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People Facts |
Nevada |
USA |
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Population, 2003 estimate |
2,241,154 | 290,809,777 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 |
12.2% | 3.3% |
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Population, 2000 |
1,998,257 | 281,421,906 |
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Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 |
66.3% | 13.1% |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 |
7.3% | 6.8% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 |
25.6% | 25.7% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 |
11.0% | 12.4% |
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Female persons, percent, 2000 |
49.1% | 50.9% |
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White persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
75.2% | 75.1% |
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Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
6.8% | 12.3% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
1.3% | 0.9% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
4.5% | 3.6% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.4% | 0.1% |
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Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) |
8.0% | 5.5% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 |
3.8% | 2.4% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) |
19.7% | 12.5% |
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White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 |
65.2% | 69.1% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000 |
37.4% | 54.1% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
15.8% | 11.1% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
23.1% | 17.9% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
80.7% | 80.4% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
18.2% | 24.4% |
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Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 |
375,910 | 49,746,248 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
23.3 | 25.5 |
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Housing units, 2002 |
901,597 | 119,302,132 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
60.9% | 66.2% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 |
32.2% | 26.4% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$142,000 | $119,600 |
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Households, 2000 |
751,165 | 105,480,101 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.62 | 2.59 |
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Median household income, 1999 |
$44,581 | $41,994 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$21,989 | $21,587 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 |
10.5% | 12.4% |
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Business Facts |
Nevada |
USA |
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Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001 |
48,863 | 7,095,302 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2001 |
916,981 | 115,061,184 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001 |
1.6% | 0.9% |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2000 |
113,744 | 16,529,955 |
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Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) |
6,361,782 | 3,842,061,405 |
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Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) |
18,220,790 | 2,460,886,012 |
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Retail sales per capita, 1997 |
$10,874 | $9,190 |
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Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 |
11.7% | 14.6% |
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Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 |
25.7% | 26.0% |
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Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002 |
35,615 | 1,747,678 |
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Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000) |
10,736,904 | 1,901,247,889 |
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.