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Laramie County, Wyoming

Republican +32.4 (2024)
County seat
Cheyenne
Judicial district
1st Judicial District Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
102,938
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 101,060.

At a glance

Laramie County is a 102,938-person venue. The county population is 80% White (Census race-alone categories). 16% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 74.9%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $82,615, $5,640 above the WY state median of $76,975; 33.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 6.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish and German or other West Germanic. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 23.4% of covered employment, average pay $63,205/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.35%, below the 3.42% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 62% to 65% of the vote across the three.

Population
101,060
Median household income
$80,173
Unemployment
3.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 80% / 2%.

Laramie County has a population of 101,060, with a median age of 38.5. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 80.3%; Black residents 2.3%. Independently, 15.8% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $82,615; 33.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 8.4% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 75,654 74.9%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 16,004 15.8%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 2,130 2.1%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 1,060 1.0%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 4,099 4.1%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 410 0.4%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 93 0.1%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 1,610 1.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 38.5

  • Under 18 22,644 22.4%
  • 18–24 8,997 8.9%
  • 25–44 27,965 27.7%
  • 45–64 23,929 23.7%
  • 65 and over 17,525 17.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$82,615
90% interval $77,570–$87,660
+$5,640 vs WY · 7th of 23
Below poverty line
8.4%
90% interval 6.7%–10.1%
−1.6 pp vs WY · 18th of 23

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Healthcare & education anchored

BLS QCEW 'Education & health services' is ≥20% of total covered employment. This county: 23.4%.

Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 23.4% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 20.2%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.35%, below the Wyoming state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
3.4%
−0.07 pp vs. state
County GDP
$8.4B
16.39% of state
Avg. annual pay
$63,374
Establishments
4,865

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 11,507 23.4%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 9,943 20.2%
  • Public administration 6,864 14.0%
  • Leisure & hospitality 5,330 10.9%
  • Professional & business services 4,712 9.6%
  • Construction 4,057 8.3%
  • Financial activities 2,133 4.3%
  • Other services 1,388 2.8%
  • Manufacturing 1,232 2.5%
  • Natural resources & mining 917 1.9%
  • Information 742 1.5%
  • Unclassified 2 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 99.4% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
70.6%
−1.2 pp vs WY · 19th of 23
Median gross rent
$1,160
+$168 vs WY · 3rd of 23
Owner-occupied
30,537
Renter-occupied
12,742

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Moderately concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 58% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

  • Moderate wage spread

    Highest-paid sector (Information, $96,360/yr) pays 3.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $24,643/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

  • Mixed business scale

    Average establishment employs 10 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently strongly Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 63%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Laramie County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 65.4% in 2024, 62.0% in 2020, 62.2% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 42,899 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201662.2%29.0%
202062.0%33.8%
202465.4%33.0%
  • Republican 28,063 65.4%
  • Democratic 14,153 33.0%
  • Other / third-party 683 1.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, English-speaking

Family households are 62% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 6.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

6.7% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Tagalog. Veterans account for 13.2% of the adult civilian population (9,984 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

93.3% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 4,633 4.9%
  • German or other West Germanic 512 0.5%
  • Tagalog 288 0.3%
  • Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 131 0.1%
  • Korean 99 0.1%
  • Chinese 93 0.1%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 49 0.1%
  • Arabic 35 0.0%
  • Vietnamese 16 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
43,279
Family households
26,944
62.3% of households
Married couples w/ children
8,462
31.4% of families
Single-mother families
2,114
7.8% of families
Veterans
9,984
13.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

32.1% overall adherence rate

  • Catholic 14,509 14.4%
  • Evangelical Protestant 7,690 7.7%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 5,603 5.6%
  • Mainline Protestant 3,363 3.3%
  • Black Protestant 888 0.9%
  • Orthodox 205 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
90.5%
±1.1 pp
Uninsured
9.5%
±1.1 pp
17th of 23
With a disability
14.4%
±0.8 pp
15th of 23
Bachelor's or higher
33.1%
±1.9 pp
+2.5 pp vs WY · 4th of 23
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
10.2%
90% interval 9.3%–11.1% · Census SAHIE

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

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
1st Judicial District Court
Judges
5 (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
Cheyenne
Court reference
Traffic safety context

Laramie totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 16 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
16
20.4 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
16

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Laramie County, Wyoming to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2024 · U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2024 · US Religion Census 2020.

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