Nevada: State Summary
SNAPS data is derived from the 2000 U.S. Census and several 2003 CDC databases. For more information, see the Credits page.
State Health Department
- Nevada State Health Division: 505 E King St., Carson City
Population:
- Total Population: 1,998,257
- Males: 1,016,086
- Females: 982,171
Top 9 Languages spoken at home: (> 5000)
- English only (1,425,740)
- Spanish (299,940)
- Tagalog (29,395)
- German (10,270)
- Chinese (9,000)
- French (7,830)
- Korean (6,565)
- Italian (6,135)
- Japanese (5,645)
Top 5 Religions by Adherents:
- Catholic Church (331,844)
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The (116,925)
- Jewish Estimate (77,100)
- Southern Baptist Convention (40,233)
- Assemblies of God (22,691)
Disabilities:
- Total Reported: 629,303
- Sensory: 64,413
- Physical: 144,178
- Mental: 70,153
- Self-care: 39,961
- Go outside home: 124,892
- Employment: 187,066
Grandparents as caregivers
Grandparents as caregivers: 18,685
Heating fuel:
- Total Reported: 751,165
- Utility gas: 423,073
- Bottled or LP gas: 35,743
- Electricity: 268,691
- Fuel oil, kerosene: 11,385
- Coal or Coke: 84
- Wood: 7,968
- Solar Energy: 375
- Other fuel: 2,203
- No fuel used: 1,643
Vehicles available:
- Total Reported: 1,400,423
- No vehicle: 117,073
- 1 or more vehicle: 1,283,350
Education Attainment:
- No School: 18,234
- No High School: 66,003
- Some High School: 169,137
- High School: 384,270
- Some College: 353,797
- Associate's Degree: 80,860
- College Degree: 158,078
- Master's Degree: 51,188
- Professional Degree: 20,835
- Doctoral Degree: 7,774
Household Phones:
- Households Reporting: 751,165
- Owners with phone: 453,225
- Owners without phone: 4,020
- Renters with phone: 280,863
- Renters without phone: 13,057
- Page last updated on Mar 12, 2007
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