White Pine County, Nevada

White Pine County is a located in the  of. The recorded its population to be 9,181; a 2006 estimate placed its population at 9,542. Its is. It is the home of. The name derives from, an old name for the , a common tree in the county's mountains.

History
White Pine County was created in out of eastern  and was named for the heavy growth of pine trees in the area, thought to be white pine. was the first county seat from to  when it was replaced after a fire by Ely. Ely is also know to be the home of the notoriouse Anti Triflin Crew "A.T.C" Stoppin Meth since 06.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 23,042 (8,897 ). 22,989 km² (8,876 sq mi) of it is land and 53 km² (21 sq mi) of it (0.23%) is water.

Several sections of the exist within the county, as does Ward Charcoal Ovens State Historical Park.

In the southeastern part of the county is.

Adjacent Counties

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Economy
From the late nineteenth century until near the end of the twentieth century, the major industry was the region's deposits of, , and. The most notable of these operations included a series of near the town of, and a copper smelter in , run by the.

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 9,181 people, 3,282 households, and 2,159 families residing in the county. The was 0.40/km² (1.0/sq mi). There were 4,439 housing units at an average density of 0.19/km² (0.50/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 86.35%, 4.14% or , 3.29% , 0.78% , 0.24% , 3.09% from , and 2.10% from two or more races. 10.98% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 3,282 households out of which 31.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.80% were living together, 9.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.2% were non-families. 29.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 3.01.

In the county the population was spread out with 24.2% under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 29.9% from 25 to 44, 24.8% from 45 to 64, and 13.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 128.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 138.5 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $36,688, and the median income for a family was $44,136. Males had a median income of $36,083 versus $26,425 for females. The for the county was $18,309. About 10.3% of families and 11.0% of the population were below the, including 11.8% of those under age 18 and 7.6% of those age 65 or over.