How Many People Have the Last Name Carter?
people had the surname Carter in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 783 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+14,418 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Carter (58.2%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 35.6%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Carter ranks #32. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 60.5% to 58.2%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Carter grew from 362,548 people in 2000 to 376,966 in 2010 (up 4%), and its rank fell from #46 to #49. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 134.4 to 127.79 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 362,548 | 376,966 |
| Rank | #46 | #49 |
| Per 100,000 people | 134.4 | 127.79 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Carter
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Carter: C636
👤 Carter as a First Name
Carter is a first name too: about 210,284 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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