Nevada State (U.S.A.), a land of tourism, mining, entertainment and gambling, hotel rooms, hotel rooms and cattle ranching

Steadily seen as a sin state, Nevada is growing market of +2 million consumers. The economy of Nevada is tied to tourism (especially entertainment and gambling related), mining, and cattle ranching.

Nevada's industrial outputs are tourism, mining, machinery, printing and publishing, food processing, and electric equipment.

Nevada has by far the most hotel rooms per capita in the United States. According to the American Hotel and Lodging Association, there were 187,301 rooms in 584 hotels (of 15 or more rooms). The state is ranked just below California, Texas, Florida, and New York in total number of rooms, but those states have much larger populations.

Prostitution is legal in parts of Nevada in licensed brothels, but only counties with populations under 400,000 have the option to legalize it.

By value, gold is by far the most important mineral mined. Silver is a distant second. Other minerals mined in Nevada include construction aggregates, copper, gypsum, diatomite and lithium.

Despite its rich deposits, the cost of mining in Nevada is generally high, and output is very sensitive to world commodity prices.

Cattle ranching is a major economic activity in rural Nevada. Nevada's agricultural outputs are cattle, hay, alfalfa, dairy products, onions, and potatoes.

Over 90% of Nevada's 484,000 acres (196,000 ha) of cropland is used to grow hay, mostly alfalfa, for livestock feed.

The state sales tax (similar to VAT or GST) in Nevada is variable depending upon the county. The minimum statewide tax rate is 6.85%, with five counties (Elko, Esmeralda, Eureka, Humboldt, and Mineral) charging this minimum amount.

Amtrak's California Zephyr train uses the Union Pacific's original transcontinental railroad line in daily service from Chicago to Emeryville, California, serving Elko, Winnemucca, and Reno.

The Union Pacific Railroad has some railroads in the north and south of Nevada. Greyhound Lines provide some bus service to the state.

Interstate 15 passes through the southern tip of the state, serving Las Vegas and other communities. I-215 and spur route I-515 also serve the Las Vegas metropolitan area.

RTC Transit is the public transit system in the Las Vegas metropolitan area.

A 4-mile (6.4 km) monorail system provides public transportation in the Las Vegas area. McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas is the busiest airport serving Nevada.

The Reno-Tahoe International Airport (formerly known as the Reno Cannon International Airport) is the other major airport in the state.