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Carbon County, WY

14,549 Population
7,897.7 square miles 1.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.4 ±1.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Wyoming: 38.8 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$35,421 ±$2,149 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wyoming: $41,006 ±$752
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$66,721 ±$5,052 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wyoming: $74,815 ±$1,225
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

12.6% ±2.5% (1,752  ±350) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wyoming: 10.7% 60,704 (±0.6% / ±3,235)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

16.5 minutes ±2 (92,415  ±12,826) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wyoming: 18.5 4,790,360 (±0.4 / ±118,275)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

5,885 ±238 Number of households
  • Wyoming: 238,176 ±1,220
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.4 ±0.1 (13,946  ±54) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Wyoming: 2.4 566,169
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

7.5% ±2.7% (211  ±76) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wyoming: 6.3% 7,992 (±0.6% / ±696)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

8,220 ±34 Number of housing units
  • Wyoming: 275,131 ±170
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$214,500 ±$14,105 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wyoming: $285,100 ±$3,775
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

14.2% ±3.1% (2,045  ±450.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wyoming: 15.7% 90,199 (±0.6% / ±3,518.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

91.2% ±5.8% (9,278  ±604) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Wyoming: 94.1% 372,002 (±1.1% / ±4,458.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
22.8% ±2.9% (2,318  ±301.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wyoming: 29.9% 118,336 (±0.7% / ±2,563.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.9% (708  ±175) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wyoming: 3.5% 20,364
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

8.4% ±1.8% (940  ±199) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wyoming: 9.2% 40,952 (±0.3% / ±1,119)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
940 Total veterans ±199 891 Male ±200 49 Female ±35

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