Nevada Population 2024

March 2, 2024 by Babji

Nevada (U.S. state abbreviation is 'NV') is the western state of United States, bordered by Oregon and Idaho to the north, Utah to the east, California to the west and south, Arizona to the south-west. The state name Nevada comes from Sierra Nevada, a Spanish term meaning snow covered mountain range. Carson city is the state capital of Nevada, other top cities of Nevada are Las Vegas, Henderson, North Las Vegas, Reno, Sparks and Sunrise Manor. Nevada population in 2024 is estimated to be 3.2 million, ranks 33rd populous state in US. Nevada is the seventh largest state with 110,577 square miles(286,382 sq km) in the United States. Nevada is popular for hot springs with more than 300 occurring naturally. Nevada has moderate crime rate among the other states.

Contents
Population by Race
Top Cities of Nevada
Population Pyramid
Languages
Education
Disablity
Counties of Nevada

The population of Nevada state in 2019 is 3 million with change of 2.13% compared to 2.09% in 2018. According to U.S. 2020 Census Results, NE population in 2020 is 3,104,614. Nevada population in 2023 is estimated to be 3.2 million, population in 2022 is estimated to be 3.24 million, and in 2021 is estimated to be 3.14 million.

Year	Population	% Change
2010	2,702,464
2011	2,712,799	0.38
2012	2,744,566	1.17
2013	2,776,972	1.18
2014	2,819,012	1.51
2015	2,868,666	1.76
2016	2,919,772	1.78
2017	2,972,405	1.80
2018	3,034,392	2.09
2019	3,099,025	2.13
2020	3,104,614	census updated July 1, 2020
2021*	3,143,991	1.27
2022*	3,179,204	1.12
2023*	3,206,227	0.85

Source : Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2018, last census by July 1, 2020

Nevada Population by Race

According to 2017 demographics estimates population of Nevada by race are, 67.06% are White Americans, 8.7% are Black Americans, 28.20% are Hispanic/Latino, 8% are Asians, 0.6% are NHPI, 1% are AIAN.

White Population

White population in Nevada are 1,936,453, percentage wise 67.06 percent are whites. Whites, also called White Americans or European American, having origins in the original peoples of Europe (numbers include hispanic whites).

Black Population

Black population in Nevada are 253,013, percentage wise 8.76 percent are blacks. African American refers to black population in Nevada, They are Black racial groups of Africa, includes Sub-Saharan African people, Kenyan, Nigerian, Caribbean such as Haitian and Jamaican.

Asian Population

Asian population in Nevada are 232,502, percentage wise 8.05 percent are asians, out of these 13,252 are Asian Indians, 34,645 are Chinese, 121,410 are Filipinos, 10,824 are Japanese, 14,867 are Korean, 11,935 are Vietnamese and 25,569 are other Asian nationals. 1,062 Bangladeshi, 127 Bhutanese, 852 Burmese, 1,475 Cambodian, 2,472 Laotian, 773 Sri Lankan, 118 Malaysian, 95 Mongolian, 21 Okinawan, 1,420 Pakistani, 1,042 Taiwanese, 6,639 Thai, 197 Hmong, 694 Nepalese.

Hispanic Population

Hispanic population in Nevada are 814,305. Percentage wise 28.20 percent are hispanics, out of these 618,822 are Mexican people, 27,113 are Puerto Ricans, 28,758 are Cubans, and 139,612 are other Hispanic or Latinos. Hispanics may be of any race, included in applicable race categories.

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander are 19,019 people, 7,432 are Native Hawaiian, 4,034 Guamanian or Chamorro, 4,174 Samoan. American Indian and Alaska Native are 32,426, 1,632 Cherokee tribals, 419 Chippewa tribal group, 1,930 Navajo, 706 Sioux tribal groups.

Total Population	2,887,725	Percent
White	1,936,453	67.06%
Black or African American	253,013	8.76%
American Indian and Alaska Native	32,426	1.123%
Cherokee tribal grouping	1,632	0.057%
Chippewa tribal grouping	419	0.015%
Navajo tribal grouping	1,930	0.067%
Sioux tribal grouping	706	0.024%
Asian Population	232,502	8.05%
Asian Indian	13,252	0.46%
Chinese	34,645	1.20%
Filipino	121,410	4.20%
Japanese	10,824	0.37%
Korean	14,867	0.51%
Vietnamese	11,935	0.41%
Other Asian Population	25,569
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	19,019	0.66%
Native Hawaiian	7,432	0.257%
Guamanian or Chamorro	4,034	0.140%
Samoan	4,174	0.145%
Other Pacific Islander	3,379
Some other race	279,977
Hispanic or Latino	814,305	28.20%
Mexican	618,822	21.43%
Puerto Rican	27,113	0.94%
Cuban	28,758	1.00%
Other Hispanic or Latino	139,612

Source: US Census 2017(Table B03002)

Top Cities of Nevada

Rank	Cities	Population(2018)
1	Las Vegas	644,644
2	Henderson	310,390
3	Reno	250,998
4	North Las Vegas	245,949
5	Sparks	104,246
6	Carson	55,414

Population Pyramid

Source: 2021 US Census Estimates: Population In Five Year Age-Group

Nevada Population by Age

According to 2019 US population estimates, population of Nevada by age is 2,887,725, out of these 1,450,091 are male, 1,437,634 are female, The sex ratio of Nevada is 1,009. The Nevada population by age are, under 15 years is 558,143, 15 years and over is 2,329,582, 30 years and over is 1,756,194, 65 years and over is 420,330 and 85 years and over is 39,296. 50.22 percent are male, 49.78 percent are female, 19.33 percent are under 15 years old, 80.67 percent are 15 years and over, 60.82 percent are 30 years and over, 14.56 percent are 65 years and over, 1.36 percent are 85 years and over.

