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People
QuickFacts |
Clark County |
Nevada |
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Population, 2001 estimate |
1,464,653 |
2,106,074 |
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Population percent change, April 1, 2000-July 1, 2001 |
6.5% |
5.4% |
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Population, 2000 |
1,375,765 |
1,998,257 |
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Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 |
85.6% |
66.3% |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 |
7.5% |
7.3% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 |
25.6% |
25.6% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 |
10.7% |
11.0% |
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Female persons, percent, 2000 |
49.1% |
49.1% |
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White persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
71.6% |
75.2% |
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Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
9.1% |
6.8% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.8% |
1.3% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
5.3% |
4.5% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.5% |
0.4% |
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Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) |
8.6% |
8.0% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 |
4.2% |
3.8% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) |
22.0% |
19.7% |
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White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000
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60.2% |
65.2% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 |
34.5% |
37.4% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
18.0% |
15.8% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000
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26.0% |
23.1% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
79.5% |
80.7% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
17.3% |
18.2% |
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Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 |
264,470 |
375,910 |
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Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000 |
24.3 |
23.3 |
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Housing units, 2000 |
559,799 |
827,457 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
59.1% |
60.9% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 |
36.3% |
32.2% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$139,500 |
$142,000 |
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Households, 2000 |
512,253 |
751,165 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.65 |
2.62 |
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Median household money income, 1999 |
$44,616 |
$44,581 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$21,785 |
$21,989 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 |
10.8% |
10.5% |
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Business
QuickFacts |
Clark County |
Nevada |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 1999 |
28,523 |
46,890 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 1999 |
597,099 |
854,358 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1999 |
78.7% |
59.2% |
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Nonemployer establishments, 1999 |
67,447 |
106,416 |
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Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) |
D |
6,361,782 |
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Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) |
12,321,538 |
18,220,790 |
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Retail sales per capita, 1997 |
$11,151 |
$10,874 |
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Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 |
14.0% |
11.7% |
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Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 |
26.3% |
25.7% |
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Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000 |
26,224 |
32,285 |
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Federal funds and grants, 2001 ($1000) |
5,901,320 |
9,623,557 |
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Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 |
34,534 |
56,607 |
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Geography
QuickFacts |
Clark County |
Nevada |
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Land area, 2000 (square miles) |
7,910 |
109,826 |
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Persons per square mile, 2000 |
173.9 |
18.2 |
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Metropolitan Area |
Las Vegas, NV-AZ MSA |
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