Census data paints portait of market

Washoe County leads the other major

population centers in Nevada in most measures

of personal economic well-being.

Much-awaited economic data for Nevada

was released by the U.S. Census Bureau last

week, and the county-by-county breakdown

of its information collected in the 2000

census shows:

* Household income: The median household

income in Washoe County in 1999

was $45,815. The figure for Carson City

was $41,809. In Clark County (Las

Vegas), the median household income was

$44,616.

* Family income: (This statistic includes

more two-worker families than the household

income figure.) The median family

income in Washoe County was $54,283 in

1999. The figure for Carson City was

$49,570 and the figure for Clark County

was $50,485.

* Per-capita income: When the total

incomes earned in Washoe County are

divided by the total population, the county's

per-capita income in 1999 was

$24,277. Clark County's figure was

$21,785 and Carson City's was $20,943.

* Management and professional occupations:

In Carson City, 30.2 percent of the

workforce held jobs in managerial or professional

positions. For Washoe County,

the figure was 29.5 percent. In Clark

County, the figure was 24.4 percent.

* Service occupations: Here, Clark County

led the three cities as 26.9 percent of its

workforce holds service jobs. The figures

for Washoe (19.9 percent) and Carson

City (18.2 percent) are much lower.

* Sales and office occupations: The three

cities are almost identical with roughly 28

percent of the workforce holding these

jobs.

* Housing prices: Washoe County, where

the median value of a home was $161,600

at the time of the 2000 Census, is well

above the other cities. In Carson City, the

median home value was $147,500; in

Clark County, the figure was $139,500.

* Rents: The median rent of a housing unit

in Clark county was $716. In Washoe

County, the median rent was $675. The

figure in Carson City was $650.

National comparisons aren't possible

because the Census Bureau hasn't completed

its state-by-state compilations.

Breakout

To dig around in the census data

on your own, go to factfinder.census.

gov on the Web. You can get

county-by-county figures through

the pull-down menus under "Basic

Facts" in the upper right corner of

the screen. In the menu that reads

"for" pull down to "a county."