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REGIONAL FACTS

Area:

 

Clark County:

8,060 Square Miles

Las Vegas Valley:

 516 Square Miles
Source: Clark County Assessor's Office

 

Population:
Las Vegas Metropolitan Statistical Area (Includes Clark, Nye, and Mojave counties)

SNRPC Region (Clark County)

 1,641,529

City of Las Vegas

 535,395

City of Henderson

 220,236

City of North Las Vegas

 147,877

Boulder City

 15,125

Mesquite

 14,073

Unincorporated Areas (Total)

 708,823
Source: Southern Nevada Regional Planning Coalition Consensus Population Estimate - July 2003

Male 47.2%
Female 52.8%
Median Age 47.8
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000

Income: Per Capita Personal Income- $28,922
Median Household Income - $45,607
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000

Per the 1990 Census:
Local Median Household Income was $30,746.
Source: 2000 Census.

Median Household Income has increased to $44,616.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000

Ten Largest Employers

  

Clark County School District

 26,700

Bellagio Hotel & Casino

 8,300

Clark County

 8,200

MGM Grand Hotel, Inc.

 7,200

Mirage Hotel & Casino

 5,800

Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino

 5,000

State of Nevada

 4,900

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

 4,800

Caesars Palace Hotel & Casino

 4,400

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police

 4,300
Source: March 2002, First Quarter-Nevada State Department of Employment Training. & Rehabilitation

Real Estate:

  

Number of New Home Sales in 2002:

 22,502

Number of Resale Homes in 2002:

 38,621

Total Home Sales in 2002:

 61,123

Average Home Price:

 $182,832

Average Square Footage:

 1,952

Source: Home Builders Research


The first five hotels to open on the Las Vegas Strip:

EL Rancho - April 3, 1941
Frontier - October 30, 1942
Flamingo - December 26, 1946
Thunderbird - September 2, 1948
Desert Inn - April 24, 1950

Source: NLV Library

The Ten Largest Hotels in the U.S. are all in Las Vegas!

MGM Grand

 5,034 rooms

Luxor

 4,407 rooms

Excalibur

 4,008 rooms

Circus Circus

 3,770 rooms

Flamingo Las Vegas

 3,565 rooms

Mandalay Bay

 3,215 rooms

Las Vegas Hilton

 3,174 rooms

Mirage

 3,044 rooms

Venetian

 3,036 rooms

Bellagio

 3,005 rooms
Source: Las Vegas Convention &- Visitors Authority

Fast Facts:
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) which includes Clark County, Nye County, and Mojave County had a population increase of 83% from the 1990 Census to the 2000 Census).

Three of our cities (City of Las Vegas, City of Henderson, and the City of North Las Vegas) are in the Top Ten Fastest Growing Incorporated Places of a Population of 100,000 or more per the 2000 Census.

According to the 1990 Census, the Hispanic population was approximately 11.2% of the total Clark County population. The Hispanic population increased from 82,904 as reported in the 1990 Census, to 302,143 according to the 2000 Census. According to Census 2000, the Hispanic population was 22% of the overall Clark County population. The Nevada State Demographer has projected that Hispanics will make up approximately 23.5% of the total Clark County population in 2003, and will probably increase to almost 25% in 2004.

The Average Persons Per Household (PPH) in 1990 was 2.54. Per the Census 2000, that number has increased to 2.65 PPH. American Fact Finder (Census Bureau)

Clark County Ethnicity

  

Caucasian

 60.0%

African American

 9.1 %

Hispanic

 23.5%

American Indian/Eskimo/Aleut

 0.8%

Asian Pacific Islander

 6.6%

Source: Nevada State Demographer 2002 projections

Hispanic Profile Gender (Over age 18)
Male 53.8%
Female 46.2%
Median Household Income $38,671
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000

Per Capita Income $12,506
Source: Las Vegas Perspective 2003

Clark County Residency Status
Born in the USA 17.9%
Naturalized 52.1 %
Not a Citizen 30.0%
Source: Las Vegas Perspective 2003