Demographics of Carbon County, Pennsylvania

Carbon County, Pennsylvania had 65,868 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +1,103 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the American Community Survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Carbon County, in four figures

65,868
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; +1.7%
Change since July 2020: +1,103 people.; 46.3 ±0.4
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $67,554 ±$3,356
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. Each year's change is births less deaths, net moves from abroad and net moves from elsewhere in the country, with the Bureau's small residual. The 2020 row's components run 3 months, from the April census to July 1.

Carbon County, Pennsylvania's population grew 1.7% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Carbon County, Pennsylvania's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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Carbon County, Pennsylvania's population grew 1.7% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Carbon County, Pennsylvania's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	64,765	100.0	100.0
2021	65,558	101.2	100.2
2022	65,485	101.1	100.7
2023	65,443	101.0	101.6
2024	65,709	101.5	102.5
2025	65,868	101.7	103.1

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Population of Carbon County, Pennsylvania on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change	Births less deaths	From abroad	From elsewhere in the country
2020	64,765	+4	−82	0	+77
2021	65,558	+793	−352	+5	+1,150
2022	65,485	−73	−449	+34	+365
2023	65,443	−42	−347	+59	+256
2024	65,709	+266	−323	+38	+560
2025	65,868	+159	−321	+13	+470

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 46.3 ±0.4: for men 45.2 ±0.5 and for women 47.7 ±0.5. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Carbon County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Pennsylvania	United States
Under 5	2,979 ±50	4.6% ±0.1	5.2% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	9,396 ±517	14.4% ±0.8	15.2% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	4,583 ±371	7.0% ±0.6	9.0% ±<0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	14,877 ±567	22.8% ±0.9	25.5% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	18,752 ±653	28.7% ±1.0	25.6% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	14,795 ±694	22.6% ±1.1	19.5% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $67,554 ±$3,356, and income per person $36,548 ±$1,369, in 2024 dollars. The median is $77,971 ±$342 in Pennsylvania and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Carbon County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Pennsylvania	United States
Under $25,000	4,574 ±623	16.8% ±2.3	15.1% ±0.1	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	5,600 ±583	20.5% ±2.1	17.4% ±0.1	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	4,913 ±525	18.0% ±1.9	15.9% ±0.1	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	3,602 ±380	13.2% ±1.4	12.8% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	5,019 ±487	18.4% ±1.8	17.7% ±0.1	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	1,878 ±273	6.9% ±1.0	9.3% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	1,669 ±347	6.1% ±1.3	11.8% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Carbon County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Pennsylvania	United States
All ages	7,903 ±845	12.3% ±1.3	11.7% ±0.1	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	2,393 ±400	20.1% ±3.1	15.6% ±0.2	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	3,775 ±558	11.5% ±1.7	11.0% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	1,735 ±363	8.9% ±1.8	10.1% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Carbon County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Carbon County	Pennsylvania	United States
Housing units	34,417 ±64	5,806,452 ±672	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	79.2% ±1.4	90.8% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	20.8% ±1.5	9.2% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	76.4% ±2.3	69.3% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	23.6% ±2.1	30.7% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$211,400 ±$6,685	$254,500 ±$767	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$994 ±$42	$1,209 ±$5	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1972 ±2	1965 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Carbon County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Pennsylvania	United States
Hispanic or Latino	4,522 ±0	6.9% ±<0.1	8.7% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	57,491 ±397	87.9% ±0.6	73.0% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	1,240 ±209	1.9% ±0.3	10.3% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	366 ±66	0.6% ±0.1	3.8% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 41	0% to 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 28	0% to < 0.1%	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 130	0% to 0.2%	0.5% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	1,681 ±386	2.6% ±0.6	3.6% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Carbon County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Pennsylvania	United States
Born in the state	49,505 ±880	75.7% ±1.3	70.6% ±0.1	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	12,745 ±754	19.5% ±1.2	19.8% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	684 ±221	1.0% ±0.3	1.9% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	2,448 ±414	3.7% ±0.6	7.7% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	1,799 ±379	2.8% ±0.6	4.3% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	649 ±189	1.0% ±0.3	3.4% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

Carbon County among the counties of Pennsylvania

39th of 67 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Pennsylvania page.

Counties of Pennsylvania near Carbon County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Indiana County	82,878	−0.3%
Crawford County	81,792	−2.4%
Clearfield County	78,100	−2.9%
Somerset County	72,004	−2.7%
Columbia County	66,193	+2.3%
Carbon County	65,868	+1.7%
Armstrong County	63,698	−2.7%
Pike County	62,808	+7.2%
Bradford County	59,600	−0.6%
Wayne County	51,703	+1.1%
Venango County	49,346	−2.0%

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Rankings this appears in

No. 18 Counties by population growth in Pennsylvania
No. 39 Counties by population in Pennsylvania

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026