Nye County is a county in the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2020 census, the population was 51,591. Its county seat is Tonopah. At 18,159 square miles, Nye is Nevada's largest county by area and the third-largest county in the contiguous United States, behind Coconino County of Arizona and San Bernardino County of California. Nye County comprises the Pahrump micropolitan statistical area, which is included in the Las Vegas-Henderson combined statistical area. In 2010, Nevada's center of population was in southern Nye County, near Yucca Mountain. The Nevada Test Site and proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository are in southwestern Nye County, and are the focus of a great deal of controversy. The federal government manages 92% of the county's land. A 1987 attempt to stop the nuclear waste site resulted in the creation of Bullfrog County, Nevada, which was dissolved two years later.

Founded: 1864
Named for: James W. Nye
Seat: Tonopah
Largest community: Pahrump
Total: 18,199 sq mi (47,135.19 km²)
Land: 18,182 sq mi (47,091.16 km²)
Water: 17 sq mi (44.03 km²), 0.1
Density: auto/sq mi (/km²)
Time zone: Pacific: UTC-8-7
Twitter profile: nyecounty
Official Website: https://www.nyecountynv.gov
Wikidata description: county in Nevada, United States
Wikidata id: Q484418
Wikidata label: Nye County
Wikidata aliases: Array
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