Nevada counties quiz

The 17 counties in the quiz

They’re the 17 counties of Nevada, as counted by the US Census Bureau. The state capital, Carson City, is in Carson City County.

How to play

In Point mode we name a county and you tap it on the map; in Type mode one lights up and you type its name (accents don’t matter); and in Time trial you get 6 seconds per question. If you miss, we show you where it was, which way it lies and a hint drawn from the data: its size rank and its neighbors.

Each game has 10, 20 or all the questions, and at the end you can practice just the ones you missed. Your best score for each mode is saved in this browser only: neither we nor anyone else can see it, and there’s no sign-up.

The hardest ones

The smallest counties are the hardest, since they barely show on the map: Carson City (145 sq mi), Storey (264 sq mi), and Douglas (711 sq mi). Zoom in with the buttons or two fingers to tap them.

Tips to learn them

• Start with the three largest: Nye, Elko, and Lincoln cover 42% of the area of Nevada.
• The 8 counties bordering California trace that border on the map: Carson City, Clark, Douglas, Esmeralda, Lyon, Mineral, Nye, and Washoe.
• Nye has the most neighbors: it borders 8 counties. Once you place it, you have a landmark for many more.
• Clark is the most populous (2,407,226 people in 2025) and, together with Washoe and Lyon, is home to 91% of Nevada’s people.

Playing in class

If you teach in Nevada, start with your school’s county and its neighbors and add a few each day. Otherwise, it’s a good way to get to know the state before studying it.

With the Challenge your class link, everyone gets the same questions in the same order, with no accounts or passwords, and each student sees their own score, time and streak. To practice on paper, there’s a printable worksheet of the same map with an answer key.

List of all 17 counties

1. Carson City pop. 58,571
2. Churchill pop. 25,851
3. Clark pop. 2,407,226
4. Douglas pop. 50,111
5. Elko pop. 54,815
6. Esmeralda pop. 729
7. Eureka pop. 1,867
8. Humboldt pop. 17,267
9. Lander pop. 5,872
10. Lincoln pop. 4,320
11. Lyon pop. 65,088
12. Mineral pop. 4,407
13. Nye pop. 57,336
14. Pershing pop. 6,421
15. Storey pop. 4,260
16. Washoe pop. 509,386
17. White Pine pop. 8,661