Wyoming · Census place 5676515
Thermopolis, Wyoming
Thermopolis is a town in Hot Springs County, Wyoming with an estimated 2,748 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 24th largest of 43 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,748
- #24 of 43 in Wyoming
- Change since 2020
- +0.1%
- +4 people
- Land area
- 2.4 sq mi
- + 0.08 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,150 / sq mi
- State median 1,493
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Thermopolis population, 2020 to 2024
Thermopolis added 4 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.1%. In the latest year it moved by -11.
Thermopolis covers 2.39 square miles of land and 0.08 of water, for 1,150 people per square mile of land. The median Wyoming place of 5,000+ has 1,493, so Thermopolis is less dense than the typical town.
What county Thermopolis is in
All of Thermopolis's residents live in Hot Springs County, which had 4,625 residents in 2024. Thermopolis holds 59.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Thermopolis
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Thermopolis by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 82443. 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 Thermopolis is
The Census internal point of Thermopolis is at 43.647600, -108.214500. Cheyenne, the capital, is 244.9 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Worland, WY (4,765 people), 28.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Billings, MT, 148.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 43.647600, -108.214500
- DMS
- 43°38'51.36"N 108°12'52.20"W
- UTM
- 12N 724646.9E 4836504.4N
- Geohash
- 9xg039b9e
- Plus code
- 85MHJQXP+26
Daylight in Thermopolis
At 43.65° N, Thermopolis gets about 15 h 27 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 56 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 31 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Thermopolis
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wyoming, measured between internal points. The closest is Worland, 28.7 miles away, with 4,765 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Thermopolis, WY?
2,748 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 4 (0.1%) from 2,744 in July 2020.
What county is Thermopolis in?
Hot Springs County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Thermopolis?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 82443.
How far is Thermopolis from Cheyenne?
244.9 miles (394.2 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Thermopolis.
What is the nearest larger city to Thermopolis?
Worland, WY, with 4,765 residents, 28.6 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.