Editing Nevada (section)

===Counties===
{{Further|List of counties in Nevada}}
[[File:The Strip from Eiffel Tower (9176999807).jpg|thumb|The [[Las Vegas Strip]] looking South]]
[[File:Nevada State Museum.jpg|thumb|[[Carson City Mint]] in [[Carson City, Nevada|Carson City]]. Carson City is an [[Independent city (United States)|independent city]] and the capital of Nevada.]]

Nevada is divided into political jurisdictions designated as ''[[County (United States)|counties]]''. Carson City is officially a consolidated municipality, meaning it legally functions as both a city and a county. As of 1919, there were 17 counties in the state, ranging from {{convert|146|to|18159|sqmi}}.

[[Lake County, Nevada|Lake County]], one of the original nine counties formed in 1861, was renamed [[Roop County, Nevada|Roop County]] in 1862. Part of the county became [[Lassen County, California]], in 1864, resolving border uncertainty. In 1883, Washoe County annexed the portion that remained in Nevada.<ref name="library">{{cite web|url=http://dmla.clan.lib.nv.us/docs/nsla/archives/political/historical/hist19.htm |title=Political History of Nevada |access-date=August 17, 2007 |website=Nevada State Library and Archives. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927213541/http://dmla.clan.lib.nv.us/docs/nsla/archives/political/historical/hist19.htm |archive-date=September 27, 2007 }}</ref>

In 1969, Ormsby County was dissolved and the [[Consolidated Municipality of Carson City]] was created by the Legislature in its place coterminous with the old boundaries of Ormsby County.

[[Bullfrog County, Nevada|Bullfrog County]] was formed in 1987 from part of Nye County. After the creation was declared unconstitutional, the county was abolished in 1989.<ref name="library" />

Humboldt County was designated as a county in 1856 by [[Utah Territorial Legislature]] and again in 1861 by the new Nevada Legislature.

Clark County is the most populous county in Nevada, accounting for nearly three-quarters of its residents. Las Vegas, Nevada's most populous city, has been the [[county seat]] since the county was created in 1909 from a portion of [[Lincoln County, Nevada]]. Before that, it was a part of Arizona Territory. Clark County attracts numerous tourists: An estimated 44{{spaces}}million people visited Clark County in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.clarkcountynv.gov/visitors/Pages/default.aspx |title=Visitors |publisher=Clarkcountynv.gov |access-date=July 27, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140717004427/http://www.clarkcountynv.gov/visitors/Pages/default.aspx |archive-date=July 17, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Washoe County is the second-most populous county of Nevada. Its county seat is [[Reno, Nevada|Reno]]. Washoe County includes the [[Reno–Sparks metropolitan area]].

