Editing Wyoming (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1870= 9118
|1880= 20789
|1890= 62555
|1900= 92531
|1910= 145965
|1920= 194402
|1930= 225565
|1940= 250742
|1950= 290529
|1960= 330066
|1970= 332416
|1980= 469557
|1990= 453588
|2000= 493782
|2010= 563626
|2020= 576851
|estyear=2024
|estimate=587618
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2024">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-counties-total.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2024|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=December 26, 2024}}</ref>
|align-fn=center
|footnote=Sources: 1910–2020<ref>{{cite web |title=Historical Population Change Data (1910–2020) |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/dec/popchange-data-text.html |website=Census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=May 1, 2021 |archive-date=April 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429012609/https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/dec/popchange-data-text.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
}}

===Population===
[[File:Wyoming population density 2020.png|thumb|upright=1.35|The largest population centers are [[Cheyenne, WY MSA|Cheyenne]] (southeast) and [[Casper, WY, MSA|Casper]].|left]]

The [[2020 United States census]] counted 576,851 people living in Wyoming.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=April 26, 2021 |title=2020 Census |url=https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial/2020/data/apportionment/apportionment-2020-table01.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210426194028/https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial/2020/data/apportionment/apportionment-2020-table01.pdf |archive-date=April 26, 2021 |access-date=July 12, 2021 |website=Census Bureau}}</ref> The [[center of population]] of Wyoming is in [[Natrona County, Wyoming|Natrona County]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/56/56021.html |title=State & County QuickFacts |year=2013 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=May 6, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110703080550/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/56/56021.html |archive-date=July 3, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/reference/docs/cenpop2010/CenPop2010_Mean_ST.txt |title=Centers of Population by State |year=2013 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=May 9, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103082820/http://www.census.gov/geo/reference/docs/cenpop2010/CenPop2010_Mean_ST.txt |archive-date=January 3, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Sparsely populated, Wyoming is the least populous state of the United States. Wyoming has the second-lowest population density in the country (behind [[Alaska]]) and is the sparsest-populated of the 48 [[contiguous states]]. It is one of only two states with a population smaller than that of the nation's capital; the only other state with this distinction is [[Vermont]].

According to [[United States Department of Housing and Urban Development|HUD]]'s 2022 [[Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress|Annual Homeless Assessment Report]], there were an estimated 648 [[Homelessness|homeless]] people in Wyoming.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2007-2022 PIT Counts by State |url=https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huduser.gov%2Fportal%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fxls%2F2007-2022-PIT-Counts-by-State.xlsx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 2022 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress |url=https://www.huduser.gov/portal/sites/default/files/pdf/2022-AHAR-Part-1.pdf}}</ref>

According to the 2020 census, the population's racial composition was 84.7% [[White American|white]] (81.4% non-Hispanic white), 2.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9% Black or African American, 0.9% Asian American, and 0.1% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 3.5% from some other race, and 7.5% from two or more races.<ref name="2020DP1">{{Cite web |title=Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2020 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Wyoming |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALDP2020.DP1?g=040XX00US56 |access-date=April 19, 2024 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> As of 2011, 24.9% of Wyoming's population younger than age{{nbsp}}1 were minorities.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cleveland.com/datacentral/index.ssf/2012/06/americas_under_age_1_populatio.html|title=Americans under age 1 now mostly minorities, but not in Ohio: Statistical Snapshot|last=Exner|first=Rich|date=June 3, 2012|work=[[The Plain Dealer]]|access-date=August 16, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160714084214/http://www.cleveland.com/datacentral/index.ssf/2012/06/americas_under_age_1_populatio.html|archive-date=July 14, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> According to data from the [[American Community Survey]], as of 2018, Wyoming was the only U.S. state where African Americans earn a higher median income than white workers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=These Visualizations Break Down America's Huge Racial Wealth Gap |url=https://howmuch.net/articles/racial-income-wealth-inequality-us |access-date=2022-03-08 |website=HowMuch |archive-date=March 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308035628/https://howmuch.net/articles/racial-income-wealth-inequality-us |url-status=live }}</ref>[[File:Ethnic Origins in Wyoming.png|thumb|Ethnic origins in Wyoming]]
As of 2015, Wyoming had an estimated population of 586,107, which was an increase of 1,954, or 0.29%, from the prior year and an increase of 22,481, or 3.99%, since the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]]. This includes a natural increase since the last census of 12,165 (33,704 births minus 21,539 deaths) and an increase from net migration of 4,035 into the state. Immigration resulted in a net increase of 2,264 and migration within the country produced a net increase of 1,771. In 2004, the foreign-born population was 11,000 (2.2%). In 2005, total births in Wyoming were 7,231 (birth rate of 14.04 per thousand).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/05/21/news/wyoming/40-growing.txt |title=Hispanics fastest growing ethnic group in Wyoming |date=May 21, 2007 |publisher=Billings Gazette via AP |access-date=May 7, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120721020117/http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/05/21/news/wyoming/40-growing.txt |archive-date=July 21, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

