Nevada population: a state of newcomers

From the smallest state to 31st of 51 in population

At every census from 1890 to 1950, Nevada had fewer residents than any other state. In 1950 it ranked 50th of 51 among the areas that now make up the 50 states and DC, ahead only of Alaska, then a territory. The 1950 Census counted 160,083⁹ people. On July 1, 2025 the Census Bureau estimated 3,282,188, 20.5 times the 1950 count, and the state's rank had risen to 31st of 51¹.

Source: Census Bureau, Historical Census Statistics on Population Totals by Race, 1790 to 1990; Census Bureau, 2020 Census apportionment results and historical resident population 1910-2020; Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025. Census counts every ten years (April 1); estimates for July 1 after 2020.

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Year	Nevada
1860	6,857
1870	42,941
1880	62,266
1890	47,355
1900	42,335
1910	81,875
1920	77,407
1930	91,058
1940	110,247
1950	160,083
1960	285,278
1970	488,738
1980	800,493
1990	1,201,833
2000	1,998,257
2010	2,700,551
2020	3,104,614
2021	3,148,472
2022	3,177,672
2023	3,211,077
2024	3,253,543
2025	3,282,188

The largest gains came after 1970. The count went from 488,738 in 1970 to 1,201,833⁹ in 1990 and 1,998,257 in 2000, and the July 2025 estimate is 1.6 times the 2000 count. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses the population grew by 15.0%, the 5th highest rate among the states and 7.6 percentage points above the US figure (7.4%)⁶. Growth has continued since: 5.69% between April 2020 and July 2025, the 10th highest rate. Nevada holds 0.96%¹ of the US population and 4¹⁰ seats in the House.

Growth that comes from moving in

In the year to June 2025, Nevada recorded 32,511 births and 29,460 deaths, a natural increase of 3,051. Net migration added far more: 14,914 from other states and 10,551 from abroad. Movers from other states accounted for 52% of the year's growth, international migration for 37% and natural increase for 11%¹.

Births+172,168

Deaths−160,825

Net domestic migration+96,046

Net international migration+68,974

Residual (estimation adjustment)+232

Total change+176,595

Source: Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025. Each bar starts where the previous one ended. The residual is the part of the change the Census Bureau cannot assign to a component.

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Component	People
Births	172,168
Deaths	−160,825
Net domestic migration	96,046
Net international migration	68,974
Residual (estimation adjustment)	232
Total change	176,595

The same pattern holds over five years. From April 2020 to June 2025, births outnumbered deaths by 11,343, while net migration brought 165,020 people: 96,046 from the rest of the country and 68,974 from abroad. In the year to June 2022, births (33,523) exceeded deaths (33,461) by only 62. The birth rate, 9.9 per 1,000 residents, is 6% below the US figure (10.6 per 1,000 residents)¹.

Relative to its size, Nevada's net migration in 2025 was 7.8 per 1,000 residents, 111% above the US figure (3.7 per 1,000 residents) and tied for 8th highest¹ among the states.

The lowest share of residents born in the state

The 2025 American Community Survey found that 29.0% of Nevada residents (±0.6 percentage points) were born in the state, the lowest in the nation and 27.4 percentage points below the US figure (56.4%). The next-lowest shares were in the District of Columbia (32.4%) and Florida (35.2%). Nearly half of Nevadans, 49.4%, were born in another US state, and 19.4%¹¹ were born abroad.

Most of the people born elsewhere in the country come from the West: 29.4% of residents were born in another western state, about as many as were born in Nevada itself and 23.8 percentage points above the US figure (5.6%). The Midwest (7.8%), the South (6.7%) and the Northeast (5.5%¹¹) follow.

Moved to Nevada from

California53,289 ±6,970

Texas8,327 ±3,687

Florida6,293 ±2,487

Arizona5,504 ±1,946

Washington4,887 ±2,314

Virginia4,626 ±3,052

Colorado3,886 ±1,832

Utah3,440 ±1,524

Left Nevada for

California21,133 ±4,646

Florida9,338 ±3,210

Texas6,147 ±2,007

Arizona6,026 ±2,172

Washington4,109 ±1,692

Utah3,563 ±1,136

Idaho3,270 ±1,674

Virginia2,572 ±1,754

Source: Census Bureau, State-to-State Migration Flows, 2024. People aged 1 and over who lived in another state a year earlier (and the reverse). Survey estimates: whiskers show the 90% margin of error.

