Washoe County leads the other major
population centers in Nevada in most measures
of personal economic well-being.
Much-awaited economic data for Nevada
was released by the U.S. Census Bureau last
week, and the county-by-county breakdown
of its information collected in the 2000
census shows:
* Household income: The median household
income in Washoe County in 1999
was $45,815. The figure for Carson City
was $41,809. In Clark County (Las
Vegas), the median household income was
$44,616.
* Family income: (This statistic includes
more two-worker families than the household
income figure.) The median family
income in Washoe County was $54,283 in
1999. The figure for Carson City was
$49,570 and the figure for Clark County
was $50,485.
* Per-capita income: When the total
incomes earned in Washoe County are
divided by the total population, the county's
per-capita income in 1999 was
$24,277. Clark County's figure was
$21,785 and Carson City's was $20,943.
* Management and professional occupations:
In Carson City, 30.2 percent of the
workforce held jobs in managerial or professional
positions. For Washoe County,
the figure was 29.5 percent. In Clark
County, the figure was 24.4 percent.
* Service occupations: Here, Clark County
led the three cities as 26.9 percent of its
workforce holds service jobs. The figures
for Washoe (19.9 percent) and Carson
City (18.2 percent) are much lower.
* Sales and office occupations: The three
cities are almost identical with roughly 28
percent of the workforce holding these
jobs.
* Housing prices: Washoe County, where
the median value of a home was $161,600
at the time of the 2000 Census, is well
above the other cities. In Carson City, the
median home value was $147,500; in
Clark County, the figure was $139,500.
* Rents: The median rent of a housing unit
in Clark county was $716. In Washoe
County, the median rent was $675. The
figure in Carson City was $650.
National comparisons aren't possible
because the Census Bureau hasn't completed
its state-by-state compilations.
Breakout
To dig around in the census data
on your own, go to factfinder.census.
gov on the Web. You can get
county-by-county figures through
the pull-down menus under "Basic
Facts" in the upper right corner of
the screen. In the menu that reads
"for" pull down to "a county."
