Thursday, Dec. 28, 2000 | 10:53 a.m.
The following is a glance at how Nevada's population has grown in each census since it was first counted in 1860, according to U.S. Census Bureau data released Thursday:
2000: 1,998,257
1990: 1,201,833
1980: 800,508
1970: 488,738
1960: 285,278
1950: 160,083
1940: 110,247
1930: 91,058
1920: 77,407
1910: 81,875
1900: 42,335
1890: 47,355
1880: 62,266
1870: 42,491
1860: 6,857
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