Table 1. Population of Counties: 1970 and 1960 

[For information on boundary changes and meaning of symbols, see texfl 

The State 

Urban and Rural 

THE STATE, 

CHURCHILL, 

CLARK• • , 

OOUGLAS· , 

EL.KO I • I • 

ESMERALDA, 

EUREKA • , 

HUMBOLDT , 

LANDER • 

LINCOLN• 

Lyor-t ••• 

MINERAL• 

NYE• • • 1 

PERSHING 

STOREY • 

WASHOE • , 

WHITE PINE , , , 

CARSON ClTY CITY 

Total 

population 

1970 

489 7:l8 

10 SD 

273 288 

6 882 

1' 958 

629 

948 

6 375 

2 666 

2 557 

8 221 

7 051 5 599 

2 670 

695 

121 06S 

10 150 15 1.\68 

Total urban 

:S95 336 

2 959 

258 299 

- 7 621 

-

- 3 587 

-

-

- 3 539 

-

-

- 99 667 

4 176 

15 468 

Urban 

Percent 

of Urbani zed Olher 

lolal areas urban 

80o9 336 368 58 968 

28.J - 2 959 9Lh5 236 681 21 618 

- - - 5406 - 7 621 

- - - - - - 56o3 - 3 587 

- - - - - - - - - 50,2 . 3 539 

- - - - - - - - - 82o3 99 687 - 1.u,1 . 4 176 

lOOoO - 15 468 

Rural 

Places of Tola! 

Total 1,000 lo Other population rural 2.500 rural 1960 

93 402 20 061 73 341 285 278 

7 554 1 045 6 509 8 452 14 989 - 14 989 127 016 6 882 1 320 5 562 3 481 6 337 2 394 3 943 12 Oll 629 - 629 619 948 - 948 767 2 788 - 2 788 5 708 2 666 1 856 810 1 566 2 557 - 2 557 2 431 a 221 2 010 6 211 6 143 

3 512 1 579 l 933 6 329 5 599 l 716 3 883 4 374 2 670 1 571 1 099 3 199 695 - 695 568 21 381 2 411.\ 18 907 84 743 5 974 4 156 l 818 9 808 

- - - 5 163 

1

Includos pop•1lntion (2, 900) of thnt part of Ormsby County outside Car1:10n City consolidated with Carson City subsequunt to April l, 1960. 

Table 2. Population of County Subdivisions: 1970 and 1960 

3 

Percenl 

change, 

1960 lo 

1970 

7113 

24o4 

11502 

97,7 

1602 

106 

2306 

11•7 

70·2 

5•2 

33,8 

11''1 

as.a 

-l6t5 

22•4 

42•9 

3,5 

19906 

[Total population of a place in two or more county subdivisions appears in !able 3. County subdivision figures for 1960 do nol necessarily 

add to county totals. For informalion on boundary changes and meaning of symbols, see texG 

County Subdivisions 

CHURCHILL COUNTY NEW RIVE~ TWP, , , , 

FALi.ON CITY, , • , 

FALLON STATION IU> , 

CLARK COUNTY 

8UNKERV!LLC: TWP• 

GOODSPR!NGS TWPo 

HENDERSON TWP. • , 

HENDERSON C !TY 

LAS VEGAS TWP, , • 

EAST LAS VEGAS IU) 

LAS VEG/\$ CITY 

FIARAO[SE (Ul ••• I • I ... 

SUNRISE MANOR IU), !PART)• 

VEGAS CREEK (U), 

WINCHESTER tU> LOGAN TWP. , , 

MESOUITE TWP , , 

MOAPA TWP. , , , 

NELSON TWP • I f • • 

BOULDER C!TY CITY• 

NORTH LAS VEGAS TWP, , 

NELLIS (U} I • I I I • 

NORTH LAS VEGAS CITY • , 

SUNRISE MANOR (U)• (PART!• 

OVERTON TWP ... I • I • 

SEARCHLIGHT TWP, , • , 

DOUGLAS COUNTY ·, • 

EAs T FORK TWP, • • , .. • • 

GARONERV!Ll.E-MlNDEN (Ul, 

TAHOE TWP. , 

ELKO COUNTY• CARLIN TWP , , 

CARLIN TOWN• 

EAST LINE TWP, 

EL.KO TWP • I •• 

ELKO CITY• , JARB!DGE TWP , , , , 

MOUNTAIN CITY TWP, 

TECOMA TWP , 

WELLS TWPo • 

WELLS CITY 

. 

