Unemployment Rates
	FIPS*	Area	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	Median Household Income (1999)	% of State Median HH Inc.
1	32000	Nevada	4.1%	4.3%	4.4%	4.0%	5.3%	5.5%	5.2%	$44,581	100.0%
2	32001	Churchill County	5.5%	6.3%	8.7%	8.1%	8.9%	6.4%	6.1%	$40,808	91.5%
3	32003	Clark County	4.0%	4.2%	4.4%	4.1%	5.5%	5.7%	5.3%	$44,616	100.1%
4	32005	Douglas County	5.5%	5.1%	4.8%	4.0%	4.8%	5.0%	5.4%	$51,849	116.3%
5	32007	Elko County	4.4%	5.7%	5.3%	4.4%	6.0%	5.3%	5.5%	$48,383	108.5%
6	32009	Esmeralda County	5.2%	9.8%	11.0%	9.4%	8.4%	7.4%	3.9%	$33,203	74.5%
7	32011	Eureka County	5.6%	5.5%	4.4%	3.0%	4.0%	4.6%	5.7%	$41,417	92.9%
8	32013	Humboldt County	4.0%	6.6%	6.5%	5.1%	6.2%	5.7%	5.0%	$47,147	105.8%
9	32015	Lander County	6.9%	10.3%	9.4%	7.7%	9.8%	8.4%	7.1%	$46,067	103.3%
10	32017	Lincoln County	7.8%	6.1%	6.1%	6.5%	7.2%	5.9%	6.6%	$31,979	71.7%
11	32019	Lyon County	6.8%	7.4%	8.1%	6.7%	7.1%	6.9%	6.9%	$40,699	91.3%
12	32021	Mineral County	6.0%	6.8%	8.4%	10.0%	8.8%	6.1%	6.4%	$32,891	73.8%
13	32023	Nye County	4.0%	4.1%	5.0%	5.5%	7.0%	6.1%	6.5%	$36,024	80.8%
14	32027	Pershing County	4.0%	3.5%	3.8%	4.0%	4.7%	4.8%	5.5%	$40,670	91.2%
15	32029	Storey County	3.5%	4.2%	3.9%	2.7%	3.8%	3.8%	3.2%	$45,490	102.0%
16	32031	Washoe County	3.7%	3.8%	3.7%	3.0%	4.1%	4.6%	4.4%	$45,815	102.8%
17	32033	White Pine County	5.8%	5.8%	3.8%	3.9%	4.4%	3.8%	3.9%	$36,688	82.3%
18	32510	Carson City	6.0%	5.7%	4.0%	3.4%	5.8%	6.1%	6.4%	$41,809	93.8%

Sources: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) data.

Bureau of the Census, 2000 Census of Population.

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