Nevada QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau

People QuickFacts

Nevada

USA

Population, 2004 estimate

2,334,771

293,655,404

Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2004

16.8%

4.3%

Population, 2000

1,998,257

281,421,906

Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000

66.3%

13.1%

Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000

7.3%

6.8%

Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000

25.6%

25.7%

Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000

11.0%

12.4%

Female persons, percent, 2000

49.1%

50.9%

White persons, percent, 2000 (a)

75.2%

75.1%

Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)

6.8%

12.3%

American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)

1.3%

0.9%

Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)

4.5%

3.6%

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a)

0.4%

0.1%

Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)

8.0%

5.5%

Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000

3.8%

2.4%

White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000

65.2%

69.1%

Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)

19.7%

12.5%

Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000

37.4%

54.1%

Foreign born persons, percent, 2000

15.8%

11.1%

Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000

23.1%

17.9%

High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000

80.7%

80.4%

Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000

18.2%

24.4%

Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000

375,910

49,746,248

Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000

23.3

25.5

Housing units, 2002

901,597

119,302,132

Homeownership rate, 2000

60.9%

66.2%

Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000

32.2%

26.4%

Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000

$142,000

$119,600

Households, 2000

751,165

105,480,101

Persons per household, 2000

2.62

2.59

Median household income, 1999

$44,581

$41,994

Per capita money income, 1999

$21,989

$21,587

Persons below poverty, percent, 1999

10.5%

12.4%

Business QuickFacts

Nevada

USA

Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001

48,863

7,095,302

Private nonfarm employment, 2001

916,981

115,061,184

Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001

1.6%

0.9%

Nonemployer establishments, 2000

113,744

16,529,955

Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)

6,361,782

3,842,061,405

Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)

18,220,790

2,460,886,012

Retail sales per capita, 1997

$10,874

$9,190

Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997

11.7%

14.6%

Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997

25.7%

26.0%

Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002

35,615

1,747,678

Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)

10,736,904

1,901,247,889

Geography QuickFacts

Nevada

USA

Land area, 2000 (square miles)

109,826

3,537,438

Persons per square mile, 2000

18.2

79.6

FIPS Code

32