Carbon County, Wyoming Demographics

Carbon County is 35th out of 3,143 other counties in Size in square miles

Carbon County is 1st in Wyoming out of 23 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Carbon County is 3rd in Wyoming out of 23 other counties in Size in square miles

Carbon County is 4th in Wyoming out of 23 other counties in Foreign born residents

Carbon County is 4th in Wyoming out of 23 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Carbon County is 4th in Wyoming out of 23 other counties in Race - Asian

Carbon County is 5th in Wyoming out of 23 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Carbon County is 5th in Wyoming out of 23 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Carbon County is 7th in Wyoming out of 23 other counties in Income per household

Carbon County is 9th in Wyoming out of 23 other counties in Home ownership rate

Carbon County is 9th in Wyoming out of 23 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Size Demographics
	Carbon County	Rank	Wyoming	US
Current population (2012)	15,666	12th	576,412	313,914,040
Size in square miles	7,897.6	3rd	97,093.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	2	22nd	5.8	87.4

Age Demographics
	Carbon County	Rank	Wyoming	US
Residents younger than 5	6.5%	9th	6.7%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.8%	12th	23.5%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	13.5%	15th	13.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Carbon County	Rank	Wyoming	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	90.9%	15th	91.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	17.2%	21st	24.2%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Carbon County	Rank	Wyoming	US
Race - White	94.5%	19th	93.1%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.5%	5th	1.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.6%	4th	2.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.9%	4th	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	16th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.5%	14th	1.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	17.1%	1st	9.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	78.6%	22nd	84.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Carbon County	Rank	Wyoming	US
Female residents	45.1%	23rd	48.9%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	4.4%	4th	3.1%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Carbon County	Rank	Wyoming	US
Housing units	8,563	12th	265,528	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	11.0%	12th	15.7%	25.9%
Households	6,217	12th	219,628	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	74.3%	9th	70.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$139,200	18th	$181,900	$186,200
People per household	2.4	15th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	27	15th	2,110	829,658

Income Demographics
	Carbon County	Rank	Wyoming	US
Income per capita	$27,962	12th	$28,952	$27,915
Income per household	$58,655	7th	$56,380	$52,762
Income below poverty line	8.8%	14th	10.1%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Carbon County	Rank	Wyoming	US
Non-farm private establishments	526	12th	20,329	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	4,829	11th	208,385	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,452	13th	61,179	27,092,908
Retail sales	$295,340	11th	$8,957,553	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$19,182	5th	$17,114	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$42,949	10th	$1,469,008	$613,795,732