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State	Moved in from	Moved out to
California	53,289 ±6,970	21,133 ±4,646
Texas	8,327 ±3,687	6,147 ±2,007
Florida	6,293 ±2,487	9,338 ±3,210
Arizona	5,504 ±1,946	6,026 ±2,172
Washington	4,887 ±2,314	4,109 ±1,692
Virginia	4,626 ±3,052	2,572 ±1,754
Colorado	3,886 ±1,832	–
Utah	3,440 ±1,524	3,563 ±1,136
Idaho	–	3,270 ±1,674

California dominates the current flows in both directions. In 2024 an estimated 53,289 people moved to Nevada from California, a flow statistically larger than the flow from Texas, while 21,133 moved from Nevada to California. In total 130,450 people arrived from other states and 89,401 left, a net gain of 41,049 (±13,889), which ranks between 1st and 11th¹² among the states once survey error is allowed for. IRS records for 2022 and 2023 point the same way: arriving filers and dependents outnumbered departing ones by 11,558, and they reported $1.5 billion more income, 7th highest¹³ among the states.

What percent of Nevada is Hispanic, white, Black and Asian

No single group is a majority. On July 1, 2025, 31.2% of Nevadans were Hispanic or Latino, the 5th highest share in the country after New Mexico, California, Texas and Arizona. The share was up from 28.8% in 2020¹⁴. Most Hispanic Nevadans are of Mexican origin: 21.4% of all residents in 2020–2024, 10.1 percentage points above the US figure (11.3%)¹⁵.

Single group (adds to 100%)Alone or in combination with other races

White, not Hispanic41.5% 63.0%

Hispanic or Latino (any race)31.2%

Asian, not Hispanic9.7% 13.1%

Black, not Hispanic9.1% 12.8%

Two or more races, not Hispanic6.4%

American Indian and Alaska Native, not Hispanic0.8% 3.8%

Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, not Hispanic0.7% 1.7%

Some other race, not Hispanic0.6%

Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, 2025, table B03002; Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, 2025, table B02009. The dark bars are mutually exclusive and add to 100%. The light bars count everyone who reported the race, alone or with another race and of any ethnicity, so they overlap and add to more than 100%.

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Group	Share (single group)	MOE	Alone or in combination
White, not Hispanic	41.5%	±0.2	63.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)	31.2%		–
Asian, not Hispanic	9.7%	±0.2	13.1%
Black, not Hispanic	9.1%	±0.4	12.8%
Two or more races, not Hispanic	6.4%	±0.5	–
American Indian and Alaska Native, not Hispanic	0.8%	±0.1	3.8%
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, not Hispanic	0.7%	±0.1	1.7%
Some other race, not Hispanic	0.6%	±0.2	–

The non-Hispanic white share was 42.3%, down from 46.7% in 2020 and 6th lowest among the states. Residents who reported Black as their only race were 11.3% of the population, a share higher than every bordering state (Arizona, California, Idaho, Oregon and Utah). Counting people who reported Black together with another race, the 2025 survey puts the share at 12.8% (±0.3 percentage points), 1.7 percentage points below the US figure (14.5%)¹⁶. Nevada also has the 4th highest share of people reporting two or more races, 7.8%¹⁴.

The Census Bureau's diversity index, the chance that two residents picked at random belong to different race or ethnic groups, is 70.8 for Nevada. Only Hawaii¹⁷ scores higher.

Hawaii76.6

Nevada70.8

California69.9

District of Columbia69.7

Maryland69.5

New Jersey68.1

Texas68.1

New York67.4

Georgia66.8

Florida65.9

United States63.5

Source: States Demographics, Computed, table B03002. Period: 2025.

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State	Diversity index
Hawaii	76.6
Nevada	70.8
California	69.9
District of Columbia	69.7
Maryland	69.5
New Jersey	68.1
Texas	68.1
New York	67.4
Georgia	66.8
Florida	65.9
United States	63.5

Filipino Nevadans and other Asian groups

Asian residents, counting those of more than one race, made up 13.1% of the population in 2025, the 4th highest share in the country and 5.0 percentage points above the US figure (8.1%)¹⁸. The largest group by far is Filipino. In 2020–2024, 143,711 Nevadans (±3,640) identified as Filipino alone, 4.5% of the population. Only Hawaii has a higher Filipino share, and only California, Hawaii and Texas¹⁹ have more Filipino residents. Including people of mixed background, the 2025 count is 233,114 (±13,823²⁰).

Pacific Islanders are also more common than nationally: 1.0% of residents reported Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander as their only race in 2025, a share that ranks tied for 4th highest¹⁴.

