Platte County, Wyoming

• White (non-Hispanic) 7,318 85.0%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 761 8.8%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 29 0.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 424 4.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 35 0.4%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 34 0.4%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 11 0.1%

• Under 18 1,742 20.2%
• 18–24 289 3.4%
• 25–44 2,093 24.3%
• 45–64 2,155 25.0%
• 65 and over 2,333 27.1%

Median household income

$69,034

90% interval $61,858–$76,210

−$7,941 vs WY · 16th of 23

Below poverty line

10.7%

90% interval 7.9%–13.5%

+0.7 pp vs WY · 10th of 23

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.1%

+0.65 pp vs. state

County GDP

$663.4M

1.29% of state

Avg. annual pay

$55,088

Establishments

426

• Trade, transportation & utilities 936 28.0%
• Leisure & hospitality 370 11.1%
• Education & health services 298 8.9%
• Natural resources & mining 278 8.3%
• Professional & business services 162 4.9%
• Financial activities 134 4.0%
• Public administration 74 2.2%

The sectors listed cover 67.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

76.1%

+4.3 pp vs WY · 10th of 23

Median gross rent

$781

−$211 vs WY · 19th of 23

Owner-occupied

2,927

Renter-occupied

921

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 48% 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 (Public administration, $77,624/yr) pays 4.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,258/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 7.8 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 3,874 82.0%
• Democratic 780 16.5%
• Other / third-party 73 1.5%

• Spanish 524 6.4%
• German or other West Germanic 24 0.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 8 0.1%

Households

3,848

Family households

2,266

58.9% of households

Married couples w/ children

596

26.3% of families

Single-mother families

96

4.2% of families

Veterans

625

9.1% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 1,629 18.9%
• Catholic 804 9.3%
• Mainline Protestant 713 8.3%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 296 3.4%

Health insured

78.5%

±3.7 pp

Uninsured

21.5%

±3.7 pp

1st of 23

With a disability

16.8%

±2.7 pp

6th of 23

Bachelor's or higher

20.7%

±3.5 pp

−9.9 pp vs WY · 21st of 23

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

14.6%

90% interval 13.0%–16.2% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

8th 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

Douglas, Lusk, Torrington, Wheatland

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

2

29.11 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2