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Carbon County, Wyoming

A county in Wyoming, ranked 12 of 23 by population.

CountyFIPS 56007

Within Wyoming
Carbon County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Rawlins, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
14,013
-495 (-3.4%) since 2020
Land area
7,898
square miles. A further 0.8% of the total area is water
Population density
1.8
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Rawlins
Seat of county government.
Established
1868
157 years ago
Largest city
Rawlins city
Population 7,745.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Carbon County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Carbon County, Wyoming from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 777 by 800 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Carbon County ranks

Position among the 23 counties of Wyoming, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn WyomingNationally
Population14,01312th of 232,164th of 3,144
Land area7,898 sq mi3rd of 2336th of 3,144
Population density1.8 per sq mi22nd of 233,008th of 3,144
Median household income$70,51114th of 231,161st of 3,143

Full data for Carbon County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population14,013Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202014,508Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?14,533Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area7,898 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area66.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area7,964 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?1.8 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$70,511American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$222,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households6,116American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units8,236American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-3
150 births, 153 deaths
Net migration
-68
More people moved out than moved in.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 8 areas bordering Carbon County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Albany CountyWyoming112 mi38,558
Sweetwater CountyWyoming111 mi41,267
Natrona CountyWyoming74 mi80,526
Moffat CountyColorado31 mi13,122
Jackson CountyColorado28 mi1,211
Routt CountyColorado24 mi25,329
Fremont CountyWyoming12 mi39,464
Converse CountyWyoming0.1 mi13,824

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 23 counties of Wyoming

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.