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Las Vegas, Nevada, Evening Review-Journal, June 5, 1942. Population Of County Nearly 50,000, Revealed Sugar Rationing Cards Indicate Growth Is Tremendous -Population of Clark county as : of May 7, 1942, was close to 50,900 persons, figures released yesterday by the sugar ration- ' ing board indicate. There are 43,475 persons ac­counted for With sugar rationing cards and known population groups not included in the ra- ! tioning. In addition to that num- ‘ ber, there are many hundreds re- siding in hotels and auto courts Who eat their, meals in restau- rants and do not have sugar ’ cards. *! ' Number Estimated This latter number is estimated variously from 2,500 to 5,000, and there is no way of arriving at an accurate total. It is somewhere ; between the two, according to ? best information available. The total number of sugar | cards issued in the county is 34,*;'j 841. Military personnel and their : families not accounted for in this | figure total approximately 6,100. Magnesium plant workers housed-, in the camps at the plant and in j Boulder City -not required to j have sugar cards, total 2,534, ; bringing the known population | figure to 43,475. Add to that the cardless resi- j dents who take their meals in j restaurants, and the figure t mounts additional thousands. j j; Towns Listed . Statistics compiled by the ra- $ tioning board show the following j number of cards issued in the ^ various communities: ,J Las Vegas ........... ....18,203 f Boulder City ....1...... .... 4,310 i North Las Vegas .... .... 3,193 Whitney ........... .... 2,303 Midway (Pittman) . .... 2,283 j Logahdale ..............: .... 691 j Overton .............. .... 678 ] Mesquite .........1........' .... 504 Bunkerville ............. .... 285 j Moapa ............... ...? 265 1 Nelson ...................... .... 254 , Searchlight ....__—.. .... 246 i Goodsprings ........... .... 245 I Railroad Pass ..... .... 243 j Sloan ................. .... 212 , Blue Diamond .... 170 Ardeh ...................... .... 115 j Drv Lake ........... 73 J Indian Springs ...1.... 58 j Basic Magnesium.... .... 510 (The Basic Magnesium figure , represents cards issued by the of- 3 fice established there and no dis- | tribution of residence is possi- j bie.) . M \.v fs&i It should be noted that in the ; above figures the military popu- , lation in Las Vegas, North Las < Vegas and Boulder City are not ' included, and are not obtainable. The population of Clark county, , 1940 census, was 16,414 and that of Las Vegas 8,422. ?o-