- Nickname: Silver State Motto: All for
our country
- Flower: Sagebrush Bird: Mountain
bluebird
- Area: 110,560 square miles (2000; U.S. rank:
7th)
- Elevation: 479 feet to 13,140 feet above sea
level
- Climate: Semi arid, with temperatures that
vary with altitude as well as season; extremely cold
winters in the north and west, ovenlike summer heat in
parts of the south
- Admitted to Union: October 31, 1864
- Capital: Carson
City
- Head Official: Governor Kenny Guinn (R)
(until 2007)
- Population
- 1980: 800,493
- 1990: 1,201,833
- 2000: 1,998,257
- 2004 estimate: 2,334,771
- Percent change, 1990–2000: 66.3%
- U.S. rank in 2004: 35th
- Percent of residents born in state: 21.3%
(2000)
- Density: 18.2 people per square mile (2000)
- 2002 FBI Crime Index Total: 97,752
- Racial and Ethnic Characteristics (2000)
- White: 1,501,886
- Black or African American: 135,477
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 26,420
- Asian: 90,266
- Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander: 8,426
- Hispanic or Latino (may be of any race):
393,970
- Other: 159,354
- Age Characteristics (2000)
- Population under 5 years old: 145,817
- Population 5 to 19 years old: 415,684
- Percent of population 65 years and over:
11.0%
- Median age: 35.0 years (2000)
- Vital Statistics
- Total number of births (2003): 33,585
- Total number of deaths (2003): 17,759 (infant
deaths, 203)
- AIDS cases reported through 2003: 2,654
- Economy
- Major industries: Services; finance,
insurance, and real estate; trade; government
- Unemployment rate: 3.9% (February 2005)
- Per capita income: $31,487 (2003; U.S. rank:
19th)
- Median household income: $46,118 (3-year
average, 2001-2003)
- Percentage of persons below poverty level:
10.5% (1999)
- Income tax rate: None
- Sales tax rate: 5.0% to 9.0%
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