White Pine County, Nevada

White Pine County population, land area and income

White Pine County had 8,534 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 8,886.7 square miles of land. It ranks 10th of 17 in Nevada by population and 5th 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 White Pine County has 50% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $70,635 is above the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How White Pine County's population changed since 2020

White Pine County lost 529 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 5.8%. That ranks 17th 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, White Pine County recorded 320 births and 485 deaths, a natural change of -165. Net international migration added +4 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -367. The largest single component was domestic migration, which removed 367 people.

Where White Pine County is

The Census internal point of White Pine County is at 39.418200, -114.900600. 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 White Pine County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in White Pine County

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in White Pine County, 3,892 people together, or 46% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside White Pine County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Ely with 3,892.

Counties bordering White Pine County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 7 neighbors for White Pine County, including 3 across a state line. The most populous is Tooele County, UT, with 84,488 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• UT

  Tooele County, UT

  84,488 people

  119 mi NE

• Nye County

  55,990 people

  131 mi SW

• Elko County

  54,363 people

  121 mi N

• UT

  Millard County, UT

  13,572 people

  100 mi ESE

• UT

  Juab County, UT

  13,297 people

  114 mi E

• Lincoln County

  4,345 people

  123 mi S

• Eureka County

  1,877 people

  83 mi WNW

Distance to Carson City and the nearest big city

Carson City is 260.7 miles W of White Pine County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is West Jordan, UT (population 116,688), 173.9 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Elko, NV (population 20,822), 108.3 miles away.

White Pine County FIPS code

The FIPS code of White Pine County is 32033: state code 32 for Nevada plus county code 033. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $70,635.