Fallon (Nevada)

Churchill County

32-24100

Fallon is a small town in western Nevada with about 7,500 inhabitants. It is located in Churchill County and is its administrative center. The area is very dry because Fallon is located in the Stillwater Range. The name comes from the larger neighboring town of Stillwater. South-west of Fallon are small lakes and in the west the city Reno. In the urban area, the Naval Air Station Fallon, Fallon is a major employer.

Geography

U.S. Highway 50 is the main road through town. It is one of the cities on this often referred to as the Loneliest Road in America street. Until the city of Austin, there are 180 kilometers. Fallon's geographical coordinates are 39 ° 28 'N, 118 ° 47' W39.472777777778 - 118.77888888889 ( 39.472792, -118.778826 ).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 7.9 km ², of which 7.9 km ² of land and 0.1 km ² omitted ( = 0.65 %) to water.

Fallon is primarily an agricultural community. Although the city is in an arid area, but around 200 km ² of farmland are irrigated and used for agriculture. Mainly alfalfa is grown.

Approximately eleven kilometers east of Fallon is located near the highway Grimes Point, a site with up to eight thousand years old rock paintings that were created by the inhabitants on the shores of Lake Lahontan earlier.

Demography

At the time of the census of 2000, Fallon 7536 people inhabited. The population density was 954.0 people per km ². There were 3336 housing units at an average 422.3 per km ². The population consisted of Fallon's 81.32 % White, 2.04 % African American, 3.40% Native American, 5.00 % Asian, 0.37 % Pacific Islander, 3.4 % reported other races to belong and 4.47 % from two or more races. 9.89 % of the population to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Residents Fallon distributed to 3004 households out of which 35.4% were living in children under 18 years. 42.7 % married couples living together, 15.3 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.5 % were non-families. 30.7 % of households were made ​​up of individuals and someone lived in 11.4 % of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size is 3.06.

The population was spread out with 28.4 % under the, 10.3% of 18-24 year olds, 29.7 % 25 -44- year-old, 19.4% 45-64 year olds and 12.2 % under the age of 65 years or more. The average age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 95.7 males. In the over -18s accounted for 100 women, 91.5 men.

The median household income in Fallon was 35 935 U.S. dollars, and the median family income reached the height of 41,433 U.S. dollars. The average income of men was 35 356 U.S. dollars, compared to 22 818 U.S. dollars for women. The per capita income amounted to 16,919 U.S. dollars. 12.6 % of the population and 9.5 % of families had affected an income below the poverty line, including 15.6 % of minors and 10.3 % of those age 65 or over.

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