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Carbon County, PA


Metropolitan Statistical Area: Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ
Designated Market Area: Wilkes Barre-Scranton-Hazleton, PA
USDA County Type (2025): Recreation/Tourism
American Communities Project County Type (2023): Rural Middle America

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2024 population: 65,743   ( 989 from 2020)
Land area: 381.3 square miles
Population density: 172.4 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:57,588 87.60% 1.9%
Black:1,4572.22% 20.8%
Indian:1520.23% 10.1%
Asian:4200.64% 5.0%
2+ races:8381.27% 26.6%
Hispanic:5,2888.04% 44.8%
Total non-White:8,15512.40% 34.6%

2020-2024 ComponentsNumberRate
Births:2,379 9.2
Deaths:4,01615.5
Net Migration: 2,4249.4
Net Immigration: 2440.9
Change in White population:-1,107 -1.7
Change in Non-White pop.:2,096 3.2



Historical Presidential Election Results for Carbon County, PA



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YearTurnout WinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal Votes Diff
(St)
Diff
(US)
PSV
2024 67% Donald Trump (R) 23,708 66.9% Kamala Harris (D) 11,394 32.2% 334 [+] 0.9% 35,436 17 17 0.50%
2020 65% Donald Trump* (R) 21,984 65.3% Joe Biden (D) 11,212 33.3% 493 [+] 1.5% 33,689 17 18 0.49%
2016 56% Donald Trump (R) 18,743 64.6% Hillary Clinton (D) 8,936 30.8% 1,314 [+] 4.5% 28,993 16 19 0.47%
2012 50% Mitt Romney (R) 13,504 52.6% Barack Obama* (D) 11,580 45.1% 610 [+] 2.4% 25,694 6 5 0.45%
2008 54% Barack Obama (D) 13,464 49.8% John McCain (R) 12,957 47.9% 629 [+] 2.3% 27,050 4 2 0.45%
2004 52% George W. Bush* (R) 12,519 50.0% John Kerry (D) 12,223 48.8% 301 [+] 1.2% 25,043 2 -1 0.43%
2000 46% Albert Gore, Jr. (D) 10,668 50.1% George W. Bush (R) 9,717 45.7% 892 [+] 4.2% 21,277 -1 -2 0.43%
1996 44% Bill Clinton* (D) 9,457 47.7% Robert Dole (R) 7,193 36.3% 3,179 [+] 16.0% 19,829 -4 -4 0.44%
1992 49% Bill Clinton (D) 9,072 41.9% George Bush* (R) 7,243 33.4% 5,344 [+] 24.7% 21,659 -3 -4 0.44%
1988 45% George Bush (R) 10,232 52.3% Michael Dukakis (D) 9,104 46.6% 211 [+] 1.1% 19,547 2 -1 0.43%
1984 48% Ronald Reagan* (R) 10,701 54.4% Walter Mondale (D) 8,836 44.9% 131 0.7% 19,668 1 -4 0.41%
1980 49% Ronald Reagan (R) 10,042 52.0% Jimmy Carter* (D) 8,009 41.4% 1,278 [+] 6.6% 19,329 2 1 0.42%
1976 55% Jimmy Carter (D) 10,791 54.0% Gerald Ford* (R) 8,883 44.5% 299 [+] 1.5% 19,973 -3 -4 0.43%
1972 55% Richard Nixon* (R) 11,639 59.0% George McGovern (D) 7,774 39.4% 299 [+] 1.5% 19,712 0 -2 0.43%
1968 67% Hubert Humphrey (D) 10,634 49.3% Richard Nixon (R) 9,954 46.1% 991 [+] 4.6% 21,579 2 3 0.45%
1964 69% Lyndon Johnson* (D) 15,416 67.5% Barry Goldwater (R) 7,309 32.0% 116 0.5% 22,841 -3 -7 0.47%
1960 75% Richard Nixon (R) 12,586 50.3% John Kennedy (D) 12,391 49.5% 55 0.2% 25,032 2 1 0.50%
1956 63% Dwight Eisenhower* (R) 13,150 57.3% Adlai Stevenson (D) 9,722 42.3% 89 0.4% 22,961 1 0 0.50%
1952 61% Dwight Eisenhower (R) 12,283 53.4% Adlai Stevenson (D) 10,571 46.0% 134 0.6% 22,988 1 -2 0.50%
1948 52% Thomas Dewey (R) 9,744 49.8% Harry Truman* (D) 9,438 48.2% 396 [+] 2.0% 19,578 -1 5 0.52%
1944 54% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 11,060 52.7% Thomas Dewey (R) 9,837 46.9% 73 0.3% 20,970 -1 1 0.55%
1940 59% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 12,777 54.5% Wendell Willkie (R) 10,618 45.3% 51 0.2% 23,446 -1 0 0.57%
1936 70% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 14,179 54.9% Alf Landon (R) 11,298 43.8% 334 [+] 1.3% 25,811 3 7 0.62%
1932 55% Herbert Hoover* (R) 9,918 48.5% Franklin Roosevelt (D) 9,874 48.3% 649 [+] 3.2% 20,441 -2 9 0.71%
1928 63% Herbert Hoover (R) 15,047 65.0% Al Smith (D) 8,010 34.6% 98 [+] 0.4% 23,155 0 7 0.73%
1924 50% Calvin Coolidge (R) 10,236 55.5% John Davis (D) 5,150 27.9% 3,041 [+] 16.5% 18,427 -10 2 0.86%
1920 37% Warren Harding (R) 7,900 59.2% James Cox (D) 5,030 37.7% 416 [+] 3.1% 13,346 -7 -1 0.72%
1916 25% Charles Evans Hughes (R) 4,275 49.2% Woodrow Wilson* (D) 4,099 47.2% 319 [+] 3.7% 8,693 -5 3 0.67%
1912 28% Woodrow Wilson (D) 3,652 40.7% Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) 3,598 40.1% 1,733 [+] 19.3% 8,983 -9 -9 0.74%
1908 31% William Taft (R) 4,486 49.2% William J. Bryan (D) 3,890 42.7% 737 [+] 8.1% 9,113 -10 -2 0.72%
1904 31% Theodore Roosevelt (R) 4,505 53.9% Alton Parker (D) 2,998 35.9% 850 [+] 10.2% 8,353 -14 -2 0.68%
1900 34% William McKinley* (R) 4,222 48.8% William J. Bryan (D) 4,149 48.0% 278 [+] 3.2% 8,649 -12 -3 0.74%
* incumbent         PSV: percent of state vote

