Nevada abortions and live births by county of residence, 1991-2024

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 21 March 2026

Reported abortions by county of residence, 1991-2024

Note: Since 2005 Nevada only reports limited county-level abortion data; figures not identified by county are included as "Nevada unspecified".

county 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 county

Carson City 249 218 190 192 245 265 228 236 191 195 196 237 199 192 ? ? 173 174 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 138 Carson City

Churchill 65 69 81 64 76 75 92 89 71 63 85 73 61 61 ? ? 56 55 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Churchill

Clark 4,074 4,635 3,758 3,675 3,535 3,457 3,558 3,973 5,155 6,045 6,907 6,944 6,465 6,861 7,820 8,457 7,513 8,025 7,023 5,402 4,958 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 6,885 ? ? ? 10,687 11,317 Clark

Douglas 150 136 127 123 136 113 110 82 118 72 81 81 90 69 ? ? 67 72 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Douglas

Elko 58 41 43 48 49 68 99 83 64 50 57 51 37 37 ? ? 55 49 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Elko

Esmeralda 1 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 ? ? 0 0 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Esmeralda

Eureka 5 0 4 2 3 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 ? ? 0 0 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Eureka

Humboldt 59 64 40 51 60 51 60 60 37 40 48 29 26 38 ? ? 22 28 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Humboldt

Lander 19 17 18 15 22 29 17 17 19 9 6 7 5 10 ? ? 6 19 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Lander

Lincoln 6 9 3 2 4 2 5 7 3 3 6 4 3 6 ? ? 0 0 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Lincoln

Lyon 76 85 71 64 121 95 76 110 77 89 80 76 88 104 ? ? 90 95 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Lyon

Mineral 19 18 20 21 15 25 27 18 10 5 11 23 12 11 ? ? 8 12 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Mineral

Nye 32 33 31 43 35 39 42 38 35 45 42 43 35 55 ? ? 44 53 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 95 ? Nye

Pershing 18 18 12 13 14 16 8 11 10 5 9 7 4 7 ? ? 0 9 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Pershing

Storey 4 3 3 6 9 4 3 8 4 1 4 4 3 0 ? ? 0 0 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Storey

Washoe 1,801 1,741 1,745 1,646 1,830 1,906 1,746 1,773 1,524 1,372 1,787 1,598 1,657 1,675 1,633 1,501 1,328 1,321 1,234 1,176 1,170 940 900 670 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 826 1,353 Washoe

White Pine 11 5 9 3 18 14 18 12 10 2 8 10 9 10 ? ? 0 13 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? White Pine

NEVADA UNSPECIFIED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 587 644 450 58 569 505 452 5,743 4,725 7,121 6,680 6,805 6,936 8,326 1,075 8,162 8,189 10,247 328 465 NEVADA UNSPECIFIED

NEVADA TOTAL 6,647 7,092 6,157 5,970 6,174 6,164 6,092 6,519 7,330 7,998 9,329 9,193 8,695 9,144 10,040 10,602 9,812 9,983 8,826 7,083 6,580 6,683 5,625 7,791 6,680 6,805 6,936 8,326 7,960 8,162 8,189 10,247 11,936 13,273 NEVADA TOTAL

NONRESIDENTS 837 930 798 766 768 801 795 806 766 734 781 767 628 712 525 869 834 806 714 704 626 535 431 341 436 479 424 493 454 471 562 1,710 1,968 1,559 NONRESIDENTS

TOTAL 7,484 8,022 6,955 6,736 6,942 6,965 6,887 7,325 8,096 8,732 10,110 9,960 9,323 9,856 10,565 11,471 10,646 10,789 9,540 7,787 7,206 7,218 6,056 8,132 7,116 7,284 7,360 8,819 8,414 8,633 8,751 11,957 13,904 14,832 TOTAL

Reported live births by county of residence, 1991-2024

county 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 county

Carson City 556 590 616 656 712 662 706 720 740 701 744 721 721 724 802 770 862 684 672 616 530 548 576 559 583 Carson City

Churchill 300 326 361 357 369 349 390 367 354 354 343 340 327 343 365 361 357 362 347 296 311 323 319 314 321 Churchill

