Clark County, Nevada

Clark County
U.S. County
From top, left to right: Caesars Palace panorama, Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Clark County Government Center, Fremont Street Experience, The Venetian, Elephant Rock at Valley of Fire State Park
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Motto:  "Together for Better"
Location in the state of Nevada
Nevada in the United States
Coordinates: 36°15′24″N 114°59′15″W / 36.25667°N 114.98750°W / 36.25667; -114.98750
Country	United States
State	Nevada
Named for	William A. Clark
County seat	Las Vegas
Largest city (population)	Las Vegas
Largest city (area)	Boulder City
Government
• Type	Council–Manager
• Chair	Tick Segerblom
• Vice Chair	William McCurdy II
• Clark County Commission	Commissioners Michael Naft Marilyn Kirkpatrick Ross Miller William McCurdy II Tick Segerblom Justin Jones James B. Gibson
• County Manager	Kevin Schiller
Area
• Total	8,061 sq mi (20,880 km2)
• Land	7,891 sq mi (20,440 km2)
• Water	170 sq mi (400 km2)
Lowest elevation	492 ft (150 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	2,265,461
• Estimate  (2023)	2,336,573
• Density	280/sq mi (110/km2)
GDP [1]
• Total	$160.727 billion (2022)
Time zone	UTC−8 (Pacific Time Zone)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−7 (Pacific Daylight Time)
FIPS code	003-32003
Website	clarkcountynv.gov

Clark County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nevada, which also comprises the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metropolitan statistical area. The land area of Clark County is 8,061 square miles (20,880 km²), or roughly the size of New Jersey. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,265,461. Most of the county population resides in the Las Vegas Census County Divisions, which has 2,196,623 people as of the 2020 Census. ^[2] It is by far the most populous county in Nevada, and the 11th-most populous county in the United States. It covers 7% of the state's land area but holds 73% of the state's population, making Nevada the most centralized state in the United States.