Esmeralda County Repository Oversight Program

The Nevada State Demographer estimates the current population of Esmeralda County to be 1513 persons, with 38% living in Goldfield. In terms of socioeconomic characteristics, more than one-half of Esmeralda County’s 1997 total population of 1,460 persons resided in either Goldfield (1997 estimated population of 550 persons) or Silver Peak (1977 population estimated of 210 persons). These two communities accounted for over 52 percent of the county’s 1997 total population. Between 1990 and 1997, the county’s population growth averaged 1.1 percent per year. During the entire 1950 - 1997 time period, Esmeralda County’s population has averaged a rate of growth of 1.9 percent per years as compared to 5.2 percent for the entire state.