Editing Carson City, Nevada

{{Short description|Capital city of Nevada, United States}}
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| name               = Carson City, Nevada
| official_name      = Consolidated Municipality of Carson City
| settlement_type    = [[List of capitals in the United States|State capital]] and [[Independent city (United States)|independent city]]
| nicknames          = Carson, CC, The Capitol
| motto              = Proud of its Past...Confident of its Future
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| leader_title       = Mayor
| leader_name        = Lori Bagwell
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| established_date   = {{Start date and age|1858}}
| established_title1 = Incorporated
| established_date1  = {{Start date and age|1875}}
| named_for          = [[Kit Carson]]
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| population_density_sq_mi = 405.71
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| elevation_m        = 1427
| elevation_ft       = 4682
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| area_code          = [[Area code 775|775]]
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'''Carson City''', officially the '''Consolidated Municipality of Carson City''',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Carson City |date=2016-07-26 |title=City Facts |url=https://www.carson.org/our-city/city-facts#ad-image-1 |access-date=2024-09-17 |website=Carson.org}}</ref> is an [[Independent city (United States)|independent city]] and the capital of the U.S. state of [[Nevada]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=City Facts {{!}} Carson City |url=https://www.carson.org/our-city/city-facts |access-date=July 16, 2023 |website=www.carson.org |language=en}}</ref> As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 58,639, making it the [[List of cities in Nevada|6th most populous city]] in the state. The majority of the city's population lives in [[Eagle Valley (Nevada)|Eagle Valley]], on the eastern edge of the [[Carson Range]], a branch of the [[Sierra Nevada]], about {{convert|30|mi|-1}} south of [[Reno, Nevada|Reno]]. The city is named after the [[mountain man]] [[Kit Carson]] (1809-1868). The town began as a stopover for [[California]]-bound immigrants, but developed into a city with the [[Comstock Lode]], a silver strike in the mountains to the northeast. The city has served as Nevada's capital since statehood in 1864; for much of its history it was a hub for the [[Virginia and Truckee Railroad]], although the tracks were removed in 1950.

Before 1969, Carson City was the [[county seat]] of [[Ormsby County, Nevada|Ormsby County]]. That year, after a referendum approved merging the city and the county, the [[state legislature]] issued a revised city charter that merged them into the Consolidated Municipality of Carson City.<ref name=consolidatedmunicipality>{{cite web |url=http://www.carson.org/Index.aspx?page=2 |title=About Carson City |publisher=Carson City |access-date=November 20, 2011 |date=May 29, 2006}}</ref> With the consolidation, the city limits extend west across the [[Sierra Nevada]] to the [[California]]-[[Nevada]] state line in the middle of [[Lake Tahoe]]. Like other independent cities<!-- Carson City is an "independent city", NOT the more common "consolidated city-county". While counties legally survive in the latter (Nashville-Davidson County, TN, or even New Orleans-Orleans Parish, LA although Orleans Parish has *never* been fully independent of NOLA), Ormsby County was completely abolished by its consolidation into Carson City. Thus, Carson City is like Baltimore, St. Louis and the 38 cities of Virginia, all legally independent of ANY county. --> in the United States, it is treated as a [[county-equivalent]] for census purposes.

==History==
[[File:Abraham Curry.png|thumb|upright|left|Abraham Curry]]
[[File:Carson City, 1877.jpg|thumb|Illustration of Carson City in 1877]]
The [[Washoe people]] have inhabited the valley and surrounding areas for about 6,000 years.<ref name="Pritzker">{{cite book|author=Pritzker, Barry M.|title=A Native American Encyclopedia: History, Culture, and Peoples|publisher=Oxford: Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0195138771|year=2000|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/nativeamericanen0000prit}}</ref>

The first [[European American]]s to arrive in what is now known as Eagle Valley were [[John C. Frémont]] and his exploration party in January 1843.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/nevada/carson.htm|title=National Park Service: Three Historic Cities|publisher=Travel Nevada.com|access-date=June 2, 2010}}</ref> Fremont named the river flowing through the valley [[Carson River]] in honor of [[Kit Carson]],(1809-1868), the [[mountain man]], explorer and scout he had hired for his expedition. Later, settlers named the area Washoe, in reference to the indigenous people.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bayer|first=C.W.|title=Profits, plots & lynching; the creation of Nevada Territory|year=1995|publisher=Purple Mountain Press|location=Carson City|isbn=0962889032|page=2}}</ref>

By 1851, the [[Eagle Valley (Nevada)|Eagle Station]] ranch along the Carson River was a trading post and stop-over for westbound travelers and wagons on the [[California Trail]]'s [[California Trail#Carson Trail|Carson Branch]], which ran through [[Eagle Valley (Nevada)|Eagle Valley]]. The valley and trading post received their name from a [[bald eagle]] that was hunted and killed by one of the early settlers and was featured pinned on a wall inside the post.

As the area was part of the larger [[Utah Territory]] (1850-1896), it was governed from the [[state capital|territorial (and later state) capital]] of [[Salt Lake City]] on the eastern shore of the [[Great Salt Lake]], where the territorial government was headquartered there several hundred miles further east with [[Mormon]] ([[The Church of Jesus Christ of  Latter-day Saints]]) patriarch of [[Brigham Young]] (1801-1877), as first [[Governor of Utah]]. Early settlers bristled at the control by Mormon-influenced officials and desired the creation of the provisional [[Nevada Territory]] with [[Isaac Roop]] (1822-1869, served 1859-1861), as provisional Governor. A vigilante group of influential settlers, headed by [[Abraham Curry]] (1815-1873), sought a site for a capital city for the envisioned future separate territory.<ref>{{cite book|last=Oldham|first=Willa|title=Carson City: Nevada's Capital City|year=1991|publisher=Nevada State Museum|location=Carson City, NV|asin=B0006QSL8Q|page=5}}</ref> In 1858, [[Abraham Curry]] bought Eagle Station and the settlement was thereafter renamed Carson City.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cerveri |first1=Doris |title=With Curry's Compliments: The Story of Abraham Curry |date=1990 |publisher=Nostalgia Press |location=Elko, NV |page=13}}</ref> Curry and several other partners had Eagle Valley surveyed for development. Curry decided Carson City would someday serve as the capital city and left a {{convert|10|acre|m2|adj=on}} plot in the center of town for a capitol building.

