▁areas ▁ ▁Death ▁Valley ▁National ▁Park ▁( part ) ▁ ▁In yo ▁National ▁Forest ▁( part ) ▁ ▁Dem ograph ics ▁▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁census ▁At ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁census ▁there ▁were ▁ 9 7 1 ▁people , ▁ 4 5 5 ▁households , ▁and ▁ 2 5 9 ▁families ▁living ▁in ▁the ▁county . ▁ ▁The ▁population ▁density ▁was ▁ 0 ▁people ▁per ▁square ▁mile ▁( 0 / km ²). ▁ ▁There ▁were ▁ 8 3 3 ▁housing ▁units ▁at ▁an ▁average ▁density ▁of ▁ 0 ▁per ▁square   mile ▁( 0 / km ²). ▁ ▁The ▁ra cial ▁mak up ▁of ▁the ▁county ▁was ▁ 8 1 . 9 8 % ▁White , ▁ 0 . 1 0 % ▁Black ▁or ▁African ▁American , ▁ 5 . 1 5 % ▁Native ▁American , ▁ 0 . 2 1 % ▁Pacific ▁Island er , ▁ 7 . 6 2 % ▁from ▁other ▁races , ▁and ▁ 4 . 9 4 % ▁from ▁two ▁or ▁more ▁races . ▁▁ 1 0 . 2 0 % ▁of ▁the ▁population ▁were ▁His pan ic ▁or ▁Lat ino ▁of ▁any ▁race . ▁Of ▁the ▁ 4 5 5 ▁households ▁ 2 1 . 1 0 % ▁had ▁children ▁under ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 1 8 ▁living ▁with ▁them , ▁ 4 6 . 4 0 % ▁were ▁married ▁cou ples ▁living ▁together , ▁ 6 . 4 0 % ▁had ▁a ▁female ▁house holder ▁with ▁no ▁husband ▁present , ▁and ▁