Clark 14,207 14,422 14,767 16,015 16,755 17,577 18,439 19,842 20,806 21,970 22,861 23,756 24,766 26,122 27,716 29,776 30,766 29,652 28,171 26,616 26,427 25,991 26,037 26,798 27,139 27,388 26,949 26,773 26,266 24,851 24,736 24,516 23,366 23,646 Clark

Douglas 347 370 367 383 292 236 286 286 281 288 355 407 420 372 413 401 400 406 392 409 358 326 338 360 377 Douglas

Elko 639 691 679 718 721 759 732 718 642 537 638 585 641 648 650 724 804 800 768 708 677 624 629 772 836 Elko

Esmeralda 11 12 11 12 12 6 9 4 5 7 7 5 2 7 2 2 6 12 7 7 3 2 3 10 16 Esmeralda

Eureka 20 21 12 15 20 20 20 24 16 13 20 14 16 14 12 27 24 26 19 20 19 15 12 15 12 Eureka

Humboldt 262 288 235 260 304 321 297 336 295 262 205 225 209 225 252 250 263 275 246 273 262 277 265 254 257 Humboldt

Lander 156 129 114 123 99 154 128 132 105 95 82 68 53 64 66 71 92 93 96 83 77 85 87 93 86 Lander

Lincoln 34 25 38 50 47 41 42 43 32 47 40 40 43 49 43 44 55 47 43 46 22 22 20 30 38 Lincoln

Lyon 313 292 296 330 322 319 341 418 380 439 391 463 499 538 612 722 673 687 602 597 568 537 558 581 580 Lyon

Mineral 93 87 86 80 103 68 69 66 47 61 39 39 40 46 38 48 42 53 47 50 67 66 46 59 50 Mineral

Nye 252 256 216 236 251 251 291 337 317 261 332 307 317 346 404 462 456 438 411 393 418 386 340 361 354 Nye

Pershing 72 76 62 64 62 78 76 82 68 69 72 63 47 61 50 51 57 50 49 46 55 60 60 64 59 Pershing

Storey 25 21 20 13 17 8 9 13 11 4 8 11 19 19 35 29 13 18 29 13 26 23 12 24 20 Storey

Washoe 4,362 4,321 4,297 4,426 4,655 4,711 4,670 4,765 4,722 4,946 5,091 5,302 5,398 5,500 5,690 6,157 6,191 5,754 5,503 5,429 5,214 5,308 5,330 5,385 5,517 5,387 5,210 5,399 5,216 Washoe

White Pine 115 131 116 115 115 120 127 122 90 76 69 77 87 68 109 110 114 117 121 115 128 111 89 104 111 White Pine

NEVADA UNKNOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7 40 191 321 78 NEVADA UNKNOWN

NEVADA TOTAL 21,764 22,058 22,293 23,853 24,856 25,680 26,632 28,275 28,911 30,130 31,297 32,423 33,605 35,147 37,259 40,006 41,175 39,474 37,523 35,724 35,202 34,895 35,042 35,861 36,298 36,260 35,756 35,682 35,072 33,653 33,655 33,193 31,794 32,330 NEVADA TOTAL

Sources (incomplete):

Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Public Health and Science, Office on Women's Health, 2011, Quick Health Data Online, on line [http://www.healthstatus2010.com/owh/index.html].
Johnston, Wm. Robert, 5 Sept. 2011, "Historical abortion statistics, Nevada," Johnston's Archive, on line [http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/policy/abortion/usa/ab-usa-NV.html].
Nevada State Health Division, Feb. 2001, "Nevada Vital Statistics, 1999," Nevada State Health Division, on line [http://health2k.state.nv.us/nihds/publications/VStats/vs1999.pdf].
Nevada State Health Division, Jan. 1999, "Nevada Vital Statistics, 1996 and 1997," Nevada State Health Division, on line [http://health2k.state.nv.us/nihds/publications/VStats/vs96&97.pdf].
Nevada State Health Division, Jan. 2000, "Nevada Vital Statistics, 1998," Nevada State Health Division, on line [http://health2k.state.nv.us/nihds/publications/VStats/vs1998.pdf].
Nevada State Health Division, March 1997, "Nevada Vital Statistics, 1994 and 1995," Nevada State Health Division, on line [http://health2k.state.nv.us/nihds/publications/VStats/vs94&95.pdf].
Nevada State Health Division, March 2005, "Nevada Vital Statistics, 2001-2003," Nevada State Health Division, on line [http://health2k.state.nv.us/nihds/publications/VStats/vs0103.pdf].
Nevada State Health Division, Nov. 2007, "Nevada Vital statistics, 2004," Nevada State Health Division, on line [http://health.nv.gov/VS/Reports/vs0104.pdf].
Nevada State Health Division, March 2013, "Abortion counts by region of residence and year, Nevada residents, 2000-2011," Nevada State Health Division, on line [http://health.nv.gov/PDFs/2000-2011_abortions_counts_rates_by_region_2013_03.pdf].
Nevada State Health Division, March 2013, "Preliminary report: Birth counts by county of residence, Nevada residents, 2000-2011," Nevada State Health Division, on line [http://health.nv.gov/PDFs/2001-2011_births_by_county_2013_03.pdf].

