Competitive Exclusion Principle. The competitive exclusion principle is an ecological principle stating that when two competing life forms attempt to occupy the same niche, only one outcome is possible: One life form will drive out the other.
According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the population of Nevada was 2,700,551. Within the state's most populous countyâClark Countyâthe state's most populous city âLas Vegasâhad 583,756 residents within the city limits. For the metropolitan statistical area that includes Las Vegas, the population was 1,951,269.
Nevada is big, but it's population is not. Of the 2.75 million residents in the state, 2.5 live in either the Las Vegas or Reno metropolitan area. Most of the state is empty or consists of small towns. The transportation infrastructure is not as developed as other parts of the United States.