Wyoming experienced its first population decline since 1990, with a decrease of just over 1,000 people (0.2 percent) from July 2015 to July 2016. This decline was attributed to the downturn in the state's mineral extraction industry, particularly the oil and gas sector, which led to the loss of thousands of jobs. However, state economist Jim Robinson noted signs of economic stabilization. Job losses in the oil and gas industry appeared to have leveled off, and there was a slight increase in drilling activity in recent months. While the state's economy showed little growth, it was considered to have reached a more stable condition as of late 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |last=AP |date=2016-12-22 |title=Wyoming population drops, but there are positive signs in economy |url=https://www.wyomingnewsnow.tv/news/state/wyoming-population-drops-but-there-are-positive-signs-in-economy/article_d37ca7a2-da00-56fb-be25-9e4a1e45c291.html |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=Wyoming News Now |language=en}}</ref>

According to the 2000 census, the largest ancestry groups in Wyoming were: [[German-American|German]] (25.9%), [[English American|English]] (15.9%), [[Irish American|Irish]] (13.3%), and [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indian]] (4.7%). An additional 6.4% responded with "American" as their ancestry.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brittingham |first=Angela |last2=de la Cruz |first2=G. Patricia |date=June 2004 |title=Ancestry: 2000, Census 2000 Brief |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/2000/briefs/c2kbr-35.pdf |url-status=live |access-date=May 7, 2025 |website=Census.gov}}</ref>

In 2018, the top countries of origin for Wyoming's immigrants were [[Mexico]], [[China]], [[Germany]], [[England]] and [[Canada]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/immigrants-in-wyoming|title=Immigrants in Wyoming|date=June 2015 }}</ref>

;Birth data
[[File:Wyoming counties by race.svg|thumb|166x166px|Map of counties in Wyoming by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census{{Collapsible list
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'''Non-Hispanic White'''

