27.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
There were 132,084 households, out of which 31.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.9% were married couples living together, 10.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.60% were non-families. 16.6% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. The racial makeup of the county was 80.4% White, 2.1% Black or African American, 1.8% Native American, 4.3% Asian, 0.5% Pacific Islander, 7.7% from other races, and 3.3% from two or more races. There were 143,908 housing units at an average density of 23 per square mile (9/km 2). The population density was 54 people per square mile (21/km 2). Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge (part)ĭemographics Historical populationĪs of the census of 2000, there were 339,486 people, 132,084 households, and 83,741 families living in the county.Black Rock Desert-High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails National Conservation Area (part).This is the last of the range/prairie and wild grass water shed from the eastern range of the Reno Tahoe basin. Rattle Snake Mountain at Huffaker Park, follows the span of Steamboat Creek to the southern east end of Washoe County. The Truckee Meadows of Washoe County starts at the furthest southern runway of Reno Tahoe International Airport, GPS Coordinates 39.468836,-119.770912 and runs south east. According to unofficial results the day after the election, 54% of voters approved of the ballot measure to consolidate the governments. In 2010, there was a ballot question asking whether the Reno city government and the Washoe County government should become one combined governmental body. There are two incorporated cities within the county, namely Reno and Sparks. The highest point in Washoe County is Mount Rose at 10,785 ft (3,287 m), while the most topographically prominent peak is Virginia Peak. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 6,542 square miles (16,940 km 2), of which 6,302 square miles (16,320 km 2) is land and 240 square miles (620 km 2) (3.7%) is water. Īs of 2013, "Washoe County is the first school district in the state to offer Paiute classes," offering an elective course in the Paiute language at Spanish Springs High School and North Valleys High School.Īccording to the U.S. In 1918, Washoe County elected the first woman elected to the Nevada Legislature, Sadie Hurst, a Republican. The remains of some of the members of the band were repatriated from the Smithsonian Institution to the Fort Hall Idaho Shoshone-Bannock Tribe in 1994. Three children and a woman who survived the battle were captured.
A posse was formed, and on February 26, 1911, at the Battle of Kelley Creek, eight of Daggett's band were killed, along with one member of the posse, Ed Hogle. In 1911, a small band of Shoshone and Bannock led by Mike Daggett killed four stockmen in Washoe County. Washoe City was the first county seat in 1861 and was replaced by Reno in 1871. It was consolidated with Roop County in 1864. It is named after the Washoe people who originally inhabited the area. Washoe County was created on November 25, 1861, as one of the original nine counties of the Nevada Territory.
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