (population 127,993), 130.4 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Reedley, CA (population 26,138), 128.9 miles away.

Esmeralda County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Esmeralda County is 32009: state code 32 for Nevada plus county code 009. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $59,057.