Demographics & Statistics
Population
July 1, 2007 Clark County Housing Unit Estimate — Clark County Comprehensive Planning
2005-2007 American Community Survey 3-Year Estimates — U.S. Census Bureau
Business
  • Minority firms represented 15% of all 'classifiable' firms located in the state.
  • The number of minority firms in Nevada increased by 60% between 1997 and 2002, compared to 31% for all 'classifiable' firms in the state.
  • If minority business activity in Nevada matched the state's minority population percentage in 2002, the number of minority firms in the state would have reached 58,700 and generated over $25 billion in gross receipts and employed more than 172,000 workers.
  • Nevada had the 29th largest minority population in the country, numbering 778,000 or 36% of the state's total population in 2002.
U.S. Census Bureau's Nevada Minority Firms in 2002 — U.S. Department of Commerce MBDA
Labor
LABOR MARKET EMPLOYMENT
October 2006 Jobs By Sector — Clark County Comprehensive Planning / Nevada DETR
LARGEST EMPLOYERS
First Quarter 2008 — Clark County Comprehensive Planning & Employee Relations/Public Affairs for each entity
Tourism