Mineral County, Nevada Demographics

Mineral County is 1st in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Female residents

Mineral County is 1st in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Income below poverty line

Mineral County is 1st in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Mineral County is 2nd in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Mineral County is 2nd in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Race - Two or More

Mineral County is 3rd in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Mineral County is 7th in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Race - Asian

Mineral County is 7th in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Mineral County is 7th in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Mineral County is 11th in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Households

Size Demographics
	Mineral County	Rank	Nevada	US
Current population (2012)	4,653	14th	2,758,931	313,914,040
Size in square miles	3,752.8	12th	109,781.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1.3	11th	24.6	87.4

Age Demographics
	Mineral County	Rank	Nevada	US
Residents younger than 5	4.9%	12th	6.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	18.1%	15th	24.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	23.8%	3rd	13.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Mineral County	Rank	Nevada	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	86.0%	7th	84.2%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	7.8%	17th	22.2%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Mineral County	Rank	Nevada	US
Race - White	73.3%	16th	77.1%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	4.5%	2nd	8.9%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	16.4%	1st	1.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.8%	7th	7.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	14th	0.7%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	4.0%	2nd	3.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	15th	27.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	67.2%	15th	52.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Mineral County	Rank	Nevada	US
Female residents	51.4%	1st	49.6%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	4.1%	14th	19.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Mineral County	Rank	Nevada	US
Housing units	2,818	11th	1,183,873	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	13.5%	7th	29.6%	25.9%
Households	2,209	11th	986,741	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	69.1%	12th	59.1%	66.1%
Home median value	$101,000	16th	$225,400	$186,200
People per household	2.1	16th	2.7	2.6
Building permits (last year)	3	13th	9,071	829,658

Income Demographics
	Mineral County	Rank	Nevada	US
Income per capita	$21,729	14th	$27,625	$27,915
Income per household	$31,108	16th	$55,553	$52,762
Income below poverty line	21.9%	1st	12.9%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Mineral County	Rank	Nevada	US
Non-farm private establishments	63	15th	58,777	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	488	14th	1,000,610	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	342	12th	221,260	27,092,908
Retail sales	$0	17th	$37,433,983	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$0	17th	$14,579	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$20,183	11th	$28,815,533	$613,795,732