Paiute, Shoshone and Washoe tribes

The 2020 Census counted 25,349 Nevadans who reported American Indian as their only race. Among people naming a single tribe or group, the largest were Aztec (6,495), a Latin American Indian group, and Navajo Nation (2,311). Next came Maya (1,938) and Paiute (1,317). Further down the list are tribes with reservations and colonies in Nevada, such as the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California (793), the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, Nevada (660) and the Te-Moak Tribes of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada (489²¹). Counts of different groups overlap and cannot be added up.

Mostly urban, in a thinly settled state

Nevada has 109,860 square miles of land, the 7th largest²² area of any state, and, at 29.9 people per square mile, it is the 9th least densely populated²³ state. Yet at the 2020 Census, 94.1% of residents lived in urban areas, 14.1 percentage points above the US figure (80.0%). Only the District of Columbia and California (94.2%) had higher shares. The rural share, 5.9%, is 3rd lowest²⁴: the population is concentrated in a few urban areas, with most of the land very thinly settled. This site covers states only, so it does not break the total down by city or county.

District of Columbia100.0%

California94.2%

Nevada94.1%

New Jersey93.8%

Florida91.5%

Massachusetts91.3%

Rhode Island91.1%

Utah89.8%

Arizona89.3%

New York87.5%

United States80.0%

Source: Census Bureau, 2020 Census urban and rural population by state. Period: April 1, 2020.

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State	Urban share
District of Columbia	100.0%
California	94.2%
Nevada	94.1%
New Jersey	93.8%
Florida	91.5%
Massachusetts	91.3%
Rhode Island	91.1%
Utah	89.8%
Arizona	89.3%
New York	87.5%
United States	80.0%

Age and sex: as many men as women

Nevada's median age has risen from 35.2 years²⁵ in 2005 to 39.6 years³ in 2025. The number of residents aged 65 and older rose from 511,632 to 599,211 between 2020 and 2025, while the number of children under 18 fell to 678,525, down from 698,892 in 2020. Older residents are still a smaller share than nationally (18.3%, 0.6 percentage points below the US figure (18.9%)), and the share aged 85 and older, 1.6%, is tied for 4th lowest among the states. Working-age adults make up 61.1% of the population, the 10th highest¹⁴ share.

MenWomenUnited States

MenWomen

85+

80–84

75–79

70–74

65–69

60–64

55–59

50–54

45–49

40–44

35–39

30–34

25–29

20–24

15–19

10–14

5–9

0–4

Source: Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025. Share of the total population in each age group. Vertical ticks: the United States.

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Age	Men (%)	Women (%)	US men (%)	US women (%)
0-4	2.62	2.49	2.76	2.65
5-9	2.94	2.82	2.96	2.83
10-14	3.09	2.94	3.08	2.95
15-19	3.13	2.92	3.31	3.16
20-24	3.07	2.90	3.43	3.28
25-29	3.72	3.51	3.46	3.37
30-34	3.73	3.55	3.41	3.38
35-39	3.63	3.54	3.38	3.40
40-44	3.43	3.38	3.21	3.27
45-49	3.07	3.09	2.93	3.03
50-54	2.99	3.03	2.83	2.96
55-59	3.04	3.04	2.86	3.02
60-64	3.00	3.10	2.96	3.21
65-69	2.74	2.96	2.75	3.08
70-74	2.28	2.58	2.26	2.64
75-79	1.78	2.04	1.71	2.08
80-84	1.03	1.22	1.00	1.32
85+	0.70	0.94	0.78	1.28

Nationally there are 96.4 males for every 100 females; in Nevada the two groups are almost equal in size. The 2025 survey counted 1,640,449 men and 1,641,739 women, a difference smaller than its margin of error (±5,315²⁷). That is 99.9 males per 100 females (±0.5), 4% above the US figure (96.4), ranking between 8th and 13th²⁶ highest among the states.

Typical incomes, high unemployment

The median household income is not statistically different from the national figure (see the summary above), but other measures sit lower. Income per person in the 2025 survey was $45,206 (±$958), $1,965 (4%) below the US figure ($47,171)²⁸, and 13.4% of households had incomes of $200,000 or more, 1.4 percentage points below the US figure (14.8%)²⁹. Prices are at the national level overall: the Bureau of Economic Analysis put Nevada's 2024 price level at 100.0 (US = 100), with housing at 114.1 and goods at 96.3. After adjusting for prices, personal income per person was $56,503 in 2024, $2,692 (5%) below the US figure ($59,195)³⁰.

