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Las VegasHendersonNorth Las Vegas
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Carolyn Goodman (Democratic) has been Mayor of Las Vegas since 1 Jan 2011. In Aug 2026 the unemployment rate was 4.7% of the labour force, 9.5 percentage points lower than when Carolyn Goodman took office in January 2011, while Nevada's fell 8.6 percentage points. Among the 117 cities with a year or more of figures, Las Vegas ranks 3rd on the fall in unemployment and 49th of 73 on GDP per person. The violent crime rate moved −495 per 100,000 in Las Vegas against −317 per 100,000 for Nevada. Under Oscar Goodman (1999 to 2011) the violent crime rate rose 134 per 100,000. Typical home value is up 211% since day zero (7.5% a year).

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