Elko County, Nevada Demographics

Elko County is 14th out of 3,143 other counties in Size in square miles

Elko County is 1st in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Elko County is 2nd in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Income per household

Elko County is 2nd in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Elko County is 2nd in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Elko County is 2nd in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Size in square miles

Elko County is 3rd in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Elko County is 3rd in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Elko County is 3rd in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Elko County is 4th in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Home ownership rate

Elko County is 4th in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Size Demographics
	Elko County	Rank	Nevada	US
Current population (2012)	51,216	5th	2,758,931	313,914,040
Size in square miles	17,169.8	2nd	109,781.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	2.8	8th	24.6	87.4

Age Demographics
	Elko County	Rank	Nevada	US
Residents younger than 5	7.9%	2nd	6.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	28.5%	1st	24.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	9.0%	17th	13.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Elko County	Rank	Nevada	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	84.7%	11th	84.2%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	16.1%	10th	22.2%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Elko County	Rank	Nevada	US
Race - White	89.2%	11th	77.1%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.3%	11th	8.9%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	6.0%	2nd	1.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.0%	13th	7.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.2%	9th	0.7%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.2%	12th	3.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	23.5%	3rd	27.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	68.2%	12th	52.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Elko County	Rank	Nevada	US
Female residents	47.9%	11th	49.6%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	10.5%	7th	19.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Elko County	Rank	Nevada	US
Housing units	19,578	7th	1,183,873	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	14.5%	6th	29.6%	25.9%
Households	17,244	7th	986,741	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	73.3%	4th	59.1%	66.1%
Home median value	$180,700	6th	$225,400	$186,200
People per household	2.8	4th	2.7	2.6
Building permits (last year)	474	3rd	9,071	829,658

Income Demographics
	Elko County	Rank	Nevada	US
Income per capita	$27,233	9th	$27,625	$27,915
Income per household	$69,459	2nd	$55,553	$52,762
Income below poverty line	8.6%	16th	12.9%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Elko County	Rank	Nevada	US
Non-farm private establishments	1,065	5th	58,777	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	18,971	4th	1,000,610	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	2,947	7th	221,260	27,092,908
Retail sales	$791,435	4th	$37,433,983	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$16,842	3rd	$14,579	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$474,078	4th	$28,815,533	$613,795,732