Nye (county)

Nye County was formed in 1864 and received its name in honor of James W. Nye, the first governor of Nevada , and then the US Senator . The capital of the okrug was originally the city of Jonah , then in 1867 the administrative center of the okrug was moved to Belmont, and finally, in 1905, the city of Tonopah became the capital of the Nye okrug .

The district experienced the first economic and industrial boom at the beginning of the twentieth century, when mining was demanded in the cities of Riolight , Tonopah and in the city of Goldfield, located on the border with the Esmeralda district . In 1906, the population of Goldfield reached 30 thousand people, Tonopah - 10 thousand and Riolight - also about 10 thousand people. All three cities were interconnected by the branches of the Railway Company Tonop and Taderwater ^[4] .

After the disappearance of the economic and industrial boom, the district's activity was sharply reduced. In 1910, the population fell to three thousand people ^[5] and varied slightly until the 1990s, when the city of Paramp turned into a sleeping area of ​​the entertainment complex of Las Vegas .

From time to time, discussions are held regarding the transfer of the district administration to the city of Paramp or the separation of this city from the Nai district , but so far these proposals have not been supported by the district administration and federal authorities ^[6] .

According to the United States Census Bureau, Nye County has a total area of ​​18,159 square miles (47,032 square kilometers), of which 47,000 km² is land and 32 km² is water (0.07% of the total area).

Nye County is located in the south of central Nevada and has a mushroom-shaped cloud symbolic, consistent with the presence of a nuclear test site on its territory. The county is the largest in size in the state and is the third largest territory among the continental US states after the districts of San Bernardino ( California ) and Coconino ( Arizona ). With an area of ​​47,032 square kilometers , Nye County is larger than the combined territory of Massachusetts , Rhode Island , New Jersey and Delaware . Of this considerable area, only 3329 square kilometers (or a little more than seven percent of the entire territory) are private farms, most of the land is owned by the federal government. According to the US Census Bureau, 4,225.4 square kilometers are part of the Nevada nuclear test site and, accordingly, this territory has not had any permanent population since 2000.

The largest city of Las Vegas is located 160 kilometers southeast of Mount Yucca and 97 kilometers from the district city of Parampa. Both cities are connected by federal highway number 160, which for the most part consists of four lanes of automobile traffic in both directions.

The highest point of the district is Mount Jefferson (3641 m).

Highways

One of the major federal highways No. 95 runs through Nye County , connecting Las Vegas and the capital of Carson City County . According to 2006 data, federal highway No. 95 is used daily by about two thousand cars traveling along the city of Tonopa ^[7] .

•   Federal highway number 6
•   Federal highway number 95
•   Nevada Highway # 160
•   Nevada State Motorway No. 373
•   Nevada State Motorway No. 374

Neighboring Counties

• Churchill - Northwest
• Lander north
• Eureka - North
• White pine - northeast
• Lincoln East
• Clark East
• Esmeralda - West
• Mineral - West
• Inyo - South

According to the 2000 census, 32,485 people, 9063 families lived in Nai County , there were 13,309 households and 15,934 housing units leased out. The average population density was about one person per square kilometer. According to the census, the racial makeup of the county was as follows: 89.63% White, 1.18% African American, 1.96% Native American, 0.78% Asian, 0.32% Pacific Islander, 3.15% mixed race. and 2.98% from other nationalities. 8.35% of the population were Hispanic or Latin American people . ^[eight]

In 2006, there were 42 693 people in the district, population growth compared to 2006 was 31.3%, which suggests a faster population growth rate compared to Clark County , where the city of Las Vegas is located.

26.40% of the total number of registered families had children under the age of 18 years living with their parents, 56.30% were married couples living together, in 7.40% of the families women lived without husbands, and 31.90% families were not families as such. 25.70% of all registered households were single, while 10.30% were single over 65 years old. The average household size was 2.42 people; the average family size was 2.90 people.

According to the 2000 census, the population of the district according to the age range was as follows: 23.70% - residents under 18 years of age, 5.40% - between 18 and 24 years old, 24.00% - from 25 to 44 years old, 28.50% - from 45 to 64 years old, 18.40% - over 65 years old. The average age of the district residents was 43 years old. For every 100 females there are 105.10 males, while for every hundred females 18 years and older, there are 104.70 males also older than 18 years.

The average household income per household in the county was $ 36,024, and the average household income in the county was $ 41,642. At the same time, men had an average income of $ 37,276 per year, compared to $ 22,394 of the average annual income for women.

The per capita income for the county was $ 17,962 per year. 7.30% of the total number of families in the district and 10.70% of the total population were below the poverty line at the time of the census, with 13.10% of those under the age of 18 and 8.30% of those aged 65 and older.

As in many rural areas and counties in the western United States, Nye County has a relatively high suicide rate among the population. ^[9] According to the Center for Disease Control ^{[10], the} annual suicide rate in the district between 1989 and 1998 was 28.7561 people for every 100,000 people. This is the third highest among similar data for Nevada counties after White Pine County (34.3058) and Lyon County (30.8917), but is nevertheless higher than the statewide average (22.96 people per 100,000 population) . ^[eleven]

• Amargosa Valley
• Beatty
• Covers
• Crystal
• Carrant
• Duckwater
• Gabbs
• Headley
• Lokis
• Manhattan
• Mercury
• Paramp
• Scottis junction
• Sunnyside
• Round mountain
• Tonopa
• Yomba

• Belmont
• Ballfrog
• Berlin
• Cactus springs
• Carrara [2]
• Gold Center
• And she
• Niall
• Pioneer
• Potts
• Riolight
• Warm Springs

• Nye County and Census Tract 9805, Nye County, Nevada United States Census Bureau
• County official website
• Site for protection against environmental pollution from the nuclear testing ground