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Top 100 finalists
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Population
Henderson
232,100
Other cities
City
Population
Carson
57,139
Las Vegas
560,775
North Las Vegas
149,478
Paradise
215,085
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205,867
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74,344
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162,255
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185,435
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No. of
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Alabama
1
Alaska
0
Arizona
3
Arkansas
1
California
6
Colorado
4
Connecticut
2
Delaware
0
District of Columbia
0
Florida
4
Georgia
0
Hawaii
0
Idaho
1
Illinois
4
Indiana
1
Iowa
3
Kansas
3
Kentucky
0
Louisiana
0
Maine
1
Maryland
2
Massachusetts
1
Michigan
5
Minnesota
4
Mississippi
0
Missouri
3
Montana
0
Nebraska
2
Nevada
1
New Hampshire
1
New Jersey
5
New Mexico
2
New York
2
North Carolina
2
North Dakota
2
Ohio
2
Oklahoma
3
Oregon
3
Pennsylvania
1
Rhode Island
2
South Carolina
1
South Dakota
0
Tennessee
1
Texas
10
Utah
3
Vermont
0
Virginia
3
Washington
1
West Virginia
0
Wisconsin
4
Wyoming
0
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Harrah's Entertainment
309
MGM Mirage
334
Sierra Pacific Resources
612
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Company
Employees
Mandalay Corp
8,000
Bellagio Llc
7,500
Desert Palace Inc
7,500
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Greenwich, CT
$112,493
Cupertino, CA
$110,518
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$109,500
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107.6
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Newport Beach, CA
$1,362,500
Greenwich, CT
$1,129,000
Santa Barbara, CA
$979,500
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% residents with
graduate degrees
Arlington, VA
35.7%
Davis, CA
34.6%
Brookline, MA
32.5%
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Most singles
% single residents
Bloomington, IN
58.2%
New Brunswick, NJ
54.6%
College Station, TX
54.3%
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Median age
Jacksonville, NC
22.90
Provo, UT
23.28
New Brunswick, NJ
24.16
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