Nevada ( nə-VAD-ə; Spanish: [neˈβaða] ⓘ) is a landlocked state in the Western United States. It is also sometimes placed in the Mountain West and Southwestern United States. It borders Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the seventh-most extensive and the 31st-most populous U.S. state. Nearly three-quarters of Nevada's population live in Clark County, which contains the Las Vegas–Paradise metropolitan area. Nevada's capital is Carson City. Las Vegas is the largest city in the state.
Nevada is officially known as the "Silver State" because of the importance of silver to its history and economy. It is also known as the "Battle Born State" because it achieved statehood during the Civil War; as the "Sagebrush State", for the native plant of the same name; and as the "Sage-hen State". Native Americans of the Paiute, Shoshone, and Washoe tribes inhabit what is now Nevada. The first Europeans to explore the region were Spanish. They called the region Nevada (snowy) because of the snow which covered the mountains in winter, similar to the Sierra Nevada in Spain. The area formed from mostly Alta California and part of Nuevo México's territory within the Viceroyalty of New Spain, which gained independence as Mexico in 1821. The United States annexed the area in 1848 after its victory in the Mexican–American War, and it was incorporated as part of the New Mexico and Utah Territory in 1850. The discovery of silver at the Comstock Lode in 1859 led to a population boom that became an impetus to the creation of Nevada Territory out of western Utah Territory in 1861. Nevada became the 36th state on October 31, 1864, as the second of two states added to the Union during the Civil War (the first being West Virginia).
Nevada is known for its libertarian laws. In 1940, with a population of just over 110,000 people, Nevada was by far the least-populated state, with less than half the population of the next least-populous state, Wyoming. However, legalized gambling and lenient marriage and divorce laws transformed Nevada into a major tourist destination in the 20th century. Nevada is the only U.S. state where prostitution is legal, though it is illegal in its most populated regions – Clark County (Las Vegas), Washoe County (Reno) and Carson City (which, as an independent city, is not within the boundaries of any county). The tourism industry remains Nevada's largest employer, with mining continuing as a substantial sector of the economy: Nevada is the fourth-largest producer of gold in the world. (Full article...)
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The Desert Inn, also known as the D.I., was a hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, which operated from April 24, 1950, to August 28, 2000. Designed by architect Hugh Taylor and interior design by Jac Lessman, it was the fifth resort to open on the Strip, the first four being El Rancho Vegas, The New Frontier, Flamingo, and the El Rancho (then known as the Thunderbird). It was situated between Desert Inn Road and Sands Avenue.
The Desert Inn opened with 300 rooms and the Sky Room restaurant, headed by a chef formerly of the Ritz Paris, which once had the highest vantage point on the Las Vegas Strip. The casino, at 2,400 square feet (220 m2), was one of the largest in Nevada at the time. The nine-story St. Andrews Tower was completed during the first renovation in 1963, and the 14-story Augusta Tower became the Desert Inn's main tower when it was completed in 1978 along with the seven-story Wimbledon Tower. The Palms Tower was completed in 1997 with the second and final renovation. The Desert Inn was the first hotel in Las Vegas to feature a fountain at the entrance. In 1997, the Desert Inn underwent a $200 million renovation and expansion, but after it was purchased for $270 million by Steve Wynn in 2000, he decided to demolish it and build the Wynn Las Vegas resort and casino where the Desert Inn once stood, and later, Encore. The remaining towers of the Desert Inn were imploded in 2004. (Full article...)
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The Truckee River is a river in the U.S. states of California and Nevada. The river flows northeasterly and is 121 miles (195 km) long. The Truckee is the sole outlet of Lake Tahoe and drains part of the high Sierra Nevada, emptying into Pyramid Lake in the Great Basin. Its waters are an important source of irrigation along its valley and adjacent valleys. (Full article...)
