Clark County, Nevada
Clark County is a county in the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, the population was 2,265,461.[1] It is the most populous county in Nevada. Las Vegas, the state’s most populous city, is also the county seat.
| Clark County, Nevada | |
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| Map of Nevada highlighting Clark County Location in the state of Nevada | |
 Nevada's location in the U.S. | |
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| Founded | 1909 |
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| Seat | |
| Largest City | Las Vegas |
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| Named for: William A. Clark | |
The county was formed by the Nevada Legislature by splitting off a portion of Lincoln County on February 5, 1909,[2] and came into existence on July 1, 1909.[3]
The county is famously the location of the Las Vegas Strip, with huge casinos and hotels that attract many tourists every year.
Clark County, Nevada Media
- Kyle Canyon Big Falls 1.jpg
Kyle Canyon in the Mount Charleston Wilderness
- Calico basin red rock cumulus mediocris.jpg
Calico basin in Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area
- Las Vegas household income distribution.svg
2015 income distribution by household in Las Vegas.
- Poverty Las Vegas Valley.png
Population living below federal poverty line by census tracts covering Clark County.
- Race and ethnicity 2010- Las Vegas (5559885507).png
Map of racial distribution in Las Vegas, 2010 U.S. Census. Each dot is 25 people: White, Black, Asian, Hispanic, or Other (yellow)
- The Strip from Eiffel Tower (9176999807).jpg
The Las Vegas Strip looking south
- MacDonaldHighlands1.jpg
The entrance to the affluent MacDonald Highlands in Henderson
- EnterpriseNVfromSouthernHighlands.jpg
Enterprise, Nevada as seen from neighboring Southern Highlands
- Las Vegas Regional Justice Center.jpg
The Regional Justice Center in Downtown Las Vegas.*Like many postmodern buildings, the RJC is not perfectly rectangular, which is why some of the lines in the photo appear strange.
- ClarkCountyDetention.jpg
The Clark County Detention Center
References
- ↑ "QuickFacts: Clark County, Nevada". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved August 1, 2023.
- ↑ Las Vegas Sun, January 4, 2009; Joseph Nathan Kane, The American Counties (4th Ed.), (The Scarecrow Press, 1983), p479-480
- ↑ Squires, C. P. Sam P. Davis (ed.). The History of Nevada. Nevada's Online State News Journal. p. 801. Archived from the original on July 20, 2009. Retrieved July 25, 2009.
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