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Las Vegas, Nevada
| Las Vegas, Nevada | |
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| General information | |
Mayor of Las Vegas
Shelley Berkley | |
| Last mayoral election: | 2024 |
| Next mayoral election: | 2028 |
| Last city council election: | 2024 |
| Next city council election: | 2026 |
| City council seats: | 7[1] |
| City website | |
| Composition data | |
| Population: | 641,903 |
| Race: | White 46% African American 12.9% Asian 7.2% Native American 1.1% Pacific Islander 0.7% Multiple 15% |
| Ethnicity: | Hispanic or Latino origin 33.3% |
| Median household income: | $70,723 |
| High school graduation rate: | 85.8% |
| College graduation rate: | 27.3% |
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 census and 2023 ACS data. Percentages are rounded to the nearest 0.1%. | |
| Related Las Vegas offices | |
| Nevada Congressional Delegation Nevada State Legislature Nevada state executive offices | |
Las Vegas is a city in Clark County, Nevada. The city's population was 641,903 as of 2020, according to the United States Census Bureau.
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City government
- See also: Council-manager government
The city of Las Vegas utilizes a council-manager system. In this form of municipal government, an elected city council, which includes the mayor and serves as the city's primary legislative body, appoints a chief executive called a city manager to oversee day-to-day municipal operations and implement the city council's policy and legislative initiatives.[2][3]
Mayor
The mayor presides over city council meetings and official city ceremonies. The mayor also represents the city on the state, national, and international levels.[2][4] The current Mayor of Las Vegas is Shelley Berkley (nonpartisan). Berkley assumed office in 2024.
City manager
The city manager is the city's chief executive. The responsibilities of the city manager include overseeing the city's day-to-day operations, planning and implementing the city's operating budget, and appointing departmental directors and other senior-level positions.[2]
City council
The Las Vegas City Council is the city's primary legislative body. It is responsible for adopting the city budget, approving mayoral appointees, levying taxes, and making or amending city laws, policies, and ordinances.[2]
The city council is made up of seven members, including the mayor. While the mayor is elected at large, the other six members are elected by the city's six districts.[2]
The widget below automatically displays information about city council meetings. The topic list contains a sampling of keywords that Voterheads, a local government monitoring service, found in each meeting agenda. Click the meeting link to see more info and the full agenda:
Other elected officials
Ballotpedia does not cover any additional city officials in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Mayoral partisanship
Las Vegas has a Democratic mayor. As of September 2025, 66 mayors in the largest 100 cities by population are affiliated with the Democratic Party, 23 are affiliated with the Republican Party, one is affiliated with the Libertarian Party, three are independents, five identify as nonpartisan or unaffiliated, and two mayors' affiliations are unknown. Click here for a list of the 100 largest cities' mayors and their partisan affiliations.
Mayoral elections are officially nonpartisan in most of the nation's largest cities. However, many officeholders are affiliated with political parties. Ballotpedia uses one or more of the following sources to identify each officeholder's partisan affiliation: (1) direct communication from the officeholder, (2) current or previous candidacy for partisan office, or (3) identification of partisan affiliation by multiple media outlets.
Elections
2024
The city of Las Vegas, Nevada, held general elections for mayor, city council, and judicial offices on November 5, 2024. A primary was scheduled for June 11, 2024. The filing deadline for judicial seats was January 12, 2024, and the filing deadline for non-judicial seats was March 15, 2024. A filing deadline for justice of the peace was July 26, 2024.
2022
The city of Las Vegas, Nevada, held general elections for city council and municipal court judge on November 8, 2022. A primary was scheduled for June 14, 2022. The filing deadline for this election was March 18, 2022.
2019
There was also a special election for the for the Ward 2 seat on the city council on June 11, 2019. The filing deadline for this election was March 28, 2019. The special election became necessary after former Ward 2 representative Steve Seroka resigned on March 4, 2019.
2018
The city of Las Vegas, Nevada, held a special election for the Ward 5 seat on the city council on March 27, 2018. The filing deadline for this election was February 14, 2018.[5]
2017
The city of Las Vegas, Nevada, held a primary election for city council on April 4, 2017. A general election was scheduled for June 13, 2017. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was February 3, 2017.
The city council seats in Wards 2, 4, and 6 were up for election in the primary, and the Wards 2 and 6 races advanced to the general election. Ward 6 Councilman Steven D. Ross was not eligible to run for re-election due to term limits.[6]
2015
The city of Las Vegas, Nevada, was initially scheduled to hold elections for mayor and city council on June 2, 2015. A primary election took place on April 7, 2015.[7] Because one candidate received more than 50 percent of the vote in the primary election, the general election was called off. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was February 6, 2015. Three of the six city council seats were up for election.
