Nevada County Distress Index
Financial distress scores for all 17 counties in Nevada, scored 0–100 across five domains. A county's score is the share of U.S. counties it is more distressed than; the average Nevada county scores 56.4. 4 counties score high, very high, or extreme.
Data: U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Urban Institute, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts | Scores as of Aug 2026
Nevada Snapshot
Nevada County Map
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All 17 Nevada counties colored by county distress score range. Hover for details; click released counties for full reports.
Most & Least Distressed
Most Distressed
Least Distressed
Score Distribution
How Nevada's 17 county scores are distributed across the 0–100 scale.
All Nevada Counties
17 counties ranked by distress score. Click column headers to sort.
| State Rank | Nat'l Rank | County | Score | Score Label | Primary Driver |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | — | Nye County | 90 | extreme county distress | Labor |
| 2 | — | Clark County | 88 | very high county distress | Debt Burden (housing basis) |
| 3 | — | Esmeralda County | 84 | very high county distress | Labor |
| 4 | — | Mineral County | 71 | high county distress | Safety Net & Buffer |
| 5 | — | Storey County | 65 | moderate-high county distress | Debt Burden (housing basis) |
| 6 | — | Lyon County | 63 | moderate-high county distress | Default & Legal |
| 7 | — | Eureka County | 61 | moderate-high county distress | Labor |
| 8 | — | Washoe County | 53 | moderate county distress | Debt Burden (housing basis) |
| 9 | — | Churchill County | 52 | moderate county distress | Labor |
| 10 | — | Lander County | 52 | moderate county distress | Labor |
| 11 | — | Carson City | 51 | moderate county distress | Debt Burden (housing basis) |
| 12 | — | White Pine County | 48 | moderate-low county distress | Delinquency |
| 13 | — | Lincoln County | 48 | moderate-low county distress | Labor |
| 14 | — | Pershing County | 44 | moderate-low county distress | Delinquency |
| 15 | — | Humboldt County | 30 | low-moderate county distress | Default & Legal |
| 16 | — | Elko County | 28 | low county distress | Delinquency |
| 17 | — | Douglas County | 22 | low county distress | Debt Burden (housing basis) |
How County Scores Work
Each county is scored 0–100 using five equal-weighted domains. Each domain averages its member indicators' county ranks, the domains are averaged, and that average is ranked against every U.S. county. So a county's score is the share of U.S. counties it is more distressed than. National ranks are shown only for the 100 most and 100 least distressed counties, because ranks in between move between updates. Counties with identical composite scores share a rank, marked T- for tied.