# Counties in Nevada by poverty rate (US five-year survey estimate), 2024

All 17 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `poverty_rate_acs`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People with income in the past 12 months below the official US poverty thresholds, as a percentage of people whose poverty status is determined. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B17001: population with income in the past 12 months below the poverty level as a percentage of the population for whom poverty status is determined, calculated with stored inputs (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b17001.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B17001: population with income in the past 12 months below the poverty level as a percentage of the population for whom poverty status is determined, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b17001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/poverty-rate-acs/nevada-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Eureka County | 24.9 |
| 2 | Mineral County | 18.5 |
| 3 | Nye County | 14.1 |
| 4 | Clark County | 13 |
| 5 | Esmeralda County | 12.4 |
| 6 | Pershing County | 11.8 |
| 7 | Lyon County | 11.7 |
| 8 | Lander County | 10.7 |
| 9 | Washoe County | 10.7 |
| 10 | Humboldt County | 10.6 |
| 11 | Carson City | 10.3 |
| 12 | Elko County | 9.8 |
| 13 | Douglas County | 9 |
| 14 | White Pine County | 8.2 |
| 15 | Churchill County | 8.1 |
| 16 | Storey County | 7.1 |
| 17 | Lincoln County | 5 |