Nevada

NEVADA

• Nevada is the Driest state in America. Its area consists of mainly desert, which can reach up to 52°C in the day and go as low as -46°C at night. These harsh living conditions make it difficult to navigate over the whole state and makes mobility very limited to less populated parts of Nevada such as Ely, compared to Las Vegas. Because it is easier to get to certain places in Nevada such as Las Vegas, population is much more dense in these areas. 1/5th of the people in Nevada live in Las Vegas alone.
• The population of Nevada is 2.79 million and has grown 2.2 percent over the last two years. Rank 35th in America. Approximately 54 percent of Nevada is now white (non-Hispanic) 27 percent Hispanic or Latino, 8.6 percent black and 7.7 percent Asian. Nevada is dominated by white non-Hispanic inhabitants. Despite this low population, Nevada is the 7th biggest sate in terms of Area. This is because much of Nevada is uninhabitable desert.
• 24 percent of the population of Nevada were born there. That means 76 percent of the people living in Nevada are either tourists or immigrants. 

I think up to a certain point the state does determine the identity and characteristics of its inhabitants. Because of its low population for its size, people in Nevada would be use to seeing less people than people who live in a heavily populated area such as New York and would be use to much harsher living conditions. People living in Nevada are basically living in a desert so would be much tolerable hotter temperatures than a person living in Alaska. Living conditions in Nevada do determine its inhabitants identity. 

However because it has such a high transient population it seems difficult to say that all of the people that live in Nevada are influenced by its features. Because a fifth of Nevada's population lives in Las Veags they may be less influenced by the features of Nevada and more influenced by the concentrated tourism in Vegas. More use to a high dense population. But most of the people travelling in and out of Nevada are concentrated in Las Vegas meaning that people living in the rest of Nevada, such as Ely or Carson city, are not affected by the transient population and are more influenced by the features of Nevada.

Features of Nevada do determine its inhabitants identity.