Nevada

State Office of Rural Health

Nevada State Office of Rural Health

Phone: 775.327.5070

Provides technical assistance activities to rural communities through workshops, dissemination of information, and recruitment and retention of health care practitioners. A program of the Office of Statewide Initiatives at the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine and home to the Area Health Education Centers (AHECs), Flex and SHIP programs.
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Nevada Nonmetro Population

3,104,817

Estimated population

230,438 (7.4%)

People living in nonmetro areas

Source: U.S. Census ACS 2022 5-year estimate

Nevada Rural Healthcare Facilities

13

Critical Access Hospitals

0

Rural Emergency Hospitals

19

Rural Health Clinics

17

Federally Qualified Health Centers*

1

Short Term/PPS Hospitals*

*Sites according to data.HRSA.gov (July 2024), showing only locations outside of U.S. Census Bureau Urban Areas with a population of 50,000 or more

Selected Social Determinants of Health for Rural Nevada

11.1% of Nevadans lack health insurance (Kaiser, 2022). According to the Economic Research Service, the average per capita income for Nevadans in 2021 was $60,213, with the rural per capita income at $56,196. The ERS reports, based on 2021 ACS data, that the poverty rate in rural Nevada is 10.9%, compared with 14.3% in urban areas of the state. 10.9% of the rural population has not completed high school, while 13.2% of the urban population lacks a high school diploma according to 2017-2021 ACS data reported by ERS. The unemployment rate in rural Nevada is 4.1%, while in urban Nevada it is 5.5% (USDA-ERS, 2022).