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Las Vegas, Nevada

La Plata
(Churchill County)

Las Vegas Highlands
(Clark County)

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The 2000 Census showed that Las Vegas had a population of 478,434 people ^<1>. This represents 23.71% of the total population of Nevada, making it the state's most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Year	Population	Change Since 2000	Year-to-Year Change
2008	558,383	+16.71%	+0.38% since 2007
2007	556,260	+16.27%	+1.04% since 2006
2006	550,515	+15.07%	+1.37% since 2005
2005	543,049	+13.51%	+1.89% since 2004
2004	532,957	+11.4%	+3.3% since 2003
2003	515,913	+7.83%	+1.8% since 2002
2002	506,782	+5.93%	+1.66% since 2001
2001	498,496	+4.19%	+4.19% since 2000
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2000	478,434	The Last Census

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance ^<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
-1-	Las Vegas			558,383	16.71% increase
2	Reno	NW	339 mi [545 km]	217,016	20.24% increase
3	Henderson	SE	19 mi [30.58 km]	252,064	43.72% increase
4	North Las Vegas	E	8 mi [12.87 km]	217,253	88.12% increase
5	Sparks	NW	334 mi [537 km]	88,602	33.55% increase
6	Carson City	NW	316 mi [508 km]	54,867	4.59% increase
7	Elko	N	319 mi [513 km]	17,156	2.68% increase

Las Vegas had 190,724 Housing Units ^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Las Vegas has an area ^<4> of 113.3 square miles [293.5 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Las Vegas had a 2000 population density of 4,222 people per square mile [1,630 people/km²], making it the mostly densely populated area in Nevada.

Clark County

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

The county had a population of 1,393,240 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 478,434 people, Las Vegas contained 34.34% of the Clark County total.

In addition, where the community of Las Vegas has a population density of 4,222 people per square mile [1,630 people/km²], Clark County averages 176.1 people per square mile [68 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Clark County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Las Vegas and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Las Vegas. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

Radius	No of Communities	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
5 mi [8 km]	1	558,383	16.71% increase
15 mi [24 km]	2	775,636	30.6% increase
30 mi [48 km]	3	1,027,700	33.59% increase

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Las Vegas. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Las Vegas, it also contains a comparison between Las Vegas and the state of Nevada.

Click here for the Las Vegas QuickFact (QF-3240000).

A Census Quickfact is available for Clark County (QF-32003).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Clark County.

County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
Lincoln	QF-32017	N	4,898	17.4% increase
Nye	QF-32023	NW	44,375	33.99% increase
Mohave (AZ)	QF-04015	SE	196,281	25.68% increase
Inyo (CA)	QF-06027	W	17,136	4.35% decrease
San Bernardino (CA)	QF-06071	SW	2,015,355	17.26% increase

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Las Vegas:

	State Code:	32 (Nevada)
	County Code:	003 (Clark County)
	Place Code:	40000 (Las Vegas)

	State & County Code:	32003 (Nevada/Clark County)

	State & Place Code:	3240000 (Nevada/Las Vegas)

Las Vegas is located in Census Region #4 (the West Region) and in Division #8 (the Mountain Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Las Vegas.

The Commemorative
Quarter for
Nevada ^<6>

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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Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Las Vegas? Please visit the Map Page for Las Vegas.

Footnotes

<1>	Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. - Return to Citation
<2>	Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Las Vegas and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance. - Return to Citation
<3>	A Housing Unit is a broad term for those places where people live, whether occupied or temporarily vacant, such as a house, an apartment, a mobile home, or an area that is considered as a separate living quarter. Separate living quarters (consisting of one or more rooms) are considered to be those places where people live, sleep and eat separately from others and that have access to the outside (either directly or by a shared hallway). - Return to Citation
<4>	The area value has been supplied by the US Census Bureau and it can be different than the geographic boundaries of Las Vegas. The value given by the Census Bureau reflects their statistical (or sampling) requirements. For example, if there is a cluster of people living just outside of the community's official boundary, the Census-defined area might be expanded to include that group of people. - Return to Citation
<5>	The communities in our count are those provided by the 2000 Census, so keep in mind that our population rings will only include the people living in those communities. Smaller communities usually don't participate directly in the Census and therefore they won't be included. While our count is a close approximation, it shouldn't be considered as a complete or accurate count. - Return to Citation
<6>	All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation

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