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' 

' 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

' 

1970 1960 

10 513 a 452 

10 513 8 190 

2 959 2 734 

1 045 ... 273 288 127 016 

244 200 

:l14 216 

16 410 12 525 

16 395 12 525 

191 260 106 755 

6 501 ... 125 787 64 1.\05 

21.\ 1.\77 ... 860 ... B 970 ... 13 981 ... 1.\26 809 

674 517 

353 432 

5 674 I.\ 171 

5 223 I.\ 059 

56 241 ... 6 449 ... 36 216 18 422 

10 026 ... 1 336 1 162 

356 229 

6 882 3 481 

3 867 2 464 

1 320 ... 3 015 l 017 

13 958 12 011 

1 356 ... 1 313 1 023 

97 ... 8 931 ... 7 621 6 298 

32 ... l 125 ... 221 ... 2 196 ... l 001 l 071 

Percent 

change 

2Q.,ti 

28.4 

a.2 

... 

115.2 

22.0 

45,4 

31.0 

.:so.9 

79,2 

... 

95,3 

... 

... 

... 

... • 47,3 

30.4 

-10,3 

36.0 

2817 

... 

... 

96.6 

... 15.0 

55,5 

97.7 

56.9 

... 19605 

16.2 

... 

2e.3 

... 

... 

21.0 

... 

... 

... 

... 

0,9 

County Subdivisions 

ESMERALDA COUNTY • 

ESMERALDA TWP, 

EUREKA COUNTY• BEOWAWE TWP• , 

EUREKA TWP • , 

HUMBOLDT COUNTY, 

GOLD RUN TWP • • 

MC DERMITT TWP • • • 

PARAOISE VALLEY TWP, 

UNION TWP •• I ••• 

WINNEMUCCA C!TYo • • 

LANDER COUNTY• 

ARGENTA TWP• • • • • • 

BATTLE MOUNTAIN (Ul • 

AUSTIN TWP •• I • I • • • 

LINCOLN COUNTY 

ALAMO TWP• • • • 

CALIENTE TWP • • • 

CALIE;~iE Cli'f• 

PANACA TWP • 

P!OCHE TWP • • • 

LYON COUNTY• 

CANAL TWP, • • • 

DAYTON TWP • ' I 

MASON VALLEY TWP • , • 

YER l NGTON CI TY 

SMITH VALLEY TWP , • 

MINERAL COUNTY 

HAWTHORNE TWP, • , 

BABBITT iUl, • 

HAWTHORNE \Ul • , 

MINA TWP , • • • 

SCHURZ TWP • • • 

NYE COUNTY 

BEATTY iWP • 

GABBS TWP, • 

GAB8S cnY PAHRUMP TWP• 

. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

. 

. 

. 

Pe1ce~\ 

1970 1960 change 

629 619 lo6 

629 ... ... 949 767 23.6 

401 85 311.a 

547 14% 10.l 

6 3751 5 708 llo7 

238 271 -12.2 

1 086 831 30,7 

257 281 -8,5 

4 794 3 984 20.3 

3 597 3 453 3,9 

2 666 1 566 7012 

2 252 1 177 91,J 

1 856 ... . .. 414 389 6,4 

2 557 2 1431 5.2 

390 317 25.6 

979 960 2,0 

916 792 15,7 

539 458 17,7 

641 696 -7.9 

e 221 6 143 33,el 470 ... . .. 826 ... ... 5 187 4 278 21.2 

2 010 l 764 13,9 

738 722 2.2 

7 051 6 329 11,4 

5 995 5 277 13.-6 

1 579 2 159 ~26,9 

3 539 2 8,8 2ii.1 

506 460 10 .. 0 

550 415 32..5 

5 599 4 374 aa.o 1 131 1 15, -1,9 

1 000 796 25.6 

874 ::?! 13.5 

963 "'I