|
|
People
Facts |
Las
Vegas |
Nevada |
|
Population, 2003 estimate
|
517,017 |
2,241,154 |
|
Population, percent change,
April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003
|
7.8% |
12.2% |
|
Population, 2000
|
478,434 |
1,998,257 |
|
Population, percent change,
1990 to 2000
|
84.1% |
66.3% |
|
Persons under 5 years old,
percent, 2000
|
7.7% |
7.3% |
|
Persons under 18 years old,
percent, 2000
|
25.9% |
25.6% |
|
Persons 65 years old and
over, percent, 2000
|
11.6% |
11.0% |
|
Female persons, percent, 2000
|
49.2% |
49.1% |
|
White persons, percent, 2000
(a) |
69.9% |
75.2% |
|
Black or African American
persons, percent, 2000
(a) |
10.4% |
6.8% |
|
American Indian and Alaska
Native persons, percent, 2000
(a) |
0.8% |
1.3% |
|
Asian persons, percent, 2000
(a) |
4.8% |
4.5% |
|
Native Hawaiian and Other
Pacific Islander, percent, 2000
(a) |
0.4% |
0.4% |
|
Persons reporting some other
race, percent, 2000
(a) |
9.7% |
8.0% |
|
Persons reporting two or
more races, percent, 2000
|
4.1% |
3.8% |
|
Persons of Hispanic or
Latino origin, percent, 2000
|
23.6% |
19.7% |
|
Living in same house in 1995
and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over
|
35.5% |
37.4% |
|
Foreign born persons,
percent, 2000
|
18.9% |
15.8% |
|
Language other than English
spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000
|
26.8% |
23.1% |
|
High school graduates,
percent of persons age 25+, 2000
|
78.5% |
80.7% |
|
Bachelor's degree or higher,
pct of persons age 25+, 2000
|
18.2% |
18.2% |
|
Mean travel time to work
(minutes), workers age 16+, 2000
|
25.4 |
23.3 |
| |
|
Housing units, 2000
|
190,724 |
827,457 |
|
Homeownership rate, 2000
|
59.1% |
60.9% |
|
Median value of
owner-occupied housing units, 2000
|
$137,300 |
$142,000 |
| |
|
Households, 2000
|
176,750 |
751,165 |
|
Persons per household, 2000
|
2.66 |
2.62 |
|
Median household income,
1999
|
$44,069 |
$44,581 |
|
Per capita money income,
1999
|
$22,060 |
$21,989 |
|
Persons below poverty,
percent, 1999
|
11.9% |
10.5% |
