Carson City, Nevada Demographics

Carson City is 3rd in Nevada out of 34 other cities in Size in square miles

Carson City is 4th in Nevada out of 34 other cities in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Carson City is 6th in Nevada out of 12 other cities in Current population (2012)

Carson City is 6th in Nevada out of 12 other cities in Retail sales per capita

Carson City is 7th in Nevada out of 25 other cities in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Carson City is 9th in Nevada out of 25 other cities in Retail sales

Carson City is 9th in Nevada out of 34 other cities in Income below poverty line

Carson City is 10th in Nevada out of 34 other cities in Households

Carson City is 10th in Nevada out of 34 other cities in Housing units

Carson City is 11th in Nevada out of 34 other cities in Home median value

Size Demographics
	Carson City	Rank	Nevada	US
Current population (2012)	54,838	6th	2,758,931	313,914,040
Size in square miles	144.7	3rd	109,781.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	382.1	23rd	24.6	87.4

Age Demographics
	Carson City	Rank	Nevada	US
Residents younger than 5	5.8%	23rd	6.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.4%	24th	24.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	16.5%	11th	13.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Carson City	Rank	Nevada	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	87.1%	18th	84.2%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	21.0%	12th	22.2%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Carson City	Rank	Nevada	US
Race - White	81.1%	18th	77.1%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.9%	16th	8.9%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	2.4%	4th	1.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	2.1%	17th	7.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.2%	22nd	0.7%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.9%	28th	3.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	21.3%	13th	27.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	70.7%	19th	52.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Carson City	Rank	Nevada	US
Female residents	48.1%	31st	49.6%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	11.5%	20th	19.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Carson City	Rank	Nevada	US
Housing units	23,534	10th	1,183,873	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	25.7%	12th	29.6%	25.9%
Households	21,289	10th	986,741	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	61.0%	21st	59.1%	66.1%
Home median value	$244,600	11th	$225,400	$186,200
People per household	2.5	22nd	2.7	2.6

Income Demographics
	Carson City	Rank	Nevada	US
Income per capita	$27,704	14th	$27,625	$27,915
Income per household	$54,235	19th	$55,553	$52,762
Income below poverty line	14.4%	9th	12.9%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Carson City	Rank	Nevada	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	8,470	7th	221,260	27,092,908
Retail sales	$991,506	9th	$37,433,983	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$18,025	6th	$14,579	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$127,696	13th	$28,815,533	$613,795,732