Nevada is a state in the Western United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the 7th most extensive, the 32nd most populous, and the 9th least densely populated of the U.S. states. Nearly three-quarters of Nevada’s people live in Clark County, which contains the Las Vegas–Paradise metropolitan area, including three of the state’s four largest incorporated cities. Nevada’s capital is Carson City.
While mining remains a substantial sector of its economy, tourism reigns as Nevada’s chief employer. Nevada’s job growth over the past five years has been the best in the country. While its unemployment rate is lagging the nation at 4.1%, that’s a huge improvement from 13% in 2011. People continue to flock to the state with Nevada expected to have the highest population growth through 2023. People are chasing jobs with the state projected by Moody’s Analytics to have the second fastest employment growth during that time.