AP News, January 16th, 2008
A look at Nevada, which holds caucuses on Saturday for Republicans and Democrats.
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NUMBERS
Population: 2,565,382
AGE
Median age: 35.6
Percentage of population 65 and over: 11 percent
Percentage of population 85 and over: 1 percent
RACE
Race: 73.6 percent white, 7.3 percent black, 5.9 percent Asian, 24.4 percent Hispanic or Latino origin.
LANGUAGE
Language other than English spoken at home: 26.9 percent
EDUCATION
High school graduate or higher: 83.9 percent
Bachelor's degree or higher: 20.8 percent
Advanced degree: 7.2 percent
MONEY
Median household income: $52,998
Families below poverty level: 7.6 percent
Home ownership rate: 62 percent
DELEGATES
25 pledged Democratic, 31 Republican
ELECTORAL VOTES
Five
2004 PRESIDENTIAL RESULTS
George W. Bush, 50 percent; John Kerry, 47 percent.
REGISTERED VOTERS
Republican, 480,437
Democratic, 499,850
Undeclared, 189,112
WORK FORCE
Hotel-casinos, leisure-hospitality: 27 percent.
Trade-transportation-utilities: 18 percent.
Professional and business: 12 percent.
Construction: 11 percent.
Government: 12 percent.
ECONOMY
Gross state product: $111.3 billion
_ Accommodation, food services: $19.5 billion.
_ Real estate and rental and leasing: $14.2 billion.
_ Manufacturing: $4.1 billion
_ Government: $10.6 billion.
_ Health care and social assistance: $5.5 billion.
_ Retail Trade: $8.4 billion
_ Finance and insurance: $10.3 billion
_ Professional and technical services: $5.5 billion
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Largest nongovernment employers (all hotel-casinos) as of November 2007: Bellagio, Wynn Las Vegas, MGM Grand hotel-casino, Mandalay Bay, Caesars Palace, Venetian, Mirage, Rio Suite, Paris hotel-casino, Flamingo Hilton, Luxor, Harrah's-Las Vegas.
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NEVADA QUICK FACTS
_ Fastest-growing state in the nation.
_ Tourist-connected industries, such as hotels, casinos, amusement and recreation facilities, make up the largest employment category.
_ Gambling- and sales-related taxes are the main revenue sources for the state. There is no state income tax.
_ Nation's largest gold-producing state. Nevada mines produced 6.3 million ounces of gold in 2006.
_ At more than 110,000 square miles, Nevada is the nation's seventh largest state — and 87 percent of its land is federally controlled. On federal land at Yucca Mountain, the federal government wants to open a high-level nuclear waste dump.
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Sources: 2006 Census QuickFacts est., 2005 Census QuickFacts, 2004 Census QuickFacts, 2000 Census QuickFacts, 2006 Census American Community Survey, Nevada Secretary of State figures updated Jan. 9, 2008, federal Bureau of Economic Analysis 2006 statistics, Northeast Midwest Institute.
(This version CORRECTS figures for registered voters)
