Wyoming is currently enjoying one of the highest growth rates in the country, in part fueled by natural gas jobs in the area and an unemployment rate well below the country's average. However, recent censuses have indicated a return to sustained, if modest growth and therefore, by the time of the next census in 2020, the population may exceed the next milestone of 600,000. The fact that there was a fall in the population of Wyoming as recently as 1990 makes it a little difficult to predict numbers moving forward. There was an anomaly in 1990, however, when the census of that year revealed a fall in numbers of 3.4% on those declared ten years earlier.įurther rises were to follow, however, and that has continued to the present day where the population of Wyoming in 2016 exceeds 580,000. Just ten years later in 1880, a rise of over 100% had taken the figure to 20,789, and a further 200% increase saw the population in 1890 rise to 62,555.įrom that point up until the present day, the overall growth percentage increases have slowed down, although generally speaking, the picture has been one of sustained, if unspectacular, growth. In 1870, the population of Wyoming stood at just 9,118 but significant increases were to follow for the latter half of that century. In 1870 census coverage included the whole of Wyoming Territory. In 18 present-day Wyoming had only limited census coverage, as part of Utah and Nebraska Territories. Wyoming was admitted as a State on July 10, 1890. Later the area was included in Idaho, Dakota, and Utah Territories until Wyoming Territory was established in 1868 with the present State boundaries. Wyoming Boundary, Census, and Statehood HistoryĪlthough most of Wyoming was acquired as early as the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, an organized government began with the establishment of Oregon, Nebraska, and Utah Territories (1848-54). In terms of favored religions among the population of Wyoming, Christian based faith affiliations are at 71%, while non-Christian faith affiliations are at 3%, leaving 26% without any particular religious affiliations. The ratio of females to males is currently at 48.9% females and 51.1% males. The median age of the population residing in Wyoming is approximately 36.8 years of age. ![]() The most populated counties in the state of Wyoming are Laramie county and Natrona county with respective populations of 98,327 and 79,547. The largest city, Cheyenne, has a population of just 63,335, followed by Casper (60,285) and Laramie (32,158). This is a very sparsely populated state, and with an average of just 5.85 people for every square mile, only one other state in the entire US - Alaska - can boast a less dense population.Īs of 2005, almost 51% of Wyomingites lived in one of the 13 largest municipalities of the state. It's currently enjoying a healthy growth rate of 1.13%, which ranks 15th among all 50 states. It is also the second most sparsely populated. While it is the 10th largest in terms of surface area, it has the lowest recorded population of any state in the Union. ![]() The state of Wyoming is located in the central northwestern sector of the USA.
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