Nye County, Nevada Demographics

Nye County is 13th out of 3,143 other counties in Size in square miles

Nye County is 1st in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Nye County is 1st in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Size in square miles

Nye County is 3rd in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Income below poverty line

Nye County is 3rd in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Nye County is 5th in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Nye County is 6th in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Households

Nye County is 6th in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Housing units

Nye County is 6th in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Race - Two or More

Nye County is 6th in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Nye County is 6th in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Retail sales

Size Demographics
	Nye County	Rank	Nevada	US
Current population (2012)	42,963	7th	2,758,931	313,914,040
Size in square miles	18,181.9	1st	109,781.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	2.4	9th	24.6	87.4

Age Demographics
	Nye County	Rank	Nevada	US
Residents younger than 5	4.5%	14th	6.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	19.1%	12th	24.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	25.7%	1st	13.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Nye County	Rank	Nevada	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	80.6%	15th	84.2%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	10.6%	16th	22.2%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Nye County	Rank	Nevada	US
Race - White	90.2%	9th	77.1%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	2.6%	7th	8.9%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.9%	14th	1.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.6%	8th	7.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.6%	3rd	0.7%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	3.1%	6th	3.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	14.0%	10th	27.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	77.8%	5th	52.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Nye County	Rank	Nevada	US
Female residents	49.3%	7th	49.6%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	8.5%	8th	19.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Nye County	Rank	Nevada	US
Housing units	23,068	6th	1,183,873	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	7.9%	12th	29.6%	25.9%
Households	18,348	6th	986,741	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	71.6%	9th	59.1%	66.1%
Home median value	$142,800	12th	$225,400	$186,200
People per household	2.4	14th	2.7	2.6
Building permits (last year)	0	17th	9,071	829,658

Income Demographics
	Nye County	Rank	Nevada	US
Income per capita	$22,503	13th	$27,625	$27,915
Income per household	$39,740	15th	$55,553	$52,762
Income below poverty line	20.5%	3rd	12.9%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Nye County	Rank	Nevada	US
Non-farm private establishments	638	7th	58,777	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	6,923	7th	1,000,610	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	3,179	6th	221,260	27,092,908
Retail sales	$396,798	6th	$37,433,983	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$9,004	11th	$14,579	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$88,105	6th	$28,815,533	$613,795,732