Washakie County, Wyoming

• White (non-Hispanic) 6,206 80.6%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,089 14.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 9 0.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 26 0.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 337 4.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 14 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 22 0.3%

• Under 18 1,615 21.0%
• 18–24 588 7.6%
• 25–44 1,695 22.0%
• 45–64 1,935 25.1%
• 65 and over 1,870 24.3%

Median household income

$68,635

90% interval $61,363–$75,907

−$8,340 vs WY · 17th of 23

Below poverty line

11.4%

90% interval 8.6%–14.2%

+1.4 pp vs WY · 7th of 23

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.4%

−0.04 pp vs. state

County GDP

$446.5M

0.87% of state

Avg. annual pay

$52,466

Establishments

447

• Trade, transportation & utilities 626 17.4%
• Education & health services 591 16.5%
• Manufacturing 467 13.0%
• Leisure & hospitality 274 7.6%
• Construction 238 6.6%
• Natural resources & mining 228 6.3%
• Public administration 226 6.3%
• Financial activities 127 3.5%
• Professional & business services 127 3.5%
• Other services 116 3.2%
• Information 59 1.6%

The sectors listed cover 85.7% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

74.2%

+2.4 pp vs WY · 14th of 23

Median gross rent

$720

−$272 vs WY · 21st of 23

Owner-occupied

2,519

Renter-occupied

875

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 47% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Information, $72,567/yr) pays 3.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,499/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 8.0 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 3,125 81.4%
• Democratic 656 17.1%
• Other / third-party 60 1.6%

• Spanish 536 7.3%
• Tagalog 6 0.1%

Households

3,394

Family households

1,932

56.9% of households

Married couples w/ children

658

34.1% of families

Single-mother families

142

7.3% of families

Veterans

475

7.8% of civilians 18+

• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,082 27.1%
• Evangelical Protestant 1,548 20.1%
• Catholic 902 11.7%
• Mainline Protestant 566 7.4%

Health insured

87.2%

±3.4 pp

Uninsured

12.8%

±3.4 pp

7th of 23

With a disability

14.1%

±2.3 pp

17th of 23

Bachelor's or higher

23.5%

±3.5 pp

−7.1 pp vs WY · 15th of 23

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

14.4%

90% interval 12.8%–16.0% · 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

1

16.43 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

1