DEMOGRAPHICS

Population - 2.1m (2002)

Population growth - 3.6%

Rank out of 50 states - 1

% of total US population - 0.75%

Labour force - 1.05m

ECONOMY

Total Gross State Product - $79.2bn (2001)*

Of which finance, insurance, and real estate - 18.8%

Hotels and other lodging places - 14.3%

Real estate - 10.9%

Retail trade - 10.7%

Construction - 9.5%

Transportation and public utilities - 7.3%

Business and other services - 6.0%

Wholesale trade - 4.6%

Health services - 4.4%

Manufacturing - 3.9%

Gross state product growth - 4.9%

% of total US economy - 0.78%

Number of Inc.500 Companies ** - 4

FDI Incentives

Sales and use tax deferral program

Sales and use tax abatement

Business tax abatement

Property tax abatement

Train Employees Now (TEN) program

Property tax abatement for recycling/retail wheeling

Renewable energy abatements

Industrial development bonds

IPA

Nevada Commission on Economic Development

Telephone +1 775 687 4325

Web - www.expand2nevada.com

* Latest available figure

** 500 fastest growing companies in the US over the past 5 years

Source: US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Nevada Commission on Economic Development