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By Job Gal | July 3, 2008
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Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas, the most populous city in the State of Nevada, is known internationally as a resort city for its gaming, shopping and entertainment. Called “The Entertainment Capital of the World,” the city is famous for its casino resorts, unrestricted availability of alcohol and adult entertainment.
The city was named by Spaniards in the Antonio Armijo party. Las Vegas officially became a city in 1911, and today is the 28th most-populous city in the country. The Las Vegas Strip, where many tourist attractions are located, is technically outside the city limits in Paradise and Winchester.
Las Vegas was a railroad town in the early 1900s. Gambling was legalized in the city in 1931, and in 1946, Bugsy Siegel’s Flamingo Hotel opened on what is now The Las Vegas Strip. The building of the Hoover Dam in 1936, the Nevada Test Site in 1951, a 1980 hotel fire at the MGM Grand and the opening of The Mirage in 1989 all played a part in the city’s loss and gain of population.
Las Vegas Job Market
The city receives most of its income from tourist dollars and the establishment of what is now Nellis Air Force Base. In 2006, gambling revenues in Macau Special Administrative Region in the People’s Republic of China surpassed those in Las Vegas.
Las Vegas’s fastest growing industries are: traveler accommodation, education employment services, food service, construction and healthcare.
Work Trends
Mean travel time to work: 25.4 minutes
Las Vegas Unemployment rate: 5.9 percent
National unemployment rate: 5 percent
Las Vegas’s Largest Employers
Harrah’s Entertainment
1 Caesars Palace Dr.
Las Vegas, NV 89109
MGM Mirage
3600 Las Vegas Blvd. S.
Las Vegas, NV 89109
Las Vegas Sands
3355 Las Vegas Blvd. S.
Las Vegas, NV 89109
Wynn Resorts
3131 Las Vegas Blvd. S.
Las Vegas, NV 89109
Southwest Gas
5241 Spring Mtn. Rd.
Las Vegas, NV 89193
Boyd Gaming
3883 Howard Hughes Parkway
Las Vegas, NV 89169
Sierra Health Services
2724 N. Tenaya Way
Las Vegas, NV 89128
Popular Local Job Search Sites
Recruiting Nevada
Cheezhead
Jobing
JobCentral
Craigslist
Monster
Help Wanted Las Vegas
Surrounding Area Job Search
Carson City, NV.
Reno, NV.
Continuing Education
Community College of Southern Nevada
University of Nevada-Las Vegas
Nevada State College at Henderson
Discovering Las Vegas
First Friday
The Las Vegas Strip
The Liberace Museum
The Stratosphere Tower
Los Prados Golf Course
River Mountains Loop Trail
Las Vegas Statistics
Population
Total population: 517,017
Persons under five-years old: 7.7 percent
Persons under 18-years old: 25.9 percent
Persons 65-years and older: 11.6 percent
Female: 49.2 percent
White: 69.9 percent
Black: 10.4 percent
American Indian and Alaska Native: .8 percent
Asian: 4.8 percent
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander: .4 percent
Other: 9.7 percent
Multi-racial: 4.1 percent
Hispanic or Latino: 23.6 percent
Education
High school graduates: 78.5 percent
Bachelor’s degree or higher: 18.2 percent
Housing
Housing units: 190,724
Homeownership rate: 59.1 percent
Median value of owner-occupied housing units: $137,300
Households: 176,750
Persons per household: 2.66
Income
Average hourly wage: $18.22 per hour
Median household income: $44,069
Per capita income: $22,060
Persons below poverty: 11.9 percent
Transportation
Airports: McCarran International, North Las Vegas
Railroads: Union Pacific
Public Mass Transit: Transportation Services Division, CAT Bus, Las Vegas Monorail, Greyhound, Green Tortoise, Chinatown bus lines, Amtrak (Thruway Motorcoach)
Weather
Average annual precipitation: 4.49 inches
Average low temp. in January: 36.8 degrees
Average high temp. in July: 104.1 degrees
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