Fun Facts

"What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas!"

• The city of Las Vegas celebrated its 100th birthday on May 15, 2005.

• The first hotel and casino to open in Las Vegas was the Golden Gate Hotel and Casino in 1906.

• The famous “Welcome to Las Vegas” sign was created in 1959 by Betty Willis.

• The famous Las Vegas strip is for the most part, not within the city limits of Las Vegas. The majority of the strip is located within Clark County.

• A marriage license costs $60 in Nevada. Many couples choose to marry in Nevada because there is no blood test or waiting period.

Sources: Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority, Clark County School District, Clark County Clerk

Chapter 3

Las Vegas city, Nevada
Estimate
Margin of Error
Total:
564,484
+/-6,809
White alone
399,848
+/-6,324
Black or African American alone
57,945
+/-2,712
American Indian and Alaska Native alone
3,286
+/-852
Asian alone
30,769
+/-1,763
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone
2,856
+/-1,016
Some other race alone
49,417
+/-4,486
Two or more races:
20,363
+/-1,691
Two races including Some other race
3,501
+/-893
Two races excluding Some other race, and three or more races
16,862
+/-1,728



The first reported visit to the valley by someone of European descent was Raphael Rivera in 1829. Las Vegas was named by Spaniard in the Antonio Armijo party, who used the water in the area while heading north and west along the Old Spanish Trail from Texas. In the 1800s, areas of the Las Vegas Valley contained artesian wells that supported extensive green areas or meadows (vegas in Spanish), hence the name Las Vegas.


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Sources: 
U.S. Census Bureau, 2006-2008 American Community Survey
http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en&_ts= 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas,_Nevada