Census information
The table below shows demographic information about the city.
| Demographic Data for Las Vegas | |
|---|---|
| Las Vegas | |
| Population | 641,903 |
| Land area (sq mi) | 141 |
| Race and ethnicity** | |
| White | 49.2% |
| Black/African American | 11.9% |
| Asian | 6.9% |
| Native American | 1.1% |
| Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| Other (single race) | 13.9% |
| Multiple | 16.2% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 34.1% |
| Education | |
| High school graduation rate | 85.8% |
| College graduation rate | 27.3% |
| Income | |
| Median household income | $70,723 |
| Persons below poverty level | 14.2% |
| Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2018-2023). | |
| **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | |
Budget
The city's budget process operates by fiscal years running from July 1 to June 30 of the next year. All departments and agencies in the city are required to submit funding and spending requests to the city's finance director on or before the first Wednesday in February each year. The city manager is responsible for drafting the budget with help from city personnel. The city's tentative budget must be submitted to the Nevada Department of Taxation by April 15 of each year. The city council also holds hearings to allow for public input in the budget process. The city council must then approve a final budget by no later than June 1. After the city council has approved a budget, it is sent to the state for approval.[8][9][10]
Fiscally standardized cities data
The fiscally standardized cities (FiSC) data below was compiled by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy to make municipal budgets comparable across cities in the United States.[11]
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FiSCs are constructed by adding revenues and expenditures of each central city municipal government to a portion of the revenues and expenditures of overlying governments, including counties, independent school districts, and special districts. The allocations to FiSCs are estimates of the revenues collected from and services provided to central city residents and businesses by these overlying independent governments. Thus FiSCs provides a full picture of revenues raised from city residents and businesses and spending on their behalf, whether done by the city government or a separate overlying government.[12] |
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| —Lincoln Institute of Land Policy[13] | ||
The tables below show estimated finances within city limits. As such, the revenue and expenses listed may differ from the actual city budget.
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Historical total revenue and expenditure
To see the historical total revenue or expenditures as a rounded amount in this city, hover over the bars.[11]
Las Vegas, Nevada, salaries and pensions over $95,000
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Contact information
Mayor's office
495 S. Main St.
Las Vegas, NV 89101
Phone: 702-229-6241
City Clerk's office
495 S. Main St.
Las Vegas, NV 89101
Phone: 702-229-6311
Click here for city council contact information.
Ballot measures
- See also: Clark County, Nevada ballot measures
The city of Las Vegas is in Clark County. A list of ballot measures in Clark County is available here.
Noteworthy events
2020: Events and activity following the death of George Floyd
During the weekend of May 29-31, 2020, demonstrations and protests took place in cities nationwide, including Las Vegas, following the death of George Floyd. Events in Las Vegas, Nevada, began on Thursday, May 28, 2020, at the MGM Grand on the Strip.[14] No curfews were issued. The national guard was not deployed.
2015: Study on city's nondiscrimination laws
In July 2015, the Movement Advancement Project described Las Vegas, Nevada, as a city or county that prohibited discrimination in employment on the basis of gender identity via ordinances that apply to public and private employers. At that time, a total of 71 of America's largest 100 cities prohibited private employers from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation, while 69 of those cities also prohibited discrimination based on gender identity. This did not include those jurisdictions that prohibited discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity for government employees.[15]
Nondiscrimination laws can cover a variety of areas, including public employment, private employment, housing, and public accommodations. Such laws may be enacted at the state, county, or city level.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ The mayor is included in this number as one of the city council members.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 City of Las Vegas, "City Manager’s Office," accessed March 31, 2017
- ↑ City of Las Vegas, "Organizational Chart," accessed August 10, 2021
- ↑ City of Las Vegas, "Mayor," accessed March 31, 2017
- ↑ Las Vegas Review-Journal, "Special election scheduled to replace Barlow on Las Vegas council," February 7, 2018
- ↑ Las Vegas Review-Journal, "Political Newcomer Joins Field for Las Vegas City Council Seat," January 18, 2017
- ↑ Clark County Nevada, "Election: Important Dates," accessed November 17, 2014
- ↑ Nevada Revised Statutes, "Chapter 354 - Local Financial Administration," accessed August 23, 2023
- ↑ Municode Library, "Las Vegas, Nevada Municipal Code 4.08.010, accessed August 23, 2023
- ↑ City of Las Vegas, "Budget Brief 2023," accessed August 23, 2023
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, "Fiscally Standardized Cities database," accessed August 23, 2023
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, "Fiscally Standardized Cities," accessed August 23, 2023
- ↑ KSNV, "Las Vegas residents gather on the Strip to protest death of George Floyd," May 28, 2020
- ↑ Movement Advancement Project, "Local Employment Non-Discrimination Ordinances," accessed July 7, 2015
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