People QuickFacts	Sparks	Nevada
  	Population, 2006 estimate    	83,959	2,495,529
  	Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006    	26.6%	24.9%
  	Population, 2000    	66,346	1,998,257
  	Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000    	7.4%	7.3%
  	Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000    	26.9%	25.6%
  	Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000    	10.2%	11.0%
  	Female persons, percent, 2000    	50.6%	49.1% 			
  	White persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	78.4%	75.2%
  	Black persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	2.4%	6.8%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	1.2%	1.3%
  	Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	5.0%	4.5%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.5%	0.4%
  	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000    	3.5%	3.8%
  	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)    	19.7%	19.7% 			
  	Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over    	41.3%	37.4%
  	Foreign born persons, percent, 2000    	15.6%	15.8%
  	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000    	22.2%	23.1%
  	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000    	82.2%	80.7%
  	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000    	17.8%	18.2%
  	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000    	18.1	23.3 			
  	Housing units, 2000    	26,025	827,457
  	Homeownership rate, 2000    	59.7%	60.9%
  	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000    	$143,700	$142,000 			
  	Households, 2000    	24,601	751,165
  	Persons per household, 2000    	2.67	2.62
  	Median household income, 1999    	$45,745	$44,581
  	Per capita money income, 1999    	$21,122	$21,989
  	Persons below poverty, percent, 1999    	8.0%	10.5%

   	Business QuickFacts	Sparks	Nevada
  	Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)    	2,598,719	16,513,814
  	Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)    	722,462	26,999,899
  	Retail sales per capita, 2002    	$9,830	$12,455
  	Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)    	259,892	19,537,592
  	Total number of firms, 2002    	5,667	169,505
  	Black-owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	2.6%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	1.1%
  	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002    	3.5%	5.2%
  	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002    	4.6%	5.7%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.2%
  	Women-owned firms, percent, 2002    	31.1%	28.1% 			

   	Geography QuickFacts	Sparks	Nevada
  	Land area, 2000 (square miles)    	23	109,825
  	Persons per square mile, 2000    	2,773.7	18.2
  	FIPS Code    	68400	32
 	Counties    	Washoe County
 	

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts