page_title: Goldfield, Nevada
section_title: Demographics
hierarchical_section_title: Goldfield, Nevada / Demographics
caption_attribution_description: Main Street, Goldfield, Nevada, 1904. Goldfield was a massive boomtown between 1903 and 1940. As of 2007, it is a ghost town.
context_page_description: Goldfield is an unincorporated community and the county seat of Esmeralda County, Nevada. It is a census-designated place, with a resident population of 268 at the 2010 census, down from 440 in 2000. Goldfield is located 247 miles southeast of Carson City, along U.S. Route 95.
  Goldfield was a boomtown in the first decade of the 20th century due to the discovery of gold – between 1903 and 1940, Goldfield's mines produced more than $86 million at then-current prices. Much of the town was destroyed by a fire in 1923, although several buildings survived and remain today, notably the Goldfield Hotel, the Consolidated Mines Building, and the schoolhouse. Gold exploration continues in and around the town today.
context_section_description: The population decline continued throughout the 20th century and, by 1950, Goldfield had a population of only 275.
  The 2000 census showed 440 people, 221 households, and 118 families resided in the Goldfield census county division.  The racial makeup of the CCD was 93.2% White, 0.2% Black or African American, 2.0% Native American, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 1.4% from other races, and 3.0% from two or more races.  About 5.2% of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
caption: Main Street, Goldfield, 1904
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