Winnemucca, Nevada

Humboldt County

32-84800

Winnemucca is the county seat and the only city in Humboldt County of the U.S. state of Nevada. At the time of the census of 2000, Winnemucca had 7174 inhabitants. On September 19, 1900, the city was the scene of a bank robbery what became known as the Wild Bunch gang of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. It is named after a legendary Paiute chief of the same name, who lived from about 1820 to 1882.

Winnemucca in popular culture

In the North American version of the song " I've Been Everywhere", which was originally recorded by Hank Snow and reinterpreted in 1996 by Johnny Cash, the narrator wanders "the dusty Winnemucca road" ( German as: the dusty Winnemucca road ) along a vehicle to Winnemucca to stop. However, the listener will not know if he ever gets there, because the rest of the title thereof to enumerate dozens of places, 91 in total, in which the walker was still otherwise.

Winnemucca plays an essential role in the novel revoltingly Young CD Payne and is a venue in More Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin, in which one of the characters is as a receptionist at a local brothel employment. The city founded in 2002, also the name for an album of the band Richmond Fontaine from Portland, Oregon.

Geography and climate

Winnemuccas geographical coordinates are 40 ° 58'6 " north latitude and 117 ° 43'36 " West ( 40.968212, -117.726662 ). Within the urban area, the two highways Interstate 80 and U.S. Highway 95 separate Coming run I-80 and U.S. 95 250 km together from the west before Winnemucca U.S. 95 branches off to the north in the direction of Burns Junction and I-80 after east the course of the Humboldt River up the valley following the 560 km distant Salt Lake City strives towards.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 21.4 km ² which are solely attributable to the country.

Demography

At the time of the census of 2000, there were 7174 people Winnemucca. The population density was 334.9 people per km ². There were 3280 housing units at an average 153.1 per km ². The population consisted of Winnemuccas 83.41 % White, 2.23 % African American, 0.89 % Native American, 0.32 % Asian, 0.03 % Pacific Islander, 9.60 % reported other races to belong and 3.51 % from two or more races. 20.74 % of the population to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Residents Winnemuccas distributed to 2736 households out of which 37.8 % were living in children under 18 years. 53.9 % married couples living together, 8.6 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.3 % were non-families. 27.1 % of households were made ​​up of individuals and someone lived in 8.7 % of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size is 3.21 people.

The city population was spread out with 30.2 % under the, 7.9 % 18 -24- year-old, 30.6 % 25 -44- year-old, 22.3% 45-64 year olds and 9.0 % under the age of 65 years or more. The average age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 105.1 males. In the over -18s accounted for 100 women 104.5 males.

The median household income in Winnemucca was 46,699 U.S. dollars and the median family income reached the level of 53 681 U.S. dollars. The average income of men was 47 917 U.S. dollars, compared to 26 682 U.S. dollars for women. The per capita income in Winnemucca was 21,441 U.S. dollars. 7.5 % of the population and 9.5 % of families had affected an income below the poverty line, including 10.8 % of minors and 8.1 % of those age 65 or over.

At the 2000 census Winnemucca was the place in the United States, where the percentage of people was highest with Basque origin - it reached 4.2%.

Economy, transport, community facilities

Winnemucca, located about half way of the railway line between Salt Lake City and San Francisco, is served by Amtrak; The California Zephyr stops here in both directions. The train station is practically not occupied only a breakpoint and with staff. Originally Winnemucca was a station on the transcontinental rail link.

The town has two high schools, a " Winnemucca Campus" of the "Great Basin College " and a public library. In the town center there is the "Humboldt General Hospital". The main support of the local economy are the numerous medium to small casinos and many motels that offer themselves to the truck drivers near by leading Interstate 80. In the dead end of Riverside Street (between E. 2nd St. and the highway ) is the small red-light district of the town.