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People QuickFacts |
Las Vegas |
Nevada |
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Population, 2006 estimate |
552,539 |
2,495,529 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 |
15.1% |
24.9% |
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Population, 2000 |
478,434 |
1,998,257 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 |
7.7% |
7.3% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 |
25.9% |
25.6% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 |
11.6% |
11.0% |
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Female persons, percent, 2000 |
49.2% |
49.1% |
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White persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
69.9% |
75.2% |
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Black persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
10.4% |
6.8% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.8% |
1.3% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
4.8% |
4.5% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.4% |
0.4% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 |
4.1% |
3.8% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) |
23.6% |
19.7% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
35.5% |
37.4% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
18.9% |
15.8% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
26.8% |
23.1% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
78.5% |
80.7% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
18.2% |
18.2% |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
25.4 |
23.3 |
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Housing units, 2000 |
190,724 |
827,457 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
59.1% |
60.9% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$137,300 |
$142,000 |
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Households, 2000 |
176,750 |
751,165 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.66 |
2.62 |
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Median household income, 1999 |
$44,069 |
$44,581 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$22,060 |
$21,989 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 |
11.9% |
10.5% |