Sheridan County Fourth Fastest Growing County In Wyoming According To Census

Wyoming remained the least-populated state and grew more slowly than all but a couple others from 2010 to 2020, according to U.S. Census figures released Thursday (August 12th).

Only Michigan and Connecticut grew slower than Wyoming.

Ohio grew at the same rate.

Three states — Illinois, Mississippi and West Virginia — lost population.

Although Wyoming’s population grew 2.4%, from 563,626 to 576,851 people, only nine of the state’s 23 counties grew.

Teton and Laramie counties — home, respectively, of booming Jackson Hole and the state capital of Cheyenne — tied with population growth of 9.6%.

Lincoln County, on the border with rapidly growing Utah, came in third with an 8.1% increase.

Sheridan (6.2%…population 31,017) and Natrona (6%) counties were the fourth- and fifth-fastest growing.

Park County grew 5%, Albany County 2.1%, and Campbell and Crook counties less than 2% each.

Once-booming Sublette County in western Wyoming’s gas patch lost almost 15% of its population over the decade.

Washakie County was next with a nearly 10% loss.

Carbon County lost 8.5%, and Weston and Goshen Counties both lost more than 5%.

Johnson County dropped 1.71%, to 8,443 residents.

Wyoming remained majority white while the state’s Hispanic or Latino population grew from 8.9% of the state in 2010 to 10.2% in 2020.

People who identified as two or more races grew from 1.5% to 4.1%

Wyoming remains far too small to pick up a second U.S. House seat, like neighboring Montana.

Still, the numbers will help allocate a variety of state and federal dollars to communities.

Wyoming receives nearly $1 billion in population-dependent federal dollars every year for programs including Medicaid, housing vouchers and food assistance.

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