After [[gold]] and [[silver]] ore were discovered in 1859 on the nearby newly-named [[Comstock Lode]], Carson City's population began to grow. Curry built the Warm Springs Hotel a mile to the east of the town center. When new  territorial governor [[James W. Nye]] (1815-1876, served 1861-1864), traveled east to Nevada, he chose Carson City as the territorial capital instead of earlier [[Genoa, Nevada|Genoa]], which had functioned temporarily as such for the past few years. Influenced by Carson City lawyer [[William M. Stewart]] (1827-1909), who escorted him from the port of [[San Francisco, California]] where he arrived onboard a passenger steamboat liner, then journeying uphill past [[Sacramento]] to Nevada.<ref>{{cite book|last=Hauck|first=Eldon|title=American Capitols|year=1991|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc.|location=Jefferson, NC|page=138}}</ref> As such, Carson City bested [[Virginia City, Nevada|Virginia City]] and American Flat. Curry loaned the Warm Springs Hotel to the territorial Legislature as a temporary meeting hall. The Legislature named Carson City to be the [[county seat]] of [[Ormsby County, Nevada|Ormsby County]] and also selected the hotel as the territorial prison, with Curry serving as its first warden. Today, the property is still part of the state prison.

When Nevada became the 36th [[U.S. state|state]]  in 1864 during the [[American Civil War]] (1861-1865), Carson City was confirmed as Nevada's permanent [[state capital]]. Carson City's development was no longer dependent on the mining industry and instead became a thriving commercial center. The [[Virginia and Truckee Railroad]] was built between [[Virginia City, Nevada|Virginia City]] and [[Carson City]]. A [[log flume]] was also built from the [[Sierra Nevada]] mountains range into Carson City. The current [[Nevada State Capitol]] building was constructed from 1869 to 1871. The [[United States Mint]] also operated its branch of the [[Carson City Mint]] between the years of 1870 and 1893, which struck gold and silver coins of [[United States currency]]. People came from [[China]] during that time, many to work on the  [[transcontinental railroad]] being constructed. Some of them owned businesses and taught school. By 1880, almost a thousand Chinese people, "one for every five Caucasians", lived in Carson City.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/20030925/OPINION/309250201/ |title=Dedicated to Carson's Chinese history |author=Kelli Du Fresne |publisher=Nevada Appeal |access-date=September 7, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407002436/http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/20030925/OPINION/309250201/ |archive-date=April 7, 2012}}</ref>

Carson City's population and transportation traffic decreased when the [[Central Pacific Railroad]] built a branch line through [[Donner Pass]] to connect with the [[Carson and Colorado Railroad]]. The new branch also bypassed the Virginia & Truckee line, and ran too far to the north to benefit Carson City. The city was slightly revitalized with the mining booms in nearby [[Tonopah, Nevada|Tonopah]] and [[Goldfield, Nevada|Goldfield]]. The United States federal building (now renamed the [[Paul Laxalt]] Building) was completed in 1890 as was the [[Stewart Indian School]]. Even these developments could not prevent its population from dropping to just over 1,500 people by 1930. Carson City resigned itself to small city status, advertising itself as "America's smallest capital". The city slowly grew after [[World War II]] (1939/1941-1945); by 1960, it had reached its former 1880 mining boom-town era population size of 80 years before.

===20th-century revitalization and growth===
In 1931, [[gambling]] was legalized in Nevada which increased tourism to Carson City.<ref>{{cite web |title=Carson City |url=https://www.nvexpeditions.com/carsoncity/carson.php |website=Nevada Expeditions |access-date=April 4, 2025}}</ref>

As early as the late 1940s, discussions began about merging Ormsby County and Carson City. By this time, the county was little more than Carson City and a few hamlets to the west. By the 1960 census, all but 2,900 of the county's residents lived in Carson City. However, the effort did not pay off until 1966, when a statewide referendum approved the merger. The required constitutional amendment was passed in 1968. On April 1, 1969, Ormsby County and Carson City officially merged as the Consolidated Municipality of Carson City.<ref name=consolidatedmunicipality /> With this consolidation, Carson City absorbed former town sites such as [[Empire City, Nevada|Empire City]], which had grown up in the 1860s as a milling center along the Carson River and current [[U.S. Route 50 in Nevada|U.S. Route 50]]. Carson City could now advertise itself as one of America's largest state capitals with its {{convert|146|sqmi|km2}} of city limits.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.carson.org/Index.aspx?page=140|title=Carson City: History|author=Carson City Government|access-date=February 6, 2021|archive-date=July 25, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725141732/http://www.carson.org/Index.aspx?page=140|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 1991, the city adopted a downtown master plan, specifying no building within {{convert|500|ft|m|abbr=off}} of the capitol would surpass it in height. This plan effectively prohibited future high-rise development in the center of downtown.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/ci/?id=carsoncity-nv-usa |title=About Carson City |author=Staff Writer |publisher=Emporis |access-date=May 23, 2021 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023125134/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/ci/?id=carsoncity-nv-usa |archive-date=October 23, 2012}}</ref> The [[Ormsby House]] is the tallest building in downtown Carson City, at a height of {{convert|117|feet}}. The structure was completed in 1972.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emporis.com/city/carsoncity-nv-usa/all-buildings/highrise |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023143701/http://www.emporis.com/city/carsoncity-nv-usa/all-buildings/highrise |url-status=usurped |archive-date=October 23, 2012 |title=Carson City High Rise Buildings |publisher=Emporis.com |access-date=January 17, 2013}}</ref>

==Geography==
Most of the city proper resides in the [[Eagle Valley (Nevada)|Eagle Valley]]. The [[Carson River]] flows from Douglas County through the southwestern edge of both the valley and Carson City. Since the consolidation, the city limits today include several small populated areas outside of this valley. Today the city limits include several peaks in the [[Sierra Nevada]], small portions of both the [[Virginia Range]] and the [[Pine Nut Mountains]] and portions of [[Marlette Lake]] and [[Lake Tahoe]]. The highest elevation in city limits is [[Snow Valley Peak]] at an elevation of {{convert|9214|ft|m}}.<ref name=benchmark>{{cite map|author=Benchmark Maps|year=2003|title=Nevada Road and Recreation Atlas|edition=2003|scale=1:280,000|location=Medford, OR|publisher=Benchmark Maps|isbn=0-929591-81-X}}</ref> Carson City is one of two state capitals that border another state, the other being [[Trenton, New Jersey]].