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county	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	county
Carson City	249	218	190	192	245	265	228	236	191	195	196	237	199	192	?	?	173	174	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	138	Carson City
Churchill	65	69	81	64	76	75	92	89	71	63	85	73	61	61	?	?	56	55	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	Churchill
Clark	4,074	4,635	3,758	3,675	3,535	3,457	3,558	3,973	5,155	6,045	6,907	6,944	6,465	6,861	7,820	8,457	7,513	8,025	7,023	5,402	4,958	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	6,885	?	?	?	10,687	11,317	Clark
Douglas	150	136	127	123	136	113	110	82	118	72	81	81	90	69	?	?	67	72	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	Douglas
Elko	58	41	43	48	49	68	99	83	64	50	57	51	37	37	?	?	55	49	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	Elko
Esmeralda	1	0	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	?	?	0	0	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	Esmeralda
Eureka	5	0	4	2	3	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	?	?	0	0	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	Eureka
Humboldt	59	64	40	51	60	51	60	60	37	40	48	29	26	38	?	?	22	28	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	Humboldt
Lander	19	17	18	15	22	29	17	17	19	9	6	7	5	10	?	?	6	19	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	Lander
Lincoln	6	9	3	2	4	2	5	7	3	3	6	4	3	6	?	?	0	0	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	Lincoln
Lyon	76	85	71	64	121	95	76	110	77	89	80	76	88	104	?	?	90	95	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	Lyon
Mineral	19	18	20	21	15	25	27	18	10	5	11	23	12	11	?	?	8	12	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	Mineral
Nye	32	33	31	43	35	39	42	38	35	45	42	43	35	55	?	?	44	53	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	95	?	Nye
Pershing	18	18	12	13	14	16	8	11	10	5	9	7	4	7	?	?	0	9	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	Pershing
Storey	4	3	3	6	9	4	3	8	4	1	4	4	3	0	?	?	0	0	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	Storey
Washoe	1,801	1,741	1,745	1,646	1,830	1,906	1,746	1,773	1,524	1,372	1,787	1,598	1,657	1,675	1,633	1,501	1,328	1,321	1,234	1,176	1,170	940	900	670	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	826	1,353	Washoe
White Pine	11	5	9	3	18	14	18	12	10	2	8	10	9	10	?	?	0	13	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	White Pine
NEVADA UNSPECIFIED	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	587	644	450	58	569	505	452	5,743	4,725	7,121	6,680	6,805	6,936	8,326	1,075	8,162	8,189	10,247	328	465	NEVADA UNSPECIFIED
NEVADA TOTAL	6,647	7,092	6,157	5,970	6,174	6,164	6,092	6,519	7,330	7,998	9,329	9,193	8,695	9,144	10,040	10,602	9,812	9,983	8,826	7,083	6,580	6,683	5,625	7,791	6,680	6,805	6,936	8,326	7,960	8,162	8,189	10,247	11,936	13,273	NEVADA TOTAL
NONRESIDENTS	837	930	798	766	768	801	795	806	766	734	781	767	628	712	525	869	834	806	714	704	626	535	431	341	436	479	424	493	454	471	562	1,710	1,968	1,559	NONRESIDENTS
TOTAL	7,484	8,022	6,955	6,736	6,942	6,965	6,887	7,325	8,096	8,732	10,110	9,960	9,323	9,856	10,565	11,471	10,646	10,789	9,540	7,787	7,206	7,218	6,056	8,132	7,116	7,284	7,360	8,819	8,414	8,633	8,751	11,957	13,904	14,832	TOTAL