Census 2000	Percent Change 1990-2000	Percent of County Population
Total	13,120	1.6
Under 5	971	(13.5)	7.4
Under 18	3,868	(8.5)	29.5
65 and over	1,838	8.6	14.0
85 and over	228	64.0	1.7
Male	6,583	4.4	50.2
Female	6,537	(1.1)	49.8
White	10,525	3.4	80.2
Black	71	491.7	0.5
Asian	14	(17.6)	0.1
Hispanic	11,544	2.5	88.0

Employment

	2001	Percent Change 2000-2001	Average Annual Growth 1996-2001	Percent of County Employment	Firms in 2001
Total	3,585	4.8	2.1		191
Agricultural Services, Forestry, Fishing	129	1.6	5.2	3.6	9
Mining	857	44.5	7.1	23.9	40
Construction	189	8.0	12.5	5.3	10
Manufacturing	4	(20.0)	0.0	0.1	1
Transportation/Public Utilities/Communications	54	(72.4)	(15.7)	1.5	10
Wholesale Trade	53	8.2	6.9	1.5	10
Retail Trade	285	(8.1)	(0.4)	7.9	37
Services	679	4.8	4.9	18.9	30
Financial, Insurance, Real Estate	83	25.8	14.1	2.3	8
Government	1,249	(0.1)	(2.0)	34.8	35

Unemployment

	2001	Change 2000-2001	Change 1996-2001	2001 State Ranking
Unemployment Rate	7.2%	(2.0)	(5.4)	23

Income

Income	2000	Percent Change 2000-2001	Avg. Annual Percent Change 1995-2000	2000 State Ranking
Personal Income (Thousands)	$191,985	6.4	4.8	174
Average Per Capita Income	$14,690	8.2	5.0	244

Poverty

	1998	Change 1997-1998	Change 1993-1998	1998 State Ranking
Poverty Rate	29.3%	(2.6)	(5.0)	16
Ages 0-17	35.8%	(3.1)	(7.3)	26
Ages 5-17 in families	40.4%	0.0	(2.8)	20

Property Values

	2000	Percent Change 1999-2000	Avg. Annual Percent Change 1995-2000	2000 State Ranking
January 1st Total Property Value	$774,187,912	2.3	(0.9)	142
Property Value Per Capita	$59,008	6.4	(0.5)	114

Sales Activity

	2000	Percent Change 1999-2000	Avg. Annual Percent Change 1995-2000
Taxable Sales	$29,852,516	13.7	5.3
Sales Tax Outlets	229	(5.0)	(1.3)

Education

	Number of Districts	Number of Schools	Enrollment	Percent Enrollment Growth from Prior Year
Public Education 2001-02	4	12	3,079	(2.7)
Higher Education Fall 2001