===Climate===
[[File:Monthly Climate Normals (1991-2020) - CARSON CITY, NV.svg|thumb|left|Climate chart for Carson City]]
Carson City features a [[cold semi-arid climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]]: ''BSk'', [[Trewartha climate classification|Trewartha]]: ''BSak'') with cold winters and hot summers. The city is in a high desert river valley approximately {{convert|4802|ft|m}} above sea level. There are four fairly distinct seasons. Winters see typically light to moderate snowfall, with an average of {{convert|14.0|in|m|sigfig=2}}, with the most snowfall being {{convert|82.1|in|m|sigfig=2}} from July 1951 to June 1952 and the least {{convert|3.1|in|m|sigfig=2}} from July 2002 to June 2003. Most precipitation occurs in winter and spring, with summer and fall being fairly dry, drier than neighboring California. The wettest “rain year” was from July 1937 to June 1938 with {{convert|19.36|in|mm|1}} and the driest from July 1971 to June 1972 with {{convert|3.48|in|mm|1}}. The most precipitation in one month occurred in December 1955 when {{convert|10.39|in|mm|1|disp=or}} fell and the most snowfall {{convert|34.5|in|m|sigfig=2|disp=or}} in March 1952. The most precipitation in one day has been {{convert|3.12|in|mm|1|disp=or}} on November 19 of 1950.

There are 39.5 afternoons of {{convert|90|°F|1}}+ highs annually, with {{convert|100|°F|1}}+ temperatures occurring 1.2 afternoons per year.<ref name = NOAA /> The hottest month has been July 2021 with an average of {{convert|77.6|F|C|1}}, the hottest temperature {{convert|107|F|C|1}} on July 19, 1931, and the highest minimum {{convert|75|F|C|1}} on August 1, 2022.

There are 125 mornings with lows below freezing, but afternoon maxima top {{convert|50|F|C|disp=or}} on all but 52 days, and top freezing on all but five. Temperatures below {{convert|0|F|C|1|disp=or}} are very rare, occurring about twice per winter and frequently not occurring at all. The coldest temperature in Carson City has been {{convert|&minus;27|F|C|1|disp=or}} on January 21, 1937, the lowest maximum {{convert|5|F|C|disp=or}} on December 12, 1932, and December 22, 1990, and the coldest month January 1949 with a mean temperature of {{convert|12.6|F|C|1}}, although January 1937 at {{convert|14.9|F|C|1|}} is the only other month below {{convert|21|F|C|1|disp=or}}.

The average temperature in Carson City increased by {{convert|4.1|F-change}} between 1984 and 2014, a greater change than in any other city in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/carson-city-leads-nation-warming-trend|title=Carson City leads nation in warming trend|last=Chereb|first=Sandra|date=June 4, 2014|publisher=The Associated Press|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714214529/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/carson-city-leads-nation-warming-trend|archive-date=July 14, 2014|access-date=October 7, 2017}}</ref>

{{Weather box
|location = Carson City, Nevada, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1893–present
|single line = Y
|Jan record high F = 72
|Feb record high F = 76
|Mar record high F = 81
|Apr record high F = 88
|May record high F = 94
|Jun record high F = 101
|Jul record high F = 107
|Aug record high F = 105
|Sep record high F = 103
|Oct record high F = 93
|Nov record high F = 79
|Dec record high F = 75
|Jan avg record high F = 59.3
|Feb avg record high F = 62.4
|Mar avg record high F = 70.7
|Apr avg record high F = 77.9
|May avg record high F = 85.6
|Jun avg record high F = 93.6
|Jul avg record high F = 99.0
|Aug avg record high F = 96.5
|Sep avg record high F = 91.9
|Oct avg record high F = 82.7
|Nov avg record high F = 70.7
|Dec avg record high F = 60.5
|year avg record high F = 99.7
|Jan high F = 45.5
|Feb high F = 49.5
|Mar high F = 56.2
|Apr high F = 61.7
|May high F = 70.4
|Jun high F = 80.9
|Jul high F = 89.5
|Aug high F = 87.8
|Sep high F = 80.7
|Oct high F = 68.0
|Nov high F = 54.5
|Dec high F = 44.6
|year high F = 65.8
|Jan mean F = 34.8
|Feb mean F = 38.3
|Mar mean F = 43.9
|Apr mean F = 48.8
|May mean F = 56.6
|Jun mean F = 65.0
|Jul mean F = 72.1
|Aug mean F = 70.2
|Sep mean F = 63.1
|Oct mean F = 52.2
|Nov mean F = 41.4
|Dec mean F = 34.2
|year mean F = 51.7
|Jan low F = 24.1
|Feb low F = 27.1
|Mar low F = 31.6
|Apr low F = 35.8
|May low F = 42.9
|Jun low F = 49.2
|Jul low F = 54.8
|Aug low F = 52.5
|Sep low F = 45.6
|Oct low F = 36.3
|Nov low F = 28.4
|Dec low F = 23.9
|year low F = 37.7
|Jan avg record low F = 6.9
|Feb avg record low F = 11.7
|Mar avg record low F = 17.4
|Apr avg record low F = 22.3
|May avg record low F = 29.7
|Jun avg record low F = 35.8
|Jul avg record low F = 44.4
|Aug avg record low F = 42.1
|Sep avg record low F = 34.3
|Oct avg record low F = 21.8
|Nov avg record low F = 11.4
|Dec avg record low F = 6.2
|year avg record low F = 0.6
|Jan record low F = −27
|Feb record low F = −22
|Mar record low F = −5
|Apr record low F = 3
|May record low F = 18
|Jun record low F = 25
|Jul record low F = 33
|Aug record low F = 26
|Sep record low F = 17
|Oct record low F = 6
|Nov record low F = −5
|Dec record low F = −26
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 1.72
|Feb precipitation inch = 1.48
|Mar precipitation inch = 1.24
|Apr precipitation inch = 0.51
|May precipitation inch = 0.51
|Jun precipitation inch = 0.37
|Jul precipitation inch = 0.18
|Aug precipitation inch = 0.14
|Sep precipitation inch = 0.24
|Oct precipitation inch = 0.55
|Nov precipitation inch = 0.90
|Dec precipitation inch = 1.50
|year precipitation inch = 9.34
|Jan snow inch = 3.6
|Feb snow inch = 1.7
|Mar snow inch = 1.6
|Apr snow inch = 0.0
|May snow inch = 0.0
|Jun snow inch = 0.0
|Jul snow inch = 0.0
|Aug snow inch = 0.0
|Sep snow inch = 0.0
|Oct snow inch = 0.0
|Nov snow inch = 0.7
|Dec snow inch = 6.4
|year snow inch = 14.0
|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 6.2
|Feb precipitation days = 5.6
|Mar precipitation days = 4.8
|Apr precipitation days = 3.2
|May precipitation days = 3.4
|Jun precipitation days = 1.7
|Jul precipitation days = 0.9
|Aug precipitation days = 1.0
|Sep precipitation days = 1.1
|Oct precipitation days = 2.4
|Nov precipitation days = 3.3
|Dec precipitation days = 4.8
|year precipitation days = 38.4
|unit snow days = 0.1 in
|Jan snow days = 1.8
|Feb snow days = 1.4
|Mar snow days = 1.0
|Apr snow days = 0.1
|May snow days = 0.0
|Jun snow days = 0.0
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.0
|Oct snow days = 0.0
|Nov snow days = 0.6
|Dec snow days = 1.4
|year snow days = 6.3
|source 1 = NOAA<ref name=NOAA>
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|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access
|access-date = September 17, 2022
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230815133055/https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00261485&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL
|archive-date = August 15, 2023
}}
</ref>
|source 2 = National Weather Service<ref name = NOWData>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/Climate?wfo=rev
|publisher = National Weather Service
|title = NOAA Online Weather Data
|access-date = September 17, 2022
}}
</ref>
}}

