| Official Name: | Wadsworth, Nevada |
| Settlement Type: | CDP |
| Mapsize: | 250x200px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Nevada |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 9.61 |
| Area Land Km2: | 9.61 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 3.71 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 3.71 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 991 |
| Population Density Km2: | 103.10 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 267.04 |
| Timezone: | Pacific (PST) |
| Utc Offset: | -8 |
| Timezone Dst: | PDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -7 |
| Elevation Ft: | 4075 |
| Coordinates: | 39.6356°N -119.2831°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 89442 |
| Area Code: | 775 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 32-81000 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 0844607 |
Wadsworth is a census-designated place (CDP) in Washoe County, Nevada. The population was 834 at the time of the 2010 census. It is part of the Reno - Sparks Metropolitan Statistical Area and located entirely within the Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation. The town was named for General James S. Wadsworth, a Civil War general killed during the Battle of the Wilderness in 1864. It was given this name by Leland Stanford of the Central Pacific Railroad as a favor to General Irvin McDowell,[2] whom Wadsworth had served under during the Civil War.[3]
Wadsworth is located at 39.6356°N -119.2831°W (39.635550, -119.283175).[4]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 3.7sqmi, all land.
As of the census[5] of 2000, there were 881 people, 328 households, and 225 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 237.7sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 360 housing units at an average density of 97.1sp=usNaNsp=us. The racial makeup of the CDP was 28.94% White, 0.11% African American, 64.81% Native American, 0.23% Asian, 3.75% from other races, and 2.16% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 12.03% of the population.
There were 328 households, out of which 36.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 36.3% were married couples living together, 23.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.1% were non-families. 24.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.69 and the average family size was 3.16.
In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 31.3% under the age of 18, 10.1% from 18 to 24, 29.1% from 25 to 44, 19.8% from 45 to 64, and 9.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.3 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $31,198, and the median income for a family was $32,109. Males had a median income of $24,479 versus $24,554 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $14,756. About 7.2% of families and 8.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.5% of those under age 18 and 5.9% of those age 65 or over.
It is in the Washoe County School District.
Circa 2000 Natchez Elementary School in Wadsworth had about 160 students with 94% being Native American.[8] Enrollment remained at the same level as of 2016. The school is on the Paiute Indian Reservation and is the only school in the district that is on a Native American reservation.[9] Holly O'Driscoll of the Nevada Living Magazine described it as "a small, older" facility.[8] In 2017 Siobhan McAndrew of the Reno Gazette Journal stated that historically Natchez had issues with academic performance but by 2017 had a new principal and newly hired teachers. The district extensively renovated the school in summer 2017, spending $1.5 million to do so.[9]
Residents zoned to Natchez Elementary are zoned to Mendive Middle School and Edward C. Reed High School.[10]
Some students at Natchez Elementary matriculate to a Bureau of Indian Education-contracted secondary school, Pyramid Lake Schools.[8]