Top incomes are concentrated. Tax returns reporting $1 million or more held 24.1% of all income reported in the state in 2023, the 6th highest share and 7.5 percentage points above the US figure (16.6%)³³.

The official poverty rate is not statistically different from the US rate. The Census Bureau's Supplemental Poverty Measure, which counts benefits and subtracts costs such as housing and medical bills, puts Nevada at 15.3% for 2023–2025 (±1.5 percentage points), 2.3 percentage points above the US figure (13.0%)³¹. On average 495,769 people received SNAP food benefits each month in fiscal 2025, 15.1% of the population, 8th highest³⁴.

Unemployment averaged 5.3% in 2025, 3rd highest among the states and 1.0 percentage points above the US figure (4.3%). In September 2026 the seasonally adjusted rate was 4.7%, 0.5 percentage points above the US figure (4.2%)³².

Catholic parishes hold most of Nevada's churchgoers

Nevada has fewer congregations per resident than any other state: 5.0 per 10,000 residents in the 2020 U.S. Religion Census, against 10.8 per 10,000 residents nationally. Its congregations are large. The Catholic Church counted 766,102 adherents in only 74 parishes, 59.3% of everyone on a congregation's books in the state and 24.7% of residents, up from 16.7% in 2010³⁵.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is second, with 5.9% of residents spread over 353 wards and branches; only Utah, Idaho, Wyoming and Arizona have higher shares. Evangelical Protestant churches counted 6.8% and Mainline Protestant churches 1.0%, the 2nd lowest share. Overall 41.6%³⁵ of Nevadans were counted, up from 34.4%³⁶ in the 2010 study, which covered fewer bodies. The counts are congregational records, not a survey; see religion across the states.

Schooling: fewer degree holders than any neighbor

In 2025, 29.0% of adults 25 and older (±0.8 percentage points) held a bachelor's degree or higher, 8.4 percentage points below the US figure (37.4%) and between 45th and 49th among the states. The share is lower than every bordering state (Arizona, California, Idaho, Oregon and Utah). It has risen from 20.6%²⁵ in 2005. Graduate and professional degrees are rarer still: 10.4%, 4.6 percentage points below the US figure (15.0%)³⁷.

California15.3% ±0.2

United States15.0% ±0.1

Oregon14.5% ±0.4

Utah14.4% ±0.4

Arizona13.4% ±0.3

Idaho11.3% ±0.5

Nevada10.4% ±0.4

Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, 2025, table B15003. Whiskers show the 90% margin of error. Period: 2025.

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State	Graduate or professional degree	MOE
California	15.3%	±0.2
United States	15.0%	±0.1
Oregon	14.5%	±0.4
Utah	14.4%	±0.4
Arizona	13.4%	±0.3
Idaho	11.3%	±0.5
Nevada	10.4%	±0.4

The share of adults with at least a high school diploma, 89.4%, is not statistically different from the US figure (90.6%)³⁷. In public schools, 82% of students who started ninth grade in 2018–19 graduated within four years, 5.0 percentage points below the US figure (87%)³⁸.

Immigrants and Tagalog speakers

Nevada had 637,742 foreign-born residents in 2025 (±16,923), 19.4% of the population and the 5th highest share. 52.9% of them were born in Latin America and 34.3% in Asia; 56.1%¹¹ had become US citizens. In fiscal 2024, 17,040³⁹ people in Nevada became lawful permanent residents (green-card holders), 5.2 per 1,000 residents, the 5th highest⁴⁰ rate.

30.2% of residents aged 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, the 7th highest share. Spanish accounts for most of it (20.2%), and Tagalog for another 3.3%, compared with 0.6% nationally. 11.2% speak English less than "very well", 2.7 percentage points above the US figure (8.5%)⁴².

The highest marriage and divorce rates

Nevada recorded 24.8 per 1,000 residents marriages in 2024, the highest in the nation and 294% above the US figure (6.3 per 1,000 residents). The next-highest rate, in Utah, was 13.4 per 1,000 residents⁴³. The rate measures weddings rather than the residents' marital status: the National Center for Health Statistics counts marriages by the state where they take place and divides by the state's resident population, so marriages of couples who live elsewhere are included.

Nevada24.8

Utah13.4

Hawaii12.4

District of Columbia10.1

Montana9.2

Colorado8.1

Arkansas7.9

Tennessee7.6

Wyoming7.6

Vermont7.4

Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics, Marriage rates by State. Period: 2024.

