Lander County, Nevada Demographics

Lander County is 1st in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Income per household

Lander County is 1st in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Lander County is 3rd in Nevada out of 17 other counties in People per household

Lander County is 3rd in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Lander County is 3rd in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Lander County is 5th in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Race - White

Lander County is 6th in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Income per capita

Lander County is 7th in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Lander County is 7th in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Lander County is 8th in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Size Demographics
	Lander County	Rank	Nevada	US
Current population (2012)	5,941	12th	2,758,931	313,914,040
Size in square miles	5,490.1	9th	109,781.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1.1	13th	24.6	87.4

Age Demographics
	Lander County	Rank	Nevada	US
Residents younger than 5	8.3%	1st	6.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	26.7%	3rd	24.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	12.9%	14th	13.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Lander County	Rank	Nevada	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	77.6%	17th	84.2%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	13.0%	13th	22.2%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Lander County	Rank	Nevada	US
Race - White	91.4%	5th	77.1%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.0%	14th	8.9%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	5.3%	3rd	1.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.5%	16th	7.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	16th	0.7%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.9%	17th	3.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	22.2%	7th	27.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	71.8%	10th	52.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Lander County	Rank	Nevada	US
Female residents	48.9%	8th	49.6%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	6.8%	10th	19.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Lander County	Rank	Nevada	US
Housing units	2,540	13th	1,183,873	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	4.9%	14th	29.6%	25.9%
Households	2,006	13th	986,741	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	70.8%	10th	59.1%	66.1%
Home median value	$108,900	14th	$225,400	$186,200
People per household	2.8	3rd	2.7	2.6
Building permits (last year)	25	8th	9,071	829,658

Income Demographics
	Lander County	Rank	Nevada	US
Income per capita	$28,459	6th	$27,625	$27,915
Income per household	$69,814	1st	$55,553	$52,762
Income below poverty line	12.3%	12th	12.9%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Lander County	Rank	Nevada	US
Non-farm private establishments	83	13th	58,777	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	1,245	11th	1,000,610	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	261	13th	221,260	27,092,908
Retail sales	$54,981	11th	$37,433,983	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$10,812	7th	$14,579	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$5,362	13th	$28,815,533	$613,795,732