Clark County, Nevada Census Data

Updated June 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Nevada



Clark County, Nevada

People QuickFactsClark CountyNevada
Population, 2005 estimate 1,710,5512,414,807
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 24.3%20.8%
Population, 2000 1,375,7651,998,257
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2005 7.5%7.2%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2005 26.2%25.7%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2005 10.7%11.3%
Female persons, percent, 2005 49.1%49.1%
White persons, percent, 2005 (a)78.9%82.0%
Black persons, percent, 2005 (a)10.1%7.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2005 (a)1.0%1.4%
Asian persons, percent, 2005 (a)6.7%5.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2005 (a)0.6%0.5%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2005 2.8%2.6%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2005 (b)26.1%23.5%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2005 54.5%60.0%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 34.5%37.4%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 18.0%15.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 26.0%23.1%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 79.5%80.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 17.3%18.2%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 264,470375,910
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 24.323.3
Housing units, 2005 718,3581,019,427
Homeownership rate, 2000 59.1%60.9%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 36.3%32.2%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $139,500$142,000
Households, 2000 512,253751,165
Persons per household, 2000 2.652.62
Median household income, 2003 $43,728$45,249
Per capita money income, 1999 $21,785$21,989
Persons below poverty, percent, 2003 11.4%11.0%
Business QuickFactsClark CountyNevada
Private nonfarm establishments, 2004 36,18155,8531
Private nonfarm employment, 2004 739,4341,022,0111
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2004 15.7%13.2%1
Nonemployer establishments, 2004 103,527151,875
Total number of firms, 2002 110,300169,505
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 3.5%2.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 1.0%1.1%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 6.5%5.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 0.2%0.2%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 6.8%5.7%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 28.3%28.1%
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) 3,859,9548,466,212
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) D16,513,814
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 19,302,26626,999,899
Retail sales per capita, 2002 $12,734$12,452
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) 16,440,74119,537,592
Building permits, 2005 39,23747,728
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) 8,002,18812,769,4131
Geography QuickFactsClark CountyNevada
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 7,910109,825
Persons per square mile, 2000 173.918.2
FIPS Code 00332
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Las Vegas-Paradise, NV Metro Area

1: Includes data not distributed by county.


(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms


Source U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. 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
Last Revised: Friday, 12-Jan-2007 16:05:30 EST
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