2022 population: 6,462 ( 291 from 2010 , 189 from 2020)
Land area: 6036.6 square miles
Population density: 1.1 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	4,121	63.77%	10.5%
Black:	250	3.87%	0.4%
Indian:	204	3.16%	17.9%
Asian:	117	1.81%	24.5%
2+ races:	174	2.69%	47.5%
Hispanic:	1,596	24.70%	5.8%

Total non-White:	2,341	36.23%	9.0%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	118	8.9
Deaths:	161	12.1
Net Migration:	-141	-10.6
Net Immigration:	12	0.9

Change in White population:	-484	-7.2
Change in Non-White pop.:	193	2.9

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
6,753
4,605	68.19%
251	3.72%
173	2.56%
94	1.39%
118	1.75%
1,508	22.33%
2,148	31.81%

2000
6,693
4,663	69.67%
356	5.32%
203	3.03%
47	0.70%
126	1.88%
1,294	19.33%
2,030	30.33%

1990
4,336
3,494	80.58%
3	0.07%
189	4.36%
19	0.44%
n/a
631	14.55%
842	19.42%

1980
3,408
2,757	80.90%
6	0.18%
217	6.37%
17	0.50%
n/a
404	11.85%
651	19.10%

1970
2,670
2,240	83.90%
4	0.15%
113	4.23%
20	0.75%
n/a
290	10.86%
430	16.10%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
546	8.2
386	5.8
-660	-9.9
115	1.7

-58	-0.9
118	1.8

Number	Rate
1990's
741	17.1
339	7.8
373	8.6
129	3.0

1,169	27.0
1,188	27.4

Number	Rate
1980's
678	19.9
343	10.1
593	17.4
n/a

737	21.6
191	5.6

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
631	23.6
n/a

517	19.4
221	8.3

Age, Family & Household Data for Pershing County, NV

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
40.4
1,113	17.2%
5,349	82.8%
1,078	16.7%

1,886
2.54

1,289	68.3%
1,095	84.9%
92	7.1%
597	31.7%

2010
Number	Percent
41.0
1,322	19.6%
5,431	80.4%
875	13.0%

2,018
2.51

1,375	68.1%
1,048	76.2%
119	8.7%
643	31.9%

2000
Number	Percent
34.4
1,700	25.4%
4,993	74.6%
519	7.8%

1,962
2.68

1,398	71.3%
1,106	79.1%
129	9.2%
564	28.7%

1990
Number	Percent
31.5
1,346	31.0%
2,990	69.0%
501	11.6%

1,623
2.64

1,139	70.2%
961	84.4%
62	5.4%
484	29.8%

1980
Number	Percent
31.6
929	27.3%
2,479	72.7%
396	11.6%

1,281
2.64

938	73.2%
841	89.7%
37	3.9%
343	26.8%

2022 Housing Data for Pershing County, NV

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	130	6.9%
$10,000 to $14,999	41	2.2%
$15,000 to $19,999	69	3.7%
$20,000 to $24,999	81	4.3%
$25,000 to $29,999	124	6.6%
$30,000 to $34,999	82	4.3%
$35,000 to $39,999	62	3.3%
$40,000 to $44,999	120	6.4%
$45,000 to $49,999	45	2.4%
$50,000 to $59,999	133	7.1%
$60,000 to $74,999	145	7.7%
$75,000 to $99,999	265	14.1%
$100,000 to $124,999	165	8.7%
$125,000 to $149,999	218	11.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	158	8.4%
$200,000 or more	48	2.5%

Median Household Income	66,304
Per Capita Income	25,896

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	90
Compared to U.S.	87

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	52	2.8%
Public Assistance	7	0.4%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	155	8.2%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	1,453	44.3%
Unemployed	149	4.5%
In Armed Forces	0	0.0%

Total Labor Force	1,602	48.8%
Not in Labor Force	1,678	51.2%

Real Unemployment Rate		55.7%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	882	489	64.3%
Non-Profit	4	45	8.2%
Self-Employed	112	108	50.9%

Local Government	72	111	39.3%
State Government	114	89	56.2%
Federal Government	6	3	66.7%

Total Private + Self	994	597	62.5%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	196	248	44.1%
Total	1,190	845	58.5%

Pct. Govt.	19.4%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	322	15.8%
Sales and Office Occupations	262	12.9%
Professional, Technical	234	11.5%
Service Occupations	411	20.2%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	20	1.0%
All others	806	39.6%

