Washoe County, Nevada

Washoe County is a located in the  of. As of the, the population was 339,486. As of, , the population of Washoe County is officially estimated at 409,085. Its is.

History
Washoe County was created in as one of the original nine counties of Nevada. It is named after the people who originally inhabited the area. It was consolidated with in. was the first county seat in and was replaced by  in.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 16,968 (6,551 ). 16,426 km² (6,342 sq mi) of it is land and 541 km² (209 sq mi) of it is water. The total area is 3.19%

There are two incorporated cities within the county: Reno and Sparks.

Major Highways

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 * [[Image:I-580.svg|25px]]
 * [[Image:US 395.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:Nevada 651.svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:Washoe County highway shield 447.png|20px]]

Adjacent Counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 339,486 people, 132,084 households, and 83,741 families residing in the county. The was 21/km² (54/sq mi). There were 143,908 housing units at an average density of 9/km² (23/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 80.41%, 2.09% or , 1.82% , 4.28% , 0.46% , 7.67% from , and 3.28% from two or more races. 16.58% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 132,084 households out of which 31.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.90% were living together, 10.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.60% were non-families. 27.00% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.09.

In the county the population was spread out with 24.90% under the age of 18, 9.80% from 18 to 24, 31.00% from 25 to 44, 23.80% from 45 to 64, and 10.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 102.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.80 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $45,815, and the median income for a family was $54,283. Males had a median income of $36,226 versus $27,953 for females. The for the county was $24,277. About 6.70% of families and 10.00% of the population were below the, including 12.20% of those under age 18 and 6.20% of those age 65 or over.

Other

 * See also: , a  set in Washoe County