Demographics of Churchill County, Nevada

Churchill County, Nevada had 25,851 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +281 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the American Community Survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Churchill County, in four figures

25,851
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; +1.1%
Change since July 2020: +281 people.; 40.4 ±0.9
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $79,163 ±$4,413
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. Each year's change is births less deaths, net moves from abroad and net moves from elsewhere in the country, with the Bureau's small residual. The 2020 row's components run 3 months, from the April census to July 1.

Churchill County, Nevada's population grew 1.1% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Churchill County, Nevada's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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Churchill County, Nevada's population grew 1.1% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Churchill County, Nevada's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	25,570	100.0	100.0
2021	25,663	100.4	100.2
2022	25,799	100.9	100.7
2023	25,852	101.1	101.6
2024	25,955	101.5	102.5
2025	25,851	101.1	103.1

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Population of Churchill County, Nevada on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change	Births less deaths	From abroad	From elsewhere in the country
2020	25,570	+53	−15	0	+72
2021	25,663	+93	−130	+2	+211
2022	25,799	+136	−82	−8	+224
2023	25,852	+53	−76	+28	+105
2024	25,955	+103	−89	+33	+156
2025	25,851	−104	−89	0	−16

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 40.4 ±0.9: for men 38.1 ±1.6 and for women 42.1 ±0.9. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Churchill County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Nevada	United States
Under 5	1,535 ±147	5.9% ±0.6	5.5% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	4,328 ±364	16.8% ±1.4	16.3% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	2,145 ±362	8.3% ±1.4	8.0% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	6,366 ±400	24.7% ±1.6	28.2% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	6,226 ±488	24.1% ±1.9	25.0% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	5,205 ±495	20.2% ±1.9	17.0% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $79,163 ±$4,413, and income per person $37,686 ±$2,532, in 2024 dollars. The median is $78,260 ±$596 in Nevada and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Churchill County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Nevada	United States
Under $25,000	1,426 ±275	15.0% ±2.8	13.9% ±0.3	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	1,527 ±310	16.0% ±3.2	17.7% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	1,537 ±311	16.2% ±3.2	16.5% ±0.3	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	1,676 ±303	17.6% ±3.1	13.5% ±0.3	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	1,735 ±319	18.2% ±3.3	18.2% ±0.3	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	793 ±246	8.3% ±2.6	9.3% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	822 ±235	8.6% ±2.5	10.9% ±0.2	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Churchill County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Nevada	United States
All ages	2,053 ±422	8.1% ±1.7	12.4% ±0.3	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	140 to 414	4.9% ±2.4	16.3% ±0.5	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	1,031 ±255	8.2% ±2.0	11.4% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	745 ±317	10.6% ±4.4	11.2% ±0.3	11.0% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Churchill County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Churchill County	Nevada	United States
Housing units	11,008 ±46	1,326,471 ±610	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	86.4% ±2.9	90.7% ±0.3	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	13.6% ±2.8	9.3% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	69.9% ±2.9	60.0% ±0.4	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	30.1% ±3.9	40.0% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$329,900 ±$22,952	$435,400 ±$1,611	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,319 ±$140	$1,597 ±$11	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1990 ±2	1996 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Churchill County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Nevada	United States
Hispanic or Latino	3,928 ±0	15.2% ±<0.1	29.6% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	18,255 ±146	70.7% ±0.6	44.8% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	549 ±165	2.1% ±0.6	9.0% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	580 ±134	2.2% ±0.5	8.8% ±0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	835 ±165	3.2% ±0.6	0.6% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 41	0% to 0.2%	0.7% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	7 to 101	< 0.1% to 0.4%	0.6% ±0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	1,589 ±283	6.2% ±1.1	6.0% ±0.2	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Churchill County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Nevada	United States
Born in the state	8,821 ±643	34.2% ±2.5	27.5% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	15,168 ±704	58.8% ±2.7	51.4% ±0.3	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	444 ±182	1.7% ±0.7	1.9% ±0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	1,372 ±321	5.3% ±1.2	19.1% ±0.2	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	993 ±314	3.8% ±1.2	10.2% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	144 to 614	0.6% to 2.4%	8.9% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Churchill County among the counties of Nevada

8th of 17 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Nevada page.

Counties of Nevada near Churchill County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Lyon County	65,088	+9.5%
Carson City	58,571	−0.2%
Nye County	57,336	+10.3%
Elko County	54,815	+2.1%
Douglas County	50,111	+1.2%
Churchill County	25,851	+1.1%
Humboldt County	17,267	> −0.1%
White Pine County	8,661	−4.5%
Pershing County	6,421	−3.2%
Lander County	5,872	+2.6%
Mineral County	4,407	−3.2%

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Rankings this appears in

No. 3 Counties in Nevada by median household income
No. 4 Counties in Nevada by median rent
No. 4 Counties in Nevada by per capita income
No. 5 Counties in Nevada by homeownership rate
No. 6 Counties in Nevada by poverty rate
No. 7 Counties in Nevada by foreign-born share

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026