Nevada KIDS COUNT County Profiles: 2007

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Nevada KIDS COUNT County Profiles provide individual, county-specific data summarizing demographics, health, economic well-being, education and achievement, child and youth safety/welfare, and juvenile justice.


Lincoln County
DEMOGRAPHICS County State
Total Population 3,556 2,513,429
Age Distribution: 2005 <5 196 178,729
5-17 610 453,683
5-19 727 525,354
18-44 1,290 996,431
20-44 1,173 924,760
45-64 833 603,627
65+ 627 280,959
Racial/Ethnic Distribution  Asian  4 39,562
(Children age 17 and under): 2005 Black (African American) 6 53,493
Hispanic 57 216,003
Native American 19 8,868
White 721 314,486
HEALTH CONDITIONS AND HEALTH CARE
Annual Average Percent Low-Birthweight Babies: 2003-2005 8.2% 8.1%
Average Teen Birth Rate: 2003-2005 (Births per 1,000 females ages 15-17) NM 46.6
ECONOMIC WELL-BEING
Percent of Related Children Under Age 18 in Poverty: 2004 19.1% 15.3%
EDUCATION AND ACHIEVEMENT
Percent Change in Enrollment 2004-2005 to 2005-2006 -1.4% 3.0%
School Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity: 2005-2006 Asian/Pacific Islander 2.7% 7.3%
Black (African American) 3.8% 11.1%
Hispanic 7.9% 33.6%
Native American/Alaskan Native 2.3% 1.6%
White 83.3% 46.4%
High School Dropout Rate: 2004-2005 NM 5.7%
CHILD AND YOUTH SAFETY/WELFARE
Infant Mortality Rate: 2003-2005 (Deaths per 1,000 live births) NM 5.8
Child Death Rate: 2003-2005 (Deaths per 100,000 children) NM 20.3
Teen Death Rate (Deaths per 100,000 teens Ages 15-19): 2003-2005  NM 70.5
JUVENILE JUSTICE
Average Juvenile Violent Crime Arrest Rate (Ages 10-17): 2003-2005 NM 216.5
N.M.=not meaningful. Calculated rates based on very small numbers are not statistically reliable.
NA = not available. 
Note: The sum of the counties may not equal the state total due to missing or incomplete county-reference data. Resident population excludes group quarters.

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