Ranking of Nevada Counties By Population Density from Census 2020

Updated on October 17, 2023.

According to the data from the US 2020 Census, as at April 2020, among all Nevada counties, Carson City had the highest population density per square mile (405.71 people per sqr mile), followed by Clark County (287.07 people per sqr mile), and Washoe County (77.03 people per sqr mile).

On the other hand, Esmeralda County had the lowest population density (0.20 people per sqr mile), followed by Lincoln County (0.42 people per sqr mile), and Eureka County (0.44 people per sqr mile).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties with high population density, and the table below shows the ranking of all Nevada counties.

You can also see similar ranking of counties information for other states as well as for all counties in the United States.

Ranking of Nevada Counties By Population Density from Census 2020
Carson City
Clark
Washoe
Douglas
Lyon
Storey
Churchill
Elko
Nye
Humboldt
Ranking of Nevada Counties By Population Density from Census 2020
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Rank County Population Density
1 Carson City 405.71
2 Clark County 287.07
3 Washoe County 77.03
4 Douglas County 69.65
5 Lyon County 29.57
6 Storey County 15.56
7 Churchill County 5.16
8 Elko County 3.13
9 Nye County 2.84
10 Humboldt County 1.79
11 Mineral County 1.21
12 Pershing County 1.10
13 Lander County 1.04
14 White Pine County 1.02
15 Eureka County 0.44
16 Lincoln County 0.42
17 Esmeralda County 0.20