===Places of interest===
{{See also|National Register of Historic Places listings in Carson City, Nevada}}

====Museums====
* [[Nevada State Capitol]] – original capitol still housing the governor's offices with museum exhibits
* [[Nevada State Museum, Carson City|Nevada State Museum]] – former branch of the [[United States Mint]] featuring rock, mining and prehistoric exhibits, and a recreated [[Wild West]] village
* [[Nevada State Railroad Museum]] – featuring the [[Virginia and Truckee 22 Inyo|Inyo]] locomotive and relocated Wabuska Railroad Station
* [[Stewart Indian School]] – museum collection includes items from former faculty, students and school<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/nevada/ste.htm |title=Stewart Indian School – Three Historic Nevada Cities: Carson City, Reno and Virginia City – A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary |publisher=Nps.gov |access-date=January 17, 2013}}</ref>
* Foreman-Roberts House Museum<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cchistorical.org/historicrobertshouse.htm |title=The Historic James Doane Roberts House |publisher=Cchistorical.org |access-date=January 17, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130828084453/https://cchistorical.org/historicrobertshouse.htm |archive-date=August 28, 2013  }}</ref> – Gothic Revival architecture, tours available.
* [[Sears–Ferris House]]<ref>http://nevadaculture.org/nsla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=725&Itemid=95 {{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> (not open to public) – home of [[George Washington Gale Ferris Jr.]], inventor of the [[Ferris wheel]]
[[Image:Secret Beach - Lake Tahoe East Shore.jpg|thumb|right|Secret Harbor Beach, Lake Tahoe]]
* Yesterday's Flyers, an aviation museum in Carson City.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aviationmuseum.eu/World/North_America/USA/Nevada/Carson_City/Yesterdays_Flyers.htm |title=Yesterday's Flyers |access-date=April 19, 2012}}</ref>
* Children's Museum of Northern Nevada – Carson City

====Open land====
* Silver Saddle Ranch
* Mexican Dam – 1860s stone dam across the Carson River
* Prison Hill – [[California Trail]] historic markers, location of the Stewart "S"
* Carson Aquatic Trail
* [[Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest]] ([[Carson Ranger District]])
** Kings Canyon Falls
** [[Snow Valley Peak]] – {{convert|9214|ft|m|abbr=on}} – highest point within Carson City
* [[Tahoe Rim Trail]]
* [[Lake Tahoe–Nevada State Park]]
* Lake Tahoe beachfront (several beaches along Lake Tahoe lie within the city limits)
** [[Chimney Beach]]
** Secret Harbor
** [[Whale Beach (Nevada)|Whale Beach]]
** Skunk Harbor
* [[Washoe Lake State Park]] – borders city to the north
* "C Hill" – hill featuring the Carson City "C" and giant American Flag

==Demographics==
{{see also|Race and ethnicity in the United States Census}}
Carson City is the smallest of the United States' 366 [[metropolitan statistical area]]s.

{{US Census population
|1850= 714
|1860= 714
|1870= 3042
|1880= 4229
|1890= 3950
|1900= 2100
|1910= 2466
|1920= 1685
|1930= 1596
|1940= 2478
|1950= 3082
|1960= 5163
|1970= 15468
|1980= 32022
|1990= 40443
|2000= 52457
|2010= 55274
|2020= 58639
|estyear=2024
|estimate=58148
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2024">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-counties-total.html|title=County Population Totals and Components of Change: 2020-2024|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=May 15, 2025}}</ref>
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=December 20, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130412035529/http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|archive-date=April 12, 2013 }}</ref><br />1790–1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=December 20, 2014|archive-date=August 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120811110448/http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/|url-status=dead}}</ref> 1900–1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/nv190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=December 20, 2014}}</ref><br />1990–2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327165705/http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-date=March 27, 2010 |url-status=live|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=December 20, 2014}}</ref>
}}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Racial Composition
|-
! Race ''<small>(NH = Non-Hispanic)</small>'' !! % 2020<ref>{{cite web |title=HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE (2020) |url=https://data.census.gov/table?t=Race+and+Ethnicity&g=160XX00US3209700&d=DEC+Demographic+and+Housing+Characteristics |website=data.census.gov |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref> !! % 2010<ref>{{cite web |title=HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE (2010) |url=https://data.census.gov/table?t=Race+and+Ethnicity&g=160XX00US3209700&y=2010 |website=data.census.gov |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref> !! % 2000<ref>{{cite book |title=Nevada: 2000 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |pages=18-19 |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2002/dec/phc-1-30.pdf}}</ref> !! Pop. 2020 !! Pop. 2010 !! Pop. 2000
|-
| White Alone (NH) || 63.2%|| 70.7%|| 78.5%|| 37,064|| 39,083|| 41,204
|-
| Black Alone (NH) || 1.8%|| 1.8%|| 1.7%|| 1,079|| 1,003|| 909
|-
| American Indian Alone (NH) || 1.8%|| 2%|| 2.1%|| 1,072|| 1,096|| 1,126
|-
| Asian Alone (NH) || 2.3%|| 2.1%|| 1.7%|| 1,358|| 1,139|| 895
|-
| Pacific Islander Alone (NH) || 0.2%|| 0.2%|| 0.1%|| 110|| 91|| 65
|-
| Other Race Alone (NH) || 0.5%|| 0.1%|| 0.1%|| 292|| 67|| 65
|-
| Multiracial (NH) || 4.8%|| 1.8%|| 1.4%|| 2,794|| 1,018|| 727
|-
| Hispanic (Any race) || 25.4%|| 21.3%|| 14.2%|| 14,870|| 11,777|| 7,466
|}

