People QuickFacts Humboldt County Nevada Population, 2012 estimate 17,048 2,758,931 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 16,529 2,700,552 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 3.1% 2.2% Population, 2010 16,528 2,700,551 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 7.7% 6.8% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 27.0% 24.4% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 10.3% 12.5% Female persons, percent, 2011 47.5% 49.5%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 91.1% 77.7% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.9% 8.6% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 4.7% 1.6% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.9% 7.7% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.2% 0.7% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 2.2% 3.7% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 24.7% 27.1% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 68.4% 53.6%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 82.3% 78.2% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 13.7% 19.2% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 21.8% 28.5% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 81.6% 84.2% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 13.4% 22.2% Veterans, 2007-2011 1,388 230,942 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 30.0 23.6  Housing units, 2011 7,121 1,183,873 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 72.8% 59.1% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 8.3% 29.6% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $144,000 $225,400 Households, 2007-2011 6,098 986,741 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.63 2.67 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $25,855 $27,625 Median household income, 2007-2011 $54,943 $55,553 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 13.5% 12.9%     Business QuickFacts Humboldt County Nevada Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 395 59,207 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 6,153 1,002,956 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 9.4 11.1 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 790 177,181  Total number of firms, 2007 1,115 221,260 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 3.9% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.8% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 7.9% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.3% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 8.1% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 23.6% 28.6%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 0 15,735,787 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 71,463 19,255,893 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 333,593 37,433,983 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $18,936 $14,579 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 52,022 28,815,533 Building permits, 2011 47 6,163     Geography QuickFacts Humboldt County Nevada Land area in square miles, 2010 9,640.76 109,781.18 Persons per square mile, 2010 1.7 24.6 FIPS Code 013 32 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area None   (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts