Las Vegas Sun

March 29, 2024

By the Numbers

  • In this Oct. 16, 2015, photo, downtown Reno is seen as a truck passes a crane in southeast Reno on a construction access road to a stretch of a new six-lane bypass road, planned to connect east Sparks and south Reno. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected the latest attempt to halt construction of the major road bypass project under construction on the edge of Reno.
    9th Circuit rejects bid to halt Reno-Sparks bypass road
    The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday rejected the latest attempt by a group of Nevada citizens to halt construction of a major bypass being built on ...
  • Man arrested in apartment stabbing death on Fremont Street
    A man has been arrested on a murder count in connection with the downtown stabbing death of a 48-year-old Las Vegas woman more than a week ago. Kelvin James, 32, was ...
  • A photo of Courtney Griffin, who died of a heroin overdose in 2014, with her sister Shannon, left, and her mother, Pamela, in Newton, N.H., Sept. 20, 2015. The growing army of families of those lost to heroin are now using their influence, anger and grief to cushion the country’s approach to drugs, and prodding government to treat it not as a crime, but as a disease.
    As heroin use by whites soars, parents urge gentler drug war
    When Courtney Griffin was using heroin, she lied, disappeared and stole from her parents to support her $400-a-day habit. Her family paid her debts, never filed a police report and kept ...
  • In this Friday, Oct. 30, 2015 photo, rescuers search for survivors in Beiwudu town, Wuyang County, central China's Henan Province. A two-story building collapsed into rubble while workers were trying to prop up the second floor during renovations in central China, killing more than a dozen construction workers and injuring more than 20, officials and reports said Saturday.
    17 killed in building collapse in central China
    A two-story building collapsed into rubble while workers were trying to prop up the second floor during renovations in central China, killing 17 construction workers and injuring ...
  • In this Friday, March 16, 2012, file photo, Dr. Hsiu Ying "Lisa" Tseng listens in court during her arraignment, in Los Angeles. The Rowland Heights doctor was convicted Friday, Oct. 30, 2015, of three counts of second-degree murder.
    California doctor convicted in overdose deaths of 3 patients
    The second-degree murder convictions this week of a Los Angeles-area physician were the first against a U.S. doctor for recklessly prescribing drugs ...
  • 6 injured in fire in high school chemistry classroom
    A chemistry teacher who was using chemicals to demonstrate different colors of flames started a fire Friday that injured the teacher and five students, two of them seriously, at ...
  • Lawyer for Glenwood Cemetery Association Paul Belnap holds a photo showing the headstone that killed a 4-year-old boy during court, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015, in Park City, Utah.
    Jury clears cemetery in death of boy crushed by tombstone
    A jury found late Thursday that a Utah cemetery association was not negligent in the death of a 4-year-old boy who was crushed by a historic headstone, one of a handful of ...
  • In this Oct. 28, 2015 photo, University of Louisville James Ramsey, lower right, and his wife, Jane, upper left, host a Halloween party in Louisville, Ky. The University of Louisville has apologized after the photo surfaced showing Ramsey among staffers dressed in stereotypical Mexican costumes.
    University president posed for photo in sombrero, poncho
    The University of Louisville apologized to the school's entire Hispanic community Thursday after a photo surfaced showing President James Ramsey among a group of staffers at a Halloween party dressed in ...
  • U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders responds to a question posed to him during a press conference following a speech at the 59th Annual Nevada State AFL-CIO Constitutional Convention at the Luxor Hotel & Casino on Tuesday, August 18, 2015.
    Sanders says he’d remove marijuana from federal drug list
    Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders says if elected president he would seek to remove marijuana from a list of drugs deemed illegal by the federal government ...
  • Olivier Martinez and Halle Berry at Nikki Beach and Club Nikki's White Party Grand Opening at the Tropicana on May 26, 2011.
    Halle Berry amends divorce after using fake names first time
    Halle Berry has amended her divorce filing from actor Olivier Martinez, this time using their real names. The Oscar-winning actress filed for divorce on Monday using the names ...
  • Mayor Rob Ford laughs during a commercial break as he takes part in a live television mayoral debate in Toronto on Wednesday, March 26, 2014.
    Former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has new tumor on his bladder
    Former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has a new tumor growing on his bladder and is awaiting word on whether ...
  • A surfer rides a wave at Ocean Beach, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015, in San Francisco. Very high tides and swell arriving from a Pacific storm will combine to bring the possibility of big surf and minor flooding of low-lying points along parts of California's coast, the National Weather Service said Tuesday.
    Rising ocean surf could bring coastal flooding to California
    Surfers and lifeguards were keeping their eyes on the sea as forecasters warned of 7- to 13-foot waves and gale-force winds that could cause minor flooding along ...
  • This man is suspected in a North Las Vegas jewelry store robbery from Sept. 30, 2015.
    Suspect sought in North Las Vegas jewelry store burglary
    North Las Vegas Police are searching for a man they say asked to see an expensive piece of jewelry at a store last month before running off with it ...
  • In this Oct. 21, 2015, file photo, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington.
    No shutdown, no default: Congress leaders, Obama back deal
    Striving to end a cycle of crisis, congressional leaders and the White House united Tuesday behind an ambitious budget and debt deal aimed at restoring a semblance of order to Capitol Hill and ending the threat of ...
  • SUV catches fire, minor injuries reported in northwest valley crash
    An SUV caught fire after a two-vehicle crash at a northwest valley intersection this evening, blocking the roadway ...
  • 2 passengers, 1 in wheelchair, run over after exiting bus
    A man in a wheelchair and someone who was with him were run over and killed by a bus they had just exited at the edge of the University of Pittsburgh campus on ...
  • A passenger, right, is helped by employees to buy tickets at a Korean Air ticketing counter at Gimpo airport in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014. Korean Air Lines apologized Tuesday for inconveniencing passengers after the daughter of its chairman ordered a crew member off a flight for serving bagged nuts in the first class cabin.
    Plane birth latest in bizarre airplane incidents
    The birth of a child by a Taiwanese woman aboard a flight to the United States is the latest in a long line of unexpected events aboard ...
  • Feds fine San Francisco Zoo over death of young gorilla
    The San Francisco Zoo has been fined $1,750 for negligence in the death of a 16-month-old gorilla that was ...
  • A Dalls Fire Rescue responder makes his way over to a stalled vehicle to check on the driver still inside on Friday, Oct. 23, 2015, in Dallas. The vehicle stalled after the road quickly flooded during a heavy rain fall.
    Texas to get more heavy rain, heightened flood threat
    Heavy rains that brought a flood threat to North and Central Texas will spread into South Texas on Sunday as a stalled cold front causing the downpours is reinforced by ...
  • In this Oct. 20, 2010 file photo, a customs official stands guard at the port of entry along the U.S.-Mexico border in Calexico, Calif. A U.S. Customs and Border Protection official says an inspector appears to have followed protocol when he fatally shot a knife-wielding Mexican man at the California border crossing.
    U.S. border inspector kills knife-wielding Mexican man
    A U.S. border inspector fatally shot a knife-wielding Mexican man at a California crossing on Wednesday, and an agency official quickly defended his ...
  • 5 suspects face court on murder charge in frat hazing death
    Five men who allegedly took part in a fraternity hazing ritual that killed a New York City college student nearly two years ago are facing ...
  • Sesame Workshop’s Muppets get new friend with autism
    There's a newcomer on the Sesame Street block, a preschooler with autism named Julia ...
  • Robert Kyncl, YouTube chief business officer, speaks as YouTube unveils YouTube Red, a new subscription service, at YouTube Space LA offices Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015, in Los Angeles.
    YouTube to launch $10-a-month ad-free video, music plan Red
    YouTube on Wednesday unveiled a new $10-a-month subscription plan in the U.S. called Red that combines ad-free videos, new original series and movies from ...
  • In this Sept. 5, 2014, photo, the Apple logo hangs in the glass box entrance to the company's Fifth Avenue store in New York.
    Apple cleaning up act in China with more renewable energy
    Apple is cleaning up its manufacturing operations in China to reduce the air pollution caused by the factories that have assembled hundreds of millions of iPhones and iPads during ...
  • This Dec. 26, 2011, photo shows the Mokulua Islands from a view on the Lanikai Pillboxes trail in Lanikai, Hawaii.
    Hawaii faces winter drought despite wettest summer in years
    This year's strong El Nino has flipped Hawaii's seasons, making the normally dry summer months extremely wet while the traditionally wet winter months will be ...
  • Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev) speaks during a news conference ahead of the CNN Democratic Presidential Debate at the Wynn Las Vegas Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015.
    Reid to Latin Chamber: Cortez Masto is 'right person' to succeed me
    U.S. Sen. Harry Reid used his visit Friday to the Las Vegas Latin Chamber of Commerce luncheon to lob praise on Catherine Cortez Masto, the Democrat hoping to succeed him in ...
  • Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump shakes hands during a campaign rally in Tyngsborough, Mass., Friday, Oct. 16, 2015.
    Republican Trump returns to Massachusetts for campaign rally
    Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has campaigned in Massachusetts, promising a tough national defense, repeal of President Barack Obama's signature health care law, strict enforcement of ...
  • John Restrepo, principal of RCG Economics, is less interested in cheerleading for Southern Nevada and more interested in thoughtful self-reflection and analysis.
    Numbers can lie, but good economists won’t let them
    As principal of RCG Economics in Las Vegas, John Restrepo says, "If you’re going to be a practicing researcher and analyst, and in my case an economist, you cannot under any circumstances be an advocate or spin numbers or deal in half-truths" ...
  • These are the industries where Nevada’s undocumented immigrants work
    Undocumented workers were more likely to have white-collar jobs in 2012 than they did before the recent economic downturn, a new study from the Pew Research Center reveals ...
  • By the numbers: Clark County traffic deaths drop
    Half as many people died in traffic accidents in 2014 compared to a deadly 2005, according to Metro Police statistics.
  • Police: Homeless woman guns down man near downtown
    A homeless woman is in custody after shooting a man to death in his Las Vegas home Wednesday evening. The woman, who apparently was allowed to sleep in ...
  • Maj. Wayne Witter, of Dunwoody, Ga., holds a red rose in 2007 as he touches the name of a fallen comrade at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington. The names of 74 sailors who died in a ship collision in 1969 haven’t been added because their ship was outside the official war zone.
    Bill would add names of ‘Lost 74’ sailors to Vietnam Veterans Memorial
    A House-approved bill could clear the way for the names of 74 sailors to be added to the memorial more than four decades after their Long Beach, Calif.-based ship was cut in half in a collision with an aircraft carrier in the South China Sea ...
  • A coalition of Kenyan women's groups stage a protest in solidarity with their counterparts in Nigeria and demanding the release of the hundreds of schoolgirls abducted in Nigeria by the Muslim extremist group Boko Haram, in downtown Nairobi, Kenya Thursday, May 15, 2014.
    80 US Air Force personnel on ground searching for kidnapped girls
    Eighty U.S. Air Force personnel have arrived in Chad and have begun their mission to help locate nearly 300 schoolgirls kidnapped in neighboring Nigeria, a U.S. military spokesman said Thursday. The girls and young women were...
  • Marines move military vehicles near the entrance to Marine Corps Camp Pendleton in front of smoke plumes from the Las Pulgas wildfire burning on base Friday, May 16, 2014, in Oceanside, Calif.
    3 fires blazing at Camp Pendleton in California
    Marine Corps officials have lifted an evacuation order for some Camp Pendleton housing although fires that have burned about 34 square miles of brush continue to rage. However, several camp areas and an infantry school remain ...
  • Rondha Gibson, the widow of Stanley Gibson, listens during the first Police Fatality Public Fact-finding Review concerning the Dec. 12, 2011 shooting of Stanley Gibson by a Metro Police officer at the Clark County Government Center in Las Vegas on Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013.
    Sheriff seeks OK for $1.5 million settlement with widow of slain Gulf War veteran
    Metro Police are offering a $1.5 million settlement to the wife of Stanley Gibson, the Gulf War veteran fatally shot by an officer in December 2011.
  • Metro seeks help tracking down robbery suspect
    Metro Police officials are asking for the public’s help in tracking down a man who robbed a north valley business last month. The robbery occurred at about 5:20 p.m. July 28 at a business near Craig Road and Nellis Boulevard.
  • Eight numbers about the swine flu
    A look at the H1N1 virus and vaccine here and abroad through the prism of eight key statistics.
  • Drop in median price per square foot in valley homes
    The map below shows the drop in median sale price per square foot of living space in Las Vegas Valley ZIP codes for single-family homes, comparing September, October and November 2008 with the same months in 2009.
  • Workforce reductions hit Nevada amid recession
    It’s no secret that Nevada has more workers in the hospitality and food service industries than any other state.
  • Default in decline, a foreclosures snapshot
    Percentage of residences, including condo units and town homes, that had a default filed with the county between Oct. 1 and Nov. 19. This is commonly the first step of the foreclosure process.
