CARBON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

COUNTY SEAT:  Jim Thorpe          YEAR FOUNDED:  1843

 

Land Area

 381 square miles

 

2000 Population

  58,802 persons

Water Area

 6 square miles

 

 

 

County Area

  387 square miles

 

Population Density

 152 persons per square mile

 

 

 

 

 

Carbon County contains a total land area of 387 square miles and according to the 2000 census contained a population of 58,802 persons.  This is a net increase of 1,787 persons (3.13%) from the 1990 census of 57,015 persons.  The United States Census Bureau estimates the population of Carbon County in 2004 to be 61,194, which continues the previous decade’s trend.