People QuickFacts	Elko	Nevada
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	19,386	2,758,931
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	18,317	2,700,552
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	5.8%	2.2%
 	Population, 2010    	18,297	2,700,551
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	8.5%	6.9%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	27.8%	24.6%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	8.3%	12.0%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	48.7%	49.5% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	78.9%	66.2%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	1.0%	8.1%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	3.3%	1.2%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	1.4%	7.2%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.1%	0.6%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	3.5%	4.7%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	26.4%	26.5%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	66.9%	54.1% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	83.2%	78.2%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	13.9%	19.2%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	19.1%	28.5%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	85.8%	84.2%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	19.3%	22.2%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	1,360	230,942
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	27.0	23.6 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	7,221	1,173,814
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	65.0%	59.1%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	23.0%	29.6%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$196,300	$225,400
 	Households, 2007-2011    	6,644	986,741
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.68	2.67
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$29,166	$27,625
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$71,114	$55,553
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	5.9%	12.9%

   	Business QuickFacts	Elko	Nevada
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	1,846	221,260
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	2.2%	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    	2.7%	8.1%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	23.1%	28.6% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	NA	15,735,787
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	338,002	19,255,893
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	593,883	37,433,983
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$34,653	$14,579
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	99,765	28,815,533

   	Geography QuickFacts	Elko	Nevada
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	17.64	109,781.18
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	1,037.3	24.6
 	FIPS Code    	22500	32
 	Counties    	Elko County
 	

(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