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Truth or Consequences, NM vs Elko, NV

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- Elko is 0% more densely populated than Truth or Consequences.
- People are 26.7% more likely to be married in Elko.
- The Median Age is 10.5 years younger in Elko.
 Truth or Consequences, NMElko, NVUnited States
 Population  Unlock20,391329,725,481
 Female Population49.9%  Unlock50.5%
 Male Population50.1%  Unlock49.5%
 Median Age  Unlock33.238.4
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 Population - 20106,492  Unlock309,327,143
 Population - 2000  Unlock16,708285,036,114
 Population - 19906,221  Unlock251,960,433
 Pop. 2000 to Now  Unlock22.9%15.6%
 Pop. 1990 to Now-7.3%  Unlock30.8%
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 Population Density  Unlock1,141.693.4
 Land Area28.0  Unlock3,531,905.4
 Water Area  Unlock0.0264,836.8
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 Est. Total Population By Age
 Truth or Consequences, NMElko, NVUnited States
 Age 0 to 44.1%  Unlock5.9%
 Age 5 to 9  Unlock7.3%6.1%
 Age 10 to 147.0%  Unlock6.6%
 Age 15 to 17  Unlock2.6%3.9%
 Age 18 to 202.7%  Unlock4.0%
 Age 21 to 24  Unlock6.7%5.2%
 Age 25 to 3410.5%  Unlock13.8%
 Age 35 to 44  Unlock12.5%12.9%
 Age 45 to 5410.5%  Unlock12.6%
 Age 55 to 59  Unlock5.7%6.7%
 Age 60 to 648.7%  Unlock6.3%
 Age 65 to 74  Unlock7.5%9.6%
 Age 75 to 847.2%  Unlock4.5%
 Age 85 and over  Unlock1.2%1.9%
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 Race
 Truth or Consequences, NMElko, NVUnited States
 White58.6%  Unlock59.4%
 Black  Unlock1.2%12.2%
 Asian1.6%  Unlock5.6%
 Native American  Unlock3.9%0.6%
 Hawaiian, Pacific Islander0.0%  Unlock0.2%
 Other  Unlock0.3%0.4%
 Two or More Races0.6%  Unlock3.2%
 Hispanic  Unlock29.7%18.4%
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 Marriage & Family
 Truth or Consequences, NMElko, NVUnited States
 Married Population39.9%  Unlock49.8%
     Currently Married  Unlock47.9%48.0%
 Married but Separated1.5%  Unlock1.8%
 Single Population  Unlock49.4%50.2%
 Never Married28.9%  Unlock33.8%
 Divorced  Unlock14.1%10.8%
 Widowed13.0%  Unlock5.6%
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 Household Size  Unlock2.662.60
 Households2,607  Unlock124,010,992
 Family Households  Unlock4,61180,755,759
     Married couple, w/children20.6%  Unlock30.5%
     Married couple, no children  Unlock39.8%42.9%
 Non Family Households1,426  Unlock43,255,233
     Single householder, w/children  Unlock17.2%15.8%
     Single householder, no children8.7%  Unlock10.8%
Reviews for Truth Or Consequences    3 Reviews

I've lived here 10 years and was recently thinking about adding to my small rental portfolio...then I saw an episode of Island Life and Hawaii Life and remembered how  More

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Occasional crime sprees (series of break-ins, robberies) interspersed with fairly long periods of quiet. I feel MUCH safe than I would living in Albuquerque and will go  More

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Over 12 years ago

numbers can be deceiving-the stats don't look bad here for a lot of categories....but I lived in T or c for 7 yrs...maybe the air is clean in regard to normal industrial  More

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Reviews for Elko    4 Reviews

Elko is like all small Nevada towns - limited in many things and the only change as far as the eye can see are over priced housing starts, drugs and crime. I really like  More

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Over 16 years ago

Spent my teen years in Elko & my parents still live there. It is extremely isolated. Life revolves around the mining industry. The old ranching families that live  More

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Over 17 years ago

Elko has an economy that is fairly typical of mining areas, that is, boom and bust. I've lived here for about 16 or so years. It's boomed tremendously twice and busted  More

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