As of the 2010 census, there were 55,274 people, 20,171 households, and 13,252 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|366|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people}}. There were 21,283 housing units at an average density of {{convert|148|/mi2|/km2}}. The racial makeup of the city was 81.1% White, 1.9% [[African Americans|Black or African American]], 2.4% [[indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native American]], 2.1% [[Asian Americans|Asian]], 0.2% Pacific Islander, 9.4% from other races, and 2.9% from two or more races. 21% of the population were [[Hispanic]] or [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Latino]] of any race.

As of the 2000 census, there were 20,171 households, out of which 29.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.0% were married couples living together, 11.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.3% were non-families. 27.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.00% had someone living alone who was 65&nbsp;years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.97. The city's age distribution was: 23.4% under the age of 18, 7.9% from 18 to 24, 28.9% from 25 to 44, 24.9% from 45 to 64, and 14.9% who were 65&nbsp;years of age or older. The median age was 39&nbsp;years. For every 100 females, there were 106.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 108.2 males.

Data from the 2000 census indicates the median income for a household in the city was $41,809, and the median income for a family was $49,570. Males had a median income of $35,296 versus $27,418 for females. The per capita income for the city was $20,943. 10.0% of the population and 6.9% of families were below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 13.7% of those under the age of 18 and 5.8% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.

===Languages===
As of 2010, 82.3% (42,697) of Carson City residents age 5 and older spoke [[English language|English]] at home as a [[first language]], while 14.1% (7,325) spoke [[Spanish language|Spanish]], 0.6% (318) [[French language|French]], and numerous [[Indo-Aryan languages]] were spoken as a main language by 0.5% (261) of the population over the age of five. In total, 17.7% (9,174) of Carson City's population age 5 and older spoke a first language other than English.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mla.org/cgi-shl/docstudio/docs.pl?map_data_results |title=Carson City (city) County, Nevada |publisher=[[Modern Language Association]] |access-date=August 10, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130815140430/http://www.mla.org/cgi-shl/docstudio/docs.pl?map_data_results |archive-date=August 15, 2013  }}</ref>

==Government and politics==
{{see also|List of mayors of Carson City, Nevada}}
Ormsby County [[consolidated city-county|consolidated with]] Carson City in 1969, and the county simultaneously dissolved.<ref name="Board">[http://www.carson.org/index.aspx?page=67 Board of Supervisors] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702083726/http://www.carson.org/index.aspx?page=67 |date=July 2, 2015 }}, Carson City.</ref> The city is now governed by a five-member board of supervisors, consisting of a mayor and four supervisors.<ref name="Board"/> All members are elected [[at-large]], but each of the four supervisors must reside in respective wards, numbered 1 through 4.<ref name="Board"/> The mayor and supervisors serve four year terms. Elections are staggered so the mayor and the supervisors from Wards 2 and Ward 4 are elected in presidential election years, and the supervisors from Wards 1 and 3 are elected in the even-numbered years in between (i.e., the same year as gubernatorial elections).<ref name="Board"/>

The city is generally considered a Republican stronghold, often voting for Republicans by wide margins. In 2004, [[George W. Bush]] defeated [[John Kerry]] 57–40%. In 2008, however, [[Barack Obama]] became the first Democrat since 1964 to win Ormsby County/Carson City, defeating [[John McCain]] 49–48%, by 204 votes, a margin of under 1%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.carson.org/Index.aspx?page=95|title=Carson City Politics|page=95|publisher=carson.org|access-date=January 17, 2013|archive-date=July 22, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722030204/http://www.carson.org/Index.aspx?page=95|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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Carson City, being the state capital, has seen many political protests and demonstrations.<ref>{{cite news|author=Terri Russell|url=http://www.kolotv.com/home/headlines/Advocates-Protest-Horse-Slaughter--185716392.html|title=Advocates Protest Horse Slaughter|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150525034123/http://www.kolotv.com/home/headlines/Advocates-Protest-Horse-Slaughter--185716392.html |archive-date=May 25, 2015|work=KOLO News|date=January 5, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/military/world-war-ii-korea-veterans-join-anti-war-protests-carson-city|title=World War II, Korea veterans join anti-war protests in Carson City |newspaper=Las Vegas Review Journal}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Chereb, Sandra|title=Protestors in Carson City Objecting to Education Cuts|agency=Associated Press|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/nevada-legislature/protesters-carson-city-objecting-education-cuts?c=n|newspaper=Las Vegas Review Journal|publisher=Stephens Media|date=March 21, 2011|access-date=January 13, 2015}}</ref>

In an attempt to either make a proposed spent nuclear fuel storage facility at [[Yucca Mountain]] prohibitively expensive (by raising property tax rates to the maximum allowed) or to allow the state to collect the potential federal payments of property taxes on the facility, the state government in 1987 carved Yucca Mountain out of [[Nye County, Nevada|Nye County]] and created a new county with no residents out of the area surrounding Yucca called [[Bullfrog County, Nevada|Bullfrog County]]. Carson City became the county seat of Bullfrog County, even though it was not in Bullfrog County and is more than {{convert|100|mi|km}} from Yucca Mountain. A state judge found the process unconstitutional in 1989, and Bullfrog County's territory was retroceded to Nye County.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-11-01-mn-18055-story.html|title=Nevada Governor Gives Up on Bullfrog County|agency=[[Associated Press]]|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=November 1, 1987|access-date=November 10, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Titus |first=A. Costandina|author-link=Dina Titus|date=1990 |title=Bullfrog County: A Nevada Response to Federal Nuclear-Waste Disposal Policy |journal=Publius: The Journal of Federalism |volume=20 |issue=1 |pages=123–35 |doi=10.1093/oxfordjournals.pubjof.a037849 }}</ref>

