Lincoln County, Nevada

Lincoln County population, land area and income

Lincoln County had 4,345 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 10,633.4 square miles of land. It ranks 14th of 17 in Nevada by population and 3rd by land area. That works out to 0.4 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 Lincoln County has 25% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $67,577 is above the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Lincoln County's population changed since 2020

Lincoln County lost 93 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 2.1%. That ranks 15th 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, Lincoln County recorded 164 births and 298 deaths, a natural change of -134. Net international migration added +0 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -8. The largest single component was natural change, which removed 134 people.

Where Lincoln County is

The Census internal point of Lincoln County is at 37.634600, -114.863000. 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 Lincoln County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Lincoln County

No incorporated place of 1,000 or more people has residents in Lincoln County. Its 4,345 residents live in smaller towns, census-designated places, or unincorporated land, which the subcounty estimates do not list at this size.

Counties bordering Lincoln County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 8 neighbors for Lincoln County, including 5 across a state line. The most populous is Clark County, NV, with 2,398,871 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Clark County

  2,398,871 people

  99 mi S

• AZ

  Mohave County, AZ

  226,479 people

  146 mi SSE

• UT

  Washington County, UT

  207,943 people

  80 mi ESE

• UT

  Iron County, UT

  65,936 people

  87 mi ENE

• Nye County

  55,990 people

  90 mi WNW

• UT

  Millard County, UT

  13,572 people

  131 mi NE

• White Pine County

  8,534 people

  123 mi N

• UT

  Beaver County, UT

  7,424 people

  102 mi ENE

Distance to Carson City and the nearest big city

Carson City is 285.7 miles WNW of Lincoln County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is St. George, UT (population 106,288), 80.5 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Mesquite, NV (population 23,599), 69.9 miles away.

Lincoln County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Lincoln County is 32017: state code 32 for Nevada plus county code 017. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $67,577.