- History of Nevada
- Nevada Test Site
- Downtown Las Vegas
- Las Vegas
- Reno, Nevada
- Clark County, Nevada
- Henderson, Nevada
- Las Vegas Valley
- Sparks, Nevada
- LGBT rights in Nevada
- COVID-19 pandemic in Nevada
- Prostitution in Nevada
- Las Vegas Strip
- Bellagio (resort)
- Circus Circus Las Vegas
- Rat Pack
- Flamingo Las Vegas
- Casino (1995 film)
- Mount Rose (Nevada)
- Reno–Tahoe International Airport
- University of Nevada, Las Vegas
- Sam Boyd Stadium
- Area 51
- Lake Mead National Recreation Area
- Mustang Ranch
- Nevada Wolf Pack football
- Laughlin, Nevada
- Elko, Nevada
- Table Mountain Wilderness
- List of governors of Nevada
- Nevada State Prison
- Carson City, Nevada
- High Roller (Stratosphere)
- Celine (2011 concert residency)
- Hidden Cave
- Mojave Desert
- Black Rock Desert
- Desert tortoise
- Great Basin
- Lake Tahoe
- Lake Lahontan
- Lake Mead
- Rachel, Nevada
- Whiskey Pete's
- Cannabis in Nevada
- Carson River
- Fort Churchill State Historic Park
- Andre Agassi
- Catherine Cortez Masto
- Bryce Harper
- Meaghan Martin
- Tony Mendez
- Harry Reid
- Daveigh Chase
- Kyle Busch
- Brandon Flowers
- DeMarco Murray
- Jenny Lewis
- Piper's Opera House
- Sedan (nuclear test)
- Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area
- Empetrichthys latos
- Anaconda Copper Mine (Nevada)
- Pioneer, Nevada
- Area15
- Adventuredome
- The Hangover
- Cortez Gold Mine
- Stateline, Nevada
- Ruby Mountains
- McDermitt, Nevada and Oregon
- 2018 United States Senate election in Nevada
- 2020 United States presidential election in Nevada
- High Roller (Ferris wheel)
- University of Nevada, Reno
- The Strat (Las Vegas)
- Fontainebleau Las Vegas
- Giga Nevada
- Gold mining in Nevada
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The following are images from various Nevada-related articles on Wikipedia.
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Image 1Bottle house in the mining ghost town of Rhyolite; built in 1906 with about 50,000 bottles (from Nevada)
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Image 2Topographic map of Nevada (from Nevada)
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Image 3Map of the States of California and Nevada by SB Linton, 1876 (from Nevada)
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Image 4Little Finland rock formation in Nevada (from Nevada)
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Image 5Bottle house in the mining ghost town of Rhyolite; built in 1906 with about 50,000 bottles (from Nevada)
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Image 6Sculpture representing a steam locomotive, in Ely, Nevada. Early locomotives played an important part in Nevada's mining industry. (from Nevada)
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Image 7MGM Grand, with sign promoting it as The City of Entertainment (from Nevada)
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Image 8Köppen climate types of Nevada, using 1991–2020 climate normals. (from Nevada)
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Image 9Little Finland rock formation in Nevada (from Nevada)
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Image 10Sculpture representing a steam locomotive, in Ely, Nevada. Early locomotives played an important part in Nevada's mining industry. (from Nevada)
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Image 11The Nevada 1861 territory boundary (blue) changed three times: 1864 statehood shifted eastern border from 39th to 38th meridian, 1866 May 5; east border (pink) moved eastward 53.3 mi (85.8 km), from the 38th to 37th meridian, and 1867 January 18; south boundary (yellow) moved from the 37th parallel north southward to the current boundary (14 Stat. 43) (from History of Nevada)
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Image 12Ethnic origins in Nevada (from Nevada)
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Image 14Mountains west of Las Vegas in the Mojave Desert (from Nevada)
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Image 152024 U.S. presidential election results by county in Nevada Democratic Republican (from Nevada)
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Image 16Nevada quarter (from Nevada)
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Image 19Ranching in Washoe County (from Nevada)
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Image 20The courthouse of the Supreme Court of Nevada (from Nevada)
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Image 21Map of the States of California and Nevada by SB Linton, 1876 (from Nevada)
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Image 22A map that details the federal land in southern Nevada, showing Nellis Air Force Base Complex and Nevada Test Site (from Nevada)
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Image 23The Winnemucca Sand Dunes, north of Winnemucca (from Nevada)
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Image 24Winnemucca Lake petroglyphs; researchers dated the carvings to between 14,800 and 10,500 years ago. (from History of Nevada)
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Image 25East Las Vegas suburbs (from Nevada)
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Image 26State route shield (from Nevada)
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Image 28Mexico in 1824. Alta California included today's Nevada. (from Nevada)
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Image 29A valley near Pyramid Lake (from Nevada)
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Image 32Nevada quarter (from Nevada)
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Image 33Map of counties in Nevada by racial plurality, per the 2020 census
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Image 34Population density map of Nevada (from Nevada)
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Image 36A burro-drawn wagon hauling lumber and supplies into Goldfield, Nevada, ca.1904. In 1903 only 36 people lived in the new town. By 1908 Goldfield was Nevada's largest city, with over 25,000 inhabitants. (from History of Nevada)
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Image 37Party Registration by County in Nevada (February 2025): Republican ≥ 30% Republican ≥ 40% Republican ≥ 50% Republican ≥ 60% Unaffiliated ≥ 30% (from Nevada)
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Image 38Topographic map of Nevada (from Nevada)
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Image 39Mountains west of Las Vegas in the Mojave Desert (from Nevada)
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Image 41Lake Tahoe on the Nevada–California border (from Nevada)
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Image 42Lake Tahoe on the Nevada–California border (from Nevada)
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Image 44Mexico in 1824. Alta California included today's Nevada. (from Nevada)
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Image 45Köppen climate types of Nevada, using 1991–2020 climate normals. (from Nevada)
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Image 46Carson City Mint in Carson City. Carson City is an independent city and the capital of Nevada. (from Nevada)
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Image 47Nevada territory in 1861 (from Nevada)
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Image 482024 U.S. presidential election results by county in Nevada Democratic Republican (from Nevada)
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Image 49A valley near Pyramid Lake (from Nevada)
