NEVADA STATE LEGISLATURE

 

 

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL BUREAU

 

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RACIAL DATA BY COUNTY

NEVADA 2000

 

 

 

 

WHITE

BLACK OR

AFRICAN AMERICAN

AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKAN NATIVE

County

Total 2000 Population

Number

Percent of Total

Number

Percent of Total

Number

Percent of Total

Carson City

         52,457

        44,744

85.30%

          946

1.80%

         1,259

2.81%

Churchill County

         23,982

        20,192

84.20%

          383

1.60%

         1,146

5.68%

Clark County

    1,375,765

      984,796

71.58%

   124,885

9.08%

       10,895

1.11%

Douglas County

         41,259

        37,908

91.88%

          129

0.31%

            692

1.83%

Elko County

         45,291

        37,159

82.04%

          267

0.59%

         2,400

6.46%

Esmeralda County

              971

             796

81.98%

              1

0.10%

              50

6.28%

Eureka County

           1,651

          1,474

89.28%

              7

0.42%

              26

1.76%

Humboldt County

         16,106

        13,401

83.21%

            82

0.51%

            647

4.83%

Lander County

           5,794

          4,891

84.41%

            12

0.21%

            231

4.72%

Lincoln County

           4,165

          3,811

91.50%

            74

1.78%

              73

1.92%

Lyon County

         34,501

        30,576

88.62%

          225

0.65%

            844

2.76%

Mineral County

           5,071

          3,747

73.89%

          242

4.77%

            779

20.79%

Nye County

         32,485

        29,117

89.63%

          383

1.18%

            636

2.18%

Pershing County

           6,693

          5,200

77.69%

          358

5.35%

            229

4.40%

Storey County

           3,399

          3,161

93.00%

            10

0.29%

              49

1.55%

Washoe County

       339,486

      272,985

80.41%

       7,093

2.09%

         6,162

2.26%

White Pine County

           9,181

          7,928

86.35%

          380

4.14%

            302

3.81%

State of Nevada

    1,998,257

   1,501,886

75.16%

   135,477

6.78%

       26,420

1.76%

 

 

 

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ASIAN

NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDER

SOME OTHER RACE

County

Number

Percent of Total

Number

Percent of Total

Number

Percent of Total

Carson City

          930

1.77%

            76

0.14%

         3,391

6.46%

Churchill County

          649

2.71%

            54

0.23%

            773

3.22%

Clark County

     72,547

5.27%

       6,412

0.47%

     118,465

8.61%

Douglas County

          517

1.25%

            63

0.15%

         1,048

2.54%

Elko County

          306

0.68%

            52

0.11%

         3,849

8.50%

Esmeralda County

              0

0.00%

              2

0.21%

              74

7.62%

Eureka County

            13

0.79%

              1

0.06%

              72

4.36%

Humboldt County

            92

0.57%

            11

0.07%

         1,375

8.54%

Lander County

            20

0.35%

              2

0.03%

            502

8.66%

Lincoln County

            14

0.34%

              1

0.02%

            112

2.69%

Lyon County

          210

0.61%

            47

0.14%

         1,585

4.59%

Mineral County

            41

0.81%

              5

0.10%

            136

2.68%

Nye County

          253

0.78%

          105

0.32%

            969

2.98%

Pershing County

            42

0.63%

            15

0.22%

            628

9.38%

Storey County

            34

1.00%

              5

0.15%

              57

1.68%

Washoe County

     14,526

4.28%

       1,553

0.46%

       26,034

7.67%

White Pine County

            72

0.78%

            22

0.24%

            284

3.09%

State of Nevada

     90,266

4.52%

       8,426

0.42%

     159,354

7.97%

 

 

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TWO OR MORE RACES

HISPANIC OR LATINO

(OF ANY RACE)

County

Number

Percent of Total

Number

Percent of Total

Carson City

              1,111

2.12%

              7,466

14.23%

Churchill County

                 785

3.27%

              2,076

8.66%

Clark County

            57,765

4.20%

          302,143

21.96%

Douglas County

                 902

2.19%

              3,057

7.41%

Elko County

              1,258

2.78%

              8,935

19.73%

Esmeralda County

                   48

4.94%

                   99

10.20%

Eureka County

                   58

3.51%

                 158

9.57%

Humboldt County

                 498

3.09%

              3,040

18.87%

Lander County

                 136

2.35%

              1,073

18.52%

Lincoln County

                   80

1.92%

                 221

5.31%

Lyon County

              1,014

2.94%

              3,784

10.97%

Mineral County

                 121

2.39%

                 428

8.44%

Nye County

              1,022

3.15%

              2,713

8.35%

Pershing County

                 221

3.30%

              1,294

19.33%

Storey County

                   83

2.44%

                 174

5.12%

Washoe County

            11,133

3.28%

            56,301

16.58%

White Pine County

                 193

2.10%

              1,008

10.98%

State of Nevada

            76,428

3.82%

          393,970

19.72%

 

Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 Census.

 

 

 

 

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RACIAL DATA BY COUNTY

NEVADA 1990

 

County

Total

White

Percent

Black

Percent

American

Indian

Percent

Asian

Percent

Other

Percent

Hispanic

Percent

Carson City

40,443

36,693

90.73

698

1.73

1,106

2.73

569

1.41

1,377

3.40

3,110

7.69

Churchill

17,938

16,028

89.35

203

1.13

895

4.99

466

2.60

346

1.93

1,008

5.62

Clark

741,459

602,658

81.28

70,738

9.54

6,416

0.87

26,043

3.51

35,604

4.80

82,904

11.18

Douglas

27,637

26,130

94.55

86

0.31

570

2.06

361

1.31

490

1.77

1,652

5.98

Elko

33,530

28,970

86.40

266

0.79

2,128

6.35

277

0.83

1,889

5.63

4,339

12.94

Esmeralda

1,344

1,171

87.13

7

0.52

74

5.51

8

0.60

84

6.25

125

9.30

Eureka

1,547

1,442

93.21

5

0.32

41

2.65

11

0.71

48

3.10

138

8.92

Humboldt

12,844

10,761

83.78

81

0.63

714

5.56

63

0.49

1,225

9.54

2,335

18.18

Lander

6,266

5,663

90.38

9

0.14

295

4.71

16

0.26

283

4.52

789

12.59

Lincoln

3,775

3,555

94.17

81

2.15

58

1.54

16

0.42

65

1.72

156

4.13

Lyon

20,001

18,387

91.93

66

0.33

623

3.11

159

0.79

766

3.83

1,511

7.55

Mineral

6,475

5,142

79.41

351

5.42

748

11.55

70

1.08

164

2.53

546

8.43

Nye

17,781

16,393

92.19

291

1.64

499

2.81

155

0.87

443

2.49

1,237

6.96

Pershing

4,336

3,763

86.79

13

0.30

204

4.70

25

0.58

331

7.63

662

15.27

Storey

2,526

2,390

94.62

8

0.32

51

2.02

29

1.15

48

1.90

96

3.80

Washoe

254,667

225,095

88.39

5,680

2.23

4,921

1.93

9,824

3.86

9,147

3.59

22,959

9.02

White Pine

9,264

8,454

91.26

188

2.03

294

3.17

35

0.38

293

3.16

852

9.20

Total

1,201,833

1,012,695

84.26

78,771

6.55

19,637

1.63

38,127

3.17

52,603

4.38

124,419

10.35

 

Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, 1990 Census

 

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