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Carbon County
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county in Pennsylvania, United States of America
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Founded
- March 13, 1843 (Divided from Northampton County )
- Named after
- Coal deposits
- Seat
- Jim Thorpe
- Largest borough
- Palmerton
- Total
- 387 sq mi (1,000 km )
- Land
- 381 sq mi (990 km )
- Water
- 5.9 sq mi (15 km ) 2%
- Estimate 2025
- 65,868
- Density
- 170/sq mi (66/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 7th
- Website
- www .carboncountypa .gov
- Designated
- June 13, 1982
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 64749
- Area
- 1003
- Official website
- carboncounty.com
- Image
- Flickr - Nicholas T - Rouge.jpg
- Households
- 26545
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- Commons category
- Carbon County, Pennsylvania
- water as percent of area
- 2
- native label
- Carbon County
- inception
- 1843-03-13
- per capita income
- 30552
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Carbon County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 64,749. The county is part of the Northeast region of the commonwealth.
The county borders Lehigh and Northampton counties in the state's Lehigh Valley region to its south, Monroe County to its east, Luzerne County to its north, and Schuylkill County to its west. The county is approximately 33 miles (53 km) northwest of Allentown, the state's third-largest city, and 117 miles (188 km) west of New York City, the nation's largest city.