Lander County, Nevada

Lander County is a located in the  of. As of the, the population is 5,794. Its is.

History
Lander County was one of the original nine counties created in. Named for ; chief engineer of a federal wagon route through the area in. He later served as Special Indian Agent in the area, and died during the in  in  at the rank of brigadier general. Created in 1862, Lander County sprang forth as the result of a mining boom on the, along the old line; taking a considerable portion of  and  counties with it. Eventually, Lander would be known as the "mother of counties" because so many were carved out of it. Its first county seat was in 1862 which was soon after moved to  in 1863 and finally  in 1979.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 14,295 (5,519 ). 14,228 km² (5,494 sq mi) of it is land and 67 km² (26 sq mi) of it (0.47%) is water.

Adjacent Counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 5,794 people, 2,093 households, and 1,523 families residing in the county. The was 0/km² (1/sq mi). There were 2,780 housing units at an average density of 0/km² (0/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 84.41%, 0.21% or , 3.99% , 0.35% , 0.03% , 8.66% from , and 2.35% from two or more races. 18.52% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 2,093 households out of which 39.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.70% were living together, 8.10% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.20% were non-families. 22.30% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.73 and the average family size was 3.23.

In the county the population was spread out with 32.20% under the age of 18, 6.80% from 18 to 24, 29.00% from 25 to 44, 25.00% from 45 to 64, and 7.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 105.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 105.50 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $46,067, and the median income for a family was $51,538. Males had a median income of $45,375 versus $22,197 for females. The for the county was $16,998. About 8.60% of families and 12.50% of the population were below the, including 13.50% of those under age 18 and 12.90% of those age 65 or over.

Unincorporated communities

 * 2004 population 340.
 * 2006 population 3,779.
 * Population 10.
 * 2005 population 288.