Nye County, Nevada
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National protected areas
- Ash Meadows National Wildlife RefugeAsh Meadows National Wildlife RefugeThe Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge is a protected wildlife refuge, administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, located west-northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada, in southern Nye County...
- Death Valley National ParkDeath Valley National ParkDeath Valley National Park is a national park in the U.S. states of California and Nevada located east of the Sierra Nevada in the arid Great Basin of the United States. The park protects the northwest corner of the Mojave Desert and contains a diverse desert environment of salt-flats, sand dunes,...
(part) - Humboldt-Toiyabe National ForestHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestThe Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest is the principal U.S. National Forest located in the U.S. state of Nevada. With an area of , it is the largest National Forest of the United States outside of Alaska...
(part) - Spring Mountains National Recreation AreaSpring Mountains National Recreation AreaThe Spring Mountains National Recreation Area is a U.S. National Recreation Area, administered by the U.S. Forest Service, and lies west of Las Vegas, Nevada. It covers over 316,000 acres of land. The area runs from low meadows at around 3,000 feet of elevation to Mount Charleston at 11,918...
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Demographics
As of the censusCensus
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of 2000, there were 32,485 people, 13,309 households, and 9,063 families residing in the county. The population density
Population density
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was 2 people per square mile (1/km²). There were 15,934 housing units at an average density of 1 per square mile (0/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 89.63% White
Race (United States Census)
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, 1.18% Black
Race (United States Census)
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or African American
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, 1.96% Native American
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, 0.78% Asian
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, 0.32% Pacific Islander
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, 2.98% from other races
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, and 3.15% from two or more races. 8.35% of the population were Hispanic
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or Latino
Race (United States Census)
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of any race.
In 2006 there were 42,693 people living in Nye County, representing a growth of 31.3% since 2000. This was slightly faster growth rate than recorded during the same period for Clark County, where Las Vegas is located.
Even as the Pahrump area grew thanks to its proximity to Las Vegas, the racial makeup of Nye County was very different from that of Clark County. Non-Hispanic whites now constitute 82.7% of the county population. African-Americans were now 1.7% of the population, which meant actual increase of the number of African Americans residing in the county was over 50%. Native Americans were only 1.8% of the population now. Asians were a full one percent of the population. Pacific Islanders were 0.5% of the population and Latinos made up 11.0% of the population.
In 2000 there were 13,309 households out of which 26.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.30% were married couples
Marriage
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living together, 7.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.90% were non-families. 25.70% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 2.90.
In the county the population was spread out with 23.70% under the age of 18, 5.40% from 18 to 24, 24.00% from 25 to 44, 28.50% from 45 to 64, and 18.40% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 105.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.70 males.
The median income for a household in the county was $36,024, and the median income for a family was $41,642. Males had a median income of $37,276 versus $22,394 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
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for the county was $17,962. About 7.30% of families and 10.70% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.10% of those under age 18 and 8.30% of those age 65 or over.
Like many rural counties of the western United States, Nye County experiences a relatively high suicide rate. According to the Centers for Disease Control, the annual suicide rate in Nye County averaged 28.7561 per 100,000 people during 1989–1998, the most recent period for which data is available. This was the third-highest rate amongst Nevada counties, behind White Pine
White Pine County, Nevada
White Pine County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nevada. Its population at the 2010 census was 10,030. Its county seat is Ely. It is the home of Great Basin National Park...
(34.3058) and Lyon County
Lyon County, Nevada
Lyon County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2010 census, the population was 51,980. Its county seat is Yerington.-History:...
(30.8917), but ahead of the overall rate of 22.96 for Nevada, which leads the nation.
Settlements and unincorporated towns
- Amargosa ValleyAmargosa Valley, NevadaAmargosa Valley is an unincorporated community in Nye County, in the U.S. state of Nevada.-Description:The community is named for the Amargosa River which flows through the valley from its origination in Nevada to its terminus in Death Valley, California...
- BeattyBeatty, NevadaBeatty is a census-designated place along the Amargosa River in Nye County in the U.S. state of Nevada. U.S. Route 95 runs through the CDP, which lies between Tonopah, about to the north, and Las Vegas, about to the southeast. State Route 374 connects Beatty to Death Valley National Park, about ...
- CarversCarvers, NevadaCarvers is an unincorporated community in Nye County, Nevada, United States. Its elevation is .Its zip code is 89045.-History:...
- Crystal
- CurrantCurrant, NevadaCurrant is a small town in Nye County, Nevada. Settled in 1868, it was first a farming town with a small population. Its current population is 65.-Transportation:Currant is located on U.S. Route 6 at the junction of State Route 379...
- DuckwaterDuckwater, NevadaDuckwater is located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Nevada, at about the same latitude as Sacramento, California. It is in Nye County, on the eastern edge of the Duckwater Indian Reservation, near the Red Mountain Wilderness. The city of Las Vegas is about 200 miles to the...
- GabbsGabbs, NevadaGabbs is an unincorporated community in Nye County, Nevada, United States. The population was 318 at the 2000 census, at which time it was a city. Since then, it has been dis-incorporated, effective May 8, 2001.-History:...
- HadleyHadley, NevadaHadley, Nevada is an unincorporated community and company town in Nye County, Nevada, located on State Route 376 approximately 56 miles by road north of Tonopah and approximately 66 miles by road south of Austin...
- LockesLockes, NevadaLockes, also known as Ostorside or Ostonside, is an abandoned location on U.S. Highway 6 in eastern Nye County, Nevada. The site is approximately 73 miles by road Southwest by south of Ely, Nevada and 95 miles by road Northeast by east of Tonopah, Nevada, with the nearest town being Currant, 24...
