Wyoming · Census place 5613900
Cheyenne, Wyoming
Cheyenne is a city in Laramie County, Wyoming with an estimated 65,704 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the largest of 43 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 65,704
- #1 of 43 in Wyoming
- Change since 2020
- +0.6%
- +421 people
- Land area
- 36.5 sq mi
- + 0.11 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,802 / sq mi
- State median 1,493
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Cheyenne population, 2020 to 2024
Cheyenne added 421 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.6%. In the latest year it moved by +417. Among 16 Wyoming places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 9th; the median place changed by +0.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Wyoming has 11,214 people, so Cheyenne is 5.9 times that size.
Cheyenne covers 36.47 square miles of land and 0.11 of water, for 1,802 people per square mile of land. The median Wyoming place of 5,000+ has 1,493, so Cheyenne is denser than the typical town.
What county Cheyenne is in
All of Cheyenne's residents live in Laramie County, which had 101,783 residents in 2024. Cheyenne holds 64.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Cheyenne
3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Cheyenne by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 82001, 82007, 82009. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Cheyenne is
The Census internal point of Cheyenne is at 41.128700, -104.790800. Cheyenne, the capital, is 1.7 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Fort Collins, CO (170,924 people), 42.6 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 41.128700, -104.790800
- DMS
- 41°07'43.32"N 104°47'26.88"W
- UTM
- 13N 517559.8E 4553065.2N
- Geohash
- 9xm3zrm8j
- Plus code
- 85HQ46H5+FM
Daylight in Cheyenne
At 41.13° N, Cheyenne gets about 15 h 09 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 13 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 56 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Cheyenne
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wyoming, measured between internal points. The closest is Pine Bluffs, 37.4 miles away, with 1,111 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Cheyenne, WY?
65,704 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 421 (0.6%) from 65,283 in July 2020.
What county is Cheyenne in?
Laramie County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Cheyenne?
3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 82001, 82007, 82009.
How far is Cheyenne from Cheyenne?
1.7 miles (2.7 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Cheyenne.
What is the nearest larger city to Cheyenne?
Fort Collins, CO, with 170,924 residents, 42.6 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.