Las Vegas, Nevada Demographics

Las Vegas is 14th out of 4,905 other cities in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Las Vegas is 20th out of 5,266 other cities in Retail sales

Las Vegas is 25th out of 5,169 other cities in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Las Vegas is 30th out of 6,406 other cities in Housing units

Las Vegas is 31st out of 4,664 other cities in Current population (2012)

Las Vegas is 31st out of 6,406 other cities in Households

Las Vegas is 1st in Nevada out of 12 other cities in Current population (2012)

Las Vegas is 1st in Nevada out of 25 other cities in Retail sales

Las Vegas is 1st in Nevada out of 25 other cities in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Las Vegas is 1st in Nevada out of 34 other cities in Households

Las Vegas is 1st in Nevada out of 34 other cities in Housing units

Las Vegas is 2nd in Nevada out of 23 other cities in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Las Vegas is 3rd in Nevada out of 34 other cities in Race - Black or African American

Las Vegas is 4th in Nevada out of 34 other cities in Size in square miles

Las Vegas is 6th in Nevada out of 34 other cities in Population density (people per sqmi)

Las Vegas is 6th in Nevada out of 34 other cities in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Size Demographics
	Las Vegas	Rank	Nevada	US
Current population (2012)	596,424	1st	2,758,931	313,914,040
Size in square miles	135.8	4th	109,781.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	4,298.2	6th	24.6	87.4

Age Demographics
	Las Vegas	Rank	Nevada	US
Residents younger than 5	7.2%	14th	6.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	25.7%	14th	24.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	12.0%	18th	13.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Las Vegas	Rank	Nevada	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	81.7%	25th	84.2%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	21.5%	11th	22.2%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Las Vegas	Rank	Nevada	US
Race - White	62.1%	27th	77.1%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	11.1%	3rd	8.9%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.7%	29th	1.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	6.1%	10th	7.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.6%	13th	0.7%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	4.9%	8th	3.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	31.5%	6th	27.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	47.9%	29th	52.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Las Vegas	Rank	Nevada	US
Female residents	49.6%	19th	49.6%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	21.8%	8th	19.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Las Vegas	Rank	Nevada	US
Housing units	243,701	1st	1,183,873	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	34.0%	8th	29.6%	25.9%
Households	211,684	1st	986,741	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	55.9%	26th	59.1%	66.1%
Home median value	$222,000	16th	$225,400	$186,200
People per household	2.7	15th	2.7	2.6

Income Demographics
	Las Vegas	Rank	Nevada	US
Income per capita	$26,755	16th	$27,625	$27,915
Income per household	$54,174	20th	$55,553	$52,762
Income below poverty line	14.9%	8th	12.9%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Las Vegas	Rank	Nevada	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	54,557	1st	221,260	27,092,908
Retail sales	$9,178,860	1st	$37,433,983	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$16,394	7th	$14,579	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$3,134,003	2nd	$28,815,533	$613,795,732