Carson City, Nevada Demographics

Carson City is 1st in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Carson City is 2nd in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Carson City is 3rd in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Current population (2012)

Carson City is 3rd in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Home median value

Carson City is 3rd in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Households

Carson City is 3rd in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Carson City is 3rd in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Carson City is 3rd in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Retail sales

Carson City is 3rd in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Carson City is 3rd in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Size Demographics
	Carson City	Rank	Nevada	US
Current population (2012)	54,838	3rd	2,758,931	313,914,040
Size in square miles	144.7	17th	109,781.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	382.1	1st	24.6	87.4

Age Demographics
	Carson City	Rank	Nevada	US
Residents younger than 5	5.7%	10th	6.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.1%	11th	24.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	17.7%	8th	13.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Carson City	Rank	Nevada	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	87.1%	5th	84.2%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	21.0%	5th	22.2%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Carson City	Rank	Nevada	US
Race - White	89.9%	10th	77.1%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	2.4%	8th	8.9%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	2.7%	11th	1.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	2.3%	4th	7.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.3%	8th	0.7%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.6%	9th	3.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	22.5%	6th	27.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	69.4%	11th	52.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Carson City	Rank	Nevada	US
Female residents	48.8%	10th	49.6%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	11.5%	6th	19.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Carson City	Rank	Nevada	US
Housing units	23,566	4th	1,183,873	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	25.7%	3rd	29.6%	25.9%
Households	21,289	3rd	986,741	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	61.0%	15th	59.1%	66.1%
Home median value	$244,600	3rd	$225,400	$186,200
People per household	2.5	10th	2.7	2.6
Building permits (last year)	51	6th	9,071	829,658

Income Demographics
	Carson City	Rank	Nevada	US
Income per capita	$27,704	7th	$27,625	$27,915
Income per household	$54,235	10th	$55,553	$52,762
Income below poverty line	14.4%	5th	12.9%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Carson City	Rank	Nevada	US
Non-farm private establishments	2,067	3rd	58,777	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	21,836	3rd	1,000,610	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	8,470	3rd	221,260	27,092,908
Retail sales	$991,506	3rd	$37,433,983	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$18,025	2nd	$14,579	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$127,696	5th	$28,815,533	$613,795,732