Is Nevada's population growing or shrinking?
Refreshed annually
It grew by 28,600 between 2024 and 2025. That’s more than the population of the city of Fernley. Changes in population reflect birth and death rates, immigration patterns, regional shifts, and even the overall health of the economy. Nevada’s 0.88% annual increase was primarily driven by people moving from other states. In the decade between 2015 and 2025, Nevada’s population grew by 14.9%.
+28.6K
population change (2024 to 2025)
+0.88%
percent change in population (2024 to 2025)
Since 2000, Nevada's population increased in 25 of 25 years. The largest increase occurred between 2003 and 2004, when it gained 97,400 residents. The state's smallest increase during the 21st century occurred between 2010 and 2011 when it gained 8,200 residents.
Nevada gained 28,600 residents between 2024 and 2025.
Annual population change, 1901–2025
What contributes to population change in Nevada?
A state’s population is influenced by three factors:
- Natural population change: If births outnumber deaths in a given year, natural population growth is positive. If deaths exceed births, it is negative. Between 2024 to 2025 natural population change was positive in Nevada, with births exceeding deaths by 3,100.
- Immigration: international migration directly into or out of a state. If more people move in than move out, population change from immigration is positive. If more people move out than move in, it’s negative. Nevada’s population change from immigration was positive, with about 10,600 more people coming from another country to Nevada than leaving.
- Domestic migration, moving between states: Nevada’s population change from domestic migration was positive, with about 14,900 more people moving to Nevada from other states than leaving.
Between 2024 and 2025, domestic migration was the primary driver of population growth in Nevada.
Components of population change, 2011–2025
Which counties in Nevada are growing? Which are shrinking?
Among 17 county equivalents, Clark County had the largest population growth in Nevada, welcoming 21,480 new residents. Churchill County lost the most, with a loss of 104 residents. County-level population data is available as of 2025.
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Lyon County led Nevada in percent population increase between 2024 and 2025 at 2.1 percent. Eureka County ranked last with a 2.6 percent decline.
Between 2024 and 2025, Lyon County gained 2.1% in population, the largest increase in Nevada.
Population change
How does population change in Nevada compare to other states?
Between 2015 and 2025, Nevada’s population has increased by 14.9%. During that same period, the US population grew by 6.2%. Nevada ranks 5th among states in population growth over that decade.
Nevada ranked fifth in population growth between 2015 and 2025.
Percent change in population
Population change between 2024 and 2025, by county in Nevada
| County | Population change rate | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Lyon County, NV | +2.1% |
| 2. | Storey County, NV | +1.9% |
| 3. | Nye County, NV | +1.7% |
| 4. | Lander County, NV | +1.7% |
| 5. | Douglas County, NV | +1% |
| 6. | Clark County, NV | +0.9% |
| 7. | Washoe County, NV | +0.79% |
| 8. | Humboldt County, NV | +0.52% |
| 9. | Carson City Independent City, NV | +0.46% |
| 10. | White Pine County, NV | +0.34% |
Population change between 2015 and 2025, by state
| State | Population change rate | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Idaho | +22% |
| 2. | Utah | +17.9% |
| 3. | Florida | +16.5% |
| 4. | Texas | +15.8% |
| 5. | Nevada | +14.9% |
| 6. | South Carolina | +14.8% |
| 7. | Arizona | +13.7% |
| 8. | North Carolina | +12.4% |
| 9. | Delaware | +12.2% |
| 10. | Washington state | +11.4% |
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