The population of Carbon county is estimated at 10,498. In 2017 there were 70 births and 84 deaths in Carbon county. Carbon county has 1,964 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 1,507 that are owned free and clear and 1,100 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Carbon County filed 5,170 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 1.0% of all Montana filings and 0.003% of the entire nation. Carbon had a combined total federal tax liability of $38,305,000 on earned income of $274,893,000. Other notable statistics from Carbon County were 260 unemployment claims which collected a total of $1,187,000 and 1,170 charitable contributions valued at $4,605,000. 1,370 filings from Carbon County paid a combined total of $3,517,000 in property taxes and 1,090 filings paid $8,332,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Carbon county had 29 religious congregations with an estimated 4,154 members.
31.1% of the Carbon population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 6.1% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 56% of Carbon County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 117 votes.
At $52,726 the median income is 99.0% of the Montana average. An estimated 199 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Carbon, the equivalant of around 3.7% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 3.9%.

Top 15 Industries in Carbon County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
490	Accommodation and food services
310	Restaurants and other eating places
286	Arts, entertainment, and recreation
271	Amusement, gambling, and recreation industries
225	Full-service restaurants
79	Nursing and residential care facilities
74	Limited-service restaurants
71	Health care and social assistance
61	Food and beverage stores
50	Grocery stores
42	Transportation and warehousing
37	Furniture and home furnishings stores
33	Information
31	Truck transportation
30	Building material and supplies dealers

In 2018 5.77% of listings in Carbon County.

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