Editing Las Vegas (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1900= 25
|1910= 800
|1920= 2304
|1930= 5165
|1940= 8422
|1950= 24624
|1960= 64405
|1970= 125787
|1980= 164674
|1990= 258295
|2000= 478434
|2010= 583756
|2020= 641903
|estyear= 2022
|estimate= 656274
|footnote=source:<ref name="City 2010">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/ |title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Las Vegas city, Nevada; count revision of 01-07-2018 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=March 9, 2018 |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709054630/https://www.census.gov/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>Moffatt, Riley. ''Population History of Western U.S. Cities & Towns, 1850–1990''. [[Lanham, Maryland|Lanham]]: Scarecrow, 1996, 159.</ref><br />2010–2010<ref name="QuickFacts" />
}}

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|+'''Las Vegas, Nevada – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br /><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name="2000CensusP004">{{Cite web |title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Las Vegas city, Nevada |url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US3240000&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004 |access-date=January 26, 2024 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name="2010CensusP2">{{Cite web |title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Las Vegas city, Nevada |url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US3240000&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2 |access-date=January 26, 2024 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web |title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Las Vegas city, Nevada |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US3240000&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 26, 2024 }}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|277,704
|279,703
| style="background: #ffffe6; " |259,561
|58.04%
|47.91%
| style="background: #ffffe6; " |40.44%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|48,380
|62,008
| style="background: #ffffe6; " |79,129
|10.11%
|10.62%
| style="background: #ffffe6; " |12.33%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|2,405
|2,391
| style="background: #ffffe6; " |2,291
|0.50%
|0.41%
| style="background: #ffffe6; " |0.36%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|22,411
|34,606
| style="background: #ffffe6; " |44,995
|4.68%
|5.93%
| style="background: #ffffe6; " |7.01%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|1,935
|3,103
| style="background: #ffffe6; " |4,204
|0.40%
|0.53%
| style="background: #ffffe6; " |0.65%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|650
|1,101
| style="background: #ffffe6; " |3,855
|0.14%
|0.19%
| style="background: #ffffe6; " |0.60%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|11,987
|16,985
| style="background: #ffffe6; " |34,040
|2.51%
|2.91%
| style="background: #ffffe6; " |5.30%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|112,962
|183,859
| style="background: #ffffe6; " |213,828
|23.61%
|31.50%
| style="background: #ffffe6; " |33.31%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''474,434'''
|'''583,756'''
| style="background: #ffffe6; " |'''641,903'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
| style="background: #ffffe6; " |'''100.00%'''
|}

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===2020 census===
According to the [[2020 United States census]], the city of Las Vegas had 644,883 people living in 244,429 [[household]]s. The racial composition of the City of Las Vegas was 49.2% [[White Americans|white]], 11.9% [[African Americans|black]], 1.1% [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indian]] or [[Alaska Natives|Alaska Native]], 6.9% Asian, [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] residents of any race were 34.1% and 16.2% from [[Multiracial Americans|two or more races]]. 40.8% were [[Non-Hispanic whites|non-Hispanic white]].<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=April 1, 2020 |title=Quick Facts: Las Vegas city, Nevda |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/lasvegascitynevada,US/POP010220 |website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>

Approximately 5.8% of residents are under the age of five, 22.8% under the age of eighteen and 15.6% over 65 years old. Females are 50.0% of the total population.<ref name=":4" />
[[File:Las Vegas Racial Map.png|thumb|Map of racial distribution in the Las Vegas area, 2020 U.S. Census. Each dot is 25 people: {{legend inline|outline=white|white|text=⬤|textcolor=#4093ff|White}} {{legend inline|outline=white|white|text=⬤|textcolor=#22e11a|Black}} {{legend inline|outline=white|white|text=⬤|textcolor=#ea2be1|Asian}} {{legend inline|outline=white|white|text=⬤|textcolor=#fec730|Hispanic}} {{legend inline|outline=white|white|text=⬤|textcolor=#d60d2c|Native American}} {{legend inline|outline=white|white|text=⬤|textcolor=#9a6526|Mixed or Other}}  ]]
From 2019 to 2023, Las Vegas had approximately 244,429 [[household]]s, with an average of 2.63 persons per household. About 55.7% of housing units were owner-occupied, and the median value of owner-occupied housing was $395,300. Median gross rent during this period was $1,456 per month (in 2023 dollars).<ref name=":4" />

