Nevada State Demographics: Quick Facts

DESCRIPTION VALUE Female persons, percent, 2008  49.1% Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000  23.3 Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000  32.2% Median household income, 2007  $54,996 Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2006  61,1641 Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2006  29.1%1 American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002  1.1% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002  0.2% Retail sales per capita, 2002  $12,452 Land area, 2000 (square miles)  109,825.99 Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2008 (b)  25.7% Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over  37.4% Total number of firms, 2002  169,505 Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2008  11.4% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2008 (a)  1.5% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2008  57.1% Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000  23.1% High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000  80.7% Persons per household, 2000  2.62 Per capita money income, 1999  $21,989 Black-owned firms, percent, 2002  2.6% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002  5.2% Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)  16,513,814 Building permits, 2008  14,881 Population, 2008 estimate  2,600,167 Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008  30.1% White persons, percent, 2008 (a)  80.9% Nonemployer establishments, 2006  167,221 Women-owned firms, percent, 2002  28.1% Population estimates base (April 1) 2000  1,998,257 Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2008  25.7% Persons below poverty, percent, 2007  10.6% Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2008  7.7% Black persons, percent, 2008 (a)  8.1% Asian persons, percent, 2008 (a)  6.2% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2008 (a)  0.5% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2008  2.8% Foreign born persons, percent, 2000  15.8% Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000  18.2% Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000  375,910 Housing units, 2007  1,102,379 Homeownership rate, 2000  60.9% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000  $142,000 Households, 2000  751,165 Private nonfarm employment, 2006  1,165,3751 Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002  5.7% Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000)  8,466,212 Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)  26,999,899 Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)  19,537,592 Federal spending, 2007 ($1000)  15,474,0101 Persons per square mile, 2000  18.2 FIPS Code  32 Source: Source U.S. Census Bureau (2009)  (http://factfinder.census.gov). Data derived from Population Estimates, Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report.