Lyon County is the third most populous county. It was one of the nine original counties created in 1861. It was named after [[Nathaniel Lyon]], the first Union General to be killed in the [[American Civil War|Civil War]]. Its current county seat is [[Yerington, Nevada|Yerington]]. Its first county seat was established at [[Dayton, Nevada|Dayton]] on November 29, 1861.<ref name="1stSession">{{cite book |author=<!--Legislative Assembly, Territory of Nevada.--> |title=Laws of the Territory of Nevada passed at the first regular session of the Legislative Assembly |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oq0wAQAAMAAJ |location=San Francisco, CA |publisher=Valentine & Co. |pages=289–291 |date=1862 |access-date=May 14, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707140535/http://books.google.com/books?id=oq0wAQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover |archive-date=July 7, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable collapsible sortable" style="margin:lem; margin-top:0;"
|+ Nevada counties
|-
!rowspan=2 |County name
!rowspan=2 |County seat
!rowspan=2 |Year founded
!rowspan=2 |2022 population<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/NV/PST045221 |title=Nevada's Census Population By County 2020 and 2022 |access-date=July 2, 2023 |archive-date=April 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220422021034/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/NV/PST045221 |url-status=live }}</ref>
!rowspan=2 |Percent of total
!colspan=2 |Area
!rowspan=2 |Percent of total
!colspan=2 |Population density
|-
!sq&nbsp;mi
!{{nowrap|km<sup>2</sup>}}
!per sq&nbsp;mi
!per {{nowrap|km<sup>2</sup>}}
|-
|[[Carson City, Nevada|Carson City]]||[[Carson City, Nevada|Carson City]]||1861|| style="text-align:right;" |58,130|| style="text-align:right;" |1.83 % || {{convert|157|sqmi|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}} || style="text-align:right;" |0.14 % || {{convert|370.25|/sqmi|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}} 
|-
|[[Churchill County, Nevada|Churchill]]||[[Fallon, Nevada|Fallon]]||1861|| style="text-align:right;" |25,843|| style="text-align:right;" |0.81 % || {{convert|5,024|sqmi|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}} || style="text-align:right;" |4.54 % || {{convert|5.14|/sqmi|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}} 
|-
|[[Clark County, Nevada|Clark]]||[[Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas]]||1908|| style="text-align:right;" |2,322,985|| style="text-align:right;" |73.10 % || {{convert|8,061|sqmi|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}} || style="text-align:right;" |7.29 % || {{convert|288.18|/sqmi|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}} 
|-
|[[Douglas County, Nevada|Douglas]]||[[Minden, Nevada|Minden]]||1861|| style="text-align:right;" |49,628|| style="text-align:right;" |1.56 % || {{convert|738|sqmi|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}} || style="text-align:right;" |0.67 % || {{convert|67.25|/sqmi|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}} 
|-
|[[Elko County, Nevada|Elko]]||[[Elko, Nevada|Elko]]||1869|| style="text-align:right;" |54,046|| style="text-align:right;" |1.70 % || {{convert|17,203|sqmi|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}} || style="text-align:right;" |15.56 % || {{convert|3.14|/sqmi|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}} 
|-
|[[Esmeralda County, Nevada|Esmeralda]]||[[Goldfield, Nevada|Goldfield]]||1861|| style="text-align:right;" |744|| style="text-align:right;" |0.02 % || {{convert|3,589|sqmi|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}} || style="text-align:right;" |3.25 % || {{convert|0.21|/sqmi|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}} 
|-
|[[Eureka County, Nevada|Eureka]]||[[Eureka, Nevada|Eureka]]||1869|| style="text-align:right;" |1,863|| style="text-align:right;" |0.06 % || {{convert|4,180|sqmi|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}} || style="text-align:right;" |3.78 % || {{convert|0.45|/sqmi|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}} 
|-
|[[Humboldt County, Nevada|Humboldt]]||[[Winnemucca, Nevada|Winnemucca]]||1856/1861|| style="text-align:right;" |17,272|| style="text-align:right;" |0.54 % || {{convert|9,658|sqmi|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}} || style="text-align:right;" |8.73 % || {{convert|1.79|/sqmi|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}} 
|-
|[[Lander County, Nevada|Lander]]||[[Battle Mountain, Nevada|Battle Mountain]]||1861|| style="text-align:right;" |5,766|| style="text-align:right;" |0.18 % || {{convert|5,519|sqmi|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}} || style="text-align:right;" |4.99 % || {{convert|1.04|/sqmi|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}} 
|-
|[[Lincoln County, Nevada|Lincoln]]||[[Pioche, Nevada|Pioche]]||1867|| style="text-align:right;" |4,482|| style="text-align:right;" |0.14 % || {{convert|10,637|sqmi|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}} || style="text-align:right;" |9.62 % || {{convert|0.42|/sqmi|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}} 
|-
|[[Lyon County, Nevada|Lyon]]||[[Yerington, Nevada|Yerington]]||1861|| style="text-align:right;" |61,585|| style="text-align:right;" |1.94 % || {{convert|2,024|sqmi|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}} || style="text-align:right;" |1.83 % || {{convert|30.43|/sqmi|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}} 
|-
|[[Mineral County, Nevada|Mineral]]||[[Hawthorne, Nevada|Hawthorne]]||1911|| style="text-align:right;" |4,525|| style="text-align:right;" |0.14 % || {{convert|3,813|sqmi|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}} || style="text-align:right;" |3.45 % || {{convert|1.19|/sqmi|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}} 
|-
|[[Nye County, Nevada|Nye]]||[[Tonopah, Nevada|Tonopah]]||1864|| style="text-align:right;" |54,738|| style="text-align:right;" |1.72 % || {{convert|18,199|sqmi|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}} || style="text-align:right;" |16.46 % || {{convert|3.01|/sqmi|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}} 
|-
|[[Pershing County, Nevada|Pershing]]||[[Lovelock, Nevada|Lovelock]]||1919|| style="text-align:right;" |6,462|| style="text-align:right;" |0.20 % || {{convert|6,067|sqmi|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}} || style="text-align:right;" |5.49 % || {{convert|1.07|/sqmi|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}} 
|-
|[[Storey County, Nevada|Storey]]||[[Virginia City, Nevada|Virginia City]]||1861|| style="text-align:right;" |4,170|| style="text-align:right;" |0.13 % || {{convert|264|sqmi|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}} || style="text-align:right;" |0.24 % || {{convert|15.80|/sqmi|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}} 
|-
|[[Washoe County, Nevada|Washoe]]||[[Reno, Nevada|Reno]]||1861|| style="text-align:right;" |496,745|| style="text-align:right;" |15.63 % || {{convert|6,542|sqmi|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}} || style="text-align:right;" |5.92 % || {{convert|75.93|/sqmi|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}} 
|-
|[[White Pine County, Nevada|White Pine]]||[[Ely, Nevada|Ely]]||1869|| style="text-align:right;" |8,788|| style="text-align:right;" |0.28 % || {{convert|8,897|sqmi|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}} || style="text-align:right;" |8.05 % || {{convert|0.99|/sqmi|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}} 
|-
|Totals||Counties: 17|| || style="text-align:right;" |3,177,772|| || {{convert|110,572|sqmi|km2|disp=table|sortable=on}} || || {{convert|28.74|/sqmi|/km2|disp=table|sortable=on}} 
|}