Carbon County, Wyoming

The Carbon County Courthouse in Rawlins

Cities & Towns:
Baggs
Dixon
Elk Mountain
Encampment
Hanna
Medicine Bow
Rawlins
Riverside
Saratoga
Sinclair

Carbon County is in south central Wyoming with Colorado to the south. The Fort Fred Steele Historic Site and the Saratoga Hot Springs are here. Carbon County also has a lot of natural gas production. Rawlins is the site of the Wyoming Territorial Penitentiary, which is now a designated historic site and museum.

Organized in 1868, parts of Carbon County south of the 42nd parallel were once part of the Republic of Texas (1835-1845) and then part of the State of Texas until Texas ceded its' northernmost portions to the Federal Government in 1852.

Carbon County contains 7,896 square miles of land and 68 square miles of water. The county seat is Rawlins.

The Wyoming Territorial Penitentiary Historic Site

Fast Facts about Carbon County, Wyoming

Types of Jobs:
Private Sector, wages or salary: 66%
Government Sector: 25%
Unincorporated, Self-Employed: 8%
Homemaker, Unpaid: 1%
Population Density: 2 People per Square Mile
2011 Cost of Living Index for Carbon County: 82.9
Median Resident Age: 38.9 Years

2009 Estimates:
Estimated Median Household Income: $50,100
Estimated Median Home Value: $132,300
Major Industries:
Lodging & Food Services, Educational Services, Government, Construction, Agriculture, Mining, Energy Products, Health Care, Transportation Services, Retail Services, Social Services

Population Demographics: 2010

Total Population	15,885
Males	8,553
Females	7,332
Population by Age
Under 18	3,751
18 & over	12,134
20-24	913
25-34	2,232
35-49	3,149
50-64	3,489
65 & over	2,044

Population by Ethnicity
Hispanic or Latino	2,668
Non Hispanic or Latino	13,217
Population by Race
White	14,103
African-American	116
Asian	109
Native American	160
Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	14
Other	1,026
Two or more	357