Highest poverty rate in Nevada

Nevada counties and cities ranked by poverty rate.

This page ranks the counties and cities of Nevada by poverty rate — which have the highest poverty rate, according to the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

Among counties, Eureka County leads at 22.1%.

Among cities & places, McDermitt leads at 100.0%.

Counties

#	Name	Poverty rate
1	Eureka County	22.1%
2	Esmeralda County	19.4%
3	Mineral County	18.0%
4	Nye County	15.5%
5	Clark County	13.2%
6	Humboldt County	12.2%
7	Lander County	11.4%
8	Carson City	11.1%
9	Elko County	11.0%
10	Lyon County	11.0%
11	Washoe County	10.7%
12	Churchill County	9.1%
13	White Pine County	8.4%
14	Douglas County	8.3%
15	Pershing County	8.1%
16	Storey County	7.1%
17	Lincoln County	6.6%

Cities & places

Top 100.

#	Name	Poverty rate
1	McDermitt	100.0%
2	Gerlach	66.0%
3	Fort McDermitt	51.8%
4	Cal-Nev-Ari	47.8%
5	Rachel	47.4%
6	Nixon	47.3%
7	Montello	32.9%
8	Amargosa Valley	30.7%
9	Wells	30.2%
10	Searchlight	28.9%
11	Walker Lake	27.9%
12	Nelson	27.6%
13	Owyhee	26.7%
14	Topaz Lake	25.2%
15	Schurz	24.0%
16	Winchester	23.9%
17	Sutcliffe	23.5%
18	Kingston	21.8%
19	Laughlin	21.1%
20	Yerington	20.8%
21	Sunrise Manor	20.4%
22	Tonopah	19.7%
23	Lovelock	19.2%
24	Moapa Town	18.1%
25	Stateline	18.1%
26	Imlay	17.4%
27	Wadsworth	16.9%
28	Paradise	16.8%
29	Whitney	16.2%
30	West Wendover	16.2%
31	Silver Springs	16.2%
32	Humboldt River Ranch	15.4%
33	Sun Valley	15.4%
34	Hawthorne	15.0%
35	Pahrump	14.9%
36	Las Vegas	14.2%
37	Mina	13.8%
38	Stagecoach	13.3%
39	Fallon	13.0%
40	Spring Valley	12.9%
41	Reno	12.5%
42	Elko	12.3%
43	Gardnerville	12.2%
44	North Las Vegas	12.2%
45	Winnemucca	11.8%
46	Goldfield	11.6%
47	Fernley	11.3%
48	Smith Valley	11.2%
49	Round Hill Village	11.2%
50	Pioche	11.1%
51	Carson City	11.1%
52	Topaz Ranch Estates	10.9%
53	Ruth	10.9%
54	Boulder City	10.9%
55	Spring Creek	10.8%
56	Minden	10.7%
57	Mesquite	10.5%
58	Battle Mountain	10.5%
59	Ely	10.0%
60	Caliente	9.9%
61	Crescent Valley	9.7%
62	Gardnerville Ranchos	9.5%
63	Enterprise	9.4%
64	Golden Valley	9.4%
65	Blue Diamond	9.3%
66	Sparks	9.0%
67	Indian Hills	8.7%
68	Ruhenstroth	8.7%
69	Henderson	8.4%
70	Beatty	7.8%
71	Indian Springs	7.5%
72	Moapa Valley	7.0%
73	Incline Village	6.7%
74	Carter Springs	6.6%
75	Virginia City	6.3%
76	Carlin	6.1%
77	Summerlin South	5.9%
78	Lemmon Valley	5.8%
79	Nellis AFB	5.8%
80	Panaca	5.7%
81	Lakeridge	5.6%
82	Sandy Valley	5.4%
83	Cold Springs	5.0%
84	Paradise Valley	4.8%
85	Dayton	4.7%
86	Jackpot	4.7%
87	East Valley	4.4%
88	Mogul	4.2%
89	Fish Springs	4.2%
90	Silver Peak	4.0%
91	Genoa	3.7%
92	Washoe Valley	3.6%
93	Johnson Lane	3.5%
94	Spanish Springs	3.4%
95	Verdi	3.2%
96	Mount Charleston	3.1%
97	Fallon Station	2.3%
98	Osino	2.0%
99	Double Spring	1.6%
100	Kingsbury	1.1%

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