Nevada - Facts and Figures. GENERAL INFORMATION Capital Statehood Carson City October 31, 1864 the 36th state State nickname Name for residents State motto Abbreviation The Silver State Nevadans All for our country NV LAND Total area 286,352 sq km 110,561 sq mi Rank among states in total area Land area 7th 284,397 sq km 109,806 sq mi Highest point Boundary Peak 4,005 m/13,140 ft Forested land as a share of total area 14.5 percent (2002) Federally owned land as a share of land area 91.7 percent (2002) PEOPLE Population Rank among states in population Ten-year population growth Population density 2,565,382 (2007 estimate) 35th 66.3 percent (1990-2000) 8.8 persons per sq km (2006 estimate) 22.7 persons per sq mi (2006 estimate) Urban population 91.5 percent (2000) Largest cities (by population) Las Vegas 552,539 (2006) Henderson 240,614 (2006) Reno 210,255 (2006) North Las Vegas 197,567 (2006) Sparks 83,959 (2006) Ethnic groups Whites 75.2 percent (2000) Blacks 6.8 percent (2000) Asians 4.5 percent (2000) Native Americans 1.3 percent (2000) Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders 0.4 percent (2000) Mixed heritage or not reporting 11.8 percent (2000) Hispanics (of any race) 19.7 percent (2000) HEALTH AND EDUCATION Life expectancy Infant mortality rate 74.2 years (1989-1991) 6 deaths per 1,000 live births (2004) Residents per physician 534 people (2005) Residents per hospital bed 513 people (2005) Share of population not covered by health insurance Number of students per teacher (K-12) Government spending per student (K-12) Share of students attending private school Share of people over age 25 with high school diploma 19.6 percent (2006) 19 (2003) $8,110 (2002-2003) 4.3 percent (1999) 83.9 percent (2006) GOVERNMENT State government Governor Jim Gibbons (term ends January 2011) Legislature Senate, 21 members Assembly, 42 members National representation Members of the U.S. Senate 2 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives 3 Electoral votes 5 ECONOMY Gross state product (GSP) Income per capita GSP by economic sector Agriculture, forestry, and fishing Industry Construction $118 billion (2006) $33,783 (2004) 0.2 percent (2004) 10.3 percent (2004) Manufacturing 3.4 percent (2004) Mining 1.4 percent (2004) Transportation and utilities 5.4 percent (2004) Services Finance, insurance, and real estate G overnment Information technology 21.2 percent (2004) 9.8 percent (2004) 2 percent (2004) Retail trade 8 percent (2004) Wholesale trade 4 percent (2004) Other services 34.1 percent (2004) Employment Number of workers 1,295,000 (2006 estimate) Unemployment rate 4.2 percent (2006 estimate) Share of workers in unions 13.8 percent (2005) ENERGY, COMMUNICATIONS, AND TRANSPORTATION Electricity production Share from geothermal, solar, and wind 3.1 percent (2005 estimate) Share from hydroelectric 4.2 percent (2005 estimate) Share from nuclear 0 percent (2004) Share from thermal 92.6 percent (2005 estimate) Daily newspaper circulation per 1,000 people Share of households with Internet access Number of library books circulated per resident Length of highways 117 newspapers per 1,000 people (2006 estimate) 55.2 percent (2003 estimate) 5.5 books per person (2002) 55,722 km (2005) 34,624 mi (2005) Length of interstate highways 904 km (2005) 562 mi (2005) Length of railroad tracks 1,934 km (2004) 1,202 mi (2004) Airports 5 (2007) SOURCES The Association of American Railroads (www.aar.org), Bureau of Economic Analysis (www.bea.doc.gov), Bureau of Labor Statistics (www.bls.gov), Census Bureau (www.census.gov), Energy Information Administration (www.eia.doe.gov), Federal Aviation Administration (www.faa.gov), Federal Highway Administration (www.fhwa.dot.gov), Forest Service (www.fs.fed.us), General Services Administration (www.gsa.gov), National Agricultural Statistics Service (www.usda.gov/nass), National Center for Education Statistics (nces.ed.gov), National Center for Health Statistics (www.cdc.gov/nchs), National Telecommunications and Information Administration (www.ntia.doc.gov). Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
