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Population per Square Mile in Nevada, by County

Population per Square Mile for every county in Nevada, ranked. The highest is Carson City at 404.0 and the lowest is Esmeralda County at 0.3.

Nevada: 29.0 · United States: n/a · median county in Nevada: 3.0

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#County Population per Square Mile
1Carson City404.0
2Clark County295.2
3Washoe County78.7
4Douglas County69.8
5Lyon County30.8
6Storey County15.7
7Churchill County5.2
8Elko County3.1
9Nye County3.0
10Humboldt County1.8
11Mineral County1.2
12Pershing County1.1
13Lander County1.0
14White Pine County1.0
15Eureka County0.4
16Lincoln County0.4
17Esmeralda County0.3

People divided by land area. Water is excluded, so lake and coastal counties are not unfairly diluted.

Source: ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, 2024.

Nevada ranks 44th of 52 states for population per square mile.

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