Historical Statewide Election Results for Carbon County, PA

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YearTypeTurnout WinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal VotesDiff PSV
2024 S1 66% Dave McCormick (R) 22,603 64.4% Bob Casey, Jr.* (D) 11,570 33.0% 898 [+] 2.6% 35,071 16 0.50%
2022 S3 49% Mehmet Oz (R) 15,659 59.7% John Fetterman (D) 9,682 36.9% 891 [+] 3.4% 26,232 13 0.49%
2022 G 49% Doug Mastriano (R) 14,943 56.9% Josh Shapiro (D) 10,743 40.9% 578 [+] 2.2% 26,264 15 0.49%
2018 S1 43% Lou Barletta (R) 13,519 59.9% Bob Casey, Jr.* (D) 8,739 38.7% 316 [+] 1.4% 22,574 17 0.45%
2018 G 43% Scott Wagner (R) 12,476 55.3% Tom Wolf* (D) 9,659 42.8% 407 [+] 1.8% 22,542 15 0.45%
2016 S3 54% Pat Toomey* (R) 16,360 58.0% Katie McGinty (D) 10,086 35.7% 1,770 [+] 6.3% 28,216 9 0.47%
2014 G 33% Tom Wolf (D) 9,163 53.8% Tom Corbett* (R) 7,864 46.2% 0 0.0% 17,027 1 0.49%
2012 S1 49% Tom Smith (R) 12,758 50.5% Bob Casey, Jr.* (D) 11,924 47.2% 589 [+] 2.3% 25,271 6 0.45%
2010 S3 37% Pat Toomey (R) 10,326 54.7% Joe Sestak (D) 8,559 45.3% 0 0.0% 18,885 4 0.47%
2010 G 37% Tom Corbett (R) 11,297 59.1% Dan Onorato (D) 7,834 40.9% 0 0.0% 19,131 5 0.48%
2006 S1 35% Bob Casey, Jr. (D) 9,997 57.3% Rick Santorum* (R) 7,439 42.7% 0 0.0% 17,436 1 0.43%
2006 G 36% Ed Rendell* (D) 10,633 60.6% Lynn Swann (R) 6,917 39.4% 0 0.0% 17,550 0 0.43%
2004 S3 50% Arlen Specter* (R) 13,545 56.2% Joseph Hoeffel (D) 9,593 39.8% 969 [+] 4.0% 24,107 4 0.43%
2002 G 33% Ed Rendell (D) 8,598 54.8% Mike Fisher (R) 6,600 42.1% 496 [+] 3.2% 15,694 -2 0.44%
2000 S1 44% Rick Santorum* (R) 10,598 53.2% Ron Klink (D) 8,878 44.5% 453 [+] 2.3% 19,929 1 0.42%
1998 S3 29% Arlen Specter* (R) 7,353 55.8% Bill Lloyd (D) 5,218 39.6% 618 [+] 4.7% 13,189 -6 0.45%
1998 G 30% Tom Ridge* (R) 7,503 55.0% Ivan Itkin (D) 5,246 38.4% 899 [+] 6.6% 13,648 -2 0.45%
1994 S1 34% Rick Santorum (R) 7,402 49.0% Harris Wofford* (D) 7,260 48.0% 453 [+] 3.0% 15,115 0 0.43%
1994 G 35% Tom Ridge (R) 7,533 48.4% Mark Singel (D) 6,626 42.6% 1,390 [+] 8.9% 15,549 3 0.43%
1992 S3 47% Lynn Yeakel (D) 10,571 51.1% Arlen Specter* (R) 9,500 45.9% 634 [+] 3.1% 20,705 -3 0.43%
