Wyoming · Census place 5634320
Guernsey, Wyoming
Guernsey is a town in Platte County, Wyoming with an estimated 1,094 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 42nd largest of 43 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,094
- #42 of 43 in Wyoming
- Change since 2020
- -3.0%
- -34 people
- Land area
- 1.0 sq mi
- + 0.02 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,073 / sq mi
- State median 1,493
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Guernsey population, 2020 to 2024
Guernsey lost 34 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.0%. In the latest year it moved by -12.
Guernsey covers 1.02 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 1,073 people per square mile of land. The median Wyoming place of 5,000+ has 1,493, so Guernsey is less dense than the typical town.
What county Guernsey is in
All of Guernsey's residents live in Platte County, which had 8,512 residents in 2024. Guernsey holds 12.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Guernsey
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Guernsey by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 82201, 82214. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Guernsey is
The Census internal point of Guernsey is at 42.264800, -104.742900. Cheyenne, the capital, is 77.8 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Wheatland, WY (3,475 people), 18.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fort Collins, CO, 119.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 42.264800, -104.742900
- DMS
- 42°15'53.28"N 104°44'34.44"W
- UTM
- 13N 521203.9E 4679209.3N
- Geohash
- 9xt82w0d3
- Plus code
- 85JQ7774+WR
Daylight in Guernsey
At 42.26° N, Guernsey gets about 15 h 16 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 05 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 11 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Guernsey
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wyoming, measured between internal points. The closest is Wheatland, 18.4 miles away, with 3,475 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Guernsey, WY?
1,094 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 34 (3.0%) from 1,128 in July 2020.
What county is Guernsey in?
Platte County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Guernsey?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 82201, 82214.
How far is Guernsey from Cheyenne?
77.8 miles (125.2 km) in a straight line, heading S from Guernsey.
What is the nearest larger city to Guernsey?
Wheatland, WY, with 3,475 residents, 18.5 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.