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With an estimated population of 587,618 as of 2024, [10] Wyoming is the least populous state despite being the 10th largest by area, and it has the second-lowest population density after Alaska. The state capital and most populous city is Cheyenne , which had a population of 65,132 in 2020.
The 25 least populous states contain less than one-sixth of the total population. California, the most populous state, contains more people than the 21 least populous states combined, and Wyoming, the least populous state, has a population less than any of the 31 most populous U.S. cities. [needs update]
Population density is defined as the population divided by land area. Data are from the US Census unless otherwise specified. Population data are for the year 2023 [2] and area data are for the year 2010. [3] Some population estimates for territories are from the United Nations Commission on Population and Development. [4]
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.
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 population density was 2,425.2 inhabitants per square mile (936.4/km 2). There were 27,284 housing units at an average density of 1,112.7 per square mile (429.6/km 2 ). 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 ...
Wyoming was among the popular places to relocate during the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2019 and 2020, wealthier older Americans made up an outsize share of the state's newcomers, according to the Casper...
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.