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Nevada population 2026

Q: What is the population of Nevada in 2026?

The latest official figure is 3,282,188, for 1 July 2025 (US Census Bureau). If last year’s change continues, Nevada would have about 3.3 million people by 1 July 2026; that is our arithmetic, not an official figure. The Census Bureau publishes new state estimates each December.

Nevada has 3,282,188 people on the latest official figure, for 1 July 2025, 28,645 more than a year earlier (+0.88%). It is 31st of the US’s 50 states and DC by population, home to 1.0% of the US’s people.

If last year’s change continues: about 3.3 million by 1 July 2026. That is our arithmetic, not an official figure.

Nevada in numbers

Population: 3.3 million 1 July 2025
Change in a year: +0.88% +28,645 people
Change since 2020: +5.30% from 3.1 million
Share of the US: 1.0% 31st of 50 states and DC
Population density: 12per km² 284,537 km²
Births in the year: 33 thousand deaths: 29 thousand
International migration: +11 thousand net arrivals from abroad
Moves within the US: +15 thousand more people moved in than left

In the latest year births outnumbered deaths by 3,051, 10,551 more people arrived from abroad than left, and 14,914 more people moved in from the rest of the US than moved out.

That is about as many people as Puerto Rico (3.2 million).

Population of Nevada by year

3.3M

› Show the numbers as a table

Year	Population
2010	2,702,483
2011	2,713,114
2012	2,744,670
2013	2,776,956
2014	2,818,935
2015	2,868,531
2016	2,919,555
2017	2,972,097
2018	3,030,725
2019	3,090,771
2020	3,116,851
2021	3,148,472
2022	3,177,672
2023	3,211,077
2024	3,253,543
2025	3,282,188

Year	Population	Change	%
2025	3,282,188	+28,645	+0.88%
2024	3,253,543	+42,466	+1.32%
2023	3,211,077	+33,405	+1.05%
2022	3,177,672	+29,200	+0.93%
2021	3,148,472	+31,621	+1.01%
2020	3,116,851	+26,080	+0.84%
2019	3,090,771	+60,046	+1.98%
2018	3,030,725	+58,628	+1.97%
2017	2,972,097	+52,542	+1.80%
2016	2,919,555	+51,024	+1.78%
2015	2,868,531	+49,596	+1.76%
2014	2,818,935	+41,979	+1.51%
2013	2,776,956	+32,286	+1.18%
2012	2,744,670	+31,556	+1.16%
2011	2,713,114	+10,631	+0.39%

2010–2019 are Vintage 2020 estimates and 2020–2025 are Vintage 2025, so the step between 2019 and 2020 is partly a change of base.

