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State Fact Sheets: Wyoming

• Population, Income, Education, and Employment
• Farm Characteristics
• Farm Financial Indicators
• Top Commodities, Exports, and Counties
• About the State Fact Sheets

Data updated October 21, 2009

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Population, Income, Education, and Employment

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Population
Year
1980	329,052	140,505	469,557
1990	319,220	134,368	453,588
2000	345,642	148,140	493,782
2008 (latest estimates)	371,997	160,671	532,668
More information on Wyoming population • County-level Population Data • Rural Population and Migration Briefing Room • Contact John Cromartie, 202-694-5421.

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Income
Per-capita income (2007 dollars)
2006	44,209	45,545	44,617
2007	46,842	47,520	47,047
Percent change	11.9	8.7	10.9

Earnings per job (2007 dollars)
2006	39,668	46,196	41,623
2007	40,807	46,534	42,506
Percent change	5.7	1.5	4.2

Poverty rate (percent)
1979	8.3	6.9	7.9
1989	12.2	11.0	11.9
1999	11.9	10.3	11.4
2007 (latest model-based estimates)	9.7	9.0	9.5
More information on Wyoming poverty rates • County-level Poverty Data • Rural Income, Poverty, and Welfare Briefing Room • See important notes about decennial and model-based intercensal poverty estimates • Contact Tracey Farrigan, 202-694-5489

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Education (Persons 25 and older)
Percent not completing high school
1980	23.6	18.7	22.1
1990	17.7	15.3	17.0
2000	12.5	11.3	12.1

Percent completing high school only
1980	40.0	39.8	40.0
1990	34.5	29.9	33.2
2000	32.1	28.3	31.0

Percent completing some college
1980	19.9	22.8	20.8
1990	29.8	34.2	31.1
2000	33.4	38.5	35.0

Percent completing college
1980	16.5	18.7	17.2
1990	18.0	20.5	18.8
2000	21.9	21.9	21.9
More information on Wyoming education • County-level Education Data • Rural Labor and Education Briefing Room • Contact Robert Gibbs, 202-694-5423

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Employment
Total number of jobs
2006	262,725	112,293	375,018
2007	274,099	115,677	389,776

Unemployment rate (percent)
2007	2.8	3.2	2.9
2008	3.0	3.4	3.1
More information on Wyoming unemployment rates • County-level Unemployment and Median Household Income Data • Rural Labor and Education Briefing Room • Contact Lorin Kusmin, 202-694-5429

Percent employment change
2005-2006	3.1	1.8	2.7
2006-2007	2.6	1.0	2.1
2007-2008	1.5	0.6	1.3

* Urban and rural (metro and nonmetro) definitions are based on the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) June 2003 classification. See Measuring Rurality: New Definitions in 2003 for more information.

More information on socioeconomic conditions • Rural Emphasis Page • Contact Tim Parker, 202-694-5435.

Farm Characteristics

	1997	2002	2007
1997, 2002 and 2007 Census of Agriculture

Approximate total land area (acres)	62,146,919	62,144,253	62,130,538
Total farmland (acres)	34,302,475	34,402,726	30,169,526
Percent of total land area	55.2	55.4	48.6

Cropland (acres)	3,033,875	2,989,804	2,576,017
Percent of total farmland	8.8	8.7	8.5
Percent in pasture	24.3	30.3	16.3
Percent irrigated	39.4	32.1	39.8

Harvested Cropland (acres)	1,801,314	1,298,709	1,536,240

Woodland (acres)	755,364	722,570	395,806
Percent of total farmland	2.2	2.1	1.3
Percent in pasture	90.6	81.8	88.0

Pastureland (acres)	30,193,268	30,247,024	27,012,269
Percent of total farmland	88.0	87.9	89.5

Land in house lots, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc. (acres)	319,968	443,328	185,434
Percent of total farmland	0.9	1.3	0.6

Conservation practices
Farmland in conservation or wetlands reserve programs (acres)	237,390	255,741	281,307

Average farm size (acres)	3,633	3,651	2,726

Farms by size (percent)
1 to 99 acres	25.3	31.0	33.8
100 to 499 acres	25.0	24.4	27.9
500 to 999 acres	11.6	10.2	10.0
1000 to 1,999 acres	10.3	8.7	7.8
2,000 or more acres	27.8	25.6	20.5

