Las Vegas, Nevada

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

Las Vegas is 710 feet [216.41 m] above sea level.^<1>

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

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

At the time of the 2000 Census, Las Vegas had a population of 478,434 people^<2> (or 34.33% of the total population of Clark County). The population of Las Vegas represented 23.94% of the total of Nevada, making it the state's most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Las Vegas had a population of 558,383 people. This is an increase of 16.71% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Las Vegas.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Blue Diamond	SW	14 mi [22.53 km]	---
	Enterprise	S	13 mi [20.92 km]	---
	Henderson	SE	19 mi [30.58 km]	252,064	43.72% increase
	North Las Vegas	E	8 mi [12.87 km]	217,253	88.12% increase
	Paradise	SE	10 mi [16.09 km]	---
	Spring Valley	S	8 mi [12.87 km]	---

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Las Vegas.

The Commemorative Quarter for Nevada<4>

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be 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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