Albany County, Wyoming

Albany County population, land area and income

Albany County had 39,288 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 4,274.2 square miles of land. It ranks 6th of 23 in Wyoming by population and 8th by land area. That works out to 9.2 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and in the bottom quarter nationally.

The median county-equivalent in Wyoming has 14,250 residents, so Albany County is 2.8 times that size.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $59,633 is below the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Albany County's population changed since 2020

Albany County gained 2,173 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 5.9%. That ranks 4th of 23 in Wyoming for growth. The median Wyoming county changed by +0.9%, and the state as a whole by +1.7%.

Since the April 2020 estimates base, Albany County recorded 1,389 births and 1,025 deaths, a natural change of +364. Net international migration added +1,555 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +300. The largest single component was international migration, which added 1,555 people.

Where Albany County is

The Census internal point of Albany County is at 41.665500, -105.721900. It sits in UTM zone 13N. The map shades Wyoming's 23 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Albany County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Albany County

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in Albany County, 32,957 people together, or 84% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Albany County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Laramie with 32,957.

Counties bordering Albany County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 6 neighbors for Albany County, including 2 across a state line. The most populous is Larimer County, CO, with 374,574 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• CO

  Larimer County, CO

  374,574 people

  71 mi S

• Laramie County

  101,783 people

  61 mi ESE

• Carbon County

  14,250 people

  63 mi W

• Converse County

  13,766 people

  92 mi N

• Platte County

  8,512 people

  51 mi NE

• CO

  Jackson County, CO

  1,273 people

  76 mi SSW

Distance to Cheyenne and the nearest big city

Cheyenne is 59.2 miles SE of Albany County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Fort Collins, CO (population 170,924), 84.4 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Laramie, WY (population 32,957), 25.5 miles away.

Albany County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Albany County is 56001: state code 56 for Wyoming plus county code 001. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $59,633.