Clark County, Nevada

Clark County is the most populous <a href="/facts/County_(United_States)/DAjCz23J">county</a> in the <a href="/facts/U.S._state/PFwcRIYQ">U.S. state</a> of <a href="/facts/Nevada/HNWhCrQv">Nevada</a> with 2,265,461 residents as of the <a href="/facts/2020_United_States_census/dTEm5TRr">2020 census</a>. The county is the location of the state's three largest cities, <a href="/facts/Las_Vegas/DLwGjxJt">Las Vegas</a> (the county seat), <a href="/facts/Henderson%2c_Nevada/UEzY3AR5">Henderson</a>, and <a href="/facts/North_Las_Vegas%2c_Nevada/skxToECN">North Las Vegas</a>, as well as the <a href="/facts/Las_Vegas_Strip/pDH2kIzl">Las Vegas Strip</a>, <a href="/facts/Nellis_Air_Force_Base/eKx6u9X9">Nellis Air Force Base</a>, and <a href="/facts/Hoover_Dam/WIPXAeBe">Hoover Dam</a>. Clark County has 8,061 square miles (20,880 km2) of land area, roughly the size of <a href="/facts/New_Jersey/pI5k19S7">New Jersey</a>.
Although the county has 70% of Nevada's population making it the <a href="/facts/List_of_the_most_populous_counties_in_the_United_States/BfdVRIQV">11th-most populous county</a> in the United States, Clark County covers only 7% of Nevada's land mass. Despite having the name Las Vegas as part of their address, over 1 million residents live in <a href="/facts/Unincorporated_towns_in_Nevada/6RpngBdu">unincorporated</a> Clark County, with <a href="/facts/Municipal_services/BsnzlDel">municipal services</a> provided by the county. The county plays a role much larger than is typical in the US as it has direct jurisdiction over the Las Vegas Strip and such a large population.
Clark County is governed by the <a href="/facts/Clark_County_Commission/ecqIRYRo">Clark County Commission</a> as its <a href="/facts/Partisan_(politics)/ttMogvA0">partisan</a>, seven member elected body which enacts <a href="/facts/Code_of_law/A8UUg6Rq">ordinances</a> and appoints the <a href="/facts/County_executive/2zvuVITz">county manager</a> to administer the ordinances and daily operations of the county. The <a href="/facts/Las_Vegas_Metropolitan_Police_Department/c8RNYtga">Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department</a> (LVMPD) is a city-county <a href="/facts/Law_enforcement_agency/LBQN5bl8">law enforcement agency</a> with jurisdiction over all Clark County, resulting from the merger between the city of Las Vegas’ police department and the county sheriff's office.
Originally occupied by the <a href="/facts/Southern_Paiute_people/zmfjL72M">Southern Paiute people</a> and others, the area became part of the Mexican territory of <a href="/facts/Alta_California/lU4fwI8h">Alta California</a>—then after the <a href="/facts/Mexican%25E2%2580%2593American_War/7ttRIwah">Mexican-American War</a> part of the United States—first as part of the <a href="/facts/New_Mexico_Territory/D19QTG3t">New Mexico Territory</a>, and later the <a href="/facts/Arizona_Territory/S1L96rGn">Arizona Territory</a>, before becoming part of Nevada as <a href="/facts/Lincoln_County%2c_Nevada/jRqhd0DV">Lincoln County</a>. Clark County was formed from the southern portion of Lincoln on July 1, 1909.

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