Beatty (Nevada)
Nye County
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Beatty is a small community in northwestern Nye County in the U.S. state of Nevada. Beatty had 2000 1.154 inhabitants in the year. It is located along the Amargosa River.
The community was named after Montillus Beatty, a settler in the area was a ranch. From this, a holding station for travelers from Las Vegas to Goldfield and finally the small community of Beatty developed after 1890. 1905 Beatty was connected with the former gold mining town of Rhyolite by a railway line - today it no longer exists - because the place had become a supply base for Rhyolites gold mines.
Beatty is preferred Logierplatz for test engineers large German automobile companies that test in the adjacent Death Valley National Park with so-called " Erlkönigen " in endurance rides their vehicle prototypes.
Geography
Beatty is 3,320 feet ( 1,012 meters) above sea level. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 454.9 km2, all of it is land.
Demography
In the United States Census 2000 1.154 inhabitants were counted in 535 households, and 270 families residing in Beatty. The population density was 2.5 inhabitants per km2. The number of housing units was 740, which corresponds to a density of 1.6 dwellings / km2.
The residents of Beatty passed in 2000 to 90.90 % White, 0.09% African American, 1.47% Native American, 1.21 % Asian, 1.21 % from other races, and 3.21% of two or more races. 8.93 % of the population declared themselves as Hispanic or Latino in the Census.
In 26.9 % of households were living children under the age of 18 and 39.8 % of households are married couples living together, 6.9 % of households had a female householder with no husband present, and 49.5 % of households were non-families. 43.4 % of all households were made up of individuals and 15.0 % had someone aged 65 years or older living alone. The average household size was 2.16 persons and the average family consisted of 3.04 persons.
Of the population 26.1% were under 18 years old, 5.6 % were in the age group of 18 to 24 years, 24.7% were between 25 and 44 years old and 29.5 % between 45 and 64 years. 14.0% were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 119.4 males; each accounted for 121.6 men for every 100 women in the over 18 year olds.
The average income per household was $ 41,250, and the median family income was U.S. $ 52 639. The men had on average an income of 44 438 U.S. $, compared to U.S. $ 25,962 for females. The per capita income amounted to U.S. $ 16,971. About 10.4 % of families and 13.4 % of the population were below the poverty line; this applied to 7.1% of those under age 18 and 19.6 % of people aged 65 years or older.
Swell
- Deke Castleman: Nevada Handbook, ISBN 0-918373-63-8 1989