Nevada Socioeconomic Overviews

Nevada Division of Water Resources

Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

Viewing and Printing the Nevada Socioeconomic Overviews

Other than the contents pages, the Nevada and county socioeconomic overviews can only be viewed in "PDF" format, which requires Adobe Acrobat^® Reader. If you do not already have this program on your computer, click the "Get Adobe Reader" icon below to download a free copy. The overview contents pages do not require this program.

Phased Development of the Socioeconomic Overviews
Due to the number of files, file sizes and computer memory requirements, the Internet development of the Nevada and County Socioeconomic Overview graph sections only is being done on a test basis in three distinct phases:
Phase 1 - Demographic and Water Use graphs:
Phase 2 - Employment, Payrolls and Personal Income graphs;
Phase 3 - Taxable Sales, Agriculture, Mining and Gaming graphs.
Only Phase 1 of the graph development has been completed thus far. The written portion of the overviews and population estimates and population forecast tables have been completed and are available.

Click on individual counties within the Nevada county map below to view that county's socioeconomic overview. Counties may also be selected from the county listing to the right of the map. The Nevada Socioeconomic Overview is accessible either under the map title "Nevada" or from "State of Nevada."

Nevada Counties:

Carson City
Churchill County
Clark County (Las Vegas)
Douglas County
Elko County
Esmeralda County
Eureka County
Humboldt County
Lander County
Lincoln County
Lyon County
Mineral County
Nye County
Pershing County
Storey County
Washoe County (Reno)
White Pine County

STATE of NEVADA

See Chart of Formation of Nevada's Counties

County/Hydrographic Basin (Regions) Map

Introduction to Nevada's Socioeconomic Overview Publication Series

The State and County Socioeconomic Overview publications comprise part of the Nevada Division of WaterPlanning's County Data and Information Publication Series and are intended to provide government officials, planners, researchers, policy makers, and the general public with a variety of information on demographic, economic, geographic, hydrologic and water use conditions for Nevada and its seventeen counties. These overviews have been compiled in support of the state's WaterPlanning process. The data, analysis and population forecasts contained within these reports are incorporated by reference into the Nevada State Water Plan. In addition to containing recent population estimates and forecasts developed by the Nevada State Demographer and the Nevada Division of WaterPlanning, these publications also contain a variety of baseline information crucial for analysis and planning needs.

All data used in these publications has been obtained from the original source government agencies which are responsible for the collection and dissemination of their respective data and generally represents the most reliable and most recent information currently available. All source data contained in this publication was derived from electronic databases compiled and maintained by the Nevada Division of WaterPlanning. These databases are available to the general public. These overview publications are subject to periodic updates as new information becomes available. All State and County Socioeconomic Overviews are available in printed form. The Internet version of these publications is being developed for distribution and viewing on a test basis.

State and County Data Sources

Land Areas and Federal Ownership: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
Waterbasins, Hydrographic Areas and Sub-Areas: Nevada Division of Water Resources and Nevada Division of WaterPlanning (NDWP), Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Water Withdrawals: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Nevada Division of WaterPlanning (NDWP).
Irrigated Acreage: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Agriculture Division; U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Nevada Agricultural Statistics Service; U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Nevada Division of WaterPlanning (NDWP).
Population Estimates: Nevada Office of the State Demographer, College of Business Administration, University of Nevada, Reno (UNR).
Population Forecasts: Office of the State Demographer (UNR); Nevada Division of WaterPlanning (NDWP); Clark County Department of Comprehensive Planning; Washoe County Department of Community Development.
Population, Personal Income, Full-Time and Part-Time Employment and Farm Marketings and Farm Earnings: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census and Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), Regional Economic Information Service (REIS).
Covered Employment and Payrolls: Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR), Research and Analysis Bureau.
Taxable Sales: Nevada Department of Taxation.
Proceeds of Mining: Nevada Department of Taxation, Division of Assessment Standards, Centrally Assessed Properties.
Gaming Revenues (Win): Nevada Gaming Commission, State Gaming Control Board.

The Nevada and County Socioeconomic Overviews
were researched and written by
Gary Horton, WaterPlanning Economist

For copies of the printed versions of these socioeconomic overviews,
contact the Division at the addresses below:

Nevada Division of Water Resources
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
901 S. Stewart St., Suite 2002
Carson City, NV 89701-5250
Telephone: (775) 684-2800
FAX: (775) 684-2811

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