==Culture==
===Sports and recreation===
Carson City has never hosted any professional team sports. However, a variety of sports are offered at parks and recreation.<ref name="CCRL">{{cite web|url=http://www.carson.org/Index.aspx?page=1248|title=Carson City Recreation|last=Staff Writer|date=May 14, 2010|publisher=Carson City|access-date=March 6, 2010|archive-date=August 7, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807121726/http://www.carson.org/Index.aspx?page=1248|url-status=dead}}</ref> Many neighborhood parks offer a wide variety of features including picnic tables, beaches, restrooms, fishing, softball, basketball hoops, ponds, tennis, and volleyball. The largest park is Mills Park, which has a total land area of {{convert|51|acre|km2}} and includes the {{RailGauge|2ft|lk=on}} [[narrow-gauge railway|narrow-gauge]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.steamlocomotive.info/vlocomotive.cfm?Display=5539|title=Carson City & Mills Park RR No. 3|access-date=December 25, 2017}}</ref> Carson & Mills Park Railroad.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.carson-city.nv.us/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=23413 |title=Parks in Carson City |last=Staff Writer |publisher=Carson City |access-date=March 6, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716024220/http://www.carson-city.nv.us/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=23413 |archive-date=July 16, 2011 }}</ref>
While there are no ski slopes within Carson City, the city is near the [[Heavenly Mountain Resort]], [[Diamond Peak (ski area)|Diamond Peak]] and [[Mount Rose Ski Tahoe]] skiing areas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?oe=utf-8&q=Ski+resorts+near+Carson+City,+Nevada&fb=1&gl=us&hq=Ski+resorts&hnear=Carson+City,+NV&view=text&oi=local_group|title=Ski resort near Carson City|author=Staff Writer|publisher=Google Maps|access-date=March 6, 2010}}</ref> Carson City houses the 2024 #1 rated [[disc golf]] course in Nevada, Stadium Course At Carson Ridge.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://udisc.com/blog/post/5-best-disc-golf-courses-in-each-us-state-2024#Nevada-best-disc-golf-courses|title=The 5 Best Disc Golf Courses In Each U.S. State: 2024|author=Alex Williamson|publisher=uDisc|date=May 14, 2024}}</ref>

==Notable people==
Carson City has served as one of the state's centers for politics and business. Every [[List of governors of Nevada|state governor]] since [[Denver S. Dickerson]] has resided in the [[Nevada Governor's Mansion|Governor's Mansion]] in Carson City.<ref name="Early-Carson-p60">{{cite book|last=Ballew|first=Susan J.|author2=Dolan, L. Trent|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uRuaIrzRP2cC&q=dickerson&pg=PA60|title=Early Carson City|publisher=[[Arcadia Publishing]]|page=60|year=2010|access-date=November 20, 2010|isbn=978-0-7385-7158-4}}</ref> The following personalities took up residence in Carson City at some point in their lives.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visitcarsoncity.com/history/personalities.php |title=Historic Personalities |publisher=Visitcarsoncity.com |access-date=January 17, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116095139/https://www.visitcarsoncity.com/history/personalities.php |archive-date=January 16, 2013  }}</ref>
* [[Mackena Bell]], racing driver
* [[Duane Leroy Bliss]], timber businessman<ref>{{cite web|title=Duane Leroy Bliss |url=http://www.visitcarsoncity.com/history/people/duane_bliss.php |publisher=Carson City Convention & Visitors Bureau |access-date=September 19, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053758/http://www.visitcarsoncity.com/history/people/duane_bliss.php |archive-date=September 21, 2013 }}</ref>
* [[Orion Clemens]], Secretary of Nevada Territory<ref>{{cite web|title=Orion Clemens|url=http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/nevada/ori.htm|publisher=nps.gov|access-date=September 19, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Steven S. Coughlin]], American epidemiologist and author
* [[John Cradlebaugh]], first Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from Nevada Territory<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000850|title=Cradlebaugh, John – Biographical Information|website=bioguide.congress.gov|access-date=December 25, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Abraham Curry]], founding father of Carson City and early politician<ref>{{cite web|title=Abraham Curry |url=http://www.visitcarsoncity.com/history/people/abe_curry.php |publisher=Carson City Convention & Visitors Bureau |access-date=September 19, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055233/http://www.visitcarsoncity.com/history/people/abe_curry.php |archive-date=September 21, 2013  }}</ref>
* [[Dat So La Lee]], Native American basket weaver and artist<ref>{{cite web|title=Dat-So-La-Lee|url=http://www.californiabaskets.com/pages/specialitems/dat.html|publisher=californiabaskets.com|access-date=September 19, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Nellie Verrill Mighels Davis]], journalist<ref>{{cite web|title=Nellie Verrill Mighels Davis|url=http://www.unr.edu/nwhp/bios/women/davis.htm|publisher=.unr.edu|access-date=September 19, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055927/http://www.unr.edu/nwhp/bios/women/davis.htm|archive-date=September 21, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[David Eddings]], best selling author of fantasy novels<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/education/index.ssf/2009/07/fantasy_writer_leaves_reed_18.html |title=Fantasy writer David Eddings leaves Reed College $18 million |first=Suzanne |last=Pardington |newspaper=[[The Oregonian]] |date=July 15, 2009 |access-date=August 25, 2014}}</ref>
* [[George Washington Gale Ferris Jr.]], inventor of the [[Ferris wheel]]<ref>{{cite web|title=George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr. |url=http://www.visitcarsoncity.com/history/people/george_ferris.php |publisher=Carson City Convention & Visitors Bureau |access-date=September 19, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130204234648/http://www.visitcarsoncity.com/history/people/george_ferris.php |archive-date=February 4, 2013 }}</ref>
* [[Ellen Hopkins]], author<ref>{{cite web |url=http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Ellen-Hopkins/20799681 |title=Ellen Hopkins |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |access-date=August 25, 2014}}</ref>
* [[Paul Laxalt]], former Governor and U.S. Senator<ref name=Moreno>{{cite book |last1=Moreno |first1=Richard |title=A short history of Carson City |date=2011 |publisher=University of Nevada Press |location=Reno |isbn=978-0874178364 |pages=128–29 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n4LFvHSs4pUC&pg=PA129 |access-date=September 11, 2015}}</ref>
* [[Greg LeMond]], two time World Champion road racing cyclist, and three-time winner of the Tour de France<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/health/la-he-greg-lemond-20150221-column.html|title=Once shunned, Greg LeMond returns to biking world and road to success|last=Wallack|first=Roy|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=January 20, 2017|date=February 20, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/greg-lemonds-five-greatest-wins-167285 |title=Greg LeMond's five greatest wins |date=April 20, 2015 |newspaper=Cycling Weekly |language=en-US |access-date=January 20, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Alice Little]], Irish-American sex-worker and advocate<ref name="schrager">{{cite web |last1=Schrager |first1=Allison |first2=Siyi |last2=Chen |title=Alice Little: The shortest legal escort in Nevada is a bed and breakfast owner |url=https://qz.com/779424/the-shortest-legal-prostitute-in-nevada-is-also-her-brothels-top-booker/ |website=[[Quartz (publication)|quartz]] |publisher=Uzabase |access-date=August 31, 2020 |date=September 23, 2016}}</ref>
* [[David Lundquist]], Major League baseball player (Chicago White Sox)<ref>{{cite web |title=David Lundquist  |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/news.cgi?id=lundqda01 |publisher=Baseball Reference |access-date=September 23, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Maurice E. McLoughlin]], two-time U.S. Open champion, member of [[International Tennis Hall of Fame]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tennisfame.com/hall-of-famers/maurice-mcloughlin |title=Maurice McLoughlin |publisher=[[International Tennis Hall of Fame]] |access-date=August 25, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130920100043/https://www.tennisfame.com/hall-of-famers/maurice-mcloughlin |archive-date=September 20, 2013  }}</ref>
* [[Henry Rust Mighels]], journalist, politician, first husband of Nellie Verrill Mighels Davis<ref>{{Cite web|title=Henry R. Mighels {{!}} Carson City|url=https://www.carson.org/government/departments-g-z/parks-recreation-open-space/cemeteries/lone-mountain-cemetery/politicians-buried-in-lone-mountain-cemetery/henry-r-mighels|access-date=February 22, 2022|website=www.carson.org}}</ref>
* [[Hank Monk]], stagecoach driver<ref>{{cite web|title=Hank Monk |url=http://www.visitcarsoncity.com/history/people/hank_monk.php |publisher=Carson City Convention & Visitors Bureau |access-date=September 23, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130131033126/https://www.visitcarsoncity.com/history/people/hank_monk.php |archive-date=January 31, 2013  }}</ref>
* [[William Ormsby]], soldier and namesake of [[Ormsby County]] and [[Ormsby House]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Schrantz |first=Scott |url=http://aroundcarson.com/2006/05/06/the_two_houses_of_ormsby_then_and_now/ |title=The Two Houses of Ormsby Then and Now |publisher=Aroundcarson.com |date=May 6, 2006 |access-date=December 28, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Donovan Osborne]], Major League baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals)<ref>{{cite web |title=Donovan Osborne |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/o/osbordo01.shtml |publisher=Baseball Reference |access-date=September 23, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Darrell Rasner]], Major League baseball player (New York Yankees)<ref>{{cite web|title=Darrell Rasner |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rasneda01.shtml |publisher=Baseball Reference |access-date=September 23, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Don Tatro]], member of the [[Nevada Senate]]<ref>{{Cite web|author=Staff Report|title=Don Tatro to run for state Senator District 16|url=http://www.nevadaappeal.com/news/2022/jan/31/don-tatro-run-state-senator-district-16/|access-date=February 4, 2022|website=www.nevadaappeal.com}}</ref>
* [[Mark Twain]], author (lived with his brother Orion Clemens)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.visitcarsoncity.com/history/people/mark_twain.php |title=Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) – Carson City |publisher=Visitcarsoncity.com |access-date=January 17, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130204234729/https://www.visitcarsoncity.com/history/people/mark_twain.php |archive-date=February 4, 2013  }}</ref>
* [[Matt Williams (third baseman)|Matt Williams]], Major League third baseman (San Francisco Giants, Cleveland Indians, and Arizona Diamondbacks)<ref>{{cite web |title=Matt Williams |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/willima04.shtml |publisher=Baseball Reference |access-date=September 23, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Sarah Winnemucca]], Native American activist and author<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/2017-legislature/sarah-winnemucca-may-get-her-day-in-nevada/ |title=Sarah Winnemucca may get her day in Nevada |date=April 11, 2017 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |access-date=March 31, 2018 |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Economy and infrastructure==
The following is a list of notable employers in Carson City from the fourth quarter of 2012:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nevadaworkforce.com/admin/uploadedPublications/2546_Carson_City.xls |title=Nevada Workforce |access-date=January 17, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316122427/https://www.nevadaworkforce.com/admin/uploadedPublications/2546_Carson_City.xls |archive-date=March 16, 2012  }}</ref>

