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Language Spoken At Home in Las Vegas
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 5 years and over | 27,606 | 100% |
English only | 11,622 | 42.1% |
Language other than English | 15,984 | 57.9% |
Speak English less than very well | 3,060 | 11.1% |
Spanish | 15,300 | 55.4% |
Speak English less than very well | 2,779 | 10.1% |
Other Indo-European languages | 279 | 1.0% |
Speak English less than very well | 109 | 0.4% |
Asian and Pacific Islander languages | 87 | 0.3% |
Speak English less than very well | 87 | 0.3% |
Other languages | 318 | 1.2% |
Speak English less than very well | 85 | 0.3% |
Ancestry in Las Vegas
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 29,225 | 100% |
American | 430 | 1.5% |
Arab | 15 | 0.1% |
Czech | 0 | 0.0% |
Danish | 31 | 0.1% |
Dutch | 66 | 0.2% |
English | 1,315 | 4.5% |
French (except Basque) | 406 | 1.4% |
French Canadian | 33 | 0.1% |
German | 2,300 | 7.9% |
Greek | 0 | 0.0% |
Hungarian | 0 | 0.0% |
Irish | 1,393 | 4.8% |
Italian | 442 | 1.5% |
Lithuanian | 21 | 0.1% |
Norwegian | 189 | 0.6% |
Polish | 30 | 0.1% |
Portuguese | 114 | 0.4% |
Russian | 128 | 0.4% |
Scotch-Irish | 200 | 0.7% |
Scottish | 214 | 0.7% |
Slovak | 0 | 0.0% |
Subsaharan African | 33 | 0.1% |
Swedish | 36 | 0.1% |
Swiss | 43 | 0.1% |
Ukrainian | 23 | 0.1% |
Welsh | 111 | 0.4% |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups) | 37 | 0.1% |
Households By Type in Las Vegas
*Base on 2012 Data
Total households | 11,730 | 100% |
Family households (families) | 6,834 | 58.3% |
With own children under 18 years | 2,912 | 24.8% |
Married-couple family | 4,122 | 35.1% |
With own children under 18 years | 1,188 | 10.1% |
Male householder, no wife present, family | 1,038 | 8.8% |
With own children under 18 years | 679 | 5.8% |
Female householder, no husband present, family | 1,674 | 14.3% |
With own children under 18 years | 1,045 | 8.9% |
Nonfamily households | 4,896 | 41.7% |
Householder living alone | 4,165 | 35.5% |
65 years and over | 1,165 | 9.9% |
Households with one or more people under 18 years | 3,192 | 27.2% |
Households with one or more people 65 years and over | 3,093 | 26.4% |
Average household size | 2 | 0% |
Average family size | 3 | 0% |
Relationship in Las Vegas
*Base on 2012 Data
Population in households | 27,340 | 100% |
Householder | 11,730 | 42.9% |
Spouse | 4,113 | 15.0% |
Child | 8,072 | 29.5% |
Other relatives | 1,639 | 6.0% |
Nonrelatives | 1,786 | 6.5% |
Unmarried partner | 1,130 | 4.1% |
Marital Status in Las Vegas
*Base on 2012 Data
Males 15 years and over | 11,884 | 100% |
Never married | 4,794 | 40.3% |
Now married, except separated | 4,568 | 38.4% |
Separated | 202 | 1.7% |
Widowed | 667 | 5.6% |
Divorced | 1,653 | 13.9% |
Females 15 years and over | 12,073 | 100% |
Never married | 4,461 | 37.0% |
Now married, except separated | 4,438 | 36.8% |
Separated | 193 | 1.6% |
Widowed | 1,245 | 10.3% |
Divorced | 1,736 | 14.4% |
Fertility in Las Vegas
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months | 338 | 100% |
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married) | 229 | 67.8% |
Per 1,000 unmarried women | 50 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old | 50 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old | 28 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old | 93 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old | 24 | 0% |
Grandparents in Las Vegas
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of grandparents living with own grandchildren under 18 years | 457 | 100% |
Responsible for grandchildren | 220 | 48.1% |
Less than 1 year | 70 | 15.3% |
1 or 2 years | 55 | 12.0% |
3 or 4 years | 67 | 14.7% |
5 or more years | 28 | 6.1% |
Number of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years | 220 | 100% |
Who are female | 127 | 57.7% |
Who are married | 104 | 47.3% |
School Enrollment in Las Vegas
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school | 7,642 | 100% |
Nursery school, preschool | 221 | 2.9% |
Kindergarten | 366 | 4.8% |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) | 3,103 | 40.6% |
High school (grades 9-12) | 1,328 | 17.4% |
College or graduate school | 2,624 | 34.3% |
Educational Attainment in Las Vegas
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 25 years and over | 19,586 | 100% |
Less than 9th grade | 1,527 | 7.8% |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma | 1,820 | 9.3% |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) | 6,081 | 31.0% |
Some college, no degree | 4,795 | 24.5% |
Associate's degree | 1,192 | 6.1% |
Bachelor's degree | 2,371 | 12.1% |
Graduate or professional degree | 1,800 | 9.2% |
Percent high school graduate or higher | 0 | 82.9% |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher | 0 | 21.3% |
Veteran Status in Las Vegas
*Base on 2012 Data
Civilian population 18 years and over | 22,763 | 100% |
Civilian veterans | 2,449 | 10.8% |
Disability Status Of The Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population in Las Vegas
*Base on 2012 Data
Total Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population | 28,591 | 100% |
With a disability | 6,292 | 22.0% |
Under 18 years | 6,416 | 100% |
With a disability | 449 | 7.0% |
18 to 64 years | 17,827 | 100% |
With a disability | 3,536 | 19.8% |
65 years and over | 4,348 | 100% |
With a disability | 2,307 | 53.1% |
Residence 1 Year Ago in Las Vegas
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 1 year and over | 28,880 | 100% |
Same house | 25,399 | 87.9% |
Different house in the U.S. | 3,406 | 11.8% |
Same county | 2,152 | 7.5% |
Different county | 1,254 | 4.3% |
Same state | 631 | 2.2% |
Different state | 623 | 2.2% |
Abroad | 75 | 0.3% |
Place Of Birth in Las Vegas
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 29,225 | 100% |
Native | 27,907 | 95.5% |
Born in United States | 27,719 | 94.8% |
State of residence | 21,291 | 72.9% |
Different state | 6,428 | 22.0% |
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s) | 188 | 0.6% |
Foreign born | 1,318 | 4.5% |
U.S. Citizenship Status in Las Vegas
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population | 1,318 | 100% |
Naturalized U.S. citizen | 299 | 22.7% |
Not a U.S. citizen | 1,019 | 77.3% |
Year of Entry in Las Vegas
*Base on 2012 Data
Population born outside the United States | 1,506 | 100% |
Native | 188 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 8 | 4.3% |
Entered before 2010 | 180 | 95.7% |
Foreign born | 1,318 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 75 | 5.7% |
Entered before 2010 | 1,243 | 94.3% |
World Region Of Birth Of Foreign Born in Las Vegas
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population, excluding population born at sea | 1,318 | 100% |
Europe | 137 | 10.4% |
Asia | 131 | 9.9% |
Africa | 19 | 1.4% |
Oceania | 0 | 0.0% |
Latin America | 1,015 | 77.0% |
Northern America | 16 | 1.2% |