Nevada

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Fully legal for adults 21 and over.

Legal for minors with qualifying marijuana cards for specific conditions.


Nevada is a state in the Western United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the 7th-most extensive, the 19th-least populous, but the 9th-least densely populated of the U.S. states.

Nevada has a reputation for its libertarian laws. In 1940, with a population of just over 110,000 people, Nevada was by far the least-populated state, with less than half the population of the next least-populated state, Wyoming. However, legalized gambling and lenient marriage and divorce laws transformed Nevada into a major tourist destination in the 20th century. Nevada is the only U.S. state where prostitution is legal, though it is illegal in its most populated regions – Clark County (Las Vegas), Washoe County (Reno) and Carson City (which, as an independent city, is not within the boundaries of any county). The tourism industry remains Nevada’s largest employer, with mining continuing as a substantial sector of the economy: Nevada is the fourth-largest producer of gold in the world.


Counties of Nevada

RankCountyPopulation
1Clark County2,266,715
2Washoe County471,519
3Lyon County57,510
4Carson City55,916
5Elko County52,778
6Douglas County48,905
7Nye County46,523
8Churchill County24,909
9Humboldt County16,831
10White Pine County9,580
11Pershing County6,725
12Lander County5,532
13Lincoln County5,183
14Mineral County4,505
15Storey County4,123
16Eureka County2,029
17Esmeralda County873

United States Census Bureau. B01001 SEX BY AGE, 2018 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey Office. Web. 19 December 2019. http://www.census.gov/.

United States Census Bureau. Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2019. U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division. Web. May 2020. http://www.census.gov/.

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