Carson City, Nevada

Carson City population, land area and income

Carson City had 58,148 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 144.5 square miles of land. It ranks 4th of 17 in Nevada by population and 17th by land area. That works out to 402.3 people per square mile, 4.2 times the US average of 96.3, and in the top quarter nationally.

The median county-equivalent in Nevada has 17,116 residents, so Carson City is 3.4 times that size.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $72,823 is above the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Carson City's population changed since 2020

Carson City lost 534 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 0.9%. That ranks 12th of 17 in Nevada for growth. The median Nevada county changed by +0.1%, and the state as a whole by +4.8%.

Since the April 2020 estimates base, Carson City recorded 2,171 births and 3,823 deaths, a natural change of -1,652. Net international migration added +378 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +788. The largest single component was natural change, which removed 1,652 people.

Where Carson City is

The Census internal point of Carson City is at 39.153100, -119.747400. It sits in UTM zone 11N. The map shades Nevada's 17 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Carson City outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Carson City

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in Carson City, 58,148 people together, or 100% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Carson City; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Carson City with 58,148.

Counties bordering Carson City

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 5 neighbors for Carson City, including 1 across a state line. The most populous is Washoe County, NV, with 507,280 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Washoe County

  507,280 people

  109 mi N

• CA

  Placer County, CA

  433,822 people

  53 mi W

• Lyon County

  63,718 people

  31 mi ESE

• Douglas County

  49,564 people

  19 mi SSE

• Storey County

  4,112 people

  23 mi NNE

Distance to Carson City and the nearest big city

Carson City is 1.2 miles NW of Carson City's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Reno, NV (population 281,714), 27.9 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Carson City, NV (population 58,148), 0.0 miles away.

Carson City FIPS code

The FIPS code of Carson City is 32510: state code 32 for Nevada plus independent city code 510. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $72,823.