Elko, Nevada

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The 2000 Census showed that Elko had a population of 16,708 people^<1>. This represents 0.83% of the total population of Nevada, making it the state's 7th most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
4	North Las Vegas	S	317 mi [510 km]	217,253	88.12% increase
5	Sparks	W	225 mi [362.1 km]	88,602	33.55% increase
6	Carson City	SW	238 mi [383 km]	54,867	4.59% increase
-7-	Elko			17,156	2.68% increase
8	Boulder City	S	348 mi [560 km]	14,720	1.64% decrease
9	Mesquite	S	292 mi [469.9 km]	16,444	75.14% increase
10	Fallon	SW	184 mi [296.1 km]	8,525	13.12% increase

Elko had 6,948 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Elko has an area^<4> of 14.49 square miles [37.52 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Elko had a 2000 population density of 1,153 people per square mile [445.3 people/km²], making it the state's 9th most densely populated area.

Elko County

The city of Elko is located in Elko County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 45,235 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 16,708 people, Elko contained 36.94% of the Elko County total.

In addition, where the community of Elko has a population density of 1,153 people per square mile [445.3 people/km²], Elko County averages 2.63 people per square mile [1.02 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Elko County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Elko and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Elko. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Unfortunately, the Census Bureau has not created a QuickFact that is specific to Elko.

A Census Quickfact is available for Elko County (QF-32007).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Elko County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Humboldt	QF-32013	W	17,763	11.72% increase
	Lander	QF-32015	SW	5,086	10.68% decrease
	Eureka	QF-32011	SW	1,628	---
	White Pine	QF-32033	S	9,199	1.89% increase
	Tooele (UT)	QF-49045	E	56,941	36.83% increase
	Box Elder (UT)	QF-49003	E	49,015	14.33% increase
	Cassia (ID)	QF-16031	NE	21,348	0.2% decrease
	Twin Falls (ID)	QF-16083	N	74,284	15.48% increase
	Owyhee (ID)	QF-16073	N	10,877	1.81% increase

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Elko:

Elko is located in Census Region #4 (the West Region) and in Division #8 (the Mountain Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Elko.

The Commemorative Quarter for Nevada<6>

Search for Local Businesses

People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Elko. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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