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''Note: Births in table do not add up, because Hispanics are counted both by their ethnicity and by their race, giving a higher overall number.''
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
|+ Live Births by Single Race/Ethnicity of Mother
|-
! [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census|Race]]
! 2013<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr64/nvsr64_01.pdf|title=Births: Final Data for 2013|website=Cdc.gov|access-date=4 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911162514/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr64/nvsr64_01.pdf|archive-date=September 11, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
! 2014<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr64/nvsr64_12.pdf|title=Births: Final Data for 2014|website=Cdc.gov|access-date=4 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214040341/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr64/nvsr64_12.pdf|archive-date=February 14, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
! 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr66/nvsr66_01.pdf|title=Births: Final Data for 2015|website=Cdc.gov|access-date=4 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170831155911/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr66/nvsr66_01.pdf|archive-date=August 31, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
! 2016<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr67/nvsr67_01.pdf |title=data |website=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |access-date=May 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180603002249/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr67/nvsr67_01.pdf |archive-date=June 3, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>
! 2017<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr67/nvsr67_08-508.pdf |title=Births: Final Data for 2017 |access-date=February 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190201210916/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr67/nvsr67_08-508.pdf |archive-date=February 1, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
! 2018<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr68/nvsr68_13-508.pdf |title=Data |website=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |access-date=December 21, 2019 |archive-date=November 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191128161211/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr68/nvsr68_13-508.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
! 2019<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr70/nvsr70-02-508.pdf |title=Data |website=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |access-date=April 9, 2021 |archive-date=June 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210623200707/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr70/nvsr70-02-508.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
! 2020<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr70/nvsr70-17.pdf |title=Data |website=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |access-date=2022-02-21 |archive-date=February 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220210175206/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr70/NVSR70-17.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
! 2021<ref>
{{cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr72/nvsr72-01.pdf |title=Data |website=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |access-date=2022-02-03}}</ref>
! 2022<ref>
{{cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr73/nvsr73-02.pdf |title=Data |website=www.cdc.gov |access-date=2024-04-05}}</ref>
! 2023<ref>
{{cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr74/nvsr74-1.pdf |title=Data |website=www.cdc.gov |access-date=2025-04-12}}</ref>
|-
| [[Non-Hispanic whites|White]]
| 6,136 (80.3%)
| 6,258 (81.3%)
| 6,196 (79.8%)
| 5,763 (78.0%)
| 5,426 (78.6%)
| 5,078 (77.4%)
| 5,158 (78.6%)
| 4,762 (77.7%)
| 4,882 (78.3%)
| 4,622 (76.4%)
| 4,553 (76.0%)
|-
| [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]]
| 305 (4.0%)
| 294 (3.8%)
| 294 (3.8%)
| 200 (2.7%)
| 206 (3.0%)
| 219 (3.3%)
| 198 (3.0%)
| 176 (2.9%)
| 179 (2.9%)
| 178 (2.9%)
| 150 (2.5%)
|-
| [[Asian Americans|Asian]]
| 124 (1.6%)
| 108 (1.4%)
| 135 (1.7%)
| 100 (1.3%)
| 79 (1.1%)
| 72 (1.1%)
| 73 (1.1%)
| 58 (0.9%)
| 67 (1.1%)
| 64 (1.1%)
| 68 (1.1%)
|-
| [[African Americans|Black]]
| 125 (1.6%)
| 116 (1.5%)
| 119 (1.5%)
| 63 (0.9%)
| 45 (0.7%)
| 57 (0.9%)
| 61 (0.9%)
| 55 (0.9%)
| 48 (0.8%)
| 46 (0.7%)
| 38 (0.6%)
|-
| ''[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]]'' (any race)
| ''926'' (12.1%)
| ''895'' (11.6%)
| ''963'' (12.4%)
| ''973'' (13.2%)
| ''892'' (12.9%)
| ''851'' (13.0%)
| ''839'' (12.8%)
| ''818'' (13.3%)
| ''749'' (12.0%)
| ''835'' (13.8%)
| ''858'' (14.3%)
|-
| '''Total'''
| '''7,644''' (100%)
| '''7,696''' (100%)
| '''7,765''' (100%)
| '''7,386''' (100%)
| '''6,903''' (100%)
| '''6,562''' (100%)
| '''6,565''' (100%)
| '''6,128''' (100%)
| '''6,237''' (100%)
| '''6,049''' (100%)
| '''5,990''' (%)
|}

* Since 2016, data for births of [[White Hispanic and Latino Americans|White Hispanic]] origin are not collected, but included in one ''Hispanic'' group; persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.

===Languages===
{{See also|Native American languages of Wyoming}}
In 2010, 93.39% (474,343) of Wyomingites over age 5 spoke [[English language|English]] as their [[primary language]]; 4.47% (22,722) spoke [[Spanish language|Spanish]], 0.35% (1,771) spoke [[German language|German]], and 0.28% (1,434) spoke [[French language|French]]. Other common non-English languages included [[Algonquian languages|Algonquian]] (0.18%), [[Russian language|Russian]] (0.10%), [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]], and [[Greek language|Greek]] (both 0.09%).<ref>{{cite web|title=Most Spoken Languages in Wyoming in 2010 |url=http://www.mla.org/cgi-shl/docstudio/docs.pl?map_data_results |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060619224705/http://www.mla.org/cgi-shl/docstudio/docs.pl?map_data_results |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 19, 2006 |publisher=[[Modern Language Association]] |access-date=December 15, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

