Humboldt County, Nevada Demographics

Humboldt County is 26th out of 3,143 other counties in Size in square miles

Humboldt County is 1st in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Humboldt County is 2nd in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Humboldt County is 2nd in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Humboldt County is 3rd in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Humboldt County is 4th in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Humboldt County is 4th in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Foreign born residents

Humboldt County is 4th in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Size in square miles

Humboldt County is 6th in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Humboldt County is 7th in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Home ownership rate

Humboldt County is 7th in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Income below poverty line

Size Demographics
	Humboldt County	Rank	Nevada	US
Current population (2012)	17,048	9th	2,758,931	313,914,040
Size in square miles	9,640.8	4th	109,781.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1.7	10th	24.6	87.4

Age Demographics
	Humboldt County	Rank	Nevada	US
Residents younger than 5	7.6%	3rd	6.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	27.1%	2nd	24.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	10.2%	16th	13.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Humboldt County	Rank	Nevada	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	81.6%	13th	84.2%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	13.4%	12th	22.2%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Humboldt County	Rank	Nevada	US
Race - White	90.6%	7th	77.1%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.1%	13th	8.9%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	4.8%	6th	1.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.9%	14th	7.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.2%	11th	0.7%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.4%	10th	3.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	25.0%	2nd	27.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	67.8%	13th	52.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Humboldt County	Rank	Nevada	US
Female residents	47.8%	12th	49.6%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	13.7%	4th	19.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Humboldt County	Rank	Nevada	US
Housing units	7,121	9th	1,183,873	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	8.3%	11th	29.6%	25.9%
Households	6,098	9th	986,741	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	72.8%	7th	59.1%	66.1%
Home median value	$144,000	11th	$225,400	$186,200
People per household	2.6	8th	2.7	2.6
Building permits (last year)	172	4th	9,071	829,658

Income Demographics
	Humboldt County	Rank	Nevada	US
Income per capita	$25,855	10th	$27,625	$27,915
Income per household	$54,943	9th	$55,553	$52,762
Income below poverty line	13.5%	7th	12.9%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Humboldt County	Rank	Nevada	US
Non-farm private establishments	396	9th	58,777	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	6,525	8th	1,000,610	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,115	9th	221,260	27,092,908
Retail sales	$333,593	8th	$37,433,983	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$18,936	1st	$14,579	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$52,022	7th	$28,815,533	$613,795,732