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Elko County, NV

53,852 Population
17,173.3 square miles 3.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.4 ±0.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Nevada: 38.9 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$39,474 ±$2,137 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Nevada: $39,963 ±$352
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$83,427 ±$5,900 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Nevada: $75,561 ±$714
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

11% ±1.8% (5,829  ±973) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Nevada: 12.6% 390,414 (±0.3% / ±9,336)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

27.9 minutes ±1.7 (692,440  ±47,055) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Nevada: 24.8 32,277,550 (±0.2 / ±263,105)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

19,546 ±371 Number of households
  • Nevada: 1,183,393 ±3,022
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.7 ±0.1 (53,024  ±89) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Nevada: 2.6 3,105,138
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

4.9% ±1.8% (601  ±218) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Nevada: 5.1% 37,286 (±0.2% / ±1,787)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

22,033 ±91 Number of housing units
  • Nevada: 1,307,338 ±360
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$282,400 ±$8,884 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Nevada: $406,100 ±$2,207
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

14.6% ±2.4% (7,808  ±1,279) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Nevada: 15% 466,794 (±0.3% / ±9,597.4)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

87.2% ±4.1% (30,524  ±1,436.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Nevada: 87.4% 1,918,692 (±0.5% / ±11,313.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
17.5% ±1.8% (6,138  ±617.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Nevada: 27.4% 601,393 (±0.3% / ±6,223.4)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

7.9% (4,238  ±542) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Nevada: 19% 595,347
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

6.9% ±1% (2,726  ±401) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Nevada: 8.3% 201,790 (±0.1% / ±3,025)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
2,726 Total veterans ±401 2,448 Male ±368 278 Female ±117

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