In 2007, the [[American Community Survey]] reported 6.2% (30,419) of Wyoming's population over five spoke a language other than English at home. Of those, 68.1% were able to speak English very well, 16.0% spoke English well, 10.9% did not speak English well, and 5.0% did not speak English at all.<ref name="Language2007">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/hhes/socdemo/language/data/acs/ACS-12.pdf |title=Language Use in the United States: 2007 |author=Hyon B. Shin |author2=Robert A. Kominski |date=April 2010 |website=United States Census Bureau |publisher=United States Department of Commerce |access-date=May 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130614060228/http://www.census.gov/hhes/socdemo/language/data/acs/ACS-12.pdf |archive-date=June 14, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Religion===
{{Pie chart|thumb=right|caption=Religious self-identification, [[Public Religion Research Institute]]'s 2020 ''American Values Atlas'' survey.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |date=February 24, 2023 |title=2020 American Values Atlas: Religious Tradition |url=https://ava.prri.org/#religious/2020/States/religion/m/US-WY |access-date=April 15, 2023 |website=[[Public Religion Research Institute]]}}</ref>|label1=[[Irreligion in the United States|Unaffiliated]]|value1=40|color1=White|label2=[[Protestantism in the United States|Protestantism]]|value2=33|color2=Blue|label3=[[Catholicism in the United States|Catholicism]]|value3=15|color3=Purple|label4=[[Mormonism in the United States|Mormonism]]|value4=7|color4=Teal|color5=Pink|color6=Grey|value5=1|label5=[[Judaism in the United States|Judaism]]|value6=4|label6=Other}}
In 2020, the [[Public Religion Research Institute]] determined that about 55% of Wyoming's adult population was [[Christianity|Christian]], primarily [[Evangelicalism|evangelical]] and [[mainline Protestant]], [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]], and [[Mormonism|Mormon]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=PRRI – American Values Atlas |url=https://ava.prri.org/#religious/2020/States/religion/m/US-WY |access-date=2022-09-17 |website=ava.prri.org}}</ref> The Public Religion Research Institute survey documented a decrease in religiosity from a 2014 separate [[Pew Research Center]] study;<ref name="pew2014">{{cite web|url=http://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/state/wyoming/|title=Religion in America: U.S. Religious Data, Demographics and Statistics—Pew Research Center|access-date=December 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171202014402/http://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/state/wyoming/|archive-date=December 2, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> according to the Public Religion Research Institute, the unaffiliated made up 40% of the state population by 2020. According to a 2013 Gallup poll, Wyomingites' religious affiliations were 49% Protestant, 23% [[nonreligious]] or other, 18% Catholic, 9% [[Latter Day Saint movement|Latter-day Saint]] (Mormons), and less than 1% [[Judaism|Jewish]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gallup.com/poll/167120/mississippi-alabama-protestant-states.aspx |title=Mississippi and Alabama Most Protestant States in U.S. |date=February 5, 2014 |publisher=Gallup |access-date=June 4, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414171721/http://www.gallup.com/poll/167120/mississippi-alabama-protestant-states.aspx |archive-date=April 14, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>

A 2010 [[Association of Religion Data Archives]] (ARDA) report recognized as Wyoming's largest denominations [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (LDS Church), with 62,804 (11%); the Catholic Church, with 61,222 (10.8%); and the [[Southern Baptist Convention]], with 15,812 (2.8%). The report counted 59,247 evangelical Protestants (10.5%), 36,539 mainline Protestants (6.5%), 785 Eastern Orthodox Christians; 281 Black Protestants; 65,000 adhering to other traditions; and 340,552 claiming no religious tradition.<ref>{{cite web |title=State Membership Report: Wyoming |url=http://www.thearda.com/rcms2010/r/s/56/rcms2010_56_state_adh_2010.asp |publisher=[[Association of Religion Data Archives]] |access-date=December 15, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215034424/http://www.thearda.com/rcms2010/r/s/56/rcms2010_56_state_adh_2010.asp |archive-date=December 15, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2020, ARDA reported the state's largest individual denominations as the following: the Catholic Church (69,500); the LDS Church (67,729); and the Southern Baptist Convention (11,082). Non-denominational Protestants were 23,410 in number.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Maps and data files for 2020 {{!}} U.S. Religion Census {{!}} Religious Statistics & Demographics |url=https://www.usreligioncensus.org/index.php/node/1639 |access-date=2022-12-10 |website=www.usreligioncensus.org}}</ref>

According to ARDA's 2020 report, the Roman Catholics had an adherence rate of 120.48 per 1,000 people, Mormons 117.41 per 1,000 people, and Southern Baptists 19.21 per 1,000 people. Non-denominational Protestants had an adherence rate of 40.58 per 1,000 people; these trends reflected the separate 2014 Pew study's varying attendance at religious services. In 2014, 38% visited a religious service at least once a week, 28% once or twice a month, and 32% seldom/never.<ref name="pew2014" /> A 2018 research article by the [[National Christian Foundation]] cited non-churchgoing Christians nationwide did not attend religious services often through practicing the faith in other ways, not finding a house of worship they liked, disliking sermons and feeling unwelcomed, and logistics.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Why Christians don't go to church anymore (and why they must) |url=https://www.ncfgiving.com/stories/why-christians-dont-go-to-church-and-why-they-must/ |access-date=2023-04-15 |website=National Christian Foundation |date=October 18, 2018 |language=en-US}}</ref>