Esmeralda County

administration
Esmeralda County Courthouse
US state :	Nevada
Administrative headquarters :	Goldfield
Foundation :	1861
Area code :	001 775
Demographics
Residents :	783 (2010)
Population density :	0.1 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	9295 km²
Water surface :	1 km²
map

Website : www.accessesmeralda.com

The Esmeralda County is a county in the west of the state of Nevada of the United States . The county is the least populous county in Nevada. The county seat is in Goldfield .

history

Esmeralda County is one of the original counties founded in Nevada in 1861. The name is derived from the Spanish word Esmeralda for emerald . He was selected by JM Corey who co-founded and named the Esmeralda Mining District . Initially, Aurora was the administrative seat, from 1883 Hawthorne . It has been Goldfield since 1907.

The county grew rapidly due to a gold rush in the early 20th century. The mines were exhausted by the end of the 1910s, and the economy and population declined significantly.

One place in the county is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of February 13, 2018), the Goldfield Historic District .

geography

The county is located in southwest Nevada, on the California border , halfway between Reno and Las Vegas . Mark Twain described the area and miner work in the area in his 1872 book Roughing It . The county is home to the Silver Peak Range and Monte Cristo Range , which dominate the county. The highest peaks include:

Boundary Peak : 4007 m, highest point in Nevada
Piper Peak : 2880 m
Magruder Mountain : 2756 m
Montezuma Peak : 2552 m
Emigrant Peak : 2069 m

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1870	1533	-
1880	3220	110%
1890	2148	-33.3%
1900	1972	-8.2%
1910	9369	375.1%
1920	2410	-74.3%
1930	1077	-55.3%
1940	1554	44.3%
1950	614	-60.5%
1960	619	0.8%
1970	629	1.6%
1980	777	23.5%
1990	1344	73%
2000	971	-27.8%
2010	783	-19.4%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Age pyramid of Esmeralda County (as of 2000)

The Boundary Peak

State Historical Marker No. 157

As of the 2000 census , the county had 971 people. There were 455 households and 259 families. The population density was less than 1 person per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 81.98% White, 0.10% African American, 5.15% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.21% Pacific Islander, and 7.62% other races Groups; 4.94% were from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 10.20% percent of the population.

Of the 455 households, 21.10% had children and adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. 46.40% were married couples living together, 6.40% were single mothers. 42.90% were not families. 36.00% were single households and 13.20% had someone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.02 and the average family size was 2.79 people.

For the entire county, the population was made up of 20.50% residents under 18 years of age, 6.00% between 18 and 24 years of age, 23.40% between 25 and 44 years of age, and 33.00% between 45 and 64 years of age 17.20% were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females there were 123.70 males, for every 100 females aged 18 and over there were 118.70 males.

The median income for a household in the 33,203 USD , and the median income for a family was 40,917 USD. Males had a median income of $ 39,327 versus $ 25,469 for females. The per capita income was $ 18,971. 15.30% of the population and 7.50% of families are below the poverty line. 9.70% of them were under 18 years of age and 11.40% were 65 years of age or older.