2024 population: 507,280 ( 20,789 from 2020)
Land area: 6315.8 square miles
Population density: 80.3 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	296,374	58.42%	1.7%
Black:	13,306	2.62%	15.6%
Indian:	6,227	1.23%	1.8%
Asian:	37,480	7.39%	24.6%
2+ races:	16,900	3.33%	13.1%
Hispanic:	136,993	27.01%	12.1%

Total non-White:	210,906	41.58%	14.0%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	20,842	10.7
Deaths:	20,433	10.5
Net Migration:	10,479	5.4
Net Immigration:	10,141	5.2

Change in White population:	-5,090	-1.0
Change in Non-White pop.:	25,879	5.3

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
486,491
301,464	61.97%
11,506	2.37%
6,339	1.30%
30,078	6.18%
14,941	3.07%
122,163	25.11%
185,027	38.03%

2010
421,407
278,213	66.02%
9,088	2.16%
5,782	1.37%
23,646	5.61%
10,281	2.44%
93,724	22.24%
143,194	33.98%

2000
339,486
247,835	73.00%
6,734	1.98%
5,181	1.53%
15,799	4.65%
7,204	2.12%
56,301	16.58%
91,651	27.00%

1990
254,667
212,728	83.53%
5,332	2.09%
4,533	1.78%
9,774	3.84%
n/a
22,300	8.76%
41,939	16.47%

1980
193,623
172,878	89.29%
3,747	1.94%
3,117	1.61%
4,170	2.15%
n/a
9,476	4.89%
20,745	10.71%

1970
121,068
110,001	90.86%
1,886	1.56%
1,828	1.51%
892	0.74%
n/a
6,171	5.10%
11,067	9.14%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
49,456	11.7
34,529	8.2
35,334	8.4
-287	-0.1

23,251	5.5
41,833	9.9

Number	Rate
2000's
51,994	15.3
26,961	7.9
35,740	10.5
16,497	4.9

30,378	8.9
51,543	15.2

Number	Rate
1990's
46,210	18.1
22,734	8.9
31,406	12.3
15,489	6.1

35,107	13.8
49,712	19.5

Number	Rate
1980's
35,355	18.3
15,954	8.2
42,725	22.1
n/a

39,850	20.6
21,194	10.9

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
62,629	51.7
n/a

62,877	51.9
9,678	8.0

Age, Family & Household Data for Washoe County, NV

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
38.6
102,705	10.3%
891,066	89.7%
82,085	8.3%

192,420
2.49

119,417	62.1%
86,306	72.3%
10,892	9.1%
73,003	37.9%

2010
Number	Percent
37.0
99,332	23.6%
322,075	76.4%
50,879	12.1%

163,445
2.55

102,768	62.9%
74,494	72.5%
10,462	10.2%
60,677	37.1%

2000
Number	Percent
35.7
84,185	24.8%
255,301	75.2%
35,682	10.5%

132,192
2.53

84,518	63.9%
64,621	76.5%
8,067	9.5%
47,674	36.1%

1990
Number	Percent
33.6
58,155	22.8%
196,512	77.2%
25,924	10.2%

102,430
2.43

64,947	63.4%
51,759	79.7%
5,454	8.4%
37,483	36.6%

1980
Number	Percent
31.0
46,239	23.9%
147,384	76.1%
16,353	8.4%

77,196
2.46

50,227	65.1%
41,342	82.3%
4,181	8.3%
26,969	34.9%

2022 Housing Data for Washoe County, NV

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	7,611	4.0%
$10,000 to $14,999	4,855	2.5%
$15,000 to $19,999	5,621	2.9%
$20,000 to $24,999	6,167	3.2%
$25,000 to $29,999	6,112	3.2%
$30,000 to $34,999	6,615	3.4%
$35,000 to $39,999	6,972	3.6%
$40,000 to $44,999	6,473	3.4%
$45,000 to $49,999	6,134	3.2%
$50,000 to $59,999	13,791	7.2%
$60,000 to $74,999	18,851	9.8%
$75,000 to $99,999	26,165	13.6%
$100,000 to $124,999	22,042	11.5%
$125,000 to $149,999	15,702	8.2%
$150,000 to $199,999	18,348	9.5%
$200,000 or more	20,961	10.9%

Median Household Income	81,531
Per Capita Income	44,448

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	108
Compared to U.S.	104

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	7,745	4.0%
Public Assistance	4,935	2.6%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	21,824	11.3%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	172,033	74.0%
Unemployed	8,035	3.5%
In Armed Forces	737	0.3%

Total Labor Force	180,805	77.8%
Not in Labor Force	51,609	22.2%

Real Unemployment Rate		25.7%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	102,133	76,382	57.2%
Non-Profit	5,497	8,722	38.7%
Self-Employed	11,881	9,692	55.1%

Local Government	6,262	9,629	39.4%
State Government	5,243	7,265	41.9%
Federal Government	3,081	2,104	59.4%

Total Private + Self	114,014	86,074	57.0%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	20,083	27,720	42.0%
Total	134,097	113,794	54.1%

Pct. Govt.	13.5%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	37,665	15.2%
Sales and Office Occupations	54,265	21.9%
Professional, Technical	51,961	20.9%
Service Occupations	45,280	18.2%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	470	0.2%
All others	59,022	23.8%

