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2007 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Nevada
Published in: The State Economic Handbook 2008 Edition
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Demographics and Socioeconomics. With a population of 2.4 million people, Nevada was the sixteenth least populous state in 2005. From 2000 to 2005 the state’s population increased by 383,024 people, and is projected to increase to 3.9 million by 2025. This 2.5 percent projected annual growth rate is one of the highest in the nation and compares to the projected national average of 1.0 percent. In 2005 Nevada had a per capita personal income of $35,780, which was $1,285 above the national average and the fourteenth highest in the country. The state’s per capita income grew at an average annual rate of 3.3 percent from 2000 to 2005, compared to 2.9 percent nationally