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Las Vegas Evening Rev left*-Journal June Population Of County Nearly 56,061, Revealed &c 11 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 tliC Sugar ration- | ing board indicate. There are 43,475 persons accounted for with sugar rationing cards and known’1- population groups not included in the rationing. In addition to that number; there are many hundreds residing in hotels and auto courts who eat their meals in restaurants 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,- 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 Boulder City not required to have sugar cards, total 2,534, bringing the known population figure to 43,475. Add to that the cardless residents who take their meals 'in restaurants, and the _ figure mounts additional thousands. . Towns Listed Statistics compiled by the rationing board show the following number of cards issued in the various communities: Las Vegas ..... 18,203 Boulder, City ... |—....... 4,310 North Las Vegas .......... 3,193 Whitney ! ...... — 2,303 Midway (Pittman) ...... 2,283 Logandale ................... 691 Overton ..................... 678 M esqu ite........... :......... 504 Bunkerville .... .™. 285 Moapa 265 Nelson .... ..,1.......254 Searchlight j................... 246 Goodsprings ..... 245 Railroad Pass .,........ 243 Sloan .............. ...... - 212 Blue Diamond 170 Arden .........._.....—....... 115 Dry Lake 73 Indian Springs> ..... 58 Basic Magnesium........ 510 (The Basic Magnesiuni figure represents cards issued by the office established there and no distribution of residence is possible.) It should be noted that in the above figures the military population 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. %S fr i ir ?ii c H i|