White Collar		58.0%

Industry
	Number	%
Retail trade	27,264	11.0%
Health care and social assistance	27,249	11.0%
Manufacturing	22,678	9.1%
Accommodation and food services	20,609	8.3%
Construction	20,165	8.1%
Educational services	19,426	7.8%
Professional, scientific, technical	18,775	7.6%
Transportation and warehousing	15,967	6.4%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	13,260	5.3%
Other services	11,381	4.6%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	11,093	4.5%
Public administration	11,034	4.4%
Finance and insurance	8,057	3.2%
Wholesale trade	7,010	2.8%
Real estate and rental and leasing	6,416	2.6%
Information	3,543	1.4%
Utilities	2,084	0.8%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	986	0.4%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	871	0.4%
Management	325	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	95,071	19.53%
Puerto Rican	3,185	0.65%
Cuban	1,712	0.35%
Dominican	207	0.04%

Total Central American	12,996	2.67%
Costa Rican	648	0.13%
Guatemalan	5,148	1.06%
Honduran	476	0.10%
Nicaraguan	789	0.16%
Panamanian	68	0.01%
Salvadoran	5,783	1.19%
Other Central American	84	0.02%

Total South American	3,178	0.65%
Argentinean	232	0.05%
Bolivian	142	0.03%
Chilean	197	0.04%
Colombian	1,160	0.24%
Ecuadorian	140	0.03%
Paraguayan	39	0.01%
Peruvian	675	0.14%
Uruguayan	417	0.09%
Venezuelan	67	0.01%
Other South American	109	0.02%

Other Hispanic	7,607	1.56%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	11,934	2.45%
Indian	4,141	0.85%
Chinese	3,211	0.66%
Vietnamese	1,520	0.31%
Japanese	1,300	0.27%
Korean	1,079	0.22%
Thai	620	0.13%
Bangladeshi	391	0.08%
Taiwanese	128	0.03%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	357,939	77.8%
Spanish	72,740	15.8%
Tagalog	8,809	1.9%
Other Indo-European	5,751	1.3%
Other Asian	3,159	0.7%
Chinese	2,463	0.5%
Other	2,435	0.5%
German, other Germanic	1,654	0.4%
French, Haitian, Cajun	1,589	0.3%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	61,085	12.6%
English	54,013	11.1%
Irish	51,666	10.6%
Italian	30,569	6.3%
American	19,482	4.0%
European	15,516	3.2%
French	12,034	2.5%
Scottish	9,820	2.0%
Norwegian	8,752	1.8%
Polish	7,888	1.6%
Swedish	7,455	1.5%
Dutch	5,960	1.2%
Portuguese	4,607	0.9%
Scotch-Irish	3,438	0.7%
Danish	3,347	0.7%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	450,321	92.5%
Not a citizen	36,353	7.5%

Native	416,703	85.6%
Foreign-born	69,971	14.4%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
17,065	5.0%	21,944	6.5%	80,269	23.7%	109,739	32.4%	66,824	19.7%	43,333	12.8%
Average years of education: 13.5

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	17,065	5.0%
9-12 Years	21,944	6.5%
H.S. Grad or GED	80,269	23.7%
Some College	109,739	32.4%
Bach. Degree	66,824	19.7%
Grad Degree	43,333	12.8%
Average years of education: 13.5

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	149,541	142,308	7,233	4.8%	4.7%
1991	152,898	144,777	8,121	5.3%	5.9%
1992	159,718	149,527	10,191	6.4%	6.8%
1993	165,198	155,332	9,866	6.0%	6.9%
1994	167,983	159,055	8,928	5.3%	6.2%
1995	173,006	164,512	8,494	4.9%	5.6%
1996	176,997	168,930	8,067	4.6%	5.1%
1997	182,683	175,531	7,152	3.9%	4.4%
1998	186,384	179,510	6,874	3.7%	4.2%
1999	187,738	181,465	6,273	3.3%	4.0%

2000	196,275	189,584	6,691	3.4%	4.1%
2001	202,796	194,018	8,778	4.3%	5.2%
2002	203,926	193,836	10,090	4.9%	5.7%
2003	204,198	194,788	9,410	4.6%	5.3%
2004	206,198	197,772	8,426	4.1%	4.4%
2005	209,290	200,942	8,348	4.0%	4.1%
2006	217,767	209,394	8,373	3.8%	4.0%
2007	224,730	214,900	9,830	4.4%	4.6%
2008	225,931	210,215	15,716	7.0%	6.9%
2009	223,760	197,997	25,763	11.5%	11.7%

2010	220,840	191,887	28,953	13.1%	13.8%
2011	219,619	191,407	28,212	12.8%	13.3%
2012	219,463	194,330	25,133	11.5%	11.6%
2013	219,924	198,371	21,553	9.8%	10.0%
2014	220,570	203,367	17,203	7.8%	8.2%
2015	223,392	209,279	14,113	6.3%	6.8%
2016	227,991	216,417	11,574	5.1%	5.8%
2017	237,893	228,009	9,884	4.2%	5.0%
2018	250,031	241,293	8,738	3.5%	4.4%
2019	259,464	251,077	8,387	3.2%	3.9%

2020	254,278	234,544	19,734	7.8%	12.8%
2021	251,733	241,420	10,313	4.1%	6.9%
2022	256,072	247,203	8,869	3.5%	5.4%
2023	263,489	252,761	10,728	4.1%	5.1%
2024	267,591	254,932	12,659	4.7%	5.6%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	208,480
Median Value	$460,000

Occupied	192,420	92.3%
Vacant	16,060	7.7%

Owned	112,671	58.6%
Rented	79,749	41.4%
Median Rent	$1,401

Single-Family Units	131,712	63.2%
Detached	122,249	58.6%
Attached	9,463	4.5%
Buldings with 5+ Units	49,274	23.6%
Mobile Homes	11,229	5.4%

Washoe County, NV

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Washoe County, NV

2022 Housing Data for Washoe County, NV

2022 Income & Employment Data for Washoe County, NV

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Washoe County, NV

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Washoe County, NV

Historical Labor Force Data for Washoe County, NV