Languages spoken in NV

English is the Official language of NV state, The languages spoken at home are, 69.5% are English, 21% is Spanish language, European languages are spoken by 2.4%, 5.8% speak Asian languages.
European language speakers are 4,098 Italian, 3,840 Portuguese, 8,375 German, 7,970 French (including Cajun), 1,390 speak Yiddish, Pennsylvania Dutch or other West Germanic languages. 1,602 speak Greek, 4,902 Russian, 1,889 Polish, 3,594 Serbo-Croatian, 4,007 Ukrainian or other Slavic languages and 3,264 Armenian.
Asian Indian languages speakers include 865 speak Gujarati, 3,599 Hindi, 1,567 Urdu, 1,984 Punjabi, 964 Telugu, 817 Tamil, 900 Malayalam/Kannada, or other Dravidian languages. 1,220 Bengali, 2,158 Nepali/Marathi, or other Indic languages, 3,900 Other Indo-European languages.
Austronesian languages include 9,680 speak Ilocano, Samoan, Hawaiian, or other Austronesian languages, 535 Haitian, 5,698 Arabic, 2,417 Hebrew, 4,416 Persian (including Farsi, Dari).
African languages include 10,534 Amharic, Somali, or other Afro-Asiatic languages, 1,001 Yoruba, Twi, Igbo, or other languages of Western Africa, 1,575 Swahili or other languages of Central, Eastern, and Southern Africa.
People from Mid and East Asia speak, 28,617 Chinese (including Mandarin, Cantonese), 6,301 Japanese, 11,739 Korean, 80 Hmong, 9,055 Vietnamese, 1,084 Khmer, 7,632 Thai/Lao, or other Tai-Kadai languages, 79,449 Tagalog (including Filipino), 1,794 speak other languages of Asia.
Native languages include 810 speak Navajo, 1,917 Other Native languages of North America.

Languages	Population	Percentage
Speak only English	1,881,829	69.53
Spanish Language	575,226	21.25
European Language	65,175	2.41
Asian Languages	158,112	5.84
Other Languages	26,176	0.97

Source: US Census 2017(Table S1601)

Nevada Education

Nevada state High school and College level education stats as per table below.

Population 18 to 24 years		249,700	128,181	121,519
		Total	Male	Female
	Less than high school graduate	43,844	25,181	18,663
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	91,382	50,919	40,463
	Some college or associates degree	101,232	47,044	54,188
	Bachelors degree or higher	13,242	5,037	8,205
Population 25 years and over		1,968,023	979,456	988,567
	Less than 9th grade	116,412	58,118	58,294
	9th to 12th grade, no diploma	162,406	82,543	79,863
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	556,851	282,956	273,895
	Some college, no degree	506,805	251,455	255,350
	Associates degree	159,428	73,662	85,766
	Bachelors degree	306,611	150,528	156,083
	Graduate or professional degree	159,510	80,194	79,316

White		1,118,472	567,744	550,728
	High school graduate or higher	1,042,335	528,946	513,389
	Bachelors degree or higher	316,432	164,864	151,568
Black or African		160,803	79,193	81,610
	High school graduate or higher	142,217	69,964	72,253
	Bachelors degree or higher	27,605	11,817	15,788
American Indian or Alaska Native alone		21,469	10,302	11,167
	High school graduate or higher	17,764	8,481	9,283
	Bachelors degree or higher	2,203	1,013	1,190
Asian		174,917	74,496	100,421
	High school graduate or higher	156,499	67,744	88,755
	Bachelors degree or higher	66,131	28,344	37,787
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander		12,099	6,222	5,877
	High school graduate or higher	10,833	5,431	5,402
	Bachelors degree or higher	1,499	607	892
Hispanic or Latino Origin		446,097	225,849	220,248
	High school graduate or higher	285,853	142,790	143,063
	Bachelors degree or higher	41,680	19,350	22,330

Source: US Census 2017(Table S1501)

Disability

Nevada state disability statistics as per table below:

Total civilian non-institutionalized population	370,381
Male	183,957
Female	186,424
	-
White	267,663
Black or African American	34,450
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	5,808
Asian	21,256
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	2,349
Some other race	26,330
DISABILITY TYPE
With a hearing difficulty	116,617
With a vision difficulty	91,018
With a cognitive difficulty	129,861
With an ambulatory difficulty	196,264
With a self-care difficulty	71,616
With an independent living difficulty	119,863

Counties of Nevada

As on 2017 census estimates, Nevada state is divided into 16 counties and 1 City, Clark is the populous County with 2,231,647, followed by Clark County with 2,231,647, Lyon County with 55,808, and Carson City population is 55,414.

County	Population 2017	Population 2018	% Change	Rank 2017	Rank 2018
Churchill County	23,989	24,440	1.9	8	8
Clark County	2,183,310	2,231,647	2.2	1	1
Douglas County	48,018	48,467	0.9	6	6
Elko County	52,371	52,460	0.2	5	5
Esmeralda County	843	826	-2	17	17
Eureka County	1,950	2,003	2.7	16	16
Humboldt County	16,702	16,786	0.5	9	9
Lander County	5,604	5,575	-0.5	12	12
Lincoln County	5,182	5,201	0.4	13	13
Lyon County	53,915	55,808	3.5	4	3
Mineral County	4,454	4,514	1.3	14	14
Nye County	44,051	45,346	2.9	7	7
Pershing County	6,473	6,666	3	11	11
Storey County	4,003	4,029	0.6	15	15
Washoe County	457,333	465,735	1.8	2	2
White Pine County	9,599	9,475	-1.3	10	10
Carson City	54,608	55,414	1.5	3	4