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Las Vegas Ranked Among Top 40 Cities to Live

Las Vegas Now Staff — Wed, 28 May 2008 21:49:52 +0000

A new survey says that Las Vegas is among the top 40 best cities in which to live. Best Life Magazine ranks Las Vegas as the number 32, behind number 31 — Reno. Researchers used a variety of criteria for the study of 257 cities, including information from the FBI and the U.S. Census Bureau. Honolulu ranks as the top city to live in. Clarksville, Tennessee ranks at the bottom of the list.

Las Vegas Ranks 9th in Population Growth

Las Vegas Now Staff — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:01:33 +0000

This, according to a new U.S. Census Bureau report. The growth measure was based on the actual number of people moving into metro areas, not on percentage terms – by that count, Las Vegas did not crack the top ten. The report says that the Las Vegas Metro’s population increased by 59,165 people from July 2006 to July 2007. The Dallas-Fort Worth metro added the most people, growing by 162,250 people.You can find the complete report here: http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/011671.html

Vegas Named Fattest City For 2nd Year

Las Vegas Now Staff — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:47:57 +0000

By Jonathan Humbert.For the second year in a row, Las Vegas has been named the fattest city in America by Men’s Fitness Magazine. We’ve been called a lot of things in our time. Sin City. Fat City. And the city of lights. Well, one out of three ain’t bad. But ’sandwiched’ in the middle — fat city — our newest label, all thanks to Men’s Fitness Magazine.Paul Rosenberg is a personal trainer. “I don’t know why we would have that perception. That doesn’t seem to make any sense.”He sees crammed parking lots, busy gyms and lot of Las Vegans looking to firm and tone. But the fattest in America?Retiree Harold Turnbell just doesn’t see it. “Unless you go to buffets,” he laughs, “when I go to buffet, I do.”Yet at City Hall…”This magazine is way out of line,” says Mayor Oscar Goodman.Now they’ve gone and done it again. They messed up Mayor Oscar Goodman’s blood pressure. “This morning, I was very aggravated when I saw this; it went through the roof.”The mayor doesn’t buy all the supposed scientific studies. Men’s Fitness found Las Vegans drink 60-percent more than average, we have 110-percent more fast food restaurants and we just don’t have much motivation to go out and run when it’s 116 degrees.So how does a mayor cut back? “Only one bag of Doritos a day. No, just kidding. Only one chocolate bar — just kidding,” he said.But come on, Men’s Fitness. Asking this mayor to cut back on drinking? “I’m the only person in the world who can lose weight on Atkins drinking a bottle of gin a day.”So there we are: fat — and sassy.”Maybe I’m biased. That’s the problem,” said Rosenberg.Men’s Fitness also found some positive things about Las Vegas.We have more health food stores than the national average, along with 70-percent more gyms than anywhere else. We just have to go out and actually use them.

Nevada Back on Top in Population Growth

Las Vegas Now Staff — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 16:05:43 +0000

Nevada has returned to the top spot in state population growth.

The Census Bureau is releasing new figure Thursday saying the Silver State increased in population by 2.9-percent in the year ending July 1 — reaching 2.6 million people.

Nevada had been the nation’s fastest-growing state for 19 years in a row before iti was bumped off by Arizona last year.

Arizona’s the second-fastest-growing state according to the current estimate — up 2.8-percent, to 6.3 million people.

The census says Louisiana appears to be rebounding from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, gaining 50,000 residents. But it’s still far from returning to its pre-Katrina population level of 4.5 million.

The fastest-growing states continue to be in the Rocky Mountain region and the Southeast. Texas also is still attracting new residents at a rapid rate.

Two states lost population. Michigan’s population dipped by three-tenths of a percent and Rhode Island saw a decrease of four-tenths of a percent. Ohio’s growth was virtually flat.

Clark County Population Reaches 2 million

Las Vegas Now Staff — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 17:14:15 +0000

Clark County released the finding of a study today that showed the county’s population has surpassed 2 million people. Of that figure, it is estimated that 603,093 people lived in Las Vegas city limits, while 877,233 reside in unincorporated areas of Clark County. You can read the entire press release after the jump.

Figures released today suggest Clark County’s population has topped the 2 million mark while the unincorporated area of the county has reached 877,233. If the unincorporated area of the county were a city, it would be the stateís largest. The largest city in Nevada is Las Vegas with a population of 603,093, as of July 1.

The newly revised population estimate for all of Clark County as of July 1 was 1,996,542, according to county Demographer/Assistant Planning Manager Jon Wardlaw.

It’s clear that growth in the community since that time has brought the countywide total population to more than 2 million, Wardlaw said.

The information used in the estimation includes economic and population growth statistics from the Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER) at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and the Southern Nevada Regional Planning Coalition (SNRPC), Wardlaw said. The county and the cities collaborate under the guidance of SNRPC to prepare Clark County’s Annual Resident Population Estimate.

The Local Population Forecasting Workgroup consisting of the Regional Transportation Commission, the Southern Nevada Water Authority, Clark County Comprehensive Planning and the CBER work together to provide Clark County’s long-term population forecast

Additional milestones in Clark County’s population growth include reaching more than 1 million in 1994, almost 500,000 in 1980, more than 100,000 in 1960 and just under 50,000 in 1950. Census records were not kept for the area prior to 1910, when the population was 3,321.

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News release also available on the Internet at www.accessclarkcounty.com

Clark County Board of Commissioners

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