The population of Las Vegas increased markedly in recent decades, rising from 164,674 in 1980 to 258,295 in 1990.
The city’s population in 2000 was 478,434. In 2004, Las Vegas's population was estimated at 534,847.
According to the 2000 census, whites constituted 69.9 percent of the city’s population; blacks, 10.4 percent; Asians, 4.8 percent; Native Americans, 0.7 percent; Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders, 0.4 percent; and people of mixed heritage or not reporting race, 13.8 percent.
Hispanics, who may be of any race, made up 23.6 percent of the population.
Increasingly, Las Vegas is home to people who have left California for Nevada.
The city’s population in 2000 was 478,434. In 2004, Las Vegas's population was estimated at 534,847.
According to the 2000 census, whites constituted 69.9 percent of the city’s population; blacks, 10.4 percent; Asians, 4.8 percent; Native Americans, 0.7 percent; Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders, 0.4 percent; and people of mixed heritage or not reporting race, 13.8 percent.
Hispanics, who may be of any race, made up 23.6 percent of the population.
Increasingly, Las Vegas is home to people who have left California for Nevada.
California migrants constitute about one-third of the newcomers to Las Vegas and contribute to the growth in home construction, landscaping, residential security, and light manufacturing in the increasingly varied Vegas economy.
The growth of the Las Vegas metropolitan region was the fastest in the nation in the 1990s, increasing 83 percent between 1990 and 2000.
The population of the region jumped from 528,000 in 1980 to 853,000 in 1990. By 2004 the population reached 1,651,000.
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