  • Nevada construction employment takes dive in recession
    In September, the construction industry, because of job losses, accounted for the smallest share of Nevada's workforce it has claimed since 1993.
  • Clark County gaming
    Clark County gaming
  • How the TSA compensates lost or damaged goods at McCarran
    The charts below show the details of lost or damaged property claims leveled against the Transportation Security Administration.
  • A look at voter turnout by state
    A look at voter turnout by state
  • Once rock-solid child abuse signs now uncertain
    Audrey Edmunds was charged with murdering an infant in her Wisconsin day care center in 1995. At trial, medical experts testified the child’s injuries were pathognomonic — meaning exclusively characteristic — of shaken baby syndrome: retinal bleeding, brain bleeding and brain swelling, conditions sometimes called “the triad.”
  • Housing affordability and minimum-wage earners
    The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that 2.2 million of the 75 million hourly workers in the U.S. earn minimum wage and that roughly 1 in 6 U.S. Workers are employed part time.
  • Unemployment benefits in each state
    Maximum weekly unemployment benefit allowed in each state, with a label for the average weekly payout in each state.
  • Valley residents support more than 100 animal medical care facilities
    The cost of keeping pets healthy rose more than 2 1/2 times as fast as consumer prices in general over the past 10 years.
  • A look at airfares
    A look at airfares
    A look at airfares in Las Vegas.
  • Auto sales slumping in Clark County
    Figures from TransUnion, one of the nation's largest credit reporting bureaus, show that Nevadans carry the highest average balance on auto loans in the nation.
  • What students at U.S. public colleges and universities pay
    Figures from the U.S. Department of Education show what a typical full-time student attending a public college or university paid in each state during the 2007-08 academic year.
  • Hunting licenses in Nevada
    Hunting licenses in Nevada
  • Nevada No. 2 in 18- to 64-year-olds without health insurance
    Percentage in each state, age 18 to 64, without health insurance coverage of any kind in 2008.
  • Comparing home sale prices with a year earlier
    The maps below show median sale prices for single-family homes in each valley ZIP code from March 1 to May 31 of this year, and how they compare to prices during the same period in 2008.
  • Where recent out-of-state homebuyers are based
    Although most sales in the local real estate market in 2009 have been short sales or foreclosure properties, movement in the market isn't being propelled solely by bargain-hunting investors.
  • Demographic changes in Clark County
    Clark County’s population has grown by more than one-third since 2000, though that rapid growth waned in 2008.
  • Vacant business addresses on the rise
    Nearly 13 percent of all business addresses in Clark County had been empty for at least three months straight in March.
  • Have long-term vacancies increased more in your neighborhood than in others?
    Long-vacant residences are on the rise in the Las Vegas Valley.
  • Nevada aircraft collisions with animals
    Last month the FAA released records detailing about 100,000 reported wildlife collisions with aircraft in the United States since 1990.
  • Swimming pool density in the Las Vegas Valley
    A map that estimates the number of residents in each ZIP code compared with the number of pools dotting the Las Vegas Valley.
  • Low turnout for primary vote
    Residents of Clark County’s cities turned out sparingly in most precincts for the primary vote on April 7. About 1 in 10 residents who could vote cast a ballot.
  • A history of unemployment in Nevada
    Although initial unemployment insurance claims have dropped from a high of nearly 9,000 per week in January, they’re still about 50 percent higher than in the same week last year.
  • Housing collapse evident in falling tax appraisal values
    This map shows the average change in tax appraisal value between the close of rolls for fiscal 2009-10 and the previous year for single family homes in the valley, by ZIP code.
  • Do you know where your power comes from?
    A breakdown of where energy generated in Nevada and the United States comes from.
  • Doctors scarce in Las Vegas compared to other areas
    For the number of people who live in and around Las Vegas, we're woefully short on doctors and health care workers in general.
  • Foreclosure sales have home market feeling down
    When Nevadans started to realize they were at the epicenter of a full-blown foreclosure crisis in 2007, riding a rising wave of loan defaults that eventually turned into auctions and bank repossessions, they didn't really understand what was in store for the real estate market.
  • Home loans: What a difference two years make
    This map shows the difference in loan volume between a boom year (2005) and a bust year (2007).
  • Home vacancy rates growing in Nevada
    Roughly 1 in 23 residential addresses in Clark County (4.31%) were listed as vacant by the postal service at the end of 2008.
