Wyoming · Census place 5621125

Douglas, Wyoming

Douglas is a city in Converse County, Wyoming with an estimated 6,442 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 15th largest of 43 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
6,442
#15 of 43 in Wyoming
Change since 2020
+0.8%
+50 people
Land area
6.6 sq mi
+ 0.13 sq mi water
Density
976 / sq mi
State median 1,493
Orange pin: Douglas. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Cheyenne.

Douglas population, 2020 to 2024

Douglas added 50 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.8%. In the latest year it moved by -33. Among 16 Wyoming places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 8th; the median place changed by +0.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Wyoming has 11,214 people, so Douglas is 57% of it.

6,39220206,36320216,43620226,47520236,4422024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 6,391. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Douglas covers 6.60 square miles of land and 0.13 of water, for 976 people per square mile of land. The median Wyoming place of 5,000+ has 1,493, so Douglas is less dense than the typical town.

What county Douglas is in

All of Douglas's residents live in Converse County, which had 13,766 residents in 2024. Douglas holds 46.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Douglas

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Douglas by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 82633. 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 Douglas is

The Census internal point of Douglas is at 42.754800, -105.397800. Cheyenne, the capital, is 115.5 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Casper, WY (58,823 people), 47.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fort Collins, CO, 153.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.754800, -105.397800
DMS
42°45'17.28"N 105°23'52.08"W
UTM
13N 467447.3E 4733663.1N
Geohash
9xt51x78v
Plus code
85JPQJ32+WV

Daylight in Douglas

At 42.75° N, Douglas gets about 15 h 20 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 02 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 18 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Douglas

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wyoming, measured between internal points. The closest is Glenrock, 24.6 miles away, with 2,412 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Douglas, WY?

6,442 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 50 (0.8%) from 6,392 in July 2020.

What county is Douglas in?

Converse County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Douglas?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 82633.

How far is Douglas from Cheyenne?

115.5 miles (185.8 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Douglas.

What is the nearest larger city to Douglas?

Casper, WY, with 58,823 residents, 47.2 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.