Nevada ( nə-VAD-ə; Spanish: [neˈβaða] ⓘ) is a landlocked state in the Western United States. It is also sometimes placed in the Mountain West and Southwestern 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 and the 31st-most populous U.S. state. Nearly three-quarters of Nevada's population live in Clark County, which contains the Las Vegas–Paradise metropolitan area. 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; as the "Sagebrush State", for the native plant of the same name; and as the "Sage-hen State". 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).
Nevada is known for its libertarian laws. In 1940, with a population of just over 110,000 people, Nevada was by far the least-populated state, with less than half the population of the next least-populous state, Wyoming. However, legalized gambling and lenient marriage and divorce laws transformed Nevada into a major tourist destination in the 20th century. Nevada is the only U.S. state where prostitution is legal, though it is illegal in its most populated regions – Clark County (Las Vegas), Washoe County (Reno) and Carson City (which, as an independent city, is not within the boundaries of any county). The tourism industry remains Nevada's largest employer, with mining continuing as a substantial sector of the economy: Nevada is the fourth-largest producer of gold in the world. (Full article...)
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State Route 28 (SR 28) is a 16.3-mile (26.2 km) state highway in Douglas County, Carson City and Washoe County in western Nevada, United States, that runs along the northeastern shore of Lake Tahoe. SR 28 connects U.S. Route 50 (US 50) in Douglas County with California State Route 28 at Crystal Bay. SR 28 has been part of the Nevada scenic byway system since June 1994 and the National Scenic Byway system since September 1996. (Full article...)
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Circus Circus Las Vegas is a hotel and casino located on the northern Las Vegas Strip in Winchester, Nevada. It is owned and operated by Phil Ruffin. Circus Circus includes the largest permanent circus in the world. It features circus and trapeze acts, as well as carnival games, at its Carnival Midway. The resort also includes the Adventuredome, an indoor amusement park.
Circus Circus was originally owned by Jay Sarno and Stanley Mallin. It opened without a hotel on October 18, 1968. It included a casino on its first floor, while a second floor contained carnival games for children. Circus Circus was among the first family-oriented casinos in Las Vegas. It struggled financially during its early years, in part because of its lack of a hotel. A 15-story tower, with 409 rooms, was added in 1972. Sarno and Mallin were subsequently investigated for tax code violations and alleged connections with organized crime. (Full article...)
- History of Nevada
- Nevada Test Site
- Downtown Las Vegas
- Las Vegas
- Reno, Nevada
- Clark County, Nevada
- Henderson, Nevada
- Las Vegas Valley
- Sparks, Nevada
- LGBT rights in Nevada
- COVID-19 pandemic in Nevada
- Prostitution in Nevada
- Las Vegas Strip
- Bellagio (resort)
- Rat Pack
- Flamingo Las Vegas
- Casino (1995 film)
- Mount Rose (Nevada)
- Reno–Tahoe International Airport
- University of Nevada, Las Vegas
- Sam Boyd Stadium
- Area 51
- Lake Mead National Recreation Area
- Mustang Ranch
- Nevada Wolf Pack football
- Laughlin, Nevada
- Elko, Nevada
- Table Mountain Wilderness
- List of governors of Nevada
- Nevada State Prison
- Carson City, Nevada
- High Roller (Stratosphere)
- Celine (2011 concert residency)
- Hidden Cave
- Mojave Desert
- Black Rock Desert
- Desert tortoise
- Great Basin
- Lake Tahoe
- Lake Lahontan
- Lake Mead
- Truckee River
- Rachel, Nevada
- Whiskey Pete's
- Cannabis in Nevada
- Carson River
- Fort Churchill State Historic Park
- Andre Agassi
- Catherine Cortez Masto
- Bryce Harper
- Meaghan Martin
- Tony Mendez
- Harry Reid
- Daveigh Chase
- Kyle Busch
- Brandon Flowers
- DeMarco Murray
- Jenny Lewis
- Piper's Opera House
- Sedan (nuclear test)
- Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area
- Empetrichthys latos
- Anaconda Copper Mine (Nevada)
- Pioneer, Nevada
- Area15
- Adventuredome
- The Hangover
- Cortez Gold Mine
- Stateline, Nevada
- Ruby Mountains
- McDermitt, Nevada and Oregon
- 2018 United States Senate election in Nevada
- 2020 United States presidential election in Nevada
- High Roller (Ferris wheel)
- University of Nevada, Reno
- The Strat (Las Vegas)
- Fontainebleau Las Vegas
- Giga Nevada
- Gold mining in Nevada
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Image 2U.S. Route 50, also known as "The Loneliest Road in America" (from Nevada)
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Image 3Sculpture representing a steam locomotive, in Ely, Nevada. Early locomotives played an important part in Nevada's mining industry. (from Nevada)
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Image 4State route shield (from Nevada)
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Image 6The Winnemucca Sand Dunes, north of Winnemucca (from Nevada)
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Image 7Ranching in Washoe County (from Nevada)
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Image 8The courthouse of the Supreme Court of Nevada (from Nevada)
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Image 9A map that details the federal land in southern Nevada, showing Nellis Air Force Base Complex and Nevada Test Site (from Nevada)
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Image 11The Las Vegas Strip looking South (from Nevada)
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Image 12The Winnemucca Sand Dunes, north of Winnemucca (from Nevada)
