Wyoming · Census place 5648530
Lusk, Wyoming
Lusk is a town in Niobrara County, Wyoming with an estimated 1,401 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 35th largest of 43 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,401
- #35 of 43 in Wyoming
- Change since 2020
- -8.4%
- -128 people
- Land area
- 2.1 sq mi
- Density
- 677 / sq mi
- State median 1,493
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Lusk population, 2020 to 2024
Lusk lost 128 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -8.4%. In the latest year it moved by -14.
Lusk covers 2.07 square miles of land, for 677 people per square mile of land. The median Wyoming place of 5,000+ has 1,493, so Lusk is less dense than the typical town.
What county Lusk is in
All of Lusk's residents live in Niobrara County, which had 2,301 residents in 2024. Lusk holds 60.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Lusk
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lusk by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 82225. 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 Lusk is
The Census internal point of Lusk is at 42.761300, -104.458400. Cheyenne, the capital, is 113.6 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Douglas, WY (6,442 people), 47.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fort Collins, CO, 156.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 42.761300, -104.458400
- DMS
- 42°45'40.68"N 104°27'30.24"W
- UTM
- 13N 544315.5E 4734450.3N
- Geohash
- 9xteqbrww
- Plus code
- 85JQQG6R+GJ
Daylight in Lusk
At 42.76° N, Lusk 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 Lusk
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wyoming, measured between internal points. The closest is Guernsey, 37.2 miles away, with 1,094 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Lusk, WY?
1,401 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 128 (8.4%) from 1,529 in July 2020.
What county is Lusk in?
Niobrara County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Lusk?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 82225.
How far is Lusk from Cheyenne?
113.6 miles (182.7 km) in a straight line, heading S from Lusk.
What is the nearest larger city to Lusk?
Douglas, WY, with 6,442 residents, 47.7 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.