'''1,000–1,499 employees'''
* [[Carson City School District]]
'''500–999 employees'''
* [[Nevada Department of Transportation]]
* [[Western Nevada College]]
'''200–499 employees'''
* [[Nevada Department of Corrections]]
* [[Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles]]
* [[Casino Fandango]]
* [[Walmart]]
* [[Precision Castparts Corp.]]
* [[Gold Dust West Hotel and Casino]]
* [[Carson Nugget]]
* [[Costco Wholesale Corporation]]
* [[Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources]]
'''100–199 employees'''
* [[Nevada Department of Health and Human Services]], Division of Welfare and Supportive Services

===Transportation===
[[File:US395SouthofCarsonCity.jpg|thumb|left|Looking south on [[U.S. Route 395 in Nevada|US 395]], just south of [[U.S. Route 50 in Nevada|US 50]] in [[Douglas County, Nevada|Douglas County]] near Carson City]]
There are four highways in the city: [[Nevada State Route 28]], [[U.S. Route 395]], [[U.S. Route 50]], and [[Interstate 580 (Nevada)|Interstate 580]], its only freeway. Phase 1 of the Carson City Freeway Project from US 395, just north of the city, to US 50 was completed in February 2006, and Phase 2A, extending from Rt. 50 to Fairview Drive, was officially opened on September 24, 2009. Phase 2B, Fairview Drive to Rt. 50, was completed in August 2017. Prior to 2012, Carson City was one of the only five state capitals not directly served by an interstate highway until I-580 was extended into the city limits.

