Las Vegas Fun Facts

Here are a few fun facts about Las Vegas

Living is Las Vegas

• Number of Las Vegas city residents 603,093
• Number of Clark County residents 1,836,333
• The median income for a household is $53,000
• Clark County has the fifth most populous school district in the country
• 1.5 million people have moved to Clark County since 1980
• 1.5 million people have moved to Clark County since 1980

Tourism – Gaming, Casinos & Hotels

• Gambling became legal in 1931
• Number of licensed gambling establishments in Las Vegas 1701
• % of visitors from Southern California 25
• % of tourists who end up gambling during their stay 87
• Hours per day average visitor spends gambling 3.9
• For the 12-month period in 2006, the Strip casinos had a gaming win of $6.7 billion
• $39,713,982.25 is the highest slot jackpot ever hit.
• Annual state gaming revenue,  $9.8 Billion dollars
• Visitors average gambling budget per trip, in dollars 559
• Number of hotel rooms 140,529 and growing
• Average cost of a hotel room – $119.19
• Number of visitors in 2008 – 37,481,552

Conventions

• Number of Convention Visitors – 5,899,725
• Average yearly revenuw from conventions – 8.5 Billion Dollars

Las Vegas Weather

• Las Vegas has an average of 300 sunshine days a year
• Las Vegas Hottest day was on July 19, 2005 when it reached 117 Degrees F
• Coldest day was on  Jan. 13, 1963  at  8° F

Las Vegas Weddings

• Las Vegas is the Number 1 City in the world to get married with over 114,000 weddings a year.
• Average number of Vegas weddings per day 312
• Nevada marriage license fees $55

Other Interesting Facts & Statistics

• Las Vegas is sometimes referred to as Hawaii’s Ninth Island with over 80,000 former residents of Hawaii living in the city.
• Las Vegas has one of the highest suicide rates of the U.S
• Las Vegas has one of the highest divorce rates of the U.S
• During 2008, 44,074,707 flew into Las Vegas’ McCarran International Airport
• Miles of neon tubing on the Strip and Downtown 15,000
• Number of Churches – More than 500 churches and synagogues