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Image 13Goldstrike (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)
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Image 14Nevada quarter (from Nevada)
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Image 15Topographic map of Nevada (from Nevada)
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Image 16Winnemucca Lake petroglyphs; researchers dated the carvings to between 14,800 and 10,500 years ago. (from History of Nevada)
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Image 17Mexico in 1824. Alta California included today's Nevada. (from Nevada)
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Image 18Population density map of Nevada (from Nevada)
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Image 19Lake Tahoe on the Nevada–California border (from Nevada)
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Image 21Sculpture representing a steam locomotive, in Ely, Nevada. Early locomotives played an important part in Nevada's mining industry. (from Nevada)
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Image 22Downtown Reno (from Nevada)
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Image 23Nevada territory in 1861 (from Nevada)
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Image 24Mexico in 1824. Alta California included today's Nevada. (from Nevada)
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Image 25Goldstrike (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)
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Image 26MGM Grand, with sign promoting it as The City of Entertainment (from Nevada)
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Image 27Party Registration by County in Nevada (February 2025): Republican ≥ 30% Republican ≥ 40% Republican ≥ 50% Republican ≥ 60% Unaffiliated ≥ 30% (from Nevada)
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Image 282024 U.S. presidential election results by county in Nevada Democratic Republican (from Nevada)
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Image 29Lake Tahoe on the Nevada–California border (from Nevada)
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Image 30Map of the States of California and Nevada by SB Linton, 1876 (from History of Nevada)
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Image 33A valley near Pyramid Lake (from Nevada)
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Image 34Köppen climate types of Nevada, using 1991–2020 climate normals. (from Nevada)
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Image 35Downtown Reno (from Nevada)
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Image 36Party Registration by County in Nevada (February 2025): Republican ≥ 30% Republican ≥ 40% Republican ≥ 50% Republican ≥ 60% Unaffiliated ≥ 30% (from Nevada)
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Image 38East Las Vegas suburbs (from Nevada)
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Image 40The courthouse of the Supreme Court of Nevada (from Nevada)
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Image 41Nevada territory in 1861 (from Nevada)
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Image 42Nevada quarter (from Nevada)
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Image 432024 U.S. presidential election results by county in Nevada Democratic Republican (from Nevada)
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Image 44Little Finland rock formation in Nevada (from Nevada)
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Image 45State route shield (from Nevada)
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Image 46U.S. Route 50, also known as "The Loneliest Road in America" (from Nevada)
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Image 47East Las Vegas suburbs (from Nevada)
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Image 48Ethnic origins in Nevada (from Nevada)
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Image 49Carson City Mint in Carson City. Carson City is an independent city and the capital of Nevada. (from Nevada)
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Image 52MGM Grand, with sign promoting it as The City of Entertainment (from Nevada)
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Image 53Köppen climate types of Nevada, using 1991–2020 climate normals. (from Nevada)
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Image 54Map of the States of California and Nevada by SB Linton, 1876 (from Nevada)
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Image 55The 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)
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Image 56Mountains west of Las Vegas in the Mojave Desert (from Nevada)
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Image 57Ethnic origins in Nevada (from Nevada)
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Image 58Bottle house in the mining ghost town of Rhyolite; built in 1906 with about 50,000 bottles (from Nevada)
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Image 59Ruins of an early 20th-century mill, Winnemucca Mountain (from History of Nevada)
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Image 60Topographic map of Nevada (from Nevada)
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Image 61Bottle house in the mining ghost town of Rhyolite; built in 1906 with about 50,000 bottles (from Nevada)
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Image 62Little Finland rock formation in Nevada (from Nevada)
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Image 63Ranching in Washoe County (from Nevada)
