Washoe County

administration
Washoe County Courthouse in Reno, listed on NRHP No. 86002254
US state :	Nevada
Administrative headquarters :	Reno
Foundation :	1861
Demographics
Residents :	421,407 (2010)
Population density :	25.7 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	16,968 km²
Water surface :	541 km²
map

Website : www.co.washoe.nv.us

Washoe County is a county in the US state of Nevada . The county seat is Reno . Washoe City was the administrative center from 1861 to 1871 .

According to the United States Census Bureau , Washoe County's area is 16,968 square kilometers; 541 square kilometers of this is water.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1870	3091	-
1880	5664	83.2%
1890	6437	13.6%
1900	9141	42%
1910	17,434	90.7%
1920	18,627	6.8%
1930	27,158	45.8%
1940	32,476	19.6%
1950	50.205	54.6%
1960	84,743	68.8%
1970	121,068	42.9%
1980	193,623	59.9%
1990	254,667	31.5%
2000	339.486	33.3%
2010	421,407	24.1%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Age pyramid of Washoe County (as of 2000)

Fly Geyser in the Black Rock Desert

The county had a population of 339,486 people as of the 2000 census . There were 132,084 households and 83,741 families. The population density was 21 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 80.41% White, 2.09% African American, 1.82% Native American, 4.28% Asian, 0.46% Pacific Islander, and 7.67% other races Groups; 3.28% were from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 16.58% percent of the population.

Of the 132,084 households, 31.10% had children and adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. 47.90% were married couples living together, 10.30% were single mothers. 36.60% were not families. 27.00% are single households and 7.70% have someone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.09.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 24.90% residents under 18 years of age, 9.80% between 18 and 24 years of age, 31.00% between 25 and 44 years of age, 23.80% between 45 and 64 years of age 10.50% were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 102.80 males, for every 100 females aged 18 and over there were 101.80 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 45,815 , and the median income for a family is $ 54,283. Males had a median income of $ 36,226 versus $ 27,953 for females. The per capita income was $ 24,277. 10.00% of the population and 6.70% of families are below the poverty line. 12.20% of these were under 18 years of age and 6.20% were 65 years of age or older.

history

One place in the county has National Historic Landmark status , the Francis G. Newlands Home . 77 buildings and sites in the county are registered in the National Register of Historic Places (as of February 14, 2018).

While the county was a Republican stronghold until the 1990s, the Democrats have since gained voters thanks to the rapidly growing Reno, so that they have been just behind the Republicans since Barack Obama's victory in the 2008 presidential election , which is the number of it concerns registered voters. Therefore Washoe was for many years as a swing district , were decided in the scarce federal-wide elections, while the democratic projection of lying to the south of Nevada, Las Vegas containing Clark County , home to 70 percent of the population of the state, through the entire remaining, rural and republican dominated counties. In the elections in November 2018 , however, candidates from southern Nevada prevailed against the Senate and gubernatorial candidates of the Republicans from Washoe County, Dean Heller and Adam Laxalt , which, according to observers, suggests that Washoe County is moving towards a structural one Favorable to the Democrats tends to be.