Lovelock (Nevada)

Pershing County

32-43000

Lovelock is a city in the U.S. state of Nevada. It is located in Pershing County and is the County Seat. In the 2000 census, the village had 2003 inhabitants. Lovelock was at the center of the Humboldt Project.

Geography

The city is located in the west of Nevada on the banks of the Humboldt River.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.3 km ², which consist exclusively of the country.

Demography

At the time of the census of 2000, lived in the city in 2003 people. The population density was 888.9 people per km ². There were 951 housing units at an average 422 per km ². The population of Lovelock consisted of 76.49 % White, 0.80 % African American, 7.14% Native American, 0.70% Asian, 0.20 % Pacific Islander, 10.03 % reported other to belong to races and 4.64 % from two or more races. 24.21 % of the population to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Residents Lovelock distributed to 778 households out of which 33.5 % were living in children under 18 years. 47.8 % married couples living together, 9.3 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.6 % were non-families. 31.5% of households were made ​​up of individuals and someone lived in 12.5 % of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size is 3.22 people.

The city population was spread out with 31.2 % under the, 7.5 % 18 -24- year-old, 27.2 % 25 -44- year-old, 20.9% 45-64 year olds and 13.3 % under the age of 65 years or more. The average age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 107.8 males. In the over -18s accounted for 100 women 105.2 males.

The median household income in Lovelock was 34 563 U.S. dollars, and the median family income reached the height of 40.885 U.S. dollars. The average income of men was 35,658 U.S. dollars, compared to 27,371 U.S. dollars for women. The per capita income in Lovelock was 17,233 U.S. dollars. 9.6 % of the population and 14.2 % of families had affected an income below the poverty line, including 18.9 % of minors and 10.3 % of those age 65 or over.

Special

The Lovelock Correctional Center is a division of the Nevada Department of Corrections, the prison of the city and whereabouts of OJ Simpson.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Alan Bible (1909-1988), U.S. Senator
  • Charles Hinton Russell (1903-1989), 1951-1959 Governor of Nevada
  • Location in Nevada
  • Location in North America
  • Pershing County
  • County Seat in Nevada
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