Las Vegas, Nevada

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The city of Las Vegas is located in Clark County and is the county seat.

Time Zone: Las Vegas lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight savings time.

At the time of the 2000 Census, Las Vegas had a population of 478,434 people. This represented 23.7% of the total population of Nevada, making it the state's most populous community.

From the Census estimates^<1> for 2007, Las Vegas had a population of 558,880 people. This is an increase of 16.81% since the 2000 Census.

The following table contains the population changes since the last Census (the next Census will be in 2010). The population counts for the years after 2000 are estimates (we have more details on the Census Page for Las Vegas).

Las Vegas is 2,000 feet [609.6 m] above sea level.^<2>

Both New Mexico and Texas have communities that are named Las Vegas.

Search for Local Businesses

People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Las Vegas. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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