The median [[Disposable household and per capita income|household income]] in Las Vegas from 2019 to 2023 was $70,723, while the [[per capita]] income was $38,421 (in 2023 dollars). Approximately 14.2% of the population lived below the poverty line during the same period.<ref name=":4" />

Residents over 25 years old with a [[high school diploma]] were 85.8% of the population with 27.3% having attained a [[Tertiary education|bachelor's degree or higher]].<ref name=":4" />

About 33.0% of residents aged 5 and older speak a language other than English at home. 20.9% of residents are foreign-born.<ref name=":4" />

The mean travel time to work for residents aged 16 and older was approximately 25.8 minutes between 2019 and 2023. The vast majority of households in Las Vegas are [[Internet access|digitally connected]], with 95.6% having a computer and 89.1% subscribing to [[Broadband|broadband internet]] services .

According to demographer [[William H. Frey]] using data from the [[2010 United States census]], Las Vegas has the second-lowest level of black-white [[Residential segregation in the United States|segregation]] of any of the 100 largest U.S. metropolitan areas after [[Tucson, Arizona]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Frey |first1=William H. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JHUzDwAAQBAJ&q=las+vegasl%3D |title=Diversity Explosion: How New Racial Demographics Are Remaking America |date=July 24, 2018 |publisher=Brookings Institution Press |isbn=978-0-8157-2398-1 |edition=Second |location=Washington, D.C. |page=177 |access-date=December 18, 2020}}</ref>

Filipinos make up the largest Asian population in Las Vegas. 31,931 Filipinos live within the city limits, making up 4.8% of the population.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Grid View: Table B02018 - Census Reporter |url=https://censusreporter.org/data/table/?table=B02018&geo_ids=16000US3240000&primary_geo_id=16000US3240000#valueType%7Cestimate |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=censusreporter.org}}</ref> In the Las Vegas area as a whole, there are 162,802 Filipinos, making up 7% of the population.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Grid View: Table B02018 - Census Reporter |url=https://censusreporter.org/data/table/?table=B02018&geo_ids=31000US29820&primary_geo_id=31000US29820#valueType%7Cestimate |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=censusreporter.org}}</ref> Native Hawaiians are also a major demographic in the city, numbering 20,829 in the city and surrounding suburbs,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Grid View: Table B02019 - Census Reporter |url=https://censusreporter.org/data/table/?table=B02019&geo_ids=31000US29820&primary_geo_id=31000US29820#valueType%7Cestimate |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=censusreporter.org}}</ref> with some Hawaiians and Las Vegas residents calling the city the "ninth island of [[Hawaii]]" due to the major influx of Hawaiians to Vegas.<ref>{{cite journal |date=Autumn 2012 |title=Las Vegas: Bright Lights, Big City, Small Town |url=http://stateofthereunion.com/home/season-2-2/las-vegas-nv |url-status=dead |journal=State of the Reunion |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602145540/http://stateofthereunion.com/home/season-2-2/las-vegas-nv |archive-date=June 2, 2013 |access-date=July 5, 2013}}</ref> 

