Share of population not covered by health insurance
18.5 percent (2004)
Number of students per teacher (K-12)
19 (2003)
Government spending per student (K-12)
$8,110 (2002-2003)
Share of students attending private school
4.3 percent (1999)
Share of people over age 25 with high school diploma
86.3 percent (2004)
Government
State government
Governor
Jim Gibbons
(term ends January 2011)
Legislature
Senate, 21 members
Assembly, 42 members
National representation
Members of the U.S. Senate
2
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives
3
Electoral votes
5
Economy
Gross state product (GSP)
$111 billion (2005 approximate)
Income per capita
$33,783 (2004)
GSP by economic sector
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing
0.2 percent (2004)
Industry
Construction
10.3 percent (2004)
Manufacturing
3.4 percent (2004)
Mining
1.4 percent (2004)
Transportation and utilities
5.4 percent (2004)
Services
Finance, insurance, and real estate
21.2 percent (2004)
Government
9.8 percent (2004)
Information technology
2 percent (2004)
Retail trade
8 percent (2004)
Wholesale trade
4 percent (2004)
Other services
34.1 percent (2004)
Employment
Number of workers
1,295,000 (2006 estimate)
Unemployment rate
4.2 percent (2006 estimate)
Share of workers in unions
13.8 percent (2005)
Energy, Communications, and Transportation
Electricity production
Share from geothermal, solar, and wind
3.1 percent (2005 estimate)
Share from hydroelectric
4.2 percent (2005 estimate)
Share from nuclear
0 percent (2004)
Share from thermal
92.6 percent (2005 estimate)
Daily newspaper circulation per 1,000 people
117 newspapers per 1,000 people (2005 estimate)
Share of households with Internet access
55.2 percent (2003 estimate)
Number of library books circulated per resident
5.5 books per person (2002)
Length of highways
54,681 km (2004)
33,977 mi (2004)
Length of interstate highways
901 km (2004)
560 mi (2004)
Length of railroad tracks
1,934 km (2004)
1,202 mi (2004)
Airports
5 (2007)
Sources
The Association of American Railroads (www.aar.org), Bureau of Economic Analysis (www.bea.doc.gov), Bureau of Labor Statistics (www.bls.gov), Census Bureau (www.census.gov), Energy Information Administration (www.eia.doe.gov), Federal Aviation Administration (www.faa.gov), Federal Highway Administration (www.fhwa.dot.gov), Forest Service (www.fs.fed.us), General Services Administration (www.gsa.gov), National Agricultural Statistics Service (www.usda.gov/nass), National Center for Education Statistics (nces.ed.gov), National Center for Health Statistics (www.cdc.gov/nchs), National Telecommunications and Information Administration (www.ntia.doc.gov).
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