Carson City is a city in Montcalm County of the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,120 at the 2020 census.
Geography
Carson City is in southeastern Montcalm County, bordered to the north, west, and south by Bloomer Township and to the east by North Shade Township in Gratiot County. State highway M-57 runs through the city as Main Street, leading west to Greenville and east to Chesaning. Stanton, the Montcalm county seat, is by road to the northwest.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Carson City has a total area of , of which are land and , or 2.47%, are water.
2010 census
As of the census of 2010, there were 1,093 people, 451 households, and 271 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 521 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 96.7% White, 0.4% African American, 0.3% Native American, 0.5% Asian, 0.7% from other races, and 1.4% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.2% of the population.
There were 451 households, of which 30.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.6% were married couples living together, 14.4% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.1% had a male householder with no wife present, and 39.9% were non-families. 35.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.27 and the average family size was 2.93.
The median age in the city was 41.8 years. 24.4% of residents were under the age of 18; 9.2% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 20.7% were from 25 to 44; 21.8% were from 45 to 64; and 24% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 43.7% male and 56.3% female.
2000 census
As of the census
The nearest airport is Mayes Airport, a privately owned airport located about away.(closed)
Education
The city is served by the Carson City-Crystal Area Schools, which operates a lower elementary school, a combined upper elementary-middle school and a high school. Its mascot is the eagle.
Notable people
- Orson Baldwin (1881–1942), Major League Baseball player for the St. Louis Cardinals
- Daniel Henney (b. 1979), actor and model
- Bill Knot (1940–2014), poet
- William C. Lawe (1910–1942), United States Navy sailor during World War II and Distinguished Flying Cross recipient
- Cleopatra Pasquale Hicks-Kennard (b. 2012), 14x Dog of the Year