20,613 people (2024 Census estimate, +0.6% since 2020)
1,479 square miles of land · 14 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.
5 active community water systems list Carbon County in the area they serve, reporting 20,996 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| PRICE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION surface water · local government · UTAH04007 | 9,960 served |
| PRICE RIVER WID surface water · local government · UTAH04020 | 5,900 served |
| HELPER CITY buys surface water · local government · UTAH04004 | 2,000 served |
| WELLINGTON CITY buys surface water · local government · UTAH04011 | 1,676 served |
| EAST CARBON CITY surface water · local government · UTAH04012 | 1,460 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 65 people were held in Carbon County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2019), or 529 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2014 it was about 90.
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 Carbon County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $51.1 million — $43.7 million to run schools, about $12,592 per student, plus $5.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $20 million local (mostly property tax), $22.3 million state, $5.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $32.4 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: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Carbon County about $4.5 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Moderate; social vulnerability: Relatively Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
72 bridges in Carbon County: 13 in good condition, 57 fair, and 2 poor (2.8%). “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.
| 6558: COTTONWOOD C over NINE MILE CREEK · built 1994 | 75 vehicles a day |
| COUNTY ROAD over PRICE RIVER · built 1914 | 19 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $11.3 million of work in Carbon County in fiscal 2025, about $552 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 Utah 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 Carbon County 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 Carbon County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Duchesne County (43 mi) · Emery County (46 mi) · Wasatch County (55 mi) · Sanpete County (56 mi) · Uintah County (65 mi) · Utah County (65 mi).