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Wyoming's municipalities cover only 0.3% of the state's land mass but are home to 68.3% of its population. [2] Wyoming's most populous municipality is the capital city Cheyenne with 65,132 residents, [1] and the largest municipality by land area is Casper, which spans 26.9 sq mi (70 km 2), while the smallest municipality in both categories is ...
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has designated more than 1,000 statistical areas for the United States and Puerto Rico. [2] These statistical areas are important geographic delineations of population clusters used by the OMB, the United States Census Bureau, planning organizations, and federal, state, and local government entities.
Casper is the second-most populous city in the state after Cheyenne, with the population at 59,038 as of the 2020 census. [4] Casper is nicknamed "The Oil City" and has a long history of oil boomtown and cowboy culture, dating back to the development of the nearby Salt Creek Oil Field. Casper is in east central Wyoming, on the North Platte River.
As of the census of 2000, [5] there were 53,011 people, 22,324 households, 14,175 families living in the city, and 81,607 people living in the metropolitan statistical area, making it the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Wyoming. The population density was 2,511.4 inhabitants per square mile (969.6/km 2).
The population was estimated at 33,496, as of July 1, 2023, making it the 3rd most populous city in Wyoming after Cheyenne and Casper. [8] Gillette's population increased 48% in the ten years after the 2000 census, which counted 19,646 residents after a boom in its local fossil fuel industries. [9] [10]
The city's a median gross rent is $726 in the 2022 ACS. The 2022 ACS reports a median household income of $70,825, with 72.3% of households are owner occupied. 6.4% of the city's population lives at or below the poverty line (down from previous ACS surveys). The city boasts a 68.0% employment rate, with 17.6% of the population holding a ...
Rock Springs is a city in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 23,526 at the 2020 census, making it the fifth most populous city in the state of Wyoming, and the most populous city in Sweetwater County. Rock Springs is the principal city of the Rock Springs micropolitan statistical area, which has a population of 37,975 ...
Buffalo is a city in and the county seat of Johnson County, Wyoming, United States. [6] The population was 4,415 at the 2020 census, [3] down from 4,585 at the 2010 census.The city had experienced an economic boom due to methane production from the Coal Bed Methane Extraction method used in the Powder River Basin and surrounding areas. [7]