Primm, Nevada

Primm, Nevada
Unincorporated community
Primm off Interstate 15
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Coordinates: 35°36′46″N 115°23′25″W / 35.61278°N 115.39028°W / 35.61278; -115.39028
Country	United States
State	Nevada
County	Clark
Founded	1920s
Founded by	Pete MacIntyre
Named for	Ernest Jay Primm
Elevation [1]	2,618 ft (798 m)
Population  (2007)
• Total	1,132
Time zone	UTC-8 (PST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP codes	89019
Area code(s)	702 and 725
GNIS feature ID	849405[1]

Primm (formerly known as State Line) is an unincorporated community in Clark County, Nevada, United States, primarily notable for its position straddling Interstate 15 at the Nevada–California border. It sits on Ivanpah Dry Lake, which extends to the north and south of town.

Primm was initially known as State Line and started as a small motel and coffee shop built by Ernest Primm in the 1950s. Over the years, Primm grew, with Gary Primm, Ernest's son, expanding the area by building casino hotels. In 1996, the town was officially renamed Primm in honor of its founder and to avoid confusion with Stateline in northern Nevada.^[2]

The community's economy is based on its three casinos (the Primm Valley Resorts), which attract gamblers from Southern California. Most of Primm's residents are employees of the casinos. While not a census-designated place, the 2000 census population for the community is 436. A Clark County Comprehensive Planning Department estimate placed the population at 284 on July 1, 2006, apparently using different boundaries for the area. In a December 5, 2007 article in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Primm's population is listed as around 1,132.

For 2020, Census Block 2156, Census Tract 57.03 and Block 2155, Census Tract 57.03 showed a total population of 650.^[3]