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People QuickFacts |
Nevada |
USA |
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Population, 2011 estimate |
2,723,322 | 311,591,917 |
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Population, 2010 |
2,700,551 | 308,745,538 |
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Population, percent change, 2000 to 2010 |
35.1% | 9.7% |
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Population, 2000 |
1,998,257 | 281,421,906 |
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Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 |
6.9% | 6.5% |
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Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 |
24.6% | 24.0% |
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Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 |
12.0% | 13.0% |
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Female persons, percent, 2010 |
49.5% | 50.8% |
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White persons, percent, 2010 (a) |
66.2% | 72.4% |
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Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) |
8.1% | 12.6% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) |
1.2% | 0.9% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) |
7.2% | 4.8% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) |
0.6% | 0.2% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 |
4.7% | 2.9% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) |
26.5% | 16.3% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 |
54.1% | 63.7% |
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Living in same house 1 year & over, 2006-2010 |
78.2% | 84.2% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2006-2010 |
19.3% | 12.7% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2006-2010 |
28.2% | 20.1% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010 |
84.3% | 85.0% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010 |
21.8% | 27.9% |
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Veterans, 2006-2010 |
234,081 | 22,652,496 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010 |
23.6 | 25.2 |
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Housing units, 2010 |
1,173,814 | 131,704,730 |
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Homeownership rate, 2006-2010 |
60.1% | 66.6% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010 |
29.4% | 25.9% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010 |
$254,200 | $188,400 |
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Households, 2006-2010 |
979,621 | 114,235,996 |
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Persons per household, 2006-2010 |
2.65 | 2.59 |
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Per capita money income in past 12 months (2010 dollars) 2006-2010 |
$27,589 | $27,334 |
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Median household income 2006-2010 |
$55,726 | $51,914 |
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Persons below poverty level, percent, 2006-2010 |
11.9% | 13.8% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Nevada |
USA |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2009 |
59,7851 | 7,433,465 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2009 |
1,042,1661 | 114,509,626 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2009 |
15.4%1 | 0.4% |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2009 |
166,864 | 21,090,761 |
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Total number of firms, 2007 |
221,260 | 27,092,908 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 |
3.9% | 7.1% |
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American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 |
0.8% | 0.9% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 |
7.9% | 5.7% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 |
0.3% | 0.1% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 |
8.1% | 8.3% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 |
28.6% | 28.8% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) |
15,735,787 | 5,338,306,501 |
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Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) |
19,255,893 | 4,174,286,516 |
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Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) |
37,433,983 | 3,917,663,456 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2007 |
$14,579 | $12,990 |
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Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) |
28,815,533 | 613,795,732 |
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Building permits, 2010 |
6,443 | 604,610 |
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Federal spending, 2009 |
19,893,7131 | 3,175,336,0502 |