- ManhattanManhattan, NevadaManhattan is a small town in Nye County, Nevada located on State Route 377 about 50 miles north of Tonopah, the county seat, off State Route 376....
- MercuryMercury, NevadaMercury, Nevada is a town in Nye County, Nevada, United States, 5 miles north of U.S. Route 95 at a point 65 miles further northwest of Las Vegas. It is situated within the Nevada Test Site and was constructed by the Atomic Energy Commission to house and service the staff of the test site. The...
- PahrumpPahrump, Nevada-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 24,631 people, 10,153 households, and 7,127 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 82.7 people per square mile . There were 11,651 housing units at an average density of 39.1 per square mile...
- Scotty's JunctionScotty's Junction, NevadaScotty's Junction is a place in Nye County, Nevada where State Route 267 meets with U.S. Route 95. It is named after Walter E. Scott ....
- SunnysideSunnyside, NevadaSunnyside is a small community in the White River Valley of Eastern Nevada, near the Southern terminus of the Egan Range. The site is located on Nevada State Route 318 approximately 31 miles by road South of Lund in White Pine County, the closest town, and 63 miles by road North by east of Hiko in...
- Round Mtn.Round Mountain, NevadaRound Mountain is a small town in Nye County, Nevada. The population of Round Mountain, Nevada as of 2005 is 744 .Round Mountain is best known for the Round Mountain Gold Mine, a large open pit heap-leach gold mine owned by Kinross Gold Corporation and Barrick Gold Corporation...
- TonopahTonopah, NevadaTonopah is a census-designated place located in and the county seat of Nye County, Nevada. It is located at the junction of U.S. Routes 6 and 95 approximately mid-way between Las Vegas and Reno....
- Yomba
Ghost towns
- BelmontBelmont, NevadaBelmont is a ghost town in Nye County, Nevada, United States. The town is a historic district listed in the National Register of Historic Places. It is Nevada Historical Marker number 138.-History:...
- Bonnie ClaireBonnie Claire, NevadaBonnie Claire is a ghost town located in Nye County, Nevada. The settlement is located next to highway NV-267."Bonnie Clare was established in October 1906 as a milling center for several nearby mines. By 1914 the decline on the near by mines signaled the end of this town. In 1925 a Chicago...
- BullfrogBullfrog, NevadaBullfrog is a ghost town in Nye County, in the U.S. state of Nevada. It is located at the north end of the Amargosa Desert about west of Beatty. Less than north of Bullfrog are the Bullfrog Hills and the ghost town of Rhyolite...
- Berlin
- Cactus SpringsCactus Springs, Nye County, NevadaCactus Springs is a ghost town in Nye County, Nevada. It is currently within the boundaries of the Nellis Air Force Range.Activity began in 1901 with the discovery of turquoise on Cactus Peak...
- CarraraCarrara, NevadaCarrara is a ghost town in Nye County, Nevada, USA. The town is located near a marble quarry....
http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/nv/carrara.html - Gold CenterGold Center, NevadaGold Center was a mining town in Nye County, Nevada.Located in the Bullfrog Mining District near Tonopah, Gold Center was established in December 1904 with a United States Post Office being authorized on January 21, 1905. The town began publishing its own newspaper in 1907. The location of the...
- IoneIone, NevadaIone, Nevada is an unincorporated community in Nye County, Nevada, located approximately 23 miles east of Gabbs, Nevada. Current services include one grocery store....
- NyalaNyala, NevadaNyala is an unincorporated community in the Railroad Valley of Nye County, Nevada at the northwestern base of the Quinn Canyon Range.Known variously as Mormon Well or Polygamy Well, the site was a watering hole for travelers through Railroad Valley as early as the 1860s...
- PioneerPioneer, NevadaPioneer is a ghost town in Nye County, in the U.S. state of Nevada. Beginning as a mining camp near the Mayflower and other gold mines in northern Bullfrog Hills, it became a formal town in 1908 and flourished briefly until fire destroyed much of its business district in 1909 and litigation delayed...
- PottsPotts, NevadaPotts is an abandoned ranching property in Monitor Valley, Nye County, Nevada, approximately 2 miles east of Nevada SSR 82.The ranch was founded by William Potts in the 1870s, and would remain in the Potts family until 1944 when the property was sold to Harvey Sewell and O. G. Bates...
- RhyoliteRhyolite, NevadaRhyolite is a ghost town in Nye County, in the U.S. state of Nevada. It is located in the Bullfrog Hills, about northwest of Las Vegas, near the eastern edge of Death Valley. The town began in early 1905 as one of several mining camps that sprang up after a prospecting discovery in the surrounding...
- Warm SpringsWarm Springs, NevadaWarm Springs is an unincorporated community in the Tonopah Basin and Nye County, Nevada, near the mountain pass which divides the Kawich and Hot Creek ranges . It is located at the junction of U.S...
Films
- Nye County was a featured location in two episodes of Studio 60 on the Sunset StripStudio 60 on the Sunset StripStudio 60 on the Sunset Strip was an American dramedy television series created and written by Aaron Sorkin. It ran for 22 episodes.The series takes place behind the scenes of a live sketch comedy show on the fictional television network NBS , whose format is similar to that of NBC's...
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See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Nye County, Nevada
- South Egan Range WildernessSouth Egan Range WildernessSouth Egan Range Wilderness is a wilderness area in Lincoln, White Pine, and Nye Counties in the U.S. state of Nevada. Located in the Egan Range approximately two miles east of the town of Lund, the Wilderness was created by the "White Pine County Conservation, Recreation and Development Act of...
- Weepah Spring WildernessWeepah Spring WildernessWeepah Spring Wilderness is a wilderness area in Lincoln and Nye Counties, in the U.S. state of Nevada. The Wilderness lies approximately south of the town of Alamo and is administered by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management....