Wyoming · Census place 5625620

Evanston, Wyoming

Evanston is a city in Uinta County, Wyoming with an estimated 11,691 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 7th largest of 43 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
11,691
#7 of 43 in Wyoming
Change since 2020
-0.8%
-89 people
Land area
10.3 sq mi
+ 0.04 sq mi water
Density
1,138 / sq mi
State median 1,493
Orange pin: Evanston. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Cheyenne.

Evanston population, 2020 to 2024

Evanston lost 89 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.8%. In the latest year it moved by -122. Among 16 Wyoming places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 11th; the median place changed by +0.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Wyoming has 11,214 people, so Evanston is 1.0 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 11,779. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Evanston covers 10.27 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 1,138 people per square mile of land. The median Wyoming place of 5,000+ has 1,493, so Evanston is less dense than the typical town.

What county Evanston is in

All of Evanston's residents live in Uinta County, which had 20,621 residents in 2024. Evanston holds 56.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Evanston

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Evanston by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 82930. 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 Evanston is

The Census internal point of Evanston is at 41.260100, -110.963700. Cheyenne, the capital, is 319.4 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is North Ogden, UT (22,908 people), 51.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Salt Lake City, UT, 60.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.260100, -110.963700
DMS
41°15'36.36"N 110°57'49.32"W
UTM
12N 503040.9E 4567631.9N
Geohash
9x34dzntw
Plus code
85HF726P+2G

Daylight in Evanston

At 41.26° N, Evanston gets about 15 h 09 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 12 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 58 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Evanston

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wyoming, measured between internal points. The closest is Mountain View, 32.7 miles away, with 1,268 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Evanston, WY?

11,691 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 89 (0.8%) from 11,780 in July 2020.

What county is Evanston in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Evanston?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 82930.

How far is Evanston from Cheyenne?

319.4 miles (514.1 km) in a straight line, heading E from Evanston.

What is the nearest larger city to Evanston?

North Ogden, UT, with 22,908 residents, 51.8 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.