NEVADA

THE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC POWER OF IMMIGRANTS, IN SILVER STATE


There are few states where the growing political and economic clout of immigrants,
Latinos, and Asians is as apparent as in Nevada. Immigrants (the foreign-born) make
up roughly 1 in 5 Nevadans, and 47.4% of them are naturalized U.S. citizens who are
eligible to vote. Immigrants and the children of immigrants account for just over 20.8%
of all registered voters in the state. Immigrants are not only essential to the state’s
economy as workers, but also account for billions of dollars in tax revenue and consumer purchasing power. Moreover, Latinos and Asians (both foreign-born and native-born) wield over $24.9 billion in consumer purchasing power, and the businesses they own had sales and receipts of $7 billion and employed more than 45,000 people at last count. Immigrant, Latino, and Asian workers, consumers, and entrepreneurs are integral to Nevada’s economy and tax base—and they are an electoral force with which every politician must reckon.