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People QuickFacts | Elko County | Nevada
Population, 2012 estimate | 51,216 | 2,758,931
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 48,818 | 2,700,552
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 4.9% | 2.2%
Population, 2010 | 48,818 | 2,700,551
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 8.2% | 6.8%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 28.9% | 24.4%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 8.7% | 12.5%
Female persons, percent, 2011 | 48.0% | 49.5%
White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 89.5% | 77.7%
Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 1.1% | 8.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 6.0% | 1.6%
Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 1.0% | 7.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.2% | 0.7%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 2.2% | 3.7%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 23.5% | 27.1%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 68.4% | 53.6%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 86.5% | 78.2%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 10.5% | 19.2%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 16.3% | 28.5%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 84.7% | 84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 16.1% | 22.2%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 4,084 | 230,942
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 28 | 23.6
Housing units, 2011 | 19,578 | 1,183,873
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 73.3% | 59.1%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 14.5% | 29.6%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $180,700 | $225,400
Households, 2007-2011 | 17,244 | 986,741
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.76 | 2.67
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $27,233 | $27,625
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $69,459 | $55,553
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 8.6% | 12.9%
Business QuickFacts | Elko County | Nevada
Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 | 1,075 | 59,207
Private nonfarm employment, 2010 | 18,910 | 1,002,956
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 | 14.7 | 11.1
Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 2,236 | 177,181
Total number of firms, 2007 | 2,947 | 221,260
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 1.4% | 3.9%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | 2.0% | 0.8%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 2.7% | 7.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.3%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 8.1%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 28.0% | 28.6%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 0 | 15,735,787
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 19,255,893
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 791,435 | 37,433,983
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $16,842 | $14,579
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 474,078 | 28,815,533
Building permits, 2011 | 279 | 6,163
Geography QuickFacts | Elko County | Nevada
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 17,169.83 | 109,781.18
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 2.8 | 24.6
FIPS Code | 7 | 32
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Elko, NV Micro Area
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms
Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts