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Panorama of the Ruby Mountains from Lamoille Summit along Nevada State Route 227 (2013)

Nevada (/nəˈvædə, -vɑː-/ ^ⓘ nə-VAD-ə, -⁠VAH-, Spanish: [neˈβaða]) is a landlocked state in the Western region of the United States. It borders Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the seventh-most extensive, the 32nd-most populous, and the ninth-least densely populated U.S. state. Nearly three-quarters of Nevada's population live in Clark County, which contains the Las Vegas–Paradise metropolitan area, including three of the state's four largest incorporated cities. Nevada's capital is Carson City. Las Vegas is the largest city in the state.

Nevada is officially known as the "Silver State" because of the importance of silver to its history and economy. It is also known as the "Battle Born State" because it achieved statehood during the Civil War (the words "Battle Born" also appear on its state flag); due to the presidency of Abraham Lincoln, the Union benefited immensely from the support of newly awarded statehood by the infusion of the monetary support of nearly $400 million in silver ore generated at the time by the Comstock Lode. It is also known as the "Sagebrush State", for the native plant of the same name; and as the "Sage-hen State". The state's name means "snowy" in Spanish, referring to Nevada's small overlap with the Sierra Nevada mountain range; however, the rest of Nevada is largely desert and semi-arid, much of it within the Great Basin. Areas south of the Great Basin are within the Mojave Desert, while Lake Tahoe and the Sierra Nevada lie on the western edge. In 2020, 80.1% of the state's land was managed by various jurisdictions of the U.S. federal government, both civilian and military.

Native Americans of the Paiute, Shoshone, and Washoe tribes inhabit what is now Nevada. The first Europeans to explore the region were Spanish. They called the region Nevada (snowy) because of the snow which covered the mountains in winter, similar to the Sierra Nevada in Spain. The area formed from mostly Alta California and part of Nuevo México's territory within the Viceroyalty of New Spain, which gained independence as Mexico in 1821. The United States annexed the area in 1848 after its victory in the Mexican–American War, and it was incorporated as part of the New Mexico and Utah Territory in 1850. The discovery of silver at the Comstock Lode in 1859 led to a population boom that became an impetus to the creation of Nevada Territory out of western Utah Territory in 1861. Nevada became the 36th state on October 31, 1864, as the second of two states added to the Union during the Civil War (the first being West Virginia). (Full article...)

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There are 16 counties and one independent city in the U.S. state of Nevada. On November 25, 1861, the first Nevada Territorial Legislature established nine counties. Nevada was admitted to the Union on October 31, 1864, with 11 counties. In 1969, Ormsby County and Carson City were consolidated into a single municipal government known as Carson City.

The FIPS county code is the five-digit Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code which uniquely identifies counties and county equivalents in the United States. The three-digit number is unique to each individual county within a state, but to be unique within the entire United States, it must be prefixed by the state code. This means that, for example, while Churchill County, Nevada is 001, Alameda County, California and Baker County, Oregon are also 001. To uniquely identify Churchill County, Nevada, one must use the state code of 32 plus the county code of 001; therefore, the unique nationwide identifier for Churchill County, Nevada is 32001. The links in the column FIPS County Code are to the Census Bureau Info page for that county.

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The Nevada National Security Sites (N2S2 or NNSS), popularized as the Nevada Test Site (NTS) until 2010, is a reservation of the United States Department of Energy located in the southeastern portion of Nye County, Nevada, about 65 mi (105 km) northwest of the city of Las Vegas.

Formerly known as the Nevada Proving Grounds of the United States Army, the site was acquired in 1951 to be the testing venue for the American nuclear devices. The first atmospheric test was conducted at the site's Frenchman Flat area by the United States Atomic Energy Commission (USAEC) on January 27, 1951. About 928 nuclear tests were conducted here through 1994, when the United States stopped its underground nuclear testing. (Full article...)

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Image 1A map that details the federal land in southern Nevada, showing Nellis Air Force Base Complex and Nevada Test Site (from Nevada)
Image 2A valley near Pyramid Lake (from Nevada)
Image 3Flag of Nevada, 1905–1915 (from History of Nevada)
Image 4Cattle near the Bruneau River in Elko County (from Nevada)
Image 5The Nevada State Legislative Building in Carson City (from Nevada)
Image 6The 1931 gambling law helped enable the explosive growth of the Las Vegas area, where the population grew from five thousand in 1930 to over two million by 2013. (from History of Nevada)
Image 7Majority/plurality party in each Nevada county (February 2023):
  Democrat >= 30%
  Republican >= 30%
  Republican >= 40%
  Republican >= 50%
  Republican >= 60%
(from Nevada)
Image 8Lake Tahoe on the Nevada–California border (from Nevada)
Image 9Topographic map of Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 10East Las Vegas suburbs (from Nevada)
Image 11Population density map of Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 12Bottle house in the mining ghost town of Rhyolite; built in 1906 with about 50,000 bottles (from Nevada)
Image 13Downtown Reno (from Nevada)
Image 14MGM Grand, with sign promoting it as The City of Entertainment (from Nevada)
Image 15Great Basin National Park (from Nevada)
Image 16Ethnic origins in Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 17Map of counties in Nevada by racial plurality, per the 2020 census
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- Non-Hispanic White
    30–40%
  
    50–60%
  
    60–70%
  
    70–80%
  
    80–90%
(from Nevada)
Image 18Population density map of Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 19Cattle near the Bruneau River in Elko County (from Nevada)
Image 20Ranching in Washoe County (from Nevada)
Image 21State route shield (from Nevada)
Image 22The Las Vegas Strip looking South (from Nevada)
Image 23Goldstrike (Post-Betze) Mine in the Carlin Trend, the largest Carlin-type deposit in the world, containing more than 35,000,000 troy ounces (1,100 t) gold (from Nevada)
Image 24U.S. Route 50, also known as "The Loneliest Road in America" (from Nevada)
Image 25Mount Charleston (from Nevada)
Image 26MGM Grand, with sign promoting it as The City of Entertainment (from Nevada)
Image 27Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Calico basin (from Nevada)
Image 28Downtown Reno (from Nevada)
Image 29The quartzite of Doso Doyabi in Great Basin National Park (from Nevada)
Image 30The Winnemucca Sand Dunes, north of Winnemucca (from Nevada)
Image 31Ranching in Washoe County (from Nevada)
Image 32A map that details the federal land in southern Nevada, showing Nellis Air Force Base Complex and Nevada Test Site (from Nevada)
Image 33Köppen climate types of Nevada, using 1991-2020 climate normals. (from Nevada)
Image 34Mexico in 1824. Alta California included today's Nevada. (from Nevada)
Image 35Nevada quarter (from Nevada)
Image 36Great Basin National Park (from Nevada)
Image 37Mountains west of Las Vegas in the Mojave Desert (from Nevada)
Image 38Valley of Fire State Park (from Nevada)
Image 39Sculpture representing a steam locomotive, in Ely, Nevada. Early locomotives played an important part in Nevada's mining industry. (from Nevada)
Image 40State route shield (from Nevada)
Image 41Winnemucca Lake petroglyphs; researchers dated the carvings to between 14,800 and 10,500 years ago. (from History of Nevada)
Image 42U.S. Route 50, also known as "The Loneliest Road in America" (from Nevada)
Image 43Ruins of an early 20th-century mill, Winnemucca Mountain (from History of Nevada)
Image 44Mount Charleston (from Nevada)
Image 45The quartzite of Doso Doyabi in Great Basin National Park (from Nevada)
Image 46Mexico in 1824. Alta California included today's Nevada. (from Nevada)
Image 47The courthouse of the Supreme Court of Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 48Nevada territory in 1861 (from Nevada)
Image 49The Las Vegas Strip looking South (from Nevada)
Image 50Map of the States of California and Nevada by SB Linton, 1876 (from Nevada)
Image 51Valley of Fire State Park (from Nevada)
Image 52Map of the States of California and Nevada by SB Linton, 1876 (from History of Nevada)
Image 53The courthouse of the Supreme Court of Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 54Majority/plurality party in each Nevada county (February 2023):
  Democrat >= 30%
  Republican >= 30%
  Republican >= 40%
  Republican >= 50%
  Republican >= 60%
(from Nevada)
Image 55Köppen climate types of Nevada, using 1991-2020 climate normals. (from Nevada)
Image 56Little Finland rock formation in Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 57The Winnemucca Sand Dunes, north of Winnemucca (from Nevada)
Image 58Map of counties in Nevada by racial plurality, per the 2020 census
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- Non-Hispanic White
    30–40%
  
    50–60%
  
    60–70%
  
    70–80%
  
    80–90%
(from Nevada)
Image 59Nevada quarter (from Nevada)
Image 60East Las Vegas suburbs (from Nevada)
Image 61Carson City Mint in Carson City. Carson City is an independent city and the capital of Nevada. (from Nevada)
Image 62Ethnic origins in Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 63Goldstrike (Post-Betze) Mine in the Carlin Trend, the largest Carlin-type deposit in the world, containing more than 35,000,000 troy ounces (1,100 t) gold (from Nevada)
Image 64Bottle house in the mining ghost town of Rhyolite; built in 1906 with about 50,000 bottles (from Nevada)
Image 65Topographic map of Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 66Map of the States of California and Nevada by SB Linton, 1876 (from Nevada)
Image 67Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Calico basin (from Nevada)
Image 68Nevada territory in 1861 (from Nevada)
Image 69Sculpture representing a steam locomotive, in Ely, Nevada. Early locomotives played an important part in Nevada's mining industry. (from Nevada)
Image 70Lake Tahoe on the Nevada–California border (from Nevada)
Image 71The Nevada 1861 territory boundary (blue) changed three times: 1864 statehood shifted eastern border from 39th to 38th meridian, 1866 May 5; east border (pink) moved eastward 53.3 mi (85.8 km), from the 38th to 37th meridian, and 1867 January 18; south boundary (yellow) moved from the 37th parallel north southward to the current boundary (14 Stat. 43) (from History of Nevada)
Image 72Little Finland rock formation in Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 73The Nevada State Legislative Building in Carson City (from Nevada)
Image 74Mountains west of Las Vegas in the Mojave Desert (from Nevada)
Image 75A burro-drawn wagon hauling lumber and supplies into Goldfield, Nevada, ca.1904. In 1903 only 36 people lived in the new town. By 1908 Goldfield was Nevada's largest city, with over 25,000 inhabitants. (from History of Nevada)
Image 76A valley near Pyramid Lake (from Nevada)
Image 77Carson City Mint in Carson City. Carson City is an independent city and the capital of Nevada. (from Nevada)

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... that Lincoln Fitzgerald survived a 1949 murder attempt and went on to run three Nevada casinos?
... that a Nevada radio station named "Sexy" blew into town with a windstorm?
... that in 1974, a hoard of more than 400,000 silver dollars was discovered in Nevada?

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Largest cities

Name	Type	County	Population (2020)	Population (2010)	Change	Land area (2020)		Population density	Incorporation date
Name	Type	County	Population (2020)	Population (2010)	Change	sq mi	km²	Population density	Incorporation date
Boulder City	City	Clark	14,885	15,023	−0.9%	208.52	540.1	71.4/sq mi (27.6/km²)	October 1, 1959
Reno†	City	Washoe	264,165	225,221	+17.3%	108.77	281.7	2,428.7/sq mi (937.7/km²)	March 16, 1903
Caliente	City	Lincoln	990	1,130	−12.4%	1.87	4.8	529.4/sq mi (204.4/km²)	October 1, 1959
Carlin	City	Elko	2,050	2,368	−13.4%	10.44	27.0	196.4/sq mi (75.8/km²)	October 22, 1925
Carson City‡	—	None	58,639	55,274	+6.1%	144.66	374.7	405.4/sq mi (156.5/km²)	March 1, 1875
Elko†	City	Elko	20,564	18,297	+12.4%	17.64	45.7	1,165.8/sq mi (450.1/km²)	March 14, 1917
Ely†	City	White Pine	3,924	4,255	−7.8%	7.64	19.8	513.6/sq mi (198.3/km²)	July 20, 1907
Fallon†	City	Churchill	9,327	8,606	+8.4%	3.63	9.4	2,569.4/sq mi (992.1/km²)	December 18, 1908
Fernley	City	Lyon	22,895	19,368	+18.2%	122.12	316.3	187.5/sq mi (72.4/km²)	July 1, 2001
Henderson	City	Clark	317,610	257,729	+23.2%	107.73	279.0	2,948.2/sq mi (1,138.3/km²)	June 8, 1953
Las Vegas†	City	Clark	641,903	583,756	+10.0%	135.81	351.7	4,726.5/sq mi (1,824.9/km²)	March 16, 1905

‡ State capital and independent city

† County seat

See List of cities in Nevada for a full list.

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