Nevada KIDS COUNT County Profiles: 2003

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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.



Nye
DEMOGRAPHICS County State
Total Population 34,384 2,127,117
Age Distribution: 2001 <5 1,806 153,003
5-17 5,718 383,513
5-19 6,653 441,884
18-44 10,113 858,186
20-44 9,178 799,814
45-64 9,644 495,908
65+ 7,103 236,507
Racial/Ethnic Distribution Asian 107 28,362
(Children age 17 and under): 2001 Black (African American) 115 46,922
Hispanic 1,106 159,391
Native American 201 8,168
White 5,994 293,671
HEALTH CONDITIONS AND HEALTH CARE
Annual Average Percent Low-Birthweight Babies: 1999-2001 7.1% 7.5%
Average Teen Birth Rate: 1999-2001 (Births per 1,000 females) 21.7 33.2
Public-Health Immunization Rate: 2002 58.4% 64.1%
ECONOMIC WELL-BEING
Percent of Related Children Under Age 18 in Poverty: 1999 13.1% 13.5%
In Female-Headed Families 35.9% 31.5%
In Male-Headed Families 16.3% 18.2%
In Married-Couple Families 8.0% 7.7%
Percent of Families with Children Headed by a Single Parent: 1999 24.8% 29.5%
Percent of Children Who Live in a Family Where No Parent Is Employed: 1999 9.6% 11.4%
EDUCATION AND ACHIEVEMENT
Percent Change in Enrollment 1999-2000 to 2000-2001 -2.8% 4.6%
School Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity: 2000-2001 Asian/Pacific Islander 1.7% 5.7%
Black (African American) 2.2% 10.2%
Hispanic 11.5% 25.7%
Native American/Alaskan Native 2.3% 1.7%
White 82.2% 56.7%
Transiency Rate: 2001-2002 36.0% 33.0%
High School Dropout Rate: 2001-2002 7.2% 5.0%
Teens Not in School and Not Working (Ages 16-19): 2000 9.6% 12.6%
CHILD AND YOUTH SAFETY/WELFARE
Infant Mortality Rate: 1999-2001 (Deaths per 1,000 live births) 9.7 6.2
Child Death Rate: 1999-2001 (Deaths per 100,000 children) 34.3 23.0
Teen Violent Death Rate (Deaths per 100,000 teens Ages 15-19): 1999-2001 (Includes homicides, suicides, and accidents) 89.8 51.3
Substantiated Child Abuse and Neglect Reports as a Percent of Total Reports (Ages 17 and Under): 2001  8.1% 21.5%
JUVENILE JUSTICE
Average Juvenile Violent Crime Arrest Rate (Ages 10-17): 1999-2001 52.9 258.9
N.M.=not meaningful. Calculated rates based on very small numbers are not statistically reliable.



Nevada KIDS COUNT is a project of
The Center for Business and Economic Research    University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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