Editing Winnemucca, Nevada (section)

==Demographics==
[[File:Winnemucca South Bridge Street.jpg|thumb|left|South Bridge Street in downtown Winnemucca]]

{{US Census population
|1870= 290
|1880= 763
|1890= 1307
|1900= 1110
|1910= 1786
|1920= 1934
|1930= 1989
|1940= 2485
|1950= 2827
|1960= 3453
|1970= 3587
|1980= 4140
|1990= 6134
|2000= 7174
|2010= 7396
|2020= 8431
|footnote=source:<ref>Moffatt, Riley.  ''Population History of Western U.S. Cities & Towns, 1850–1990''. [[Lanham, Maryland|Lanham]]: Scarecrow, 1996, 159.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.census.gov/popest/cities/files/SUB-EST2007-32.csv|title = Subcounty population estimates: Nevada 2000–2007|format = [[comma-separated values|CSV]]|publisher = [[United States Census Bureau]], Population Division|date = March 18, 2009|access-date = May 9, 2009|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090331141911/http://www.census.gov/popest/cities/files/SUB-EST2007-32.csv <!--Added by H3llBot-->|archive-date = March 31, 2009}}</ref>
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! Largest ancestries (2000) <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genealogyInfo.php?locIndex=17764 |title=Genealogy Information |access-date=September 23, 2017 |archive-date=August 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825133822/http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genealogyInfo.php?locIndex=17764 |url-status=dead }}</ref> !! Percent 
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| [[German Americans|German]] || 55%
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| [[Mexican Americans|Mexican]] || 23%
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| [[Irish Americans|Irish]] || 11%
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| [[English Americans|English]] || 9%
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| [[Basque American|Basque]] || 4% 
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As of the census<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 7,174 people, 2,736 households, and 1,824 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|867.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 3,280 housing units at an average density of {{convert|396.6|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 83.41% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 2.23% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.89% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.32% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.03% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 9.60% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 3.51% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] people of any race were 20.74% of the population.

[[Basque Americans]] make up 4.2% of the population of Winnemucca, the highest percentage of any city in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Basque.html |title=Ancestry Map of Basque Communities |publisher=Epodunk.com |access-date=2018-04-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317184705/http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Basque.html |archive-date=2015-03-17 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

There were 2,736 households, out of which 37.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.9% were married couples living together, 8.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.3% were non-families. 27.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 3.21.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 30.2% under the age of 18, 7.9% from 18 to 24, 30.6% from 25 to 44, 22.3% from 45 to 64, and 9.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 105.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.5 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $46,699, and the median income for a family was $53,681. Males had a median income of $47,917 versus $26,682 for females. The per capita income for the city was $21,441. About 7.5% of families and 9.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.8% of those under the age of 18 and 8.1% of those 65 and older.