Saturday, Dec. 30, 2017 | 6:57 p.m.
RENO — The U.S. Census Bureau puts Nevada's estimated 2017 population at just shy of the 3 million mark.
The bureau says Nevada's estimated population of 2,998,039 reflects an annual growth rate of 2 percent.
The Reno Gazette Journal reports that growth rate is second only to Idaho's rate of 2.2 percent.
