Editing Fallon, Nevada (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1900= 741
|1910= 1753
|1920= 1758
|1930= 1911
|1940= 2400
|1950= 2734
|1960= 2959
|1970= 4262
|1980= 6438
|1990= 7536
|2000= 8606
|2010= 8606
|2020= 9327
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}
As of the census<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31}}</ref> of 2000, there were 7,536 people, 3,004 households, and 1,877 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|2,474.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 3,336 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,095.2|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 76.5% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 2.0% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 3.0% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 4.7% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.3% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.3% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 3.3% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 9.9% of the population.

There were 3,004 households, out of which 35.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.7% were married couples living together, 15.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.5% were non-families. 30.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 3.06.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 28.4% under the age of 18, 10.3% from 18 to 24, 29.7% from 25 to 44, 19.4% from 45 to 64, and 12.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.5 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $35,935, and the median income for a family was $41,433. Males had a median income of $35,356 versus $22,818 for females. The per capita income for the city was $16,919. About 9.5% of families and 12.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.6% of those under age 18 and 10.3% of those age 65 or over.

Between 1997 and 2003, the Fallon community experienced an unusually high incidence of [[childhood leukemia]].<ref>Francis, Stephen S., Steve Selvin, Wei Yang, et al. "[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3839794/ Unusual space-time patterning of the Fallon, Nevada leukemia cluster: Evidence of an infectious etiology]," in ''Journal of Chemico-Biological Interactions'', Vol. 196, Issue 3, April 5, 2012, pp. 102–109.</ref> In response, the [[U.S. Senate]] held the Field Hearing Before the Committee on Environment and Public Works during the winter of 2001. Nevada Assemblywoman [[Merle A. Berman]] was a participant. According to the minutes of that hearing, on February 14, Berman pressed for answers to ascertain why certain individuals, but not others were selected for the panel of experts chosen to investigate the leukemia clusters and "why the Federal Government was not involved in the testing." And on April 12, Berman obtained this testimony from one of the medical experts in attendance:<ref>Minutes of the [https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-107shrg78069/html/CHRG-107shrg78069.htm Field Hearing Before the Committee on Environment and Public Works], in "Senate Hearing 107 – 318." Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2002 (retrieved online June 13, 2021).</ref>

<blockquote>[Dr. Thomas Sinks, the associate director for science at the [[National Center for Environmental Health]] at the [[Centers for Disease Control]]] clarified that nobody ever developed cancer because of chances. There was always a cause, and the challenge in Fallon would be to discover the common denominator among the 11 children. The unifying cause was not yet known, but eventually science would identify the commonality. The probability of the Fallon cluster being a chance event was described by Dr. Sinks as being unlikely.</blockquote>

In 2011, epidemiologists at the University of California, Berkeley theorized that the "space-time patterning" of the leukemia cluster was "consistent with the involvement of an infectious disease," and that a "possible mode of transmission" was "by means of a vector" since mosquitoes were "abundant in Churchill County outside of the urban area of Fallon."<ref>Francis and Selvin, et al. "Unusual space-time patterning of the Fallon, Nevada leukemia cluster: Evidence of an infectious etiology, ''Journal of Chemico-Biological Interactions'', Vol. 196, Issue 3, 2012.</ref>