Geography
Carthage is located at 37°10′4″N 94°18′54″W / 37.16778°N 94.315°W / 37.16778; -94.315 (37.167773, -94.314958). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 11.69 square miles (30.28 km2), of which, 11.65 square miles (30.17 km2) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km2) is water.
| Historical populations | |||
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1880 | 4,167 |
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| 1890 | 7,981 | 91.5% | |
| 1900 | 9,416 | 18.0% | |
| 1910 | 9,483 | 0.7% | |
| 1920 | 10,068 | 6.2% | |
| 1930 | 9,736 | −3.3% | |
| 1940 | 10,585 | 8.7% | |
| 1950 | 11,188 | 5.7% | |
| 1960 | 11,264 | 0.7% | |
| 1970 | 11,035 | −2.0% | |
| 1980 | 11,104 | 0.6% | |
| 1990 | 10,747 | −3.2% | |
| 2000 | 12,668 | 17.9% | |
| 2010 | 14,502 | 14.5% | |
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