Pershing County, Nevada

Pershing County is a located in the  of. As of the, the population is 6,693. Its is. The county is named for General. It was created out of in, and is the last county in the state of Nevada to be created.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 15,715 (6,068 ). 15,635 km² (6,037 sq mi) of it is land and 80 km² (31 sq mi) of it (0.51%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 6,693 people, 1,962 households, and 1,383 families residing in the county. The was 0/km² (1/sq mi). There were 2,389 housing units at an average density of 0/km² (0/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 77.69%, 5.35% or , 3.42% , 0.63% , 0.22% , 9.38% from , and 3.30% from two or more races. 19.33% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 1,962 households out of which 38.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.20% were living together, 7.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.50% were non-families. 24.30% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.69 and the average family size was 3.22.

In the county the population was spread out with 25.70% under the age of 18, 8.50% from 18 to 24, 36.00% from 25 to 44, 22.10% from 45 to 64, and 7.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 158.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 182.10 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $40,670, and the median income for a family was $46,268. Males had a median income of $34,417 versus $24,301 for females. The for the county was $16,589. About 10.20% of families and 11.40% of the population were below the, including 14.20% of those under age 18 and 5.60% of those age 65 or over.