Nevada Stats

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Here are some Big Statistics on Las Vegas and Nevada

There are over 100,000 Hotel and motel rooms avilable in Nevada

Area Ranked 7th in Area in the USA
- Total 110,567 sq mi
(286,367 km²)
- Width 322 miles (519 km)
- Length 490 miles (788 km)
Population Rank = 35th
- Latitude 35° N to 42° N
- Longitude 114°?2' W to 120° W
Population Ranked
- Total 2,495,529
- Density 18.21/sq mi
7.03/km² (43rd)
- Median income $46,984 (16th)
Elevation
- Highest point Boundary Peak
13,140 ft (4,005 m)
- Mean 5,499 ft (1,676 m)
- Lowest point Colorado River

- Total 2,495,529 Population
- Density 18.21/sq mi
7.03/km² (43rd most dense in population)
- Median income $46,984 (16th in USA)
Elevation
- Highest point Boundary Peak
13,140 ft (4,005 m)
- Mean 5,499 ft (1,676 m)
- Lowest point Colorado River
479 ft (146 m)
Admission to Union October 31, 1864 (36th)
Governor Jim Gibbons (R)
U.S. Senators Harry Reid (D)
John Ensign (R)
Congressional Delegation List

Las Vegas

Area
- City 131.3 sq mi (340.0 km²)
- Land 131.2 sq mi (339.8 km²)
- Water 0.1 sq mi (0.16 km²)
Elevation 2,001 ft (610 m)
Population (2006)
- City 552,539
- Density 4,154/sq mi (1,604/km²)
- Metro 1,777,539

1998 Las Vegas GDP Per Capita 116 % of US average Per capita Income $28,162 Per Capita GDP $37,559

Las Vegas casinos took Vegas' $6.079 billion in Jan-Nov 2002 just behind Macau which overtook it for the first time that year promoting some US caisnos chains to have gone to Macau more in it's post European Colonial era. Seeing it as a advantage for Vegas not a disadvantage

In 2005 Las Vegas saw 44 Million Airline Passengers

3.8 Million Hotel guests in March 2005 was that year's monthly peak

Clark County earned 9.7 Billion dollars in gambling revenue in 2005

Las Vegas 7.5 Billion

The Las Vegas Strip 6 Billion

Downtown 0.65 Billion

Boulder Strip 0.88 Billion

12% of Las Vegas Visitors are from outside the USA and 88% are USA people

Only 1% of Las Vegas visitors are unemployed, well below

83% are white 4% Black and 5% Asian 7% Hispanic

Only 7% earn under 40,000 dollars in terms of household income, 22% earn over 100,000 in household income

In 2003 the average Visitor spent 187 dollars on food, 94 dollars on shopping, 74 dollars on a room, 38 dollars on shows, 9 dollars on sightseeingand spent 4 nights. Most stayed at the Las Vegas Strip.

The oldest trees in Nevada are Bristlecone Pine, the oldest on Planet Earth

Nevada wildlife includes, Bighorn Sheep, the Desert Tortoise, Wild horses, the American Dipper, the Mountain Bluebird, Sage grouse, Sand Mountain blue butterfly, Mt. Charleston blue butterfly , Pygmy rabbit, the Amargosa toad and much much much more