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Reno, Nevada

Rennox
(Lander County)

Reno-Stead
(Washoe County)

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The 2000 Census showed that Reno had a population of 180,480 people ^<1>. This represents 8.94% of the total population of Nevada, making it the state's 2nd most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Year	Population	Change Since 2000	Year-to-Year Change
2008	217,016	+20.24%	+1.33% since 2007
2007	214,162	+18.66%	+1.66% since 2006
2006	210,663	+16.72%	+2.34% since 2005
2005	205,844	+14.05%	+2.79% since 2004
2004	200,260	+10.96%	+2.12% since 2003
2003	196,105	+8.66%	+1.83% since 2002
2002	192,585	+6.71%	+1.76% since 2001
2001	189,256	+4.86%	+4.86% since 2000
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2000	180,480	The Last Census

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance ^<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
1	Las Vegas	SE	339 mi [545 km]	558,383	16.71% increase
-2-	Reno			217,016	20.24% increase
3	Henderson	SE	358 mi [576 km]	252,064	43.72% increase
4	North Las Vegas	SE	342 mi [550 km]	217,253	88.12% increase
5	Sparks	E	7 mi [11.27 km]	88,602	33.55% increase
6	Carson City	S	27 mi [43.45 km]	54,867	4.59% increase
7	Elko	NE	232 mi [373.4 km]	17,156	2.68% increase

Reno had 79,453 Housing Units ^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Reno has an area ^<4> of 69.1 square miles [179 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Reno had a 2000 population density of 2,611 people per square mile [1,008 people/km²], making it the state's 3rd most densely populated area.

Washoe County

The city of Reno is located in Washoe County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 341,385 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 180,480 people, Reno contained 52.9% of the Washoe County total.

In addition, where the community of Reno has a population density of 2,611 people per square mile [1,008 people/km²], Washoe County averages 53.8 people per square mile [20.78 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Washoe County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Reno and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Reno. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

Radius	No of Communities	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
5 mi [8 km]	1	217,016	20.24% increase
20 mi [32 km]	2	305,618	23.82% increase
25 mi [40 km]	3	306,395	23.7% increase
30 mi [48 km]	4	361,262	20.36% increase

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Reno. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Reno, it also contains a comparison between Reno and the state of Nevada.

Click here for the Reno QuickFact (QF-3260600).

A Census Quickfact is available for Washoe County (QF-32031).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Washoe County.

County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
Carson City	QF-32510	S	54,867	4.42% increase
Churchill	QF-32001	E	24,896	3.7% increase
Humboldt	QF-32013	NE	17,763	11.72% increase
Lyon	QF-32019	SE	53,022	52.18% increase
Pershing	QF-32027	NE	6,291	5.44% decrease
Storey	QF-32029	S	4,341	27.94% increase
Lassen (CA)	QF-06035	NW	34,574	2.45% increase
Modoc (CA)	QF-06049	NW	9,184	2.46% decrease
Nevada (CA)	QF-06057	SW	97,118	4.99% increase
Placer (CA)	QF-06061	SW	341,945	36.09% increase
Sierra (CA)	QF-06091	W	3,263	8.57% decrease
Harney (OR)	QF-41025	N	6,747	11.56% decrease
Lake (OR)	QF-41037	N	7,239	2.31% decrease

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Reno:

	State Code:	32 (Nevada)
	County Code:	031 (Washoe County)
	Place Code:	60600 (Reno)

	State & County Code:	32031 (Nevada/Washoe County)

	State & Place Code:	3260600 (Nevada/Reno)

Reno is located in Census Region #4 (the West Region) and in Division #8 (the Mountain Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Reno.

The Commemorative
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Search for Local Businesses

People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Reno. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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Footnotes

<1>	Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. - Return to Citation
<2>	Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Reno and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance. - Return to Citation
<3>	A Housing Unit is a broad term for those places where people live, whether occupied or temporarily vacant, such as a house, an apartment, a mobile home, or an area that is considered as a separate living quarter. Separate living quarters (consisting of one or more rooms) are considered to be those places where people live, sleep and eat separately from others and that have access to the outside (either directly or by a shared hallway). - Return to Citation
<4>	The area value has been supplied by the US Census Bureau and it can be different than the geographic boundaries of Reno. The value given by the Census Bureau reflects their statistical (or sampling) requirements. For example, if there is a cluster of people living just outside of the community's official boundary, the Census-defined area might be expanded to include that group of people. - Return to Citation
<5>	The communities in our count are those provided by the 2000 Census, so keep in mind that our population rings will only include the people living in those communities. Smaller communities usually don't participate directly in the Census and therefore they won't be included. While our count is a close approximation, it shouldn't be considered as a complete or accurate count. - Return to Citation
<6>	All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation

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