Mineral County, Nevada

Mineral County is a located in the  of. As of the, the population is 5,071. Its is.

History
Mineral County was carved out of in  shortly after the County seat of Esmeralda was moved to  in. Its name came from the surrounding area, which is heavily mineralized. Hawthorne has always been its county seat.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 9,876 (3,813 ). 9,729 km² (3,756 sq mi) of it is land and 146 km² (57 sq mi) of it (1.48%) is water.

Adjacent Counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 5,071 people, 2,197 households, and 1,379 families residing in the county. The was 1/km² (1/sq mi). There were 2,866 housing units at an average density of 0/km² (1/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 73.89%, 4.77% or , 15.36% , 0.81% , 0.10% , 2.68% from , and 2.39% from two or more races. 8.44% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 2,197 households out of which 25.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.20% were living together, 11.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.20% were non-families. 31.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.26 and the average family size was 2.78.

In the county the population was spread out with 24.40% under the age of 18, 6.20% from 18 to 24, 22.50% from 25 to 44, 27.10% from 45 to 64, and 19.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 101.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.30 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $32,891, and the median income for a family was $39,477. Males had a median income of $31,929 versus $25,262 for females. The for the county was $16,952. About 11.00% of families and 15.20% of the population were below the, including 17.70% of those under age 18 and 10.70% of those age 65 or over.