Is Reno growing?

How much Reno, NV has grown or shrunk since 2015, how that compares with the county, the state and the United States, and how the community's age is changing.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

This story was assembled using AI and public data sources.

Reno looks different than it did in 2015.

Population change since 2015: +14.9% — 234,161 residents in 2015 → 268,959 in 2023

Reno population, 2015 to 2023

• 2015: 234161
• 2023: 268959

Growth since 2015

• Reno: 14.9
• Washoe County: 13
• NV: 12.2
• U.S.: 5

Median age: 37.3 — U.S. median: 38.7

What it means

Reno is growing faster than the country as a whole — +14.9% here versus +5.0% nationally since 2015.

These are estimates, not a head count. ACS 5-year figures average responses collected over five years, so they show direction and scale rather than a single day's population.