Elko County saw the seventh highest number of inmates incarcerated among Nevada counties in the first quarter of 2024, according to the Nevada Department of Corrections.
There were 152 inmates incarcerated in the first quarter of 2024, a 0.7% increase over the quarter before.
Clark County saw the most inmates incarcerated in the first quarter of 2024 in all of Nevada.
Every year, at least 38,000 people are booked into Nevada’s local jails.
Nevada has an incarceration rate of 713 per 100,000 people, which means it incarcerates a higher percentage of its population than any other democracy in the world, according to 2020 U.S. Census data obtained by the Prison Policy Initiative.
Nevada Counties With Highest Number of Inmates incarcerated in Q1
| Rank | County | # of inmates incarcerated |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clark County | 5,579 |
| 2 | Washoe County | 1,598 |
| 3 | Carson City | 200 |
| 4 | Nye County | 178 |
| 5 | Douglas County | 160 |
| 6 | Lyon County | 155 |
| 7 | Elko County | 152 |
| 8 | Churchill County | 124 |
| 9 | White Pine County | 76 |
| 10 | Humboldt County | 49 |
| 11 | Mineral County | 31 |
| 12 | Lincoln County | 30 |
| 13 | Pershing County | 18 |
| 14 | Lander County | 8 |
| 15 | Storey County | 7 |
| 16 | Eureka County | 3 |
| 17 | Esmeralda County | 2 |
