Wyoming · Census place 5656215

Newcastle, Wyoming

Newcastle is a city in Weston County, Wyoming with an estimated 3,354 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 21st largest of 43 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,354
#21 of 43 in Wyoming
Change since 2020
-0.1%
-3 people
Land area
2.6 sq mi
Density
1,310 / sq mi
State median 1,493
Orange pin: Newcastle. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Cheyenne.

Newcastle population, 2020 to 2024

Newcastle lost 3 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.1%. In the latest year it moved by +15.

3,35720203,32620213,35520223,33920233,3542024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,366. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Newcastle covers 2.56 square miles of land, for 1,310 people per square mile of land. The median Wyoming place of 5,000+ has 1,493, so Newcastle is less dense than the typical town.

What county Newcastle is in

All of Newcastle's residents live in Weston County, which had 6,866 residents in 2024. Newcastle holds 48.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Newcastle

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Newcastle by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 82701. 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 Newcastle is

The Census internal point of Newcastle is at 43.850300, -104.196500. Cheyenne, the capital, is 189.9 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hot Springs, SD (3,608 people), 47.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fort Collins, CO, 232.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
43.850300, -104.196500
DMS
43°51'1.08"N 104°11'47.40"W
UTM
13N 564581.7E 4855559.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
85MQVR23+49

Daylight in Newcastle

At 43.85° N, Newcastle gets about 15 h 28 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 54 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 34 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Newcastle

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wyoming, measured between internal points. The closest is Sundance, 39.2 miles away, with 1,123 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Newcastle, WY?

3,354 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 3 (0.1%) from 3,357 in July 2020.

What county is Newcastle in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Newcastle?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 82701.

How far is Newcastle from Cheyenne?

189.9 miles (305.7 km) in a straight line, heading S from Newcastle.

What is the nearest larger city to Newcastle?

Hot Springs, SD, with 3,608 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)

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