Nevada
Nevada: the places inside it, the companies based here, and where this atlas has research on it.
state · North America · page prepared 2026-11-07
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Nevada at a glance
Rolled up from the 13 regions inside Nevada on this site, with census figures from Statistics Canada.
Who leads Nevada, and how households are doing
Researched 2026-11-09 from official statistics; every figure links to its source.
- Population
- 3,282,188 persons (2025) ↗
- GDP
- 281,376.7 USD millions (current dollars, annual) (2025) ↗
- Unemployment
- 4.7 % (seasonally adjusted, BLS LAUS) (2026-09) ↗
- Median household income
- 88,880 USD (current dollars, Census CPS ASEC) (2025) ↗
- Home ownership
- 59.1 % (Census HVS annual) (2025) ↗
- Debt per person with a credit report
- 71,300 USD per person with a credit score (NY Fed Consumer Credit Panel/Equifax via USAFacts) (2025) ↗
Home prices in the biggest cities
As each source measures them (benchmark, median or average sale price); not directly comparable across measures.
Languages
Official-language and home-language figures as the census reports them.
| Language | Share | Measure | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Language other than English spoken at home ↗ | 31% | persons 5+ speaking a language other than English at home (ACS 2024 1-year, B16007) | 2024 |
| English only ↗ | 68.39% | language spoken at home, adults 18+ (ACS 2024 1-year, B16007) | 2024 |
| Spanish ↗ | 20.56% | language spoken at home, adults 18+ (ACS 2024 1-year, B16007) | 2024 |
| Asian/Pacific Islander languages ↗ | 7.22% | language spoken at home, adults 18+ (ACS 2024 1-year, B16007) | 2024 |
| Other Indo-European languages ↗ | 2.73% | language spoken at home, adults 18+ (ACS 2024 1-year, B16007) | 2024 |
| Other languages ↗ | 1.1% | language spoken at home, adults 18+ (ACS 2024 1-year, B16007) | 2024 |
Largest companies in Nevada
Ranked by the measure shown, from the cited ranking or filing.
| Company | Measure | Value | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| MGM Resorts International (Paradise, NV) ↗ | revenue | 17.54 USD billions | 2025 |
| Las Vegas Sands (Las Vegas) ↗ | revenue | 13.02 USD billions | 2025 |
| Caesars Entertainment (Reno) ↗ | revenue | 11.49 USD billions | 2025 |
| Wynn Resorts (Las Vegas Strip/Paradise) ↗ | revenue | 7.14 USD billions | 2025 |
| Boyd Gaming (Las Vegas) ↗ | revenue | 4.09 USD billions | 2025 |
| Light & Wonder (Enterprise, NV) ↗ | revenue | 3.2 USD billions | 2024 |
| Allegiant Travel Company (Las Vegas) ↗ | revenue | 2.61 USD billions | 2025 |
| Red Rock Resorts (Summerlin South, NV) ↗ | revenue | 2.01 USD billions | 2025 |
| Southwest Gas Holdings (Las Vegas) ↗ | revenue | 1.94 USD billions | 2025 |
Worth knowing
- 2026-11In the November 3, 2026 election, Democratic Attorney General Aaron Ford defeated Republican Governor Joe Lombardo, 51.53% (530,510 votes) to 44.22% (455,302). Ford is Nevada's first African American governor-elect. ↗
- 2026-11Republican Lieutenant Governor Stavros Anthony lost re-election on November 3, 2026. Sandra Jauregui, majority leader of the Nevada Assembly, was the Democratic nominee. ↗
- 2025In 2025 the average Nevadan with a credit score owed about $8,100 more in household debt than the average American. In 2007 the gap was about $36,600. ↗
- 2025Nevada's homeownership rate fell to 59.1% in 2025, down from 61.5% in 2024. ↗
- 2025Nevada's GDP was $281.4 billion in 2025 (current dollars), up from $267.8 billion in 2024. ↗
- 2026-11Nevada has no official language. After English, the most common languages are Spanish, Tagalog and Chinese. ↗
Census
US Census Bureau American Community Survey.
- Spanish589,815 · 18.8%
- Tagalog (incl. Filipino)85,897 · 2.7%
- Other Indo-European languages36,887 · 1.2%
- Chinese (incl. Mandarin, Cantonese)35,235 · 1.1%
- Other Asian and Pacific Island languages30,969 · 1%
- Other and unspecified languages25,668 · 0.8%
- Russian, Polish, or other Slavic languages15,448 · 0.5%
- Korean11,715 · 0.4%
- Vietnamese10,885 · 0.3%
- French, Haitian, or Cajun9,449 · 0.3%
- German or other West Germanic languages8,718 · 0.3%
- Arabic7,430 · 0.2%
Largest places in Nevada
By registry population; places with a full /local page are marked.
- 1.Las Vegas, Nevada full641,903
- 2.Henderson-Paradise, Nevada full324,523
- 3.Reno-Sparks, Nevada full264,165
- 4.Carson City, Nevada full58,639
- 5.Elko, Nevada full20,564
- 6.Mesquite, Nevada full20,471
- 7.Boulder City, Nevada full14,888
- 8.Incline Village (Lake Tahoe Nevada State Park) full9,462
- 9.Laughlin, Nevada8,658
- 10.Overton (Moapa Valley), Nevada6,924
- 11.West Wendover, Nevada4,512
- 12.Ely, Nevada full3,924
Inside Nevada
13 regions have Nevada as their parent.
Companies based in Nevada
151 companies in the Research Upon directory have their headquarters somewhere in Nevada. Search them by name or industry.
areaAbout this page: figures for the whole of Nevada are rolled up from every region inside it; each place inside has a page of its own, and the companies headquartered here are listed above.