Demographics of Carbon County, Wyoming

Carbon County, Wyoming had 14,013 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −495 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

14,013
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; −3.4%
Change since July 2020: −495 people.; 40.6 ±0.8
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $70,511 ±$8,400
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, Wyoming's population shrank 3.4% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Carbon County, Wyoming'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, Wyoming's population shrank 3.4% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Carbon County, Wyoming'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	14,508	100.0	100.0
2021	14,720	101.5	100.2
2022	14,509	100.0	100.7
2023	14,293	98.5	101.6
2024	14,084	97.1	102.5
2025	14,013	96.6	103.1

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Population of Carbon County, Wyoming on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change	Births less deaths	From abroad	From elsewhere in the country
2020	14,508	−25	+8	0	−34
2021	14,720	+212	+7	+3	+205
2022	14,509	−211	−36	+20	−197
2023	14,293	−216	0	+5	−222
2024	14,084	−209	0	+7	−219
2025	14,013	−71	−3	−9	−59

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 40.6 ±0.8: for men 37.8 ±2.2 and for women 42.8 ±3.0. 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	Wyoming	United States
Under 5	785 ±48	5.4% ±0.3	5.4% ±0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	2,459 ±245	17.0% ±1.7	17.2% ±0.3	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	985 ±222	6.8% ±1.5	9.0% ±0.2	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	3,802 ±298	26.3% ±2.1	26.1% ±0.3	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	3,664 ±273	25.3% ±1.9	23.8% ±0.3	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	2,768 ±275	19.1% ±1.9	18.5% ±0.3	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $70,511 ±$8,400, and income per person $37,791 ±$2,482, in 2024 dollars. The median is $76,176 ±$1,168 in Wyoming 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	Wyoming	United States
Under $25,000	1,011 ±266	16.5% ±4.3	14.3% ±0.6	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	1,031 ±217	16.9% ±3.5	18.0% ±0.6	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	1,168 ±241	19.1% ±3.9	17.0% ±0.6	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	783 ±168	12.8% ±2.7	13.7% ±0.5	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	1,012 ±218	16.5% ±3.5	18.9% ±0.6	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	680 ±202	11.1% ±3.3	9.5% ±0.5	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	431 ±144	7.0% ±2.3	8.5% ±0.5	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	Wyoming	United States
All ages	1,688 ±404	12.2% ±2.9	10.5% ±0.6	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	354 ±139	11.0% ±4.2	11.7% ±0.9	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	955 ±254	13.4% ±3.5	10.8% ±0.6	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	379 ±163	10.7% ±4.5	8.8% ±0.6	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Carbon County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Carbon County	Wyoming	United States
Housing units	8,236 ±28	277,141 ±187	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	74.3% ±2.7	87.8% ±0.5	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	25.7% ±2.8	12.2% ±0.6	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	76.3% ±2.5	71.8% ±0.6	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	23.7% ±4.4	28.2% ±0.6	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$222,700 ±$13,281	$309,700 ±$3,824	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$842 ±$190	$992 ±$17	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1973 ±2	1981 ±2	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	Wyoming	United States
Hispanic or Latino	2,640 ±0	18.3% ±<0.1	10.7% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	10,908 ±178	75.4% ±1.2	81.4% ±0.2	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	201 ±33	1.4% ±0.2	0.8% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	5 to 63	< 0.1% to 0.4%	0.8% ±0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	40 to 150	0.3% to 1.0%	1.6% ±0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 20	0% to 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 60	0% to 0.4%	0.7% ±0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	558 ±184	3.9% ±1.3	4.0% ±0.2	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	Wyoming	United States
Born in the state	6,325 ±471	43.7% ±3.3	41.6% ±0.6	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	7,484 ±480	51.7% ±3.3	54.0% ±0.6	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	2 to 104	< 0.1% to 0.7%	0.9% ±0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	601 ±185	4.2% ±1.3	3.5% ±0.2	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	115 to 357	0.8% to 2.5%	1.6% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	365 ±155	2.5% ±1.1	1.9% ±0.2	6.8% ±<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%.

Carbon County among the counties of Wyoming

12th of 23 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Wyoming page.

Counties of Wyoming near Carbon County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Sheridan County	33,241	+7.2%
Park County	31,171	+5.1%
Teton County	23,333	−0.2%
Lincoln County	21,180	+7.8%
Uinta County	20,728	+1.3%
Carbon County	14,013	−3.4%
Converse County	13,824	+0.6%
Goshen County	12,640	+1.0%
Big Horn County	12,024	+4.7%
Sublette County	8,929	+2.2%
Johnson County	8,908	+5.2%

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Rankings this appears in

No. 12 Counties by population in Wyoming
No. 22 Counties by population growth in Wyoming

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