Nevada

Nevada Facts

• Capital City: Carson City (pop.) 54,939 (2010 est.)
• Nevada Population: 2,758,931 (2012 est.) (35th)
• Nevada Population: (per square mile)
• U.S. State Populations: (all states)
  
• Currency: U.S. Dollar (conversion rates)

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  all u.s. currency (banknotes)
• Nevada Quarter The first commemorative quarter-dollar coin released in 2006 honors Nevada, and is the 36th coin in the U.S. Mint's 50 State Quarters® Program.
  
  Nevada's quarter depicts a trio of wild mustangs, the sun rising behind snow-capped mountains, bordered by sagebrush and a banner that reads "The Silver State." The coin also bears the inscriptions "Nevada" and "1864." Additional details
  
  
• Land Sizes
• Language: English, others
• Largest Cities: (by population) Las Vegas, Reno, Henderson, North Las Vegas, Sparks
• Las Vegas Facts
• Name: The Spanish referred to the snow-covered mountains on the western border as the Sierra Nevada, and the name stuck.
• Reno Facts
• Statehood: October 31, 1864 (36th state)
• Symbols