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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.