1991 S1 37% Harris Wofford (D) 9,443 58.0% Richard Thornburgh (R) 6,827 42.0% 0 0.0% 16,270 -3 0.48%
1990 G 32% Robert Casey* (D) 9,773 70.1% Barbara Hafer (R) 4,169 29.9% 0 0.0% 13,942 -2 0.46%
1988 S1 43% John Heinz* (R) 12,160 66.2% Joseph Vignola (D) 6,024 32.8% 185 [+] 1.0% 18,369 0 0.42%
1986 S3 36% Arlen Specter* (R) 8,073 52.6% Bob Edgar (D) 7,105 46.3% 156 [+] 1.0% 15,334 -4 0.45%
1986 G 37% Robert Casey (D) 8,839 56.7% William Scranton III (R) 6,617 42.4% 144 [+] 0.9% 15,600 -6 0.46%
1982 S1 41% John Heinz* (R) 8,626 52.3% Cyril Wecht (D) 7,678 46.5% 199 [+] 1.2% 16,503 -7 0.46%
1982 G 42% Allen Ertel (D) 9,816 57.5% Richard Thornburgh* (R) 7,107 41.6% 143 [+] 0.8% 17,066 -9 0.46%
1980 S3 47% Arlen Specter (R) 9,369 50.1% Pete Flaherty (D) 9,096 48.6% 245 [+] 1.3% 18,710 0 0.42%
1978 G 44% Richard Thornburgh (R) 8,862 54.7% Pete Flaherty (D) 7,180 44.3% 163 [+] 1.0% 16,205 2 0.43%
1976 S1 53% William Green (D) 10,164 52.0% John Heinz (R) 9,215 47.2% 149 [+] 0.8% 19,528 -5 0.43%
1974 S3 46% Richard Schweiker* (R) 9,328 56.4% Pete Flaherty (D) 6,919 41.9% 279 [+] 1.7% 16,526 3 0.48%
1974 G 46% Milton Shapp* (D) 9,038 54.2% Andrew Lewis (R) 7,408 44.5% 219 [+] 1.3% 16,665 -1 0.48%
1970 S1 55% Hugh Scott* (R) 9,646 52.9% William Sesler (D) 8,205 45.0% 379 [+] 2.1% 18,230 1 0.50%
1970 G 57% Milton Shapp (D) 10,475 56.1% Raymond Broderick (R) 7,797 41.8% 392 [+] 2.1% 18,664 0 0.50%
1968 S3 65% Richard Schweiker (R) 10,728 51.3% Joseph Clark* (D) 9,892 47.3% 309 [+] 1.5% 20,929 -1 0.45%
1966 G 61% Raymond Shafer (R) 10,404 51.8% Milton Shapp (D) 9,416 46.9% 257 [+] 1.3% 20,077 0 0.50%
1964 S1 69% Genevieve Blatt (D) 12,081 53.5% Hugh Scott* (R) 10,405 46.1% 81 [+] 0.4% 22,567 -4 0.47%
1962 S3 68% Joseph Clark* (D) 11,436 50.8% James Van Zandt (R) 11,074 49.1% 23 [+] 0.1% 22,533 0 0.51%
1962 G 68% William Scranton (R) 12,317 54.4% Richardson Dilworth (D) 10,269 45.4% 36 [+] 0.2% 22,622 -1 0.52%
*: incumbent               +: ran on additional party lines               Type: G: Governor; S1,S2,S3: Senate Class 1, 2 or 3
italics: special election           RO: runoff election           PSV: percent of state vote


