58,148 people (2024 Census estimate, −0.9% since 2020)
145 square miles of land · 402 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
No active community water system lists Carson City in EPA's records — not gathered, never hidden.
About 192 people were held in Carson City's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2019), or 524 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2014 it was about 185.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
1 school district has its office in Carson City. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $115.4 million — $95.6 million to run schools, about $12,493 per student, plus $15.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $10.9 million local (mostly property tax), $82.6 million state, $14.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $61.7 million.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Carson City about $41 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very Low; social vulnerability: Relatively Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
31 bridges in Carson City: 27 in good condition, 4 fair, and 0 poor (0.0%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $456.4 million of work in Carson City in fiscal 2025, about $7,784 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for Nevada are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Carson City come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Carson City built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
More of Nevada: the state government and every county in Nevada.
Nearby counties: Douglas County (19 mi) · Storey County (23 mi) · Lyon County (31 mi) · Alpine County, CA (37 mi) · El Dorado County, CA (49 mi) · Sierra County, CA (51 mi).