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Carson City

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 2,076 3,668 3,222 5,412 4,883 2,893 3,415 2,453 2,221 3,209 4,172 8,063 15,468 32,022 40,950 52,457 Carson City
Churchill

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 132 196 275 479 703 830 2,811 4,649 5,057 5,317 6,161 8,452 10,513 13,947 18,100 23,982 Churchill
Clark

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 -- -- -- -- -- -- 3,321 4,459 8,532 16,414 48,289 127,016 273,016 463,087 770,280 1,375,765 Clark
Douglas -- 1,057 1,215 1,178 1,581 1,551 1,534 1,895 1,825 1,840 2,056 2,029 3,481 6,882 19,421 28,070 41,259 Douglas
Elko -- -- 3,447 3,602 5,716 4,794 5,688 8,133 8,083 8,088 9,960 10,912 11,654 13,958 17,269 33,770 45,291 Elko
Esmeralda -- 2,299 1,553 1,318 3,220 2,148 1,972 9,369 2,410 1,077 1,554 614 619 329 777 1,350 971 Esmeralda
Eureka -- -- -- 5,029 7,086 3,275 1,954 1,830 1,350 1,333 1,361 896 767 948 1,198 1,550 1,651 Eureka
Humboldt -- 46 1,916 2,457 3,480 3,434 4,463 6,825 3,743 3,795 4,743 4,838 5,708 6,375 7,434 13,020 16,106 Humboldt
Lander -- -- 2,815 2,380 3,624 2,266 1,534 1,786 1,484 1,714 1,745 1,850 1,566 2,666 4,076 6,340 5,794 Lander
Lincoln -- -- 2,985 2,753 2,637 2,466 3,284 3,489 2,287 3,601 4,130 3,837 2,431 2,551 3,732 3,810 4,165 Lincoln
Lyon -- 2,087 1,837 2,121 2,409 1,987 2,268 3,568 4,078 3,810 4,076 3,679 6,143 8,224 13,594 20,590 34,501 Lyon
Mineral -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1,848 1,863 2,342 5,560 6,329 7,051 6,217 6,470 5,071 Mineral
Nye -- -- 1,087 1,717 1,875 1,290 1,140 7,513 6,504 3,989 3,606 3,101 4,374 5,599 9,048 18,190 32,485 Nye
Pershing -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2,803 2,652 2,713 3,103 3,199 2,670 3,408 4,550 6,693 Pershing
Storey -- 4,581 11,359 19,528 16,115 8,806 3,673 3,045 1,469 667 1,216 671 568 695 1,503 2,560 3,399 Storey
Washoe -- 2,126 3,224 3,953 5,950 6,437 9,141 17,434 18,627 27,158 32,476 50,205 84,742 121,068 193,623 257,120 339,486 Washoe
White Pine

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 -- 7,189 2,557 2,682 1,721 1,961 7,441 8,935 11,771 12,377 9,424 9,808 10,150 8,167 9,410 9,181 White Pine
NEVADA 6,857 14,404 42,491 52,090 62,266 45,761 42,335 81,875 77,407 89,168 109,295 159,341 284,920 488,163 798,523 1,236,130 1,998,257 NEVADA
 

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                             This chart was modified from G. A. Horton's — Nevada History

"The nation's most sparsely populated state outside Alaska became the fastest growing state, its population increasing a whopping 650% from 1950 to 1990! Nevada's population grew by 66.3 percent during the 1990s to 1,998,257 in 2000. Over the past 60 years, Nevada's growth rate by decade has been the nation's fastest at 61 percent. Nevada will pick up a third U.S. House seat in the 2002 elections.

"Workers flocking to new Las Vegas resorts helped fuel the boom. The 62 percent increase in Las Vegas was the largest for any metro area in the country and two suburbs—Henderson and North Las Vegas—were the fastest-growing cities with at least 100,000 population."   From the Geobopological Survey Web Site