Lander County, Nevada

Lander County population, land area and income

Lander County had 5,785 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 5,519.3 square miles of land. It ranks 12th of 17 in Nevada by population and 9th by land area. That works out to 1.0 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 Lander County has 34% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $87,398 is in the top tenth among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Lander County's population changed since 2020

Lander County gained 58 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 1.0%. That ranks 8th 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, Lander County recorded 264 births and 267 deaths, a natural change of -3. Net international migration added +26 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +29. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 29 people.

Where Lander County is

The Census internal point of Lander County is at 39.900200, -117.047200. 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 Lander County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Lander County

No incorporated place of 1,000 or more people has residents in Lander County. Its 5,785 residents live in smaller towns, census-designated places, or unincorporated land, which the subcounty estimates do not list at this size.

Counties bordering Lander County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 6 neighbors for Lander County. 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

  137 mi SSE

• Elko County

  54,363 people

  124 mi NE

• Churchill County

  26,033 people

  69 mi WSW

• Humboldt County

  17,116 people

  119 mi NNW

• Pershing County

  6,536 people

  81 mi WNW

• Eureka County

  1,877 people

  41 mi E

Distance to Carson City and the nearest big city

Carson City is 153.5 miles WSW of Lander County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Sparks, NV (population 111,520), 143.5 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Elko, NV (population 20,822), 93.5 miles away.

Lander County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Lander County is 32015: state code 32 for Nevada plus county code 015. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $87,398.