Nye County, Nevada

Nye County population, land area and income

Nye County had 55,990 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 18,181.9 square miles of land. It is the largest by land of Nevada's 17 county-equivalents. That works out to 3.1 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 Nye County is 3.3 times that size.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $63,071 is above the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Nye County's population changed since 2020

Nye County gained 4,019 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 7.7%. That ranks 1st 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, Nye County recorded 1,604 births and 4,337 deaths, a natural change of -2,733. Net international migration added +47 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +7,129. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 7,129 people.

Where Nye County is

The Census internal point of Nye County is at 37.965900, -116.459000. 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 Nye County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Nye County

No incorporated place of 1,000 or more people has residents in Nye County. Its 55,990 residents live in smaller towns, census-designated places, or unincorporated land, which the subcounty estimates do not list at this size.

Counties bordering Nye County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 9 neighbors for Nye County, including 1 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

  145 mi SE

• Churchill County

  26,033 people

  146 mi NW

• CA

  Inyo County, CA

  18,485 people

  110 mi SSW

• White Pine County

  8,534 people

  131 mi NE

• Lander County

  5,785 people

  137 mi NNW

• Mineral County

  4,475 people

  113 mi WNW

• Lincoln County

  4,345 people

  90 mi ESE

• Eureka County

  1,877 people

  139 mi N

• Esmeralda County

  720 people

  65 mi W

Distance to Carson City and the nearest big city

Carson City is 196.9 miles WNW of Nye County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Las Vegas, NV (population 678,922), 136.6 miles away.

Nye County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Nye County is 32023: state code 32 for Nevada plus county code 023. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $63,071.