Urban Growth in Las Vegas

  • Released Wednesday, January 30, 2008
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In May 1973, less than a year after the first of NASA's Landsat satellites was launched, Las Vegas, Nevada had a population of only 358,000. By 2006 the population had ballooned to over 2 million. Still one of America's fastest growing urban areas, this series of Landsat scenes from four different years shows just how dramamtic the growth of Las Vegas has been.

This edited movie combines four different years of Landsat imagery to show how the city of Las Vegas grew between the years 1972 and 2006.

Las Vegas, Nevada May, 1973 Population 358,400

Las Vegas, Nevada
May, 1973
Population 358,400

Las Vegas, Nevada June, 1991 Population 937,261

Las Vegas, Nevada
June, 1991
Population 937,261

Las Vegas, Nevada May, 2000 Population 1,563,282

Las Vegas, Nevada
May, 2000
Population 1,563,282

Las Vegas, Nevada February, 2006 Population 2,013,267

Las Vegas, Nevada
February, 2006
Population 2,013,267

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US Geological Survey (USGS), NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

This page was originally published on Wednesday, January 30, 2008.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:55 PM EDT.

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