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Reno, NV Metro Area

The Reno, NV metro area is made up of 3 counties in Nevada: Washoe, Lyon, and Storey, largest first. About 578,734 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 5.3% more than in April 2020.

Lyon County, outlyingStorey County, outlyingWashoe County, centralReno
Central Outlying 3 counties in Nevada
Population, July 2025
578,734 5.3% more than in April 2020
Type
Metropolitan statistical area
Counties
3: 1 central, 2 outlying
Land area
8,583 sq mi (22,229 km²)
Time zone
Pacific TimeUTC-08:00 in January; UTC-07:00 in July
State
Nevada
Combined statistical area
Reno-Carson City-Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA
CBSA code
39900
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Counties in the Reno, NV metro area, largest first

CountyRolePopulation, July 2025Share of the area
Washoe CountyCentral509,38688.0%
Lyon CountyOutlying65,08811.2%
Storey CountyOutlying4,2600.7%

A central county holds the area’s core, an urban area of at least 50,000 people. An outlying county is in the area because of commuting: at least a quarter of its workers have jobs in the central county, or at least a quarter of the people working there live in them. A county belongs to one metro or micro area at most, and it counts whole, countryside included.

Principal city

  1. Reno273,212 people

OMB names the area after its largest principal cities. A principal city is the area’s largest city, plus any other city that is very large or a big job center, and smaller ones with at least as many jobs as working residents (2020 Census and commuting figures). People counts are American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates.

Part of the Reno-Carson City-Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA combined statistical area

OMB joins neighboring metro and micro areas into a combined statistical area when enough people commute between them. The other 3 areas in this one, largest first:

  1. Carson City, NV Metro Area58,571 people
  2. Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA Micro Area51,154 people
  3. Fallon, NV Micro Area25,851 people

Bordering metro and micro areas, nearest first

Areas with a county on this area’s edge. Distances are straight lines between the areas’ largest cities.

  1. Truckee-Grass Valley, CA Micro Area23 mi southwest
  2. Carson City, NV Metro Area28 mi south
  3. Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA Micro Area45 mi south
  4. Fallon, NV Micro Area57 mi east
  5. Susanville, CA Micro Area74 mi northwest
  6. Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area110 mi southwest
  7. Winnemucca, NV Micro Area149 mi northeast

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A metro or micro area is a statistical area that OMB draws for federal statistics. It is not a city, a local government or a mailing address, and it is not a measure of urban and rural: whole counties count, rural parts included. Programs that use metro areas, such as housing income limits or wage rates, can use their own version of these lists; check the program’s own list for an address.

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