Demographics of Mineral County, Nevada

Mineral County, Nevada had 4,407 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −147 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.

Mineral County, in four figures

4,407
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; −3.2%
Change since July 2020: −147 people.; 44.3 ±8.2
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $54,855 ±$7,897
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.

Mineral County, Nevada's population shrank 3.2% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Mineral 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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The figures

Mineral County, Nevada's population shrank 3.2% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Mineral 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	4,554	100.0	100.0
2021	4,622	101.5	100.2
2022	4,542	99.7	100.7
2023	4,520	99.3	101.6
2024	4,481	98.4	102.5
2025	4,407	96.8	103.1

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Population of Mineral 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	4,554	+2	−13	0	+17
2021	4,622	+68	−56	+1	+129
2022	4,542	−80	−50	−1	−30
2023	4,520	−22	−64	−1	+46
2024	4,481	−39	−66	0	+26
2025	4,407	−74	−66	0	−7

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 44.3 ±8.2: for men 44.4 ±7.8 and for women 42.0 ±13.2. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Mineral County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Nevada	United States
Under 5	330 ±131	7.3% ±2.9	5.5% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	611 ±160	13.5% ±3.5	16.3% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	235 ±108	5.2% ±2.4	8.0% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	1,168 ±248	25.7% ±5.5	28.2% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	1,012 ±249	22.3% ±5.5	25.0% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	1,186 ±261	26.1% ±5.7	17.0% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $54,855 ±$7,897, and income per person $30,770 ±$4,647, 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 Mineral County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Nevada	United States
Under $25,000	282 ±109	15.4% ±5.7	13.9% ±0.3	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	474 ±171	25.9% ±8.8	17.7% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	425 ±137	23.2% ±6.9	16.5% ±0.3	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	100 to 316	5.6% to 17.1%	13.5% ±0.3	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	342 ±146	18.7% ±7.6	18.2% ±0.3	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	22 to 116	1.2% to 6.3%	9.3% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	5 to 55	0.3% to 3.0%	10.9% ±0.2	13.4% ±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%.

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 Mineral County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Nevada	United States
All ages	814 ±300	18.5% ±6.8	12.4% ±0.3	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	127 to 389	29.2% ±12.7	16.3% ±0.5	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	383 ±178	18.4% ±8.0	11.4% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	83 to 263	12.0% ±5.7	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 Mineral County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Mineral County	Nevada	United States
Housing units	2,281 ±241	1,326,471 ±610	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	80.2% ±5.2	90.7% ±0.3	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	19.8% ±5.5	9.3% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	72.5% ±7.3	60.0% ±0.4	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	27.5% ±9.2	40.0% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$156,200 ±$45,032	$435,400 ±$1,611	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$905 ±$165	$1,597 ±$11	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1971 ±4	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 Mineral County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Nevada	United States
Hispanic or Latino	789 ±257	17.4% ±5.7	29.6% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	2,593 ±315	57.1% ±6.9	44.8% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	61 to 227	1.3% to 5.0%	9.0% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	0 to 12	0% to 0.3%	8.8% ±0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	714 ±188	15.7% ±4.1	0.6% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 14	0% to 0.3%	0.7% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 10	0% to 0.2%	0.6% ±0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	145 to 447	3.2% to 9.8%	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 Mineral County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Nevada	United States
Born in the state	2,358 ±306	51.9% ±6.7	27.5% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	2,067 ±309	45.5% ±6.8	51.4% ±0.3	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	0 to 31	0% to 0.7%	1.9% ±0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	3 to 203	0.1% to 4.5%	19.1% ±0.2	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	0 to 185	0% to 4.1%	10.2% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	0 to 35	0% to 0.8%	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%.

Mineral County among the counties of Nevada

13th of 17 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Nevada page.

Counties of Nevada near Mineral County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
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%
Lincoln County	4,320	−2.6%
Storey County	4,260	+3.7%
Eureka County	1,867	+0.8%
Esmeralda County	729	−0.8%

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Rankings this appears in

No. 13 Counties by population in Nevada
No. 16 Counties by population growth in Nevada

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