According to a 2004 study, Las Vegas has one of the highest divorce rates.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Nichols |first1=Mark W. |last2=Stitt |first2=B. Grant |last3=Giacopassi |first3=David |date=2004-12-01 |title=Changes in Suicide and Divorce in New Casino Jurisdictions |url=https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/document?repid=rep1&type=pdf&doi=1f3a4b4248a1fe551370f8bd5916caeec83bf8c8 |format=PDF |journal=Journal of Gambling Studies |language=en |volume=20 |issue=4 |pages=391–404 |doi=10.1007/s10899-004-4581-z |pmid=15577274 |issn=1573-3602}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Blakeslee |first=Sandra |date=December 16, 1997 |title=Suicide Rate Higher in 3 Gambling Cities, Study Says |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/12/16/us/suicide-rate-higher-in-3-gambling-cities-study-says.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090929102825/https://www.nytimes.com/1997/12/16/us/suicide-rate-higher-in-3-gambling-cities-study-says.html |archive-date=September 29, 2009 |access-date=July 13, 2009 |newspaper=[[New York Times]]}}</ref> The city's high divorce rate is not wholly due to Las Vegans themselves getting divorced. Compared to other states, Nevada's nonrestrictive requirements for divorce result in many couples temporarily moving to Las Vegas in order to get divorced.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last1=Clifford-Cruz |first1=Rebecca |last2=Goldberg |first2=Delen |date=June 15, 2015 |title=Why Sin City is the wedding mecca and divorce capital of the country |url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2015/jun/15/las-vegas-wedding-mecca-and-divorce-capital/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610045606/https://lasvegassun.com/news/2015/jun/15/las-vegas-wedding-mecca-and-divorce-capital/ |archive-date=June 10, 2023 |access-date=2025-01-12 |work=[[Las Vegas Sun]] |language=en}}</ref> Similarly, Nevada marriage requirements are equally lax resulting in one of the highest marriage rates of U.S. cities, with many licenses issued to people from outside the area (see [[Las Vegas weddings]]).<ref name=":1" />

=== 2010 census ===
According to the [[2010 United States census|2010 Census]], the city of Las Vegas had a population of 583,756. The city's racial composition had shifted slightly, with 47.91% of the population identifying as White alone (non-Hispanic), 10.63% as Black or African American alone (non-Hispanic), 0.41% as Native American or Alaska Native alone (non-Hispanic), 5.93% as Asian alone (non-Hispanic), 0.53% as Pacific Islander alone (non-Hispanic), 0.19% as Other Race alone (non-Hispanic), and 2.91% as Mixed race or Multiracial (non-Hispanic). Hispanic or Latino individuals of any race represented 31.50% of the population.<ref name="2010CensusP2" />

=== 2000 census ===
According to the [[2000 United States census|2000 census]], Las Vegas had a population of 474,434 people. The racial makeup of the city was 58.52% White alone (non-Hispanic), 10.19% Black or African American alone (non-Hispanic), 0.51% Native American or Alaska Native alone (non-Hispanic), 4.72% Asian alone (non-Hispanic), 0.41% Pacific Islander alone (non-Hispanic), 0.14% Other Race alone (non-Hispanic), and 2.52% Mixed race or Multiracial (non-Hispanic). Hispanic or Latino individuals of any race made up 23.81% of the population.<ref name="2000CensusP004" />
{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible" style="font-size: 90%;"
|-
!Historical racial profile
! 2020<ref>{{cite news |title=2020 census |url=https://data.statesmanjournal.com/census/total-population/total-population-change/las-vegas-city-nevada/160-3240000/}}</ref>!! 2010<ref name="census">{{cite web |title=Las Vegas (city), Nevada |url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/32/3240000.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218135531/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/32/3240000.html |archive-date=February 18, 2009 |access-date=April 20, 2012 |work=State & County QuickFacts |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref>!! 2000<ref>{{cite web |title=Race and Hispanic or Latino: 2000 |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml? |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20161025124033/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml |archive-date=October 25, 2016 |access-date=November 30, 2018 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref> !! 1990<ref name="census1">{{cite web |title=Nevada – Race and Hispanic Origin for Selected Cities and Other Places: Earliest Census to 1990 |url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0076/twps0076.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120812191959/http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0076/twps0076.html |archive-date=August 12, 2012 |access-date=April 20, 2012 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref> !! 1970<ref name="census1" />
|-
| [[White American|White]] || 46.0% || 62.1% || 69.9% || 78.4% || 87.6%
|-
|&nbsp;—[[Non-Hispanic whites|Non-Hispanic Whites]] || 40.4% || 47.9% || 58.0% || 72.1% || 83.1%{{efn|name="fifteen"|From 15% sample}}
|-
| [[African American|Black or African American]] || 12.9% || 11.1% || 10.4% || 11.4% || 11.2%
|-
| [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (of any race) || 33.3% || 31.5% || 23.6% || 12.5% || 4.6%{{efn|name="fifteen"}}
|-
| [[Asian American|Asian]] || 7.2% || 6.1% || 4.8% || 3.6% || 0.7%
|}