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.
Once two separate municipalities (one a city and the other a town) both named Las Vegas, west Las Vegas (Old Town) and east Las Vegas (New Town), separated by the Gallinas River, retain distinct characters and separate, rival school districts. The population was 14,565 at the 2000 census. Las Vegas, NM is located 110 miles (180 km) south of Raton, New Mexico, 65 miles (105 km) east of Santa Fe, New Mexico, 122 miles (196 km) northeast of Albuquerque, New Mexico, 257 miles (414 km) south of Colorado Springs, Colorado, and 326 miles (525 km) south of Denver, Colorado.