Nevada Profile

Gorgeous view of Las Vegas Nevada at dawn.

Bordered by Oregon, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, and California, it covers 110,567 sq mi (286,368 sq km); its capital is Carson City. The Black Rock Desert is in the northwest; the Colorado River forms its extreme southeastern boundary. Human settlement in the area has spanned more than 20,000 years, and evidence of prehistoric inhabitants include dwelling remains and rock art. Early inhabitants included the Shoshone and Paiute Indians. Spanish missionaries in the 18th century and fur traders in the 1820s arrived before major exploration and mapping were done by John C. Frémont and Kit Carson (1843–45). Nevada was part of the land ceded to the U.S. by Mexico in 1848 and was included in the Utah Territory (1850–61). Settlements increased after the discovery of the Comstock Lode, a rich silver deposit, at Virginia City in 1859. It became the Territory of Nevada in 1861 and the 36th U.S. state in 1864. It began its transition to a modern economy during the Great Depression when gambling was legalized. Construction of the Hoover Dam aided the economy of southern Nevada. In the 1950s the state became the main testing site for atomic-energy experiments. The traditional bases of its economy, mining and agriculture, are overshadowed by government activity and tourism, the latter centred on Las Vegas, Reno, and Lake Tahoe.

Encyclopedia Britannica: Nevada (state, United States)

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Nevada Statistics

Population, 2007 estimate	2,565,382
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2007	28.4%
Housing units, 2007	1,102,379
Median household income, 2007	$54,996
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	109,825.99
Persons per square mile, 2000	18.2

U.S. Census Bureau: Nevada QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau

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Nevada Links

There's more information than I could possibly list here but I want to provide links to further your investigation if you so choose. So, here's a link the Official State Home Page of Nevada. The official tourism Web site of Nevada has travel deals and more!

Weather information is also available by cities. Just visit Nevada Weather - Average Temperatures and Rainfall and then click on the name of the city you are interested in to find data for that specific city. And what state profile would be complete without a link to their Top Attractions and Oddities?!?

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