In Business Las Vegas reports in this week’s edition that Clark County’s population \”dropped during the past year after decades as one of America’s fastest growing counties\”.
So much for our tagline.
In the last year, the county lost about 10,000 people. Most folks believe this is the first drop in population in nearly 40 years.
Here’s the data (according to the Clark County Comprehensive Planning Department):
2008 | 1,986,146 |
2007 | 1,996,542 |
2006 | 1,912,654 |
2005 | 1,815,700 |
2004 | 1,747,025 |
2003 | 1,641,529 |
2002 | 1,578,332 |
2001 | 1,498,279 |
2000 | 1,428,690 |
1999 | 1,321,312 |
1998 | 1,246,193 |