Hot Springs County, Wyoming

• White (non-Hispanic) 4,135 89.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 183 4.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 14 0.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 245 5.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 16 0.3%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 27 0.6%

• Under 18 1,042 22.6%
• 18–24 312 6.8%
• 25–44 1,014 21.9%
• 45–64 1,041 22.5%
• 65 and over 1,211 26.2%

Median household income

$60,622

90% interval $53,481–$67,763

−$16,353 vs WY · 22nd of 23

Below poverty line

11.5%

90% interval 8.5%–14.5%

+1.5 pp vs WY · 6th of 23

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.4%

−0.06 pp vs. state

County GDP

$301.2M

0.58% of state

Avg. annual pay

$49,161

Establishments

248

• Leisure & hospitality 306 16.1%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 231 12.2%
• Natural resources & mining 200 10.5%
• Education & health services 196 10.3%
• Public administration 98 5.2%
• Professional & business services 96 5.1%
• Financial activities 58 3.1%

The sectors listed cover 62.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

72.7%

+0.9 pp vs WY · 17th of 23

Median gross rent

$887

−$105 vs WY · 14th of 23

Owner-occupied

1,555

Renter-occupied

585

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 39% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Natural resources & mining, $78,768/yr) pays 4.2× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,713/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 7.6 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 2,082 80.0%
• Democratic 488 18.7%
• Other / third-party 34 1.3%

• Spanish 71 1.6%
• German or other West Germanic 10 0.2%
• Chinese 2 0.0%

Households

2,140

Family households

1,419

66.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

434

30.6% of families

Single-mother families

58

4.1% of families

Veterans

353

9.9% of civilians 18+

• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 605 13.1%
• Evangelical Protestant 573 12.4%
• Catholic 428 9.3%
• Mainline Protestant 212 4.6%

Health insured

88.2%

±3.3 pp

Uninsured

11.8%

±3.3 pp

11th of 23

With a disability

18.1%

±3.7 pp

3rd of 23

Bachelor's or higher

26.7%

±4.6 pp

−3.9 pp vs WY · 9th of 23

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

13.0%

90% interval 11.4%–14.6% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

5th Judicial District Court

Judges

2 (District Court judges per district (general civil + felony criminal + family + probate jurisdiction); vintage 2026 courts.state.wy.us; cross-checked against Wyo. Stat. § 5-3-104. Circuit Court judges (limited jurisdiction: misdemeanors, civil up to $50K) are separately allocated and not counted here. Municipal Court judges (city-level) also separate.)

Court seats

Basin, Cody, Thermopolis, Worland

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

0

0 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

0