How this list was compiled: Items made on 2026-09-26. Licence: public domain (work of the United States government, 17 U.S.C. 105): https://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/maps-data/data/tiger/tgrshp2023/TGRSHP2023_TechDoc_Ch1.pdf
The drawing: Drawn for this site from U.S. Census Bureau 2023 cartographic boundary file cb_2023_us_county_5m (scale 1:5,000,000), https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/GENZ2023/shp/cb_2023_us_county_5m.zip, downloaded 2026-09-19. Surrounding land from U.S. Census Bureau 2023 cartographic boundary file cb_2023_us_state_5m (scale 1:5,000,000), https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/GENZ2023/shp/cb_2023_us_state_5m.zip, downloaded 2026-09-19. Albers equal-area conic projection, central meridian 117.1°W, standard parallels 36.2°N and 40.8°N. Outlines simplified; small islands are left out. Licence: public domain (work of the United States government, 17 U.S.C. 105): https://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/maps-data/data/tiger/tgrshp2023/TGRSHP2023_TechDoc_Ch1.pdf
How it works
This blank map of Nevada shows all 17 counties and Carson City of Nevada, from Carson City to White Pine, with Carson City, the capital, in Carson City, an independent city; with Borders off it prints the plain outline.
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Blank, numbered or named
Blank prints the 17 shapes with nothing written; Numbered puts 1 on Carson City and 17 on White Pine, in alphabetical order; Named prints every name, and Print the answer key gives the list.
Nevada on the map
Carson City, the capital, is independent of any county. Nye County is the largest, and Clark County, around Las Vegas, has most of the people. Its neighbors, California, Oregon, Idaho, Utah and Arizona, are drawn around it without numbers.
Seventeen shapes make a quick sheet: add Las Vegas in Clark and Reno in Washoe.
Questions and answers
How many counties does Nevada have?
Seventeen, 16 counties and the independent city of Carson City, in the Census Bureau count, from Carson City to White Pine County in alphabetical order.
What county is Carson City in?
Carson City stands in Carson City, an independent city, which is number 1 on the numbered sheet. Have students find it first and write Carson City beside it.
Which county is Las Vegas in?
Clark County, in the far south, home to about three quarters of all Nevadans.
Which county of Nevada has the most people?
Clark County, around Las Vegas, has more people than any other county in Nevada, while the capital, Carson City, is in Carson City, an independent city.