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Wyoming

Ranked #4 out of 50 of the Best places to Live with a Gross State Product of $24,308,000,000.00


Wyoming Facts VS. USA :

Population, 2006 estimate 515,004 299,398,484 Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 4.3% 6.4% Population, 2000 493,782 281,421,906 Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2006 6.5% 6.8% Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2006 23.6% 24.6% Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2006 12.2% 12.4% Female persons, percent, 2006 49.3% 50.7% White persons, percent, 2006 (a) 94.5% 80.1% Black persons, percent, 2006 (a) 0.9% 12.8% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2006 (a) 2.5% 1.0% Asian persons, percent, 2006 (a) 0.7% 4.4% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2006 (a) 0.1% 0.2% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2006 1.4% 1.6% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2006 (b) 6.9% 14.8% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2006 88.1% 66.4% Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 51.3% 54.1% Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 2.3% 11.1% Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 6.4% 17.9% High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 87.9% 80.4% Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 21.9% 24.4% Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 77,143 49,746,248 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 17.8 25.5 Housing units, 2006 239,178 126,316,181 Homeownership rate, 2000 70.0% 66.2% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 15.2% 26.4% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $96,600 $119,600 Households, 2000 193,608 105,480,101 Persons per household, 2000 2.48 2.59 Median household income, 2004 $43,785 $44,334 Per capita money income, 1999 $19,134 $21,587 Persons below poverty, percent, 2004 10.3% 12.7% Business QuickFacts Wyoming USA Private nonfarm establishments, 2005 19,7361 7,499,702 Private nonfarm employment, 2005 191,9341 116,317,003 Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2005 9.9%1 2.0% Nonemployer establishments, 2005 41,861 20,392,068 Total number of firms, 2002 53,103 22,974,655 Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 0.3% 5.2% American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 1.1% 0.9% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 0.8% 4.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 0.0% 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 2.5% 6.8% Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 24.4% 28.2% Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) 4,061,516 3,916,136,712 Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) 3,331,043 4,634,755,112 Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 5,783,756 3,056,421,997 Retail sales per capita, 2002 $11,586 $10,615 Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) 984,684 449,498,718 Building permits, 2006 3,537 1,838,903 Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) 4,393,3081 2,143,781,7272 Geography QuickFacts Wyoming USA Land area, 2000 (square miles) 97,100.40 3,537,438.44 Persons per square mile, 2000 5.1 79.6 FIPS Code 56