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.
In 1860, the population of Nevada was recorded at just 6,857 but an explosion of over 500% over the next ten years took those numbers to 42,941 by 1870. Much of the boom was as a result of a mining boom â while other states had their Gold Rush, Nevada had its very own Silver Rush.