Historical U.S. House Election Results for Carbon County, PA

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DateDistrictWinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal Votes
2024-11-05 PA07Ryan Mackenzie (R) 22,813 66.3% Susan Wild* (D) 11,614 33.7% 0 0.0% 34,427
County Total for 2024-11-05:   34,427
2022-11-08 PA07Lisa Scheller (R) 16,844 64.7% Susan Wild* (D) 9,189 35.3% 0 0.0% 26,033
County Total for 2022-11-08:   26,033
2020-11-03 PA09Dan Meuser* (R) 22,227 67.4% Gary Wegman (D) 10,768 32.6% 0 0.0% 32,995
County Total for 2020-11-03:   32,995
2018-11-06 PA09Dan Meuser (R) 13,448 60.2% Denny Wolff (D) 8,902 39.8% 0 0.0% 22,350
County Total for 2018-11-06:   22,350
2016-11-08 PA11Lou Barletta* (R) 5,795 69.8% Mike Marsicano (D) 2,508 30.2% 0 0.0% 8,303
2016-11-08 PA17Matt Connolly (R) 11,033 56.7% Matt Cartwright* (D) 8,431 43.3% 0 0.0% 19,464
County Total for 2016-11-08:   27,767
2014-11-04 PA11Lou Barletta* (R) 3,304 70.8% Andy Ostrowski (D) 1,365 29.2% 0 0.0% 4,669
2014-11-04 PA17David Moylan (R) 6,278 52.4% Matt Cartwright* (D) 5,708 47.6% 0 0.0% 11,986
County Total for 2014-11-04:   16,655
2012-11-06 PA11Lou Barletta* (R) 4,698 64.8% Gene Stilp (D) 2,557 35.2% 0 0.0% 7,255
2012-11-06 PA17Matt Cartwright (D) 8,889 51.8% Laureen Cummings (R) 8,279 48.2% 0 0.0% 17,168
County Total for 2012-11-06:   24,423
2010-11-02 PA11Lou Barletta (R) 11,656 61.0% Paul Kanjorski* (D) 7,467 39.0% 0 0.0% 19,123
County Total for 2010-11-02:   19,123
2008-11-04 PA11Lou Barletta (R) 13,905 52.6% Paul Kanjorski* (D) 12,525 47.4% 0 0.0% 26,430
County Total for 2008-11-04:   26,430
2006-11-07 PA11Paul Kanjorski* (D) 12,215 70.4% Joseph Leonardi (R) 5,137 29.6% 0 0.0% 17,352
County Total for 2006-11-07:   17,352
2004-11-02 PA11Paul Kanjorski* (D) 15,662 95.7% Kenneth Brenneman (Constitution) 705 4.3% 0 0.0% 16,367
County Total for 2004-11-02:   16,367
2002-11-05 PA11Paul Kanjorski* (D) 9,258 60.0% Lou Barletta (R) 5,882 38.2% 278 1.8% 15,418
County Total for 2002-11-05:   15,418
2000-11-07 PA11Paul Kanjorski* (D) 13,863 69.0% Stephen Urban (R) 6,233 31.0% 0 0.0% 20,096
County Total for 2000-11-07:   20,096
1996-11-05 PA11Paul Kanjorski* (D) 13,046 70.7% Stephen Urban (R) 5,409 29.3% 0 0.0% 18,455
County Total for 1996-11-05:   18,455
1994-11-08 PA11Paul Kanjorski* (D) 9,089 61.9% Andrew Podolak (R) 5,603 38.1% 0 0.0% 14,692
County Total for 1994-11-08:   14,692
1992-11-03 PA11Paul Kanjorski* (D) 14,231 64.5% Michael Fescina (R) 7,848 35.5% 0 0.0% 22,079
County Total for 1992-11-03:   22,079
*: incumbent           sp: special election           RO: runoff election

