People QuickFacts Lincoln County Nevada Population, 2012 estimate 5,405 2,758,931 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 5,345 2,700,552 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 1.1% 2.2% Population, 2010 5,345 2,700,551 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 5.3% 6.8% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 25.2% 24.4% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 18.7% 12.5% Female persons, percent, 2011 45.9% 49.5%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 93.0% 77.7% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 2.6% 8.6% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.4% 1.6% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.8% 7.7% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.3% 0.7% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 2.0% 3.7% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 6.6% 27.1% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 87.2% 53.6%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 90.1% 78.2% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 2.6% 19.2% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 3.0% 28.5% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 85.6% 84.2% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 16.4% 22.2% Veterans, 2007-2011 612 230,942 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 29.1 23.6  Housing units, 2011 2,792 1,183,873 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 72.1% 59.1% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 3.9% 29.6% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $156,300 $225,400 Households, 2007-2011 1,815 986,741 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.67 2.67 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $18,298 $27,625 Median household income, 2007-2011 $42,662 $55,553 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 13.1% 12.9%     Business QuickFacts Lincoln County Nevada Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 86 58,777 Private nonfarm employment, 2011 610 1,000,610 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 -1.5% -0.2% Nonemployer establishments, 2010 246 177,181  Total number of firms, 2007 409 221,260 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 F 7.9% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.3% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 8.1% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 32.3% 28.6%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 0 15,735,787 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) D 19,255,893 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 31,053 37,433,983 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $6,970 $14,579 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) D 28,815,533 Building permits, 2012 12 9,071     Geography QuickFacts Lincoln County Nevada Land area in square miles, 2010 10,633.20 109,781.18 Persons per square mile, 2010 0.5 24.6 FIPS Code 017 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