Nevada among the US’s states

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States of the US by population
#
1	California	39,355,309	−0.02%	11.5%	98
2	Texas	31,709,821	+1.25%	9.3%	47
3	Florida	23,462,518	+0.84%	6.9%	169
4	New York State	20,002,427	+0.01%	5.9%	164
5	Pennsylvania	13,059,432	+0.10%	3.8%	113
6	Illinois	12,719,141	+0.13%	3.7%	89
7	Ohio	11,900,510	+0.34%	3.5%	113
8	Georgia (US State)	11,302,748	+0.88%	3.3%	76
9	North Carolina	11,197,968	+1.32%	3.3%	89
10	Michigan	10,127,884	+0.28%	3.0%	69
11	New Jersey	9,548,215	+0.44%	2.8%	501
12	Virginia	8,880,107	+0.69%	2.6%	87
13	Washington State	8,001,020	+0.92%	2.3%	47
14	Arizona	7,623,818	+0.89%	2.2%	26
15	Tennessee	7,315,076	+0.88%	2.1%	69
16	Massachusetts	7,154,084	+0.22%	2.1%	354
17	Indiana	6,973,333	+0.56%	2.0%	75
18	Missouri	6,270,541	+0.43%	1.8%	35
19	Maryland	6,265,347	+0.32%	1.8%	249
20	Colorado	6,012,561	+0.40%	1.8%	22
21	Wisconsin	5,972,787	+0.26%	1.7%	43
22	Minnesota	5,830,405	+0.57%	1.7%	28
23	South Carolina	5,570,274	+1.46%	1.6%	72
24	Alabama	5,193,088	+0.58%	1.5%	40
25	Louisiana	4,618,189	+0.07%	1.4%	41
26	Kentucky	4,606,864	+0.50%	1.3%	45
27	Oregon	4,273,586	+0.19%	1.3%	17
28	Oklahoma	4,123,288	+0.62%	1.2%	23
29	Connecticut	3,688,496	+0.38%	1.1%	294
30	Utah	3,538,904	+1.02%	1.0%	17
31	Nevada	3,282,188	+0.88%	1.0%	12
32	Iowa	3,238,387	+0.25%	0.9%	22
33	Arkansas	3,114,791	+0.60%	0.9%	23
34	Kansas	2,977,220	+0.40%	0.9%	14
35	Mississippi	2,954,160	+0.14%	0.9%	24
36	New Mexico	2,125,498	−0.06%	0.6%	7
37	Idaho	2,029,733	+1.44%	0.6%	10
38	Nebraska	2,018,006	+0.62%	0.6%	10
39	West Virginia	1,766,147	−0.07%	0.5%	28
40	Hawaii	1,432,820	−0.15%	0.4%	86
41	New Hampshire	1,415,342	+0.48%	0.4%	61
42	Maine	1,414,874	+0.46%	0.4%	18
43	Montana	1,144,694	+0.63%	0.3%	3
44	Rhode Island	1,114,521	+0.37%	0.3%	416
45	Delaware	1,059,952	+0.94%	0.3%	210
46	South Dakota	935,094	+0.86%	0.3%	5
47	North Dakota	799,358	+0.75%	0.2%	5
48	Alaska	737,270	+0.10%	0.2%	1
49	District of Columbia	693,645	+0.34%	0.2%	4,381
50	Vermont	644,663	−0.29%	0.2%	27
51	Wyoming	588,753	+0.35%	0.2%	2

Largest cities in Nevada

City proper, not the wider metro area; latest figure in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), so years differ.

Las Vegas641,903
Henderson285,667
Reno264,165
North Las Vegas234,807
Paradise223,167
Sunrise Manor189,372

Questions

What is the population of Nevada in 2026?

The latest official figure is 3,282,188, for 1 July 2025 (US Census Bureau). If last year’s change continues, Nevada would have about 3.3 million people by 1 July 2026; that is our arithmetic, not an official figure. The Census Bureau publishes new state estimates each December.

Is Nevada’s population growing or shrinking?

It grew by 28,645 people (+0.88%) in the latest year, and has changed +5.30% since 2020. In the latest year births outnumbered deaths by 3,051, 10,551 more people arrived from abroad than left, and 14,914 more people moved in from the rest of the US than moved out.

How does Nevada rank in the US?

Nevada is 31st of the US’s 50 states and DC, with 1.0% of the people. California is the largest, with 39.4 million.

What is the population density of Nevada?

About 12 people per km², on 284,537 km². Land area, US Census Bureau Gazetteer.

What is the largest city in Nevada?

Las Vegas, with about 642 thousand people in the city proper. Metro areas are larger, and years differ (GeoNames).

Source and method

US Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 population estimates. US government work, public domain. Land area, US Census Bureau Gazetteer. The Census Bureau publishes new state estimates each December. Ranks, shares and changes are our arithmetic on the published figures. National figures can differ from the UN’s projection for the US, which uses a different method. The 2026 figure above carries last year’s change forward; it does not come from the source.

Cite this page: Nevada population, US Census Bureau, 1 July 2025. GlobeMetrics, https://globemetrics.org/world-population/united-states/nevada/

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