  • Nevada's aging population not as old as other states
    Nevada's aging population not as old as other states
    Nevada has been following a national trend — aging populations.
  • What’s the holdup at the airport?
    Vegas air travelers had about a 1 in 5 chance of arriving at McCarran or another destination at least 15 minutes late in 2008.
  • Valentine's Day: For the factually inclined, romance quantified
    If you believe Valentine's Day cards should be black like your heart, then this numeric breakdown of amour is for you. Just kidding. You don't have a black heart. It's a shade of burgundy.
  • By the numbers: Rental cars
    $23 billion: Estimated revenue from passenger car rentals in 2007, according to the U.S. Census
  • Unemployment in Nevada
    The Sun charts Nevada's unemployment, once comparatively lower than the rest of the nation but up to the fifth highest rate in 2008.
  • Teen births on the rise
    Following a national trend, the teenage birth rate in Nevada shot up in 2006 to nearly 56 per 1,000 women ages 15 to 19, according to data released this month by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  • New construction permits slowing
    New construction permits slowing
    Even with a marked slump in home construction in 2008, Clark County still issued permits for more than 12,000 residential units through November — the fifth most of any county in the United States.
  • A year for foreclosures
    2008 was not a good year for homeowners in the Las Vegas Valley.
  • How states compare on college admissions tests
    How states compare on college admissions tests
    Shopping standardized test scores — the SAT, the ACT or both — to bolster college applications is commonplace.
  • Single family home sales in 2008, Clark County
    Single family home sales in 2008, Clark County
    New and resale single-family homes, not including condos, multi-unit properties or transactions in a trustee sale.
  • Gas prices roughly reflect oil prices
    Gas prices roughly reflect oil prices
    A look at changing oil and gas prices.
  • Glance at changes in rural Nevada
    Glance at changes in rural Nevada
    Last week the U.S. Census released demographic estimates for American counties and cities with as few as 20,000 residents.
  • How airlines have cut capacity in their service from Las Vegas
    How airlines have cut capacity in their service from Las Vegas
    As air carriers revise their schedules throughout the year, they change routes, the number of flights available and the types of aircraft in service, all of which have a direct effect on capacity.
  • One measure of homeowner distress on rise
    One measure of homeowner distress on rise
    Auction and trustee sale notices recorded in Clark County are a good benchmark for the number of properties mired in the foreclosure process — it’s typically the last stop before bank repossession.
  • Precinct view of Obama’s win
    Precinct view of Obama’s win
    The Barack Obama/Joe Biden ticket won Clark County by a 19-point margin, a partisan disparity not seen here in nearly a quarter-century, when Ronald Reagan bested Walter Mondale by 27 points during the 1984 election.
  • Indicator of a slowing economy
    Indicator of a slowing economy
    Nevada’s gross domestic product is stagnating.
  • The ways we cast ballots in Clark County:
    The ways we cast ballots in Clark County:
    Just over 17 percent of votes were cast early in 1996, but early voting was easily the method of choice in the 2008 general election.
  • Breaking down the early vote
    Breaking down the early vote
    A look at early voting in the 2008 general election in Clark County
  • Where the new voters are
    This map shows the percent increase in voters for Las Vegas Valley precincts from June 1 to the close of registration Oct. 14.
  • Property stolen, recovered
    Property stolen, recovered
    The equivalent of $110 in property and money was taken from every person living in the Las Vegas Valley from April 2007 to March 2008.
  • The housing bubble in Nevada: How big a slice were ‘subprime’ loans?
    The housing bubble in Nevada: How big a slice were ‘subprime’ loans?
    The death knell for the subprime loan in Nevada began to sound in 2007.
  • The money race in Nevada
    From February through August, presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama raised about the same amount in Nevada, just shy of $1 million for each campaign.
  • Spending in Clark County down, but not evenly among industries
    Sales of goods and services in Clark County haven’t matched last year’s.
  • Metro-reported auto thefts
    Auto thefts reported in Metro's jurisdiction have been on the decline for two years.
  • County ahead of population curve
    County ahead of population curve
    Curious about what the nation’s population will look like in 2050? Just look at Clark County.
  • Growth-related jobs nose-dive
    Job losses began to mount in many Nevada business sectors two years ago. Residential construction led the way, with a loss of 10,000 for specialty contractors and 2,300 for homebuilders.