Mineral County, Nevada

Mineral County population, land area and income

Mineral County had 4,475 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 3,751.3 square miles of land. It ranks 13th of 17 in Nevada by population and 12th by land area. That works out to 1.2 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 Mineral County has 26% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $58,039 is below the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Mineral County's population changed since 2020

Mineral County lost 80 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 1.8%. That ranks 14th 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, Mineral County recorded 144 births and 396 deaths, a natural change of -252. Net international migration added -2 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +186. The largest single component was natural change, which removed 252 people.

Where Mineral County is

The Census internal point of Mineral County is at 38.516600, -118.416300. 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 Mineral County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Mineral County

No incorporated place of 1,000 or more people has residents in Mineral County. Its 4,475 residents live in smaller towns, census-designated places, or unincorporated land, which the subcounty estimates do not list at this size.

Counties bordering Mineral County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 5 neighbors for Mineral County, including 1 across a state line. The most populous is Lyon County, NV, with 63,718 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Lyon County

  63,718 people

  55 mi NW

• Nye County

  55,990 people

  113 mi ESE

• Churchill County

  26,033 people

  71 mi N

• CA

  Mono County, CA

  12,991 people

  48 mi SSW

• Esmeralda County

  720 people

  66 mi SE

Distance to Carson City and the nearest big city

Carson City is 85.3 miles WNW of Mineral County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Sparks, NV (population 111,520), 101.0 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Fernley, NV (population 25,508), 83.5 miles away.

Mineral County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Mineral County is 32021: state code 32 for Nevada plus county code 021. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $58,039.