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State	Marriages per 1,000
Nevada	24.8
Utah	13.4
Hawaii	12.4
District of Columbia	10.1
Montana	9.2
Colorado	8.1
Arkansas	7.9
Tennessee	7.6
Wyoming	7.6
Vermont	7.4

Divorce is also more common. The 2024 divorce rate, 3.8 per 1,000 residents, was the highest of the 45 states and DC with published data, ahead of Arkansas (3.3 per 1,000 residents⁴³), among the states that report divorces; California, Hawaii, Indiana, Minnesota and New Mexico publish no rate. Survey data on residents agree: 12.5% of people 15 and older were currently divorced, 2.3 percentage points above the US figure (10.2%)⁴⁴, and married couples headed 43.6% of households, a share lower than every bordering state (Arizona, California, Idaho, Oregon and Utah)⁴⁵. Households are nonetheless larger than average, 2.61 people, 6th largest⁴⁶ among the states.

Newer homes, fewer owners

Nevada's housing is young: the median home was built in 1998⁴⁷, only 1.2% of homes date from before 1940 (US: 11.3%), and 19.7%⁴⁸ were built in 2010 or later. Ownership is low. 61.1% of households own their home (±1.0 percentage points), the 4th lowest rate among the states and 4.2 percentage points below the US figure (65.3%)⁴⁹.

NevadaUnited States

Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, 2005-2019 and 2021-2025. ACS 1-year estimates; no standard 1-year release for 2020. Adjusted to 2025 dollars with the CPI-U annual average. Shaded band: 90% margin of error.

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Year	Nevada	United States
2005	$467,172 ±$7,242	$276,116 ±$531
2006	$503,355 ±$5,171	$295,753 ±$781
2007	$483,360 ±$4,894	$301,692 ±$666
2008	$405,974 ±$4,733	$295,472 ±$677
2009	$311,533 ±$4,127	$277,919 ±$494
2010	$258,079 ±$3,433	$265,609 ±$431
2011	$226,137 ±$3,444	$248,464 ±$361
2012	$211,316 ±$2,914	$241,043 ±$360
2013	$228,442 ±$2,110	$240,327 ±$310
2014	$261,241 ±$3,567	$246,418 ±$458
2015	$300,730 ±$3,024	$264,192 ±$394
2016	$321,263 ±$2,959	$274,985 ±$626
2017	$339,122 ±$3,959	$285,798 ±$574
2018	$374,628 ±$3,962	$294,497 ±$469
2019	$400,198 ±$3,896	$302,856 ±$568
2021	$443,166 ±$3,365	$334,335 ±$537
2022	$478,203 ±$4,100	$353,015 ±$684
2023	$466,059 ±$4,055	$359,450 ±$603
2024	$467,485 ±$3,937	$370,088 ±$634
2025	$459,400 ±$5,404	$371,100 ±$646

Home values have swung widely. Adjusted to 2025 dollars, the median value of owner-occupied homes fell from $503,355 in 2006 to $211,316 in 2012, then climbed back. The 2025 median, $459,400, is $88,300 (24%) above the US figure ($371,100)⁵⁰ and not statistically different from $467,172 in 2005²⁵. Median gross rent was $1,692, $135 (9%) above the US figure ($1,557)⁵¹.

HUD's January 2025 count found 9,905 people experiencing homelessness, 30.3 per 10,000 residents, the 10th highest rate. 49.6% of them were unsheltered, 13.9 percentage points above the US figure (35.7%)⁵².

Health coverage and life expectancy

11.5% of Nevadans had no health insurance in 2025 (±0.5 percentage points), the 6th highest share and 3.1 percentage points above the US figure (8.4%); among children under 19 the share was 8.0%⁵³. Life expectancy at birth in 2022 was 76.4 years, 1.1 years below the US figure (77.5 years) and shorter than every bordering state (Arizona, California, Idaho, Oregon and Utah)⁵⁴. The age-adjusted drug overdose death rate in 2024 was 35.9 per 100,000, age-adjusted, 55% above the US figure (23.1 per 100,000, age-adjusted)⁵⁵.

Veterans and the commute

The 2025 survey counted 186,734 veterans, 7.2% of civilian adults and 1.3 percentage points above the US figure (5.9%)⁵⁷; 2.4%⁵⁸ of residents used VA health care. Workers' average one-way commute was 25.2 minutes, 2.2 minutes below the US figure (27.4 minutes)⁵⁹, and 10.1% worked from home, a share lower than every bordering state (Arizona, California, Idaho, Oregon and Utah)⁶⁰.