Carbon County, Wyoming

Carbon County population, land area and income

Carbon County had 14,250 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 7,897.8 square miles of land. It ranks 12th of 23 in Wyoming by population and 3rd by land area. That works out to 1.8 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and in the bottom quarter nationally.

The median county-equivalent in Wyoming has 14,250 residents, about the same as Carbon County.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $67,773 is above the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Carbon County's population changed since 2020

Carbon County lost 258 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 1.8%. That ranks 21st of 23 in Wyoming for growth. The median Wyoming county changed by +0.9%, and the state as a whole by +1.7%.

Since the April 2020 estimates base, Carbon County recorded 650 births and 689 deaths, a natural change of -39. Net international migration added +56 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -296. The largest single component was domestic migration, which removed 296 people.

Where Carbon County is

The Census internal point of Carbon County is at 41.703600, -106.933200. It sits in UTM zone 13N. The map shades Wyoming's 23 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Carbon County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Carbon County

2 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Carbon County, 9,712 people together, or 68% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Carbon County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Rawlins with 7,952.

Counties bordering Carbon County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 8 neighbors for Carbon County, including 3 across a state line. The most populous is Natrona County, WY, with 80,410 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Natrona County

  80,410 people

  88 mi N

• Sweetwater County

  41,273 people

  100 mi W

• Fremont County

  39,721 people

  127 mi NW

• Albany County

  39,288 people

  63 mi E

• CO

  Routt County, CO

  25,243 people

  84 mi S

• Converse County

  13,766 people

  114 mi NE

• CO

  Moffat County, CO

  13,142 people

  101 mi SW

• CO

  Jackson County, CO

  1,273 people

  78 mi SSE

Distance to Cheyenne and the nearest big city

Cheyenne is 116.2 miles ESE of Carbon County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Fort Collins, CO (population 170,924), 125.8 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Laramie, WY (population 32,957), 73.8 miles away.

Carbon County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Carbon County is 56007: state code 56 for Wyoming plus county code 007. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $67,773.