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Image 64A valley near Pyramid Lake (from Nevada)
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Image 65A 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)
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Image 69Carson City Mint in Carson City. Carson City is an independent city and the capital of Nevada. (from Nevada)
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Image 71Map of the States of California and Nevada by SB Linton, 1876 (from Nevada)
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Image 72Population density map of Nevada (from Nevada)
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Image 73Map of counties in Nevada by racial plurality, per the 2020 census
Non-Hispanic White
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50–60%
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Image 74The Las Vegas Strip looking South (from Nevada)
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Image 76Mountains west of Las Vegas in the Mojave Desert (from Nevada)
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Image 77A map that details the federal land in southern Nevada, showing Nellis Air Force Base Complex and Nevada Test Site (from Nevada)
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Image 78The 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)
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Image 79Map of counties in Nevada by racial plurality, per the 2020 census
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Type
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County
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Population
(2020)
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Population
(2010)
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Change
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Land area
(2020)
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Population density
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Incorporation date
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km2
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| Boulder City |
City |
Clark |
14,885
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15,023
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−0.9% |
208.52
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540.1 |
71.4/sq mi (27.6/km2) |
October 1, 1959
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| Reno† |
City |
Washoe |
264,165
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225,221
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+17.3% |
108.77
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281.7 |
2,428.7/sq mi (937.7/km2) |
March 16, 1903
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| Caliente |
City |
Lincoln |
990
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1,130
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−12.4% |
1.87
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4.8 |
529.4/sq mi (204.4/km2) |
October 1, 1959
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| Carlin |
City |
Elko |
2,050
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2,368
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−13.4% |
10.44
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27.0 |
196.4/sq mi (75.8/km2) |
October 22, 1925
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| Carson City‡ |
— |
None |
58,639
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55,274
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+6.1% |
144.66
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374.7 |
405.4/sq mi (156.5/km2) |
March 1, 1875
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| Elko† |
City |
Elko |
20,564
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18,297
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+12.4% |
17.64
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45.7 |
1,165.8/sq mi (450.1/km2) |
March 14, 1917
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| Ely† |
City |
White Pine |
3,924
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4,255
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−7.8% |
7.64
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19.8 |
513.6/sq mi (198.3/km2) |
July 20, 1907
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| Fallon† |
City |
Churchill |
9,327
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8,606
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+8.4% |
3.63
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9.4 |
2,569.4/sq mi (992.1/km2) |
December 18, 1908
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| Fernley |
City |
Lyon |
22,895
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19,368
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+18.2% |
122.12
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316.3 |
187.5/sq mi (72.4/km2) |
July 1, 2001
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| Henderson |
City |
Clark |
317,610
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257,729
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+23.2% |
107.73
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279.0 |
2,948.2/sq mi (1,138.3/km2) |
June 8, 1953
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| Las Vegas† |
City |
Clark |
641,903
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583,756
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+10.0% |
135.81
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351.7 |
4,726.5/sq mi (1,824.9/km2) |
March 16, 1905
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‡ State capital and independent city
† County seat
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