Carson City's first modern bus system, [[Jump Around Carson]], or JAC, opened to the public in October 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://carson.org/residents/community-links/services/jac-jump-around-carson/about-jac|title=About JAC – Carson City|website=carson.org|access-date=December 25, 2017|archive-date=August 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804214912/http://carson.org/residents/community-links/services/jac-jump-around-carson/about-jac|url-status=dead}}</ref> JAC uses a smaller urban bus ideal for Carson City.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.carson.org/Index.aspx?page=1436|title=Jump Around Carson|author=Staff Writer|publisher=Jump Around Carson|access-date=January 17, 2013|archive-date=January 21, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130121034500/http://www.carson.org/Index.aspx?page=1436|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Tahoe Transportation District]] connects [[Gardnerville, Nevada|Gardnerville]] with Carson City.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tahoetransportation.org/routes/route-19x/|title = Route 19X – Tahoe Transportation District}}</ref>

However, there is virtually no ground public transportation to other destinations. Passenger trains have not served Carson City since 1950, when the [[Virginia and Truckee Railroad]] was shut down. [[Greyhound Lines]] stopped their bus services to the town in 2006 and [[Amtrak]] discontinued their connecting thruway bus to [[Sacramento, California]], in 2008. There is now only a limited Monday – Friday [[Regional Transportation Commission of Washoe County|RTC]] bus service,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rtcwashoe.com/public-transportation/|title=RTC Public Transportation|access-date=December 28, 2013}}</ref> to [[Reno, Nevada|Reno]] which is still served by both Greyhound and Amtrak, as well as [[Eastern Sierra Transit Authority]] service from [[Lone Pine, California|Lone Pine]] to Reno.

Carson City is also served by the [[Carson Airport]], which is a regional airport in the northern part of the city. [[Reno–Tahoe International Airport]], which is {{convert|28|mi|km}} away, handles domestic commercial flights.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.carsoncity-airport.com/Home.shtml |title=Carson City Airport |last=Staff Writer |publisher=Carson City Airport |access-date=March 6, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100614072036/http://www.carsoncity-airport.com/Home.shtml |archive-date=June 14, 2010}}</ref>
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==Education==
The [[Carson City School District]], the sole public school district of the city,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st32_nv/schooldistrict_maps/c32510_carson_city/DC20SD_C32510.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220724060934/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st32_nv/schooldistrict_maps/c32510_carson_city/DC20SD_C32510.pdf |archive-date=July 24, 2022 |url-status=live|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Carson City, NV|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=July 24, 2022}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st32_nv/schooldistrict_maps/c32510_carson_city/DC20SD_C32510_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref> operates ten schools there. The six elementary schools are Bordewich-Bray Elementary School, Empire Elementary School, Fremont Elementary School, Fritsch Elementary School, Mark Twain Elementary School, and Al Seeliger Elementary School. The two middle schools are Carson Middle School and Eagle Valley Middle School. [[Carson High School (Carson City, Nevada)|Carson High School]] and the alternative Pioneer High School serve high school students. Carson High is on Saliman Road.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.carsoncityschools.com/index2.asp |title=Carson City School District |last=Staff Writer |publisher=[[Carson City School District]] |access-date=March 6, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100305003414/http://www.carsoncityschools.com/index2.asp |archive-date=March 5, 2010 }}</ref>

The district sponsors Carson Montessori School, a public charter school serving grades K-6.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.doe.nv.gov/uploadedFiles/ndedoenvgov/content/Charter_Schools/CSDirectory16-17.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190713175946/http://www.doe.nv.gov/uploadedFiles/ndedoenvgov/content/Charter_Schools/CSDirectory16-17.pdf |archive-date=July 13, 2019 |url-status=live|title=Nevada Charter School Directory|publisher=Nevada Department of Education}}</ref> Students residing in any Nevada county may enroll.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.carsonmontessori.com/enrollment|title=Carson Montessori School Enrollment|publisher=Carson Montessori School}}</ref> Carson Montessori School is the only school in district operating with a balanced budget.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://carsonnow.org/story/08/08/2019/carson-montessori-faces-issues-finding-and-funding-new-location|title=Carson Montessori faces issues in finding — and funding — new location|date=August 8, 2019 |publisher=CarsonNow.org}}</ref> In 2019 Carson Montessori School received the Governor's STEM Schools Designation,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gov.nv.gov/News/Press/2019/Governor_Sisolak_Announces_Designation_of_10_New_Governor%E2%80%99s_STEM_Schools/|title=Governor Sisolak Announces Designation of 10 New Governor's STEM Schools|publisher=State of Nevada|access-date=March 5, 2022|archive-date=November 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108214751/https://gov.nv.gov/News/Press/2019/Governor_Sisolak_Announces_Designation_of_10_New_Governor%E2%80%99s_STEM_Schools/|url-status=dead}}</ref> an official recognition given to 25 schools statewide which causes a short ceremony attended by the governor during which receiving schools are assigned a 10-foot banner.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://osit.nv.gov/STEM/Gov_Designated_STEM_Schools/|title=Governor's Designated STEM Schools|publisher=Nevada Governor's Office of Science, Innovation & Technology}}</ref>

[[Western Nevada College]] (WNC) is a regionally accredited, two-year and four-year institution which is part of the [[Nevada System of Higher Education]]. The college offers many programs including education, arts and science.<ref name="WNCW">{{cite web|url=http://www.wnc.edu/about/|title=Western Nevada College Website|last=Staff Writer|publisher=Western Nevada College|access-date=June 3, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528113124/http://www.wnc.edu/about/|archive-date=May 28, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Carson City has a [[public library]], the Carson City Library.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://publiclibraries.com/state/nevada/ | title=Nevada Public Libraries | publisher=PublicLibraries.com | access-date=June 14, 2019}}</ref>

==Historic buildings==
<gallery widths="225px" heights="180px" class="center">
Image:StCharlesHotel Carson City.jpg|{{center|Historic [[St. Charles-Muller's Hotel|St Charles Hotel]] in Carson City}}
Image:Laxalt Building, 2007.jpg| {{center|Former Carson City Post Office}}
Image:Nevada Govenors Mansion.JPG| {{center|The [[Nevada Governor's Mansion|Governor's Mansion]] in Carson City}}
File:Paul Laxalt State Building.jpg|Paul Laxalt State Building – formerly the U.S. Court House & Post Office, now home to the Nevada Commission on Tourism
</gallery>

==See also==
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* [[Carson Hot Springs]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{EB1911 poster|Carson City}}
* {{Commons category-inline|Carson City, Nevada}}
* {{wikivoyage inline|Carson City}}
* {{Official website|http://www.carson.org}}
* [http://www.visitcarsoncity.com/ Carson City Convention and Visitors Bureau]
* {{cite web|title=Carson City|url=https://www.c-span.org/series/?citiesTour&city=4645|publisher=[[C-SPAN]] Cities Tour|date=August 2013}}

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