The People

Nevada's population density is 18.2 persons per square mile (7.0 per km 2), roughly 23 per cent that of the United States as a whole. Whites make up 75.2 percent of the population and blacks, 6.8 percent. People of Hispanic origin make up 19.7 percent.

Annual events in Nevada
January-March
National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko (January); Laughlin Desert Challenge (January); NASCAR Busch Series Nevada 300 in Las Vegas (March).
April-June
Nevada Passage Adventure Race, statewide (May); Reno River Festival in Reno (May); Spring Wings Bird Festival in Fallon (May); Carson City Rendezvous (June); Motorcycle Jamboree in Elko (June); Reno Rodeo (June); Gridley Days in Austin (June); Winnemucca Mule Show and Races (June).
July-September
American Century Celebrity Golf Championship in Lake Tahoe (July); Hot August Nights in Reno (August); Nevada State Fair in Reno (August); Best in the West Nugget Rib Cook-off in Sparks (August and September); National Championship Air Races in Reno (September); Annual Virginia City International Camel Races (September); Great Reno Balloon Race (September); OATBRAN—Tour Bike Ride Across Nevada (September).
October-December
Frys.com Open at Las Vegas (October); Nevada Day Celebration and Parade in Carson City (October); Pomegranate Art Festival in Overton (October); New Las Vegas Marathon (December); Hometowne Christmas in Sparks (December); Parade of Lights in Boulder City (December); National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas (December).