Carson City, Nevada

Carson City population, 2020 to 2024

Carson City lost 534 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.9%. In the latest year it moved by -78. Among 12 Nevada places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 11th; the median place changed by +4.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Nevada has 41,828 people, so Carson City is 1.4 times that size.

Carson City covers 144.53 square miles of land and 12.59 of water, for 402 people per square mile of land. The median Nevada place of 5,000+ has 1,876, so Carson City is less dense than the typical town.

What county Carson City is in

All of Carson City's residents live in Carson City, which had 58,148 residents in 2024. Carson City holds 100.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Carson City

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Carson City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the place's land: 89701, 89703, 89706. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a place that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Carson City is

The Census internal point of Carson City is at 39.153100, -119.747400. Carson City, the capital, is 1.2 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Reno, NV (281,714 people), 27.9 miles away.

Daylight in Carson City

At 39.15° N, Carson City gets about 14 h 56 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 25 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 31 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Carson City

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Nevada, measured between internal points. The closest is Reno, 27.9 miles away, with 281,714 people.