White Collar		40.2%

Industry
	Number	%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	410	20.1%
Health care and social assistance	325	16.0%
Construction	234	11.5%
Retail trade	208	10.2%
Public administration	175	8.6%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	137	6.7%
Manufacturing	103	5.1%
Accommodation and food services	100	4.9%
Educational services	94	4.6%
Other services	63	3.1%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	53	2.6%
Transportation and warehousing	36	1.8%
Wholesale trade	29	1.4%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	26	1.3%
Professional, scientific, technical	23	1.1%
Information	10	0.5%
Real estate and rental and leasing	9	0.4%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	1,325	20.12%
Puerto Rican	43	0.65%
Cuban	0	0.00%
Dominican	4	0.06%

Total Central American	27	0.41%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	4	0.06%
Honduran	8	0.12%
Nicaraguan	7	0.11%
Panamanian	0	0.00%
Salvadoran	8	0.12%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	0	0.00%
Argentinean	0	0.00%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	0	0.00%
Ecuadorian	0	0.00%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	0	0.00%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	0	0.00%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	223	3.39%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	49	0.74%
Chinese	48	0.73%
Bhutanese	4	0.06%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	4,973	79.4%
Spanish	1,176	18.8%
Chinese	48	0.8%
Other	30	0.5%
Tagalog	13	0.2%
Arabic	9	0.1%
Other Indo-European	5	0.1%
Other Asian	4	0.1%
French, Haitian, Cajun	2	0.0%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	1,028	15.6%
Irish	717	10.9%
English	669	10.2%
French	227	3.4%
Scotch-Irish	171	2.6%
Portuguese	149	2.3%
American	144	2.2%
Scottish	112	1.7%
Italian	94	1.4%
Danish	85	1.3%
French Canadian	81	1.2%
Czechoslovakian	76	1.2%
European	76	1.2%
Swedish	57	0.9%
Croatian	53	0.8%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	6,172	93.7%
Not a citizen	415	6.3%

Native	5,870	89.1%
Foreign-born	717	10.9%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
144	2.9%	655	13.1%	2,131	42.5%	1,579	31.5%	291	5.8%	213	4.2%
Average years of education: 12.4

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	144	2.9%
9-12 Years	655	13.1%
H.S. Grad or GED	2,131	42.5%
Some College	1,579	31.5%
Bach. Degree	291	5.8%
Grad Degree	213	4.2%
Average years of education: 12.4

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	2,001	1,909	92	4.6%	4.7%
1991	2,057	1,969	88	4.3%	5.9%
1992	2,166	2,028	138	6.4%	6.8%
1993	2,105	1,976	129	6.1%	6.9%
1994	2,092	1,940	152	7.3%	6.2%
1995	2,182	2,062	120	5.5%	5.6%
1996	2,455	2,334	121	4.9%	5.1%
1997	2,610	2,499	111	4.3%	4.4%
1998	2,606	2,516	90	3.5%	4.2%
1999	2,368	2,287	81	3.4%	4.0%

2000	2,573	2,468	105	4.1%	4.1%
2001	2,590	2,467	123	4.7%	5.2%
2002	2,622	2,496	126	4.8%	5.7%
2003	2,536	2,406	130	5.1%	5.3%
2004	2,509	2,400	109	4.3%	4.4%
2005	2,430	2,313	117	4.8%	4.1%
2006	2,454	2,334	120	4.9%	4.0%
2007	2,517	2,390	127	5.0%	4.6%
2008	2,538	2,356	182	7.2%	6.9%
2009	2,632	2,366	266	10.1%	11.7%

2010	2,321	2,064	257	11.1%	13.8%
2011	2,455	2,185	270	11.0%	13.3%
2012	2,589	2,329	260	10.0%	11.6%
2013	2,598	2,357	241	9.3%	10.0%
2014	2,534	2,343	191	7.5%	8.2%
2015	2,429	2,259	170	7.0%	6.8%
2016	2,439	2,293	146	6.0%	5.8%
2017	2,534	2,418	116	4.6%	5.0%
2018	2,582	2,479	103	4.0%	4.4%
2019	2,607	2,503	104	4.0%	3.9%

2020	2,530	2,407	123	4.9%	12.8%
2021	2,594	2,509	85	3.3%	6.9%
2022	2,475	2,385	90	3.6%	5.4%
2023	2,377	2,266	111	4.7%	5.1%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	2,297
Median Value	$164,400

Occupied	1,886	82.1%
Vacant	411	17.9%

Owned	1,377	73.0%
Rented	509	27.0%
Median Rent	$652

Single-Family Units	902	39.3%
Detached	810	35.3%
Attached	92	4.0%
Buldings with 5+ Units	151	6.6%
Mobile Homes	1,119	48.7%

Pershing County, NV

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Pershing County, NV

2022 Housing Data for Pershing County, NV

2022 Income & Employment Data for Pershing County, NV

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Pershing County, NV

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Pershing County, NV

Historical Labor Force Data for Pershing County, NV