Sweetwater County, Wyoming

• White (non-Hispanic) 31,890 76.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6,991 16.8%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 542 1.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 197 0.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,379 3.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 194 0.5%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 3 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 346 0.8%

• Under 18 10,377 25.0%
• 18–24 3,671 8.8%
• 25–44 11,273 27.1%
• 45–64 10,090 24.3%
• 65 and over 6,131 14.8%

Median household income

$76,906

90% interval $70,954–$82,858

−$69 vs WY · 9th of 23

Below poverty line

9.1%

90% interval 7.2%–11.0%

−0.9 pp vs WY · 15th of 23

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.1%

+0.65 pp vs. state

County GDP

$4.0B

7.79% of state

Avg. annual pay

$70,405

Establishments

1,737

• Trade, transportation & utilities 4,316 21.2%
• Education & health services 4,086 20.1%
• Natural resources & mining 3,256 16.0%
• Leisure & hospitality 2,276 11.2%
• Manufacturing 1,366 6.7%
• Construction 1,325 6.5%
• Public administration 1,308 6.4%
• Professional & business services 1,167 5.7%
• Financial activities 590 2.9%
• Information 57 0.3%

The sectors listed cover 97.0% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

74.6%

+2.8 pp vs WY · 13th of 23

Median gross rent

$911

−$81 vs WY · 11th of 23

Owner-occupied

13,049

Renter-occupied

4,453

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 57% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $135,965/yr) pays 6.2× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $21,981/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 12 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 12,541 75.7%
• Democratic 3,731 22.5%
• Other / third-party 297 1.8%

• Spanish 3,050 7.8%
• Tagalog 113 0.3%
• Vietnamese 83 0.2%
• German or other West Germanic 75 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 11 0.0%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 5 0.0%
• Arabic 3 0.0%

Households

17,502

Family households

10,817

61.8% of households

Married couples w/ children

3,834

35.4% of families

Single-mother families

991

9.2% of families

Veterans

2,725

8.8% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 8,900 21.1%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 6,485 15.3%
• Evangelical Protestant 2,828 6.7%
• Mainline Protestant 789 1.9%
• Orthodox 60 0.1%

Health insured

87.2%

±1.5 pp

Uninsured

12.8%

±1.5 pp

6th of 23

With a disability

15.6%

±1.6 pp

9th of 23

Bachelor's or higher

20.9%

±2 pp

−9.7 pp vs WY · 20th of 23

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

11.7%

90% interval 10.6%–12.8% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

3rd Judicial District Court

Judges

3 (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

Evanston, Green River, Kemmerer

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

5

16.04 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

5