# Nevada statistical areas

The U.S. State of Nevada currently has ten statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated two combined statistical areas, three metropolitan statistical areas, and five micropolitan statistical areas in Nevada. As of 2023, the largest of these is the Las Vegas-Henderson, NV CSA, comprising the area around Nevada's largest city, Las Vegas.

## Background

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has designated more than 1,000 statistical areas for the United States and Puerto Rico. These statistical areas are important geographic delineations of population clusters used by the OMB, the United States Census Bureau, planning organizations, and federal, state, and local government entities.
The OMB defines a core-based statistical area (commonly referred to as a CBSA) as the county or counties (or county-equivalents) surrounding at least one densely-settled core of at least 10,000 population, "plus adjacent counties having a high degree of social and economic integration with the core as measured through commuting ties with the counties containing the core". The OMB further divides core-based statistical areas based on population into metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) for those with at least 50,000 and micropolitan statistical areas (μSAs) for those with 10,000 to 49,999 people.
The OMB defines a combined statistical area (CSA) as two or more adjacent core-based statistical areas where the employment interchange rate (% commuting from A to B plus % commuting from B to A) is at least 15%. The primary statistical areas (PSAs) include all combined statistical areas and any core-based statistical area that is not a constituent of a combined statistical area.

## Table

The ten United States statistical areas, 16 counties and one independent city of the State of Nevada :
| Combined statistical area | 2023 population (est.) | Core-based statistical area | 2023 population (est.) | County | 2023 population (est.) |
| Las Vegas–Henderson, NV CSA | 2,392,293 | Las Vegas–Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV MSA | 2,336,573 | Clark County, Nevada | 2,336,573 |
| Las Vegas–Henderson, NV CSA | 2,392,293 | Pahrump, NV μSA | 55,720 | Nye County, Nevada | 55,720 |
| Reno-Carson City-Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA CSA | 699,307 698,166 (NV) | Reno, NV MSA | 564,782 | Washoe County, Nevada | 498,022 |
| Reno-Carson City-Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA CSA | 699,307 698,166 (NV) | Reno, NV MSA | 564,782 | Lyon County, Nevada | 62,583 |
| Reno-Carson City-Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA CSA | 699,307 698,166 (NV) | Reno, NV MSA | 564,782 | Storey County, Nevada | 4,177 |
| Reno-Carson City-Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA CSA | 699,307 698,166 (NV) | Carson City, NV MSA | 58,036 | Carson City, Nevada | 58,036 |
| Reno-Carson City-Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA CSA | 699,307 698,166 (NV) | Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA μSA | 50,686 49,545 (NV) | Douglas County, Nevada | 49,545 |
| Reno-Carson City-Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA CSA | 699,307 698,166 (NV) | Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA μSA | 50,686 49,545 (NV) | Alpine County, California | 1,141 |
| Reno-Carson City-Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA CSA | 699,307 698,166 (NV) | Fallon, NV μSA | 25,803 | Churchill County, Nevada | 25,803 |
| none | none | Elko, NV μSA | 56,210 | Elko County, Nevada | 54,293 |
| none | none | Elko, NV μSA | 56,210 | Eureka County, Nevada | 1,917 |
| none | none | Winnemucca, NV μSA | 17,136 | Humboldt County, Nevada | 17,136 |
| none | none | none | none | White Pine County, Nevada | 8,522 |
| none | none | none | none | Pershing County, Nevada | 6,364 |
| none | none | none | none | Lander County, Nevada | 5,769 |
| none | none | none | none | Mineral County, Nevada | 4,528 |
| none | none | none | none | Lincoln County, Nevada | 4,452 |
| none | none | none | none | Esmeralda County, Nevada | 736 |
| State of Nevada | State of Nevada | State of Nevada | State of Nevada | State of Nevada | 3,194,176 |

## Core-based statistical areas

The following table provides the in-state population ranking of each CBSA along with its rate of population change over time.
The eight core-based statistical areas of the State of Nevada :
| 2023 rank | Core-based statistical area | Population | Population | Population | Population | Population |
| 2023 rank | Core-based statistical area | 2023 estimate | Change | 2020 Census | Change | 2010 Census |
| 1 | Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV MSA | 2,336,573 | +3.14% | 2,265,461 | +16.10% | 1,951,269 |
| 2 | Reno, NV MSA | 564,782 | +2.72% | 549,831 | +15.17% | 477,397 |
| 3 | Carson City, NV MSA | 58,036 | −1.03% | 58,639 | +6.09% | 55,274 |
| 4 | Elko, NV μSA | 56,210 | +1.18% | 55,557 | +9.35% | 50,805 |
| 5 | Pahrump, NV μSA | 55,720 | +8.00% | 51,591 | +17.40% | 43,946 |
| 6 | Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA μSA | 49,545 | +0.12% | 49,488 | +5.30% | 46,997 |
| 7 | Fallon, NV μSA | 25,803 | +1.12% | 25,516 | +2.57% | 24,877 |
| 8 | Winnemucca, NV μSA | 17,136 | −0.86% | 17,285 | +4.58% | 16,528 |
| | Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA μSA | 50,686 | −0.01% | 50,692 | +5.23% | 48,172 |

## Combined statistical areas

The following table provides the in-state population ranking of each CSA along with its rate of population change over time.
The two combined statistical areas of the State of Nevada :
| 2023 rank | Combined statistical area | Population | Population | Population | Population | Population |
| 2023 rank | Combined statistical area | 2023 estimate | Change | 2020 Census | Change | 2010 Census |
| 1 | Las Vegas-Henderson, NV CSA | 2,392,293 | +3.25% | 2,317,052 | +16.13% | 1,995,215 |
| 2 | Reno-Carson City-Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA CSA (NV) | 698,166 | +2.15% | 683,474 | +13.06% | 604,545 |
| | Reno-Carson City-Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA CSA | 699,307 | +2.14% | 684,678 | +13.04% | 605,720 |