Nevada

This airticle is aboot the U.S. state o Nevada. For ither uisses, see Nevada (disambiguation).

Nevada
State
Kintra	Unitit States
Afore stateheid	Nevada Territory
Admittit tae the Union	31 October 1864 (36t)
Lairgest ceety	Las Vegas
Lairgest metro	Las Vegas metropolitan area
Govrenment
• Govrenor	Brian Sandoval (R)
• Lieutenant Governor	Mark Hutchison (R)
Legislatur	Nevada Legislatur
• Upper hoose	Senate
• Lawer hoose	Assembly
U.S. senators	Catherine Cortez Masto (D) Dean Heller (R)
U.S. Hoose delegation	1: Dina Titus (D) 2: Mark Amodei (R) 3: Jacky Rosen (D) (leet)
Population
• Total	2,723,322 (2,011 est)
• Density	9.57/km2 (24.8/sq mi)
• Median hooseaud income	$56361
• Income rank	15th
Leid
• Offeecial leid	De jure: Nane De facto: Inglis
Trad. abbreviation	Nev.
Latitude	35° N tae 42° N
Longitude	114° 2′ W tae 120° W

Nevada (ⁱ/nəˈvædə/ or /nəˈvɒdə/) is a state in the wastren, muntain wast, an soothwastren regions o the Unitit States. Nevada is the 7t maist extensive, the 35t maist populous, an the 9t least densely populatit o the 50 Unitit States. Ower twa-thirds o Nevada's fowk live in ane single coonty, Clark Coonty, which contains the Las Vegas–Paradise metropolitan aurie, whaur the state's three lairgest incorporatit ceeties are locatit. Nevada's caipital is Carson City.

Nevada is lairgely desert an semiarid, wi hintle o it locatit athin the Great Basin. Auries sooth o the Great Basin are locatit athin the Mojave Desert, while Lake Tahoe an the Sierra Nevada muntains lee on the wastren edge. Approximately 86% o the state's land is awned bi the US govrenment unner various jurisdictions, baith civilian an militar.

Freemit airtins

• Offeecial state wabsteid

Relatit information

Precedit bi West Virginia

Leet o U.S. states bi date o statehuid Admitted on 31 October 1864 (36t)

Succeedit bi Nebraska