People QuickFacts	Mineral County	Nevada
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	4,653	2,758,931
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	4,772	2,700,552
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	-2.5%	2.2%
 	Population, 2010    	4,772	2,700,551
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	4.8%	6.8%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	18.3%	24.4%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	22.7%	12.5%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	51.4%	49.5% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	73.9%	77.7%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	4.4%	8.6%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	16.0%	1.6%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	1.4%	7.7%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.2%	0.7%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	4.0%	3.7%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	10.4%	27.1%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	67.0%	53.6% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	82.6%	78.2%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	4.1%	19.2%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	6.3%	28.5%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	86.0%	84.2%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	7.8%	22.2%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	665	230,942
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	10.3	23.6 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	2,818	1,183,873
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	69.1%	59.1%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	13.5%	29.6%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$101,000	$225,400
 	Households, 2007-2011    	2,209	986,741
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.08	2.67
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$21,729	$27,625
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$31,108	$55,553
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	21.9%	12.9%

   	Business QuickFacts	Mineral County	Nevada
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	63	59,207
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	408	1,002,956
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	-67.2	11.1
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	213	177,181 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	342	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    	32.5%	28.6% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	0	15,735,787
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	D	19,255,893
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	D	37,433,983
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	D	$14,579
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	20,183	28,815,533
 	Building permits, 2011     	2	6,163

   	Geography QuickFacts	Mineral County	Nevada
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	3,752.84	109,781.18
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	1.3	24.6
 	FIPS Code    	021	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