Lincoln County, Nevada Demographics

Lincoln County is 20th out of 3,143 other counties in Size in square miles

Lincoln County is 1st in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Lincoln County is 2nd in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Race - White

Lincoln County is 3rd in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Size in square miles

Lincoln County is 5th in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Lincoln County is 6th in Nevada out of 17 other counties in People per household

Lincoln County is 6th in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Lincoln County is 6th in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Lincoln County is 7th in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Lincoln County is 8th in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Home ownership rate

Lincoln County is 8th in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Income below poverty line

Size Demographics
	Lincoln County	Rank	Nevada	US
Current population (2012)	5,405	13th	2,758,931	313,914,040
Size in square miles	10,633.2	3rd	109,781.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	0.5	16th	24.6	87.4

Age Demographics
	Lincoln County	Rank	Nevada	US
Residents younger than 5	4.7%	13th	6.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.9%	6th	24.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	18.4%	6th	13.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Lincoln County	Rank	Nevada	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	85.6%	8th	84.2%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	16.4%	8th	22.2%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Lincoln County	Rank	Nevada	US
Race - White	92.7%	2nd	77.1%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	2.9%	5th	8.9%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.3%	16th	1.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.7%	15th	7.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.3%	7th	0.7%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.1%	15th	3.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	16th	27.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	86.6%	1st	52.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Lincoln County	Rank	Nevada	US
Female residents	45.3%	14th	49.6%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.6%	16th	19.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Lincoln County	Rank	Nevada	US
Housing units	2,792	12th	1,183,873	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	3.9%	16th	29.6%	25.9%
Households	1,815	14th	986,741	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	72.1%	8th	59.1%	66.1%
Home median value	$156,300	9th	$225,400	$186,200
People per household	2.7	6th	2.7	2.6
Building permits (last year)	12	9th	9,071	829,658

Income Demographics
	Lincoln County	Rank	Nevada	US
Income per capita	$18,298	17th	$27,625	$27,915
Income per household	$42,662	14th	$55,553	$52,762
Income below poverty line	13.1%	8th	12.9%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Lincoln County	Rank	Nevada	US
Non-farm private establishments	86	12th	58,777	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	610	13th	1,000,610	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	409	11th	221,260	27,092,908
Retail sales	$31,053	13th	$37,433,983	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$6,970	13th	$14,579	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$0	17th	$28,815,533	$613,795,732