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Image 50The courthouse of the Supreme Court of Nevada (from Nevada)
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Image 51Party Registration by County in Nevada (February 2025): Republican ≥ 30% Republican ≥ 40% Republican ≥ 50% Republican ≥ 60% Unaffiliated ≥ 30% (from Nevada)
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Image 52East Las Vegas suburbs (from Nevada)
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Image 53The Las Vegas Strip looking South (from Nevada)
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Image 54Population density map of Nevada (from Nevada)
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Image 55Downtown Reno (from Nevada)
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Image 56Ethnic origins in Nevada (from Nevada)
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Image 60Ranching in Washoe County (from Nevada)
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Image 61The Las Vegas Strip looking South (from Nevada)
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Image 62Map of counties in Nevada by racial plurality, per the 2020 census
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Image 63Map of the States of California and Nevada by SB Linton, 1876 (from History of Nevada)
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Image 64State route shield (from Nevada)
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Image 65The 1931 gambling law helped enable the explosive growth of the Las Vegas area, where the population grew from five thousand in 1930 to over two million by 2013. (from History of Nevada)
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Image 66Ruins of an early 20th-century mill, Winnemucca Mountain (from History of Nevada)
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Image 68The Winnemucca Sand Dunes, north of Winnemucca (from Nevada)
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Image 70U.S. Route 50, also known as "The Loneliest Road in America" (from Nevada)
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Image 72Goldstrike (Post-Betze) Mine in the Carlin Trend, the largest Carlin-type deposit in the world, containing more than 35,000,000 troy ounces (1,100 t) gold (from Nevada)
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Image 73Carson City Mint in Carson City. Carson City is an independent city and the capital of Nevada. (from Nevada)
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Image 74Goldstrike (Post-Betze) Mine in the Carlin Trend, the largest Carlin-type deposit in the world, containing more than 35,000,000 troy ounces (1,100 t) gold (from Nevada)
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Image 75A map that details the federal land in southern Nevada, showing Nellis Air Force Base Complex and Nevada Test Site (from Nevada)
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Image 76Downtown Reno (from Nevada)
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Image 77MGM Grand, with sign promoting it as The City of Entertainment (from Nevada)
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Image 78Nevada territory in 1861 (from Nevada)
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Image 79U.S. Route 50, also known as "The Loneliest Road in America" (from Nevada)
| Name
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Type
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County
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Population
(2020)
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Population
(2010)
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Land area
(2020)
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Population density
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Incorporation date
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km2
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| Boulder City |
City |
Clark |
14,885
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15,023
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−0.9% |
208.52
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540.1 |
71.4/sq mi (27.6/km2) |
October 1, 1959
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| Reno† |
City |
Washoe |
264,165
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225,221
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+17.3% |
108.77
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281.7 |
2,428.7/sq mi (937.7/km2) |
March 16, 1903
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| Caliente |
City |
Lincoln |
990
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1,130
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−12.4% |
1.87
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4.8 |
529.4/sq mi (204.4/km2) |
October 1, 1959
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| Carlin |
City |
Elko |
2,050
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2,368
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−13.4% |
10.44
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27.0 |
196.4/sq mi (75.8/km2) |
October 22, 1925
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| Carson City‡ |
— |
None |
58,639
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55,274
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+6.1% |
144.66
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374.7 |
405.4/sq mi (156.5/km2) |
March 1, 1875
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| Elko† |
City |
Elko |
20,564
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18,297
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+12.4% |
17.64
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45.7 |
1,165.8/sq mi (450.1/km2) |
March 14, 1917
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| Ely† |
City |
White Pine |
3,924
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4,255
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−7.8% |
7.64
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19.8 |
513.6/sq mi (198.3/km2) |
July 20, 1907
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| Fallon† |
City |
Churchill |
9,327
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8,606
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+8.4% |
3.63
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9.4 |
2,569.4/sq mi (992.1/km2) |
December 18, 1908
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| Fernley |
City |
Lyon |
22,895
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19,368
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+18.2% |
122.12
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316.3 |
187.5/sq mi (72.4/km2) |
July 1, 2001
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| Henderson |
City |
Clark |
317,610
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257,729
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+23.2% |
107.73
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279.0 |
2,948.2/sq mi (1,138.3/km2) |
June 8, 1953
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| Las Vegas† |
City |
Clark |
641,903
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583,756
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+10.0% |
135.81
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351.7 |
4,726.5/sq mi (1,824.9/km2) |
March 16, 1905
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‡ State capital and independent city
† County seat
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