Esmeralda County, Nevada Demographics

Esmeralda County is 2nd in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Income below poverty line

Esmeralda County is 2nd in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Income per capita

Esmeralda County is 2nd in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Esmeralda County is 3rd in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Foreign born residents

Esmeralda County is 4th in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Esmeralda County is 4th in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Esmeralda County is 6th in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Race - White

Esmeralda County is 7th in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Race - Two or More

Esmeralda County is 8th in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Esmeralda County is 9th in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Size Demographics
	Esmeralda County	Rank	Nevada	US
Current population (2012)	775	17th	2,758,931	313,914,040
Size in square miles	3,581.9	13th	109,781.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	0.2	17th	24.6	87.4

Age Demographics
	Esmeralda County	Rank	Nevada	US
Residents younger than 5	5.0%	11th	6.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	18.5%	14th	24.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	24.9%	2nd	13.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Esmeralda County	Rank	Nevada	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	80.5%	16th	84.2%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	16.2%	9th	22.2%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Esmeralda County	Rank	Nevada	US
Race - White	91.1%	6th	77.1%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.4%	17th	8.9%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	5.2%	4th	1.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.4%	17th	7.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	17th	0.7%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	3.0%	7th	3.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	18.3%	8th	27.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	73.2%	9th	52.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Esmeralda County	Rank	Nevada	US
Female residents	43.7%	15th	49.6%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	13.9%	3rd	19.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Esmeralda County	Rank	Nevada	US
Housing units	843	17th	1,183,873	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	20.6%	4th	29.6%	25.9%
Households	509	17th	986,741	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	64.0%	14th	59.1%	66.1%
Home median value	$86,400	17th	$225,400	$186,200
People per household	1.7	17th	2.7	2.6
Building permits (last year)	0	15th	9,071	829,658

Income Demographics
	Esmeralda County	Rank	Nevada	US
Income per capita	$32,021	2nd	$27,625	$27,915
Income per household	$29,438	17th	$55,553	$52,762
Income below poverty line	21.5%	2nd	12.9%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Esmeralda County	Rank	Nevada	US
Non-farm private establishments	17	17th	58,777	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	119	16th	1,000,610	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	75	16th	221,260	27,092,908
Retail sales	$0	16th	$37,433,983	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$0	16th	$14,579	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$0	16th	$28,815,533	$613,795,732