Voter Registration Data for Carbon County, PA

YearTotalRepublicanDemocratOtherR/D EdgeR/D Edge %VAPOP %
2025 45,248 23,751 52.5% 14,014 31.0% 7,483 16.5% Rep +9,737 Rep +21.5% 85%
2024 46,071 23,800 51.7% 14,797 32.1% 7,474 16.2% Rep +9,003 Rep +19.5% 87%
2022 44,208 21,754 49.2% 15,559 35.2% 6,895 15.6% Rep +6,195 Rep +14.0% 83%
2020 46,981 21,822 46.4% 17,831 38.0% 7,328 15.6% Rep +3,991 Rep +8.5% 88%
2018 43,179 18,607 43.1% 18,012 41.7% 6,560 15.2% Rep +595 Rep +1.4% 82%
2016 42,221 17,681 41.9% 18,384 43.5% 6,156 14.6% Dem +703 Dem +1.7% 80%
2014 38,738 14,629 37.8% 18,425 47.6% 5,684 14.7% Dem +3,796 Dem +9.8% 74%
2012 39,017 14,722 37.7% 18,991 48.7% 5,304 13.6% Dem +4,269 Dem +10.9% 75%
2010 37,189 13,748 37.0% 18,793 50.5% 4,648 12.5% Dem +5,045 Dem +13.6% 72%
2008 39,596 14,737 37.2% 20,075 50.7% 4,784 12.1% Dem +5,338 Dem +13.5% 78%
2006 36,932 14,629 39.6% 17,992 48.7% 4,311 11.7% Dem +3,363 Dem +9.1% 75%
2004 36,600 14,619 39.9% 17,809 48.7% 4,172 11.4% Dem +3,190 Dem +8.7% 76%
2002 34,496 14,016 40.6% 17,028 49.4% 3,452 10.0% Dem +3,012 Dem +8.7% 73%
2000 33,860 13,755 40.6% 16,826 49.7% 3,279 9.7% Dem +3,071 Dem +9.1% 74%
1998 31,299 12,880 41.2% 15,852 50.6% 2,567 8.2% Dem +2,972 Dem +9.5% 69%
1996 29,349 12,013 40.9% 14,896 50.8% 2,440 8.3% Dem +2,883 Dem +9.8% 65%
1994 25,203 10,510 41.7% 13,295 52.8% 1,398 5.5% Dem +2,785 Dem +11.1% 57%
1992 25,552 10,592 41.5% 13,615 53.3% 1,345 5.3% Dem +3,023 Dem +11.8% 58%
1990 23,831 10,260 43.1% 12,713 53.3% 858 3.6% Dem +2,453 Dem +10.3% 54%
1988 24,552 10,603 43.2% 13,064 53.2% 885 3.6% Dem +2,461 Dem +10.0% 57%
1986 23,804 10,315 43.3% 12,667 53.2% 822 3.5% Dem +2,352 Dem +9.9% 56%
1984 24,531 10,369 42.3% 13,311 54.3% 851 3.5% Dem +2,942 Dem +12.0% 59%
VAPOP% is the estimated percentage of voting age population that is registered.
Registration data may include "inactive" voters.   Data for each year pertains to the November elections.