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Rural poverty in Nevada

0 persistent-poverty counties

Nevada has 12 nonmetro counties and no counties flagged by USDA ERS for persistent poverty. The state's all-ages poverty rate is 12.6% and child poverty is 16.8%.

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Persistent-poverty counties

12

Nonmetro counties (RUCC 4–9)

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Residents in PPCs

17

Total counties

Nevada by county

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Nevada at a glance

Poverty rate

12.6%

All ages, ACS S1701

Child poverty

16.8%

Under 18

PPC share

0.0%

Of counties in state

Nonmetro share

70.6%

RUCC 4–9

Pantries / 100K

1.46

PantryPath verified

Risk score (mean)

0.22

Composite 0–1

"Pantries / 100K" divides Nevada's 46 verified PantryPath pantries by the state population — a minimum-density indicator, not a saturated census. See methodology.

County-level hotspots

Top five counties across 17 in Nevada.

Highest rural hunger risk

Composite 0–1 score

  1. 1 Eureka 0.39
  2. 2 Esmeralda 0.38
  3. 3 Lander 0.35
  4. 4 Mineral 0.33
  5. 5 White Pine 0.33

Highest poverty rate

ACS all-ages

  1. 1 Eureka 22.1%
  2. 2 Esmeralda 19.4%
  3. 3 Mineral 18.0%
  4. 4 Nye 15.5%
  5. 5 Clark 13.2%

Persistent-poverty counties

PPCs ranked by current poverty

Nevada has no persistent-poverty counties in the 2025 ERS typology.

Every county in Nevada

All 17 counties with RUCC, typology flags, and ACS poverty data.

County RUCC PPC Flags Poverty Child poverty Population Risk
Carson 3 — Housing 11.1% 14.9% 58,364 0.12
Churchill 6 — — 9.1% 8.2% 25,614 0.22
Clark 1 — Housing 13.2% 18.1% 2,293,764 0.05
Douglas 4 — Housing, Retire. 8.3% 12.6% 49,624 0.15
Elko 5 — — 11.0% 14.5% 53,852 0.19
Esmeralda 9 — Pop. loss 19.4% 6.8% 962 0.38
Eureka 9 — — 22.1% 45.1% 1,660 0.39
Humboldt 7 — — 12.2% 16.0% 17,299 0.27
Lander 9 — Pop. loss 11.4% 14.0% 5,745 0.35
Lincoln 8 — Low emp. 6.6% 6.7% 4,452 0.29
Lyon 2 — Housing, Retire. 11.0% 11.6% 60,630 0.08
Mineral 8 — Pop. loss 18.0% 24.8% 4,557 0.33
Nye 4 — Retire. 15.5% 19.7% 53,207 0.17
Pershing 8 — Low emp., Low ed. 8.1% 5.8% 6,505 0.29
Storey 2 — — 7.1% 4.9% 4,139 0.07
Washoe 2 — Housing 10.7% 12.2% 491,770 0.08
White Pine 9 — Low emp. 8.4% 5.7% 8,856 0.33

Find a food pantry in Nevada

Search Nevada's 46 verified pantries, food banks, and meal programs — filtered by city, open-now status, and service type.

Nevada pantry directory

Nevada SNAP

Income limits, application steps, and EBT card details for residents of persistent-poverty counties and beyond.

Nevada SNAP guide

Emergency food help

National hotlines, 211 referrals, and same-day food options — critical in rural counties where the nearest pantry may be 30+ miles away.

Emergency food

Food deserts atlas

Rural poverty and low food access often overlap. Compare persistent-poverty counties to USDA's low-income / low-access food desert designations.

Nevada food deserts

Methodology

How we combined USDA ERS typology codes, the Rural-Urban Continuum, ACS poverty data, and PantryPath's own pantry directory — plus the risk-score formula.

Full methodology