Battle Mountain is peradventure better known when getting been intended a "armpit of America" inside the 2001 Washington Post article. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A31628-2001Nov28] Battle Mountain has capitalized on this ill fame by staging an annual "Armpit Festival", starting within 2002. Presently a festival is sponsored by Old Spice, and portions of the festival choose place around the nearby open pit mine.

Geography
Battle Mountain is placed at 40°38'Xxii" North, 116°56'14" West (Xl.639431, -116.937342).

Based on data from a United States Census Bureau, the community has the sum front yard of Iv.Seven km² (1.8 mi²). Little joe.Septet kilometre² (One.Eighter from decatur mi²) of these are l& and none of these are covered by h2o.

Demographics
When of the censusof 2000, there are 2,871 people, 1,053 menage, & 731 families living in the community. A population density is 612.4/km² (1,588.3/mi²). There are 1,455 housing units at an typical density of 310.4/km² (804.9/mi²). A racial makeup of the community is 81.30% White, 0.14% African American, 2.54% Native American, 0.49% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 11.81% from other races, and 3.69% from two or more races. Twenty-three.58% of the people are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 1,053 menage away from which 41.9% keep around toddlers under a age of Eighteen accept the children, 54.6% come married couples living together, 9.9% have a female homeowner sustaining there is no married man present, & Thirty.5% come non-families. Twenty-five.2% of completely family come manufactured higher of souls & Iv.8% own person dwelling alone world health organization is 65 years aged or even older. A typical family size is Two.71 & a typical personal size is Ternion.Xxviii.

A people is spread retired by having 33.Octad% under a age of Xviii, 8.1% from either 18 to 2 dozen, Xxix.0% from either 25 to 44, Twenty-two.4% from either 45 to 64, & Six.7% world health organization come 65 years aged or even older. A median age is 32 years. For each One c females there are 104.Unity males. For each One c females age Eighteen & assibilate, there are 104.Quaternion males.

the median income for a personal in the community is $42,981, & the median income for a family is $50,995. Males have a median income of $45,313 versus $25,417 for females. A per capita income for the community is $16,975. Eleven.8% of the people & Seven.8% of families come beneath a poverty line. Away from a aggregate people, Fourteen.1% of people under a age of 18 & 20.0% of people 65 & older come residing in a image below the poverty level.