Farms by sales (percent)
Less than $9,999	38.6	46.8	52.3
$10,000 to $49,999	28.9	23.5	19.7
$50,000 to $99,999	12.4	10.6	8.8
$100,000 to $499,999	17.2	16.0	15.6
More than $500,000	2.8	3.2	3.6

Tenure of farmers
Full owner (farms)	4,878	5,560	7,124
Percent of total	51.7	59.0	64.4

Part owner (farms)	3,410	3,082	3,276
Percent of total	36.1	32.7	29.6

Tenant owner (farms)	1,155	780	669
Percent of total	12.2	8.3	6.0

Farm organization
Individuals/family, sole proprietorship (farms)	7,349	7,566	8,784
Percent of total	77.8	80.3	79.4

Family-held corporations (farms)	877	680	932
Percent of total	9.3	7.2	8.4

Partnerships (farms)	972	928	1,024
Percent of total	10.3	9.8	9.3

Non-family corporations (farms)	60	66	87
Percent of total	0.6	0.7	0.8

Others - cooperative, estate or trust, institutional, etc. (farms)	185	182	242
Percent of total	2.0	1.9	2.2

Characteristics of principal farm operators
Average operator age (years)	54.3	54.1	57.1
Percent with farming as their primary occupation	59.6	61.1	49.2
Men	8,503	7,890	9,465
Women	940	1,532	1,604

More information on farm characteristics • Census of Agriculture • Contact NASS Customer Service, 1-800-727-9540.

Farm Financial Indicators

	2007	2008
Farm income and value added data

Number of farms	11,000	11,000

	Thousands $
Final crop output	190,394	224,952
+ Final animal output	725,779	784,852
+ Services and forestry	278,544	292,817
= Final agricultural sector output	1,194,717	1,302,621

- Intermediate consumption outlays	779,231	786,564
+ Net government transactions	-34,454	-24,289
= Gross value added	381,033	491,768

- Capital consumption	150,552	161,642

= Net value added	230,481	330,126

- Factor payments	191,618	195,426
Employee compensation (total hired labor)	116,714	113,968
Net rent received by nonoperator landlords	-11,704	-1,721
Real estate and nonreal estate interest	86,608	83,179

= Net farm income	38,863	134,700

More information on farm income • Farm Income Data • Farm Income and Costs Briefing Room • Contact Roger Strickland, 202-694-5592.

Farm balance sheet

• Estimation of State-level Balance Sheets has been suspended. See the Farm Balance Sheet data page for more information.

Top Commodities, Exports, and Counties

	Value of receipts thousand $	Percent of state total farm receipts	Percent of US value
Top 5 agriculture commodities, 2008
1. Cattle and calves	598,510	61.5	1.2
2. Hay	65,448	6.7	0.9
3. Hogs	61,110	6.3	0.4
4. Sheep and lambs	32,497	3.3	7.3
5. Barley	31,679	3.3	3.1

All commodities	973,944		0.3

More information on Wyoming's top agriculture commodities • Leading commodities for cash receipts in a text file • Contact Ted Covey, 202-694-5344.

	Rank among states	Value million $
Top 5 agriculture exports, estimates, FY 2008
1. Feeds and fodders	28	33.5
2. Feed grains and products	35	23.8
3. Wheat and products	41	21.2
4. Seeds	25	11.8
5. Live animals and meat	35	10.5

Overall rank	43	114.1

More information on agricultural exports • State Export Data • Agricultural Trade Briefing Room • Contact Nora Brooks, 202-694-5211.

	Percent of state total receipts	Thousands $
Top 5 counties in agricultural sales 2007
1. Goshen County	13.6	157,512
2. Laramie County	10.7	124,094
3. Platte County	8.4	97,071
4. Fremont County	7.5	86,701
5. Park County	7.1	81,775

State total		1,157,535

More information on agricultural sales • Census of Agriculture • Contact NASS Customer Service, 1-800-727-9540.

Data Sources

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, county data, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Regional Economic Information System, April 2008, Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce.
1980, 1990, and 2000 Census of Population, Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce.
Farm Income and Costs Briefing Room, Economic Research Service, USDA.
Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States (FATUS), Economic Research Service, USDA.
Census of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA.

Prepared by Economic Research Service, USDA, Washington, DC.

For more information, contact: Tim Parker

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Updated date: October 21, 2009