Nevada

TOTAL POPULATION:

2,700,551

POPULATION CHANGE (00-10):

35.1%

DELEGATION CHANGE:

+1 Seats

Hard times don't stop Las Vegas influx

Despite being hammered by the recession and housing bust that created record unemployment, the Las Vegas area continues to gain people.

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State	Population	% Change 2000-2010	Population per Square Mile
Alabama	4,779,736	7.5%	94.4	['AL', '01']

County	Population	% Change 2000-2010	Population per Square Mile
Carson City	55,274	5.4%	382.1	['NV', '32510']
Churchill	24,877	3.7%	5.0	['NV', '32001']
Clark	1,951,269	41.8%	247.3	['NV', '32003']
Douglas	46,997	13.9%	66.2	['NV', '32005']
Elko	48,818	7.8%	2.8	['NV', '32007']
Esmeralda	783	-19.4%	0.2	['NV', '32009']
Eureka	1,987	20.4%	0.5	['NV', '32011']
Humboldt	16,528	2.6%	1.7	['NV', '32013']
Lander	5,775	-0.3%	1.1	['NV', '32015']
Lincoln	5,345	28.3%	0.5	['NV', '32017']
Lyon	51,980	50.7%	26.0	['NV', '32019']
Mineral	4,772	-5.9%	1.3	['NV', '32021']
Nye	43,946	35.3%	2.4	['NV', '32023']
Pershing	6,753	0.9%	1.1	['NV', '32027']
Storey	4,010	18.0%	15.3	['NV', '32029']
Washoe	421,407	24.1%	66.9	['NV', '32031']
White Pine	10,030	9.2%	1.1	['NV', '32033']

Locality	Population	% Change 2000-2010	Population per Square Mile
Alamo	1,080	-	35.7	['NV', '3200500']

State	Pct. White	Pct. Black	Pct. Am. Ind.	Pct. Asian	Pct. Native Hawaiian	Pct. Two or more
Alabama	68.5%	26.2%	0.6%	1.1%	0.1%	1.5%	['AL', '01']

County	Pct. White	Pct. Black	Pct. Am. Ind.	Pct. Asian	Pct. Native Hawaiian	Pct. Two or more
Carson City	81.1%	1.9%	2.4%	2.1%	0.2%	2.9%	['NV', '32510']

Locality	Pct. White	Pct. Black	Pct. Am. Ind.	Pct. Asian	Pct. Native Hawaiian	Pct. Two or more
Alamo	93.1%	0.2%	0.5%	0.5%	0.8%	3.5%	['NV', '3200500']

State	Pct. Hispanic	Pct. Non-Hispanic White	Diversity Index
Alabama	3.9%%	67.0%%	48.1	['AL', '01']

County	Pct. Hispanic	Pct. Non-Hispanic White	Diversity Index
Carson City	21.3%%	70.7%%	46.7	['NV', '32510']

Locality	Pct. Hispanic	Pct. Non-Hispanic White	Diversity Index
Alamo	5.6%%	90.2%%	20.1	['NV', '3200500']

State	Housing Units	Pct. Vacant
Alabama	2,171,853	13.3%	['AL', '01']

County	Housing Units	Pct. Vacant
Carson City	23,534	9.0%	['NV', '32510']

Locality	Housing Units	Pct. Vacant
Alamo	457	15.8%	['NV', '3200500']

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau; USA TODAY analysis

Credits: Emily Brown, Anthony DeBarros, Kristin DeRamus, Corey Greeneltch, Raul Miller, Paul Overberg, Lou Schilling, Juan Thomassie