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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 July 2, 2008

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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
2007 (latest estimates)	364,727	158,103	522,830
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 (2006 dollars)
2005	38,098	39,476	38,519
2006	40,208	41,676	40,655
Percent change	5.5	5.6	5.5

Earnings per job (2006 dollars)
2005	37,250	42,818	38,941
2006	38,622	44,723	40,455
Percent change	3.6	4.3	3.7

Poverty rate (percent)
1979	8.3	6.9	7.9
1989	12.2	11.0	11.9
1999	11.9	10.3	11.4
2005 (latest model-based estimates)	10.7	10.3	10.6
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 Robert Gibbs, 202-694-5423

	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
2005	250,404	109,180	359,584
2006	263,201	113,048	376,249

Unemployment rate (percent)
2006	3.2	3.5	3.3
2007	2.9	3.3	3.0
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
2004-2005	2.0	1.1	1.7
2005-2006	2.9	1.7	2.6
2006-2007	2.4	0.9	1.9

Percent of 2002 employment in farm and farm-related jobs
Total	15.6	11.0	14.2
Production	4.6	1.4	3.7
Farm inputs	0.3	0.1	0.2
Processing & marketing	0.5	0.0	0.4
Wholesale & retail trade	9.5	9.2	9.4
More information on farm employment • Farm and Farm-Related Employment data • Contact Tim Parker, 202-694-5435

* Urban and rural (metro and nonmetro) defintions 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

	1992	1997	2002
1992, 1997 and 2002 Census of Agriculture

Total land area (million acres)	62.15	62.15	62.14
Total farmland (million acres)	32.88	34.30	34.40
Percent of total land area	52.9	55.2	55.4

Cropland (million acres)	2.84	3.03	2.99
Percent of total farmland	8.6	8.8	8.7
Percent in pasture	25.4	24.3	30.3
Percent irrigated	38.7	39.4	32.1

Harvested Cropland (million acres)	1.53	1.80	1.30

Woodland (million acres)	0.79	0.76	0.72
Percent of total farmland	2.4	2.2	2.1
Percent in pasture	90.3	90.6	81.8

Pastureland (million acres)	28.95	30.19	30.25
Percent of total farmland	88.1	88.0	87.9

Land in house lots, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc. (million acres)	0.30	0.32	0.44
Percent of total farmland	0.9	0.9	1.3

Conservation practices
Farmland in conservation or wetlands reserve programs (million acres)	0.19	0.24	0.26
Percent of total farmland	0.6	0.7	0.7

Average farm size (acres)	3,772	3,633	3,651

Farms by size (percent)
1 to 99 acres	23.4	25.3	31.0
100 to 499 acres	26.1	25.0	24.4
500 to 999 acres	12.4	11.6	10.2
1000 to 1,999 acres	10.1	10.3	8.7
2,000 or more acres	28.1	27.8	25.6

Farms by sales (percent)
Less than $9,999	36.7	38.6	46.8
$10,000 to $49,999	28.0	29.0	23.5
$50,000 to $99,999	13.6	12.4	10.6
$100,000 to $499,999	18.8	17.2	16.0
More than $500,000	2.5	2.8	3.2

Tenure of farmers
Full owner (farms)	4,051	4,878	5,560
Percent of total	46.5	51.7	59.0

Part owner (farms)	3,436	3,410	3,082
Percent of total	39.4	36.1	32.7

Tenant owner (farms)	1,229	1,155	780
Percent of total	14.1	12.2	8.3

Farm organization
Individuals/family, sole proprietorship (farms)	6,781	7,349	7,566
Percent of total	77.8	77.8	80.3

Family-held corporations (farms)	788	877	680
Percent of total	9.0	9.3	7.2

Partnerships (farms)	976	972	928
Percent of total	11.2	10.3	9.8

Non-family corporations (farms)	52	60	66
Percent of total	0.6	0.6	0.7

Others - cooperative, estate or trust, institutional, etc. (farms)	119	185	182
Percent of total	1.4	2.0	1.9

Characteristics of principal farm operators
Average operator age (years)	53.4	54.3	54.1
Percent with farming as their primary occupation	64.4	59.6	61.1
Men (persons)	7,922	8,503	7,890
Women (persons)	794	940	1,532

More information on farm characteristics • Census of Agriculture • Contact NASS Customer Service, 1-800-727-9540. Data from the 1992 Census of Agriculture is not adjusted for coverage. See Coverage Adjustment from NASS.

Farm Financial Indicators

	2005	2006
Farm income and value added data

Number of farms	9,200	9,100

	Thousands $
Final crop output	165,208	149,797
+ Final animal output	910,903	862,517
+ Services and forestry	210,930	220,750
= Final agricultural sector output	1,287,041	1,233,064

- Intermediate consumption outlays	738,350	814,868
+ Net government transactions	86,721	-15,196
= Gross value added	635,412	403,000

- Capital consumption	134,680	141,073

= Net value added	500,732	261,927

- Factor payments	199,758	196,708
Employee compensation (total hired labor)	104,856	111,407
Net rent received by nonoperator landlords	19,931	290
Real estate and nonreal estate interest	74,971	85,011

= Net farm income	300,974	65,219

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, 2006
1. Cattle and calves	762,561	74.7	1.6
2. Hay	48,269	4.7	1.0
3. Sugar beets	34,283	3.4	2.9
4. Hogs	28,264	2.8	0.2
5. Sheep and lambs	24,038	2.4	5.1

All commodities	1,021,145		0.4

More information on Wyoming's top agriculture commodities • Leading commodities for cash receipts in Excel • Contact Roger Strickland, 202-694-5592.

	Rank among states	Value million $
Top 5 agriculture exports, estimates, FY 2007
1. Feeds and fodders	34	14.0
2. Feed grains and products	35	11.4
3. Wheat and products	42	10.6
4. Live animals and meat	35	8.5
5. Seeds	30	6.8

Overall rank	44	61.4

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

	Percent of state total receipts	Million $
Top 5 counties in agricultural sales 2002
1. Goshen County	13.8	119.5
2. Platte County	9.2	79.9
3. Laramie County	7.6	65.5
4. Fremont County	6.9	59.9
5. Park County	6.1	52.9

State total		863.9

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 2006, 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: July 2, 2008