Converse County, Wyoming

Converse County population, land area and income

Converse County had 13,766 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 4,255.0 square miles of land. It ranks 13th of 23 in Wyoming by population and 9th by land area. That works out to 3.2 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, about the same as Converse County.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $77,224 is in the top quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Converse County's population changed since 2020

Converse County gained 16 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 0.1%. That ranks 16th 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, Converse County recorded 625 births and 604 deaths, a natural change of +21. Net international migration added +5 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -15. The largest single component was natural change, which added 21 people.

Where Converse County is

The Census internal point of Converse County is at 42.984600, -105.524800. 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 Converse County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Converse County

2 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Converse County, 8,854 people together, or 64% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Converse County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Douglas with 6,442.

Counties bordering Converse County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 8 neighbors for Converse County. The most populous is Natrona County, WY, with 80,410 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Natrona County

  80,410 people

  63 mi W

• Campbell County

  47,946 people

  83 mi N

• Albany County

  39,288 people

  92 mi S

• Carbon County

  14,250 people

  114 mi SW

• Johnson County

  8,803 people

  91 mi NW

• Platte County

  8,512 people

  66 mi SSE

• Weston County

  6,866 people

  76 mi NE

• Niobrara County

  2,301 people

  54 mi E

Distance to Cheyenne and the nearest big city

Cheyenne is 132.5 miles SSE of Converse County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Fort Collins, CO (population 170,924), 170.0 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Casper, WY (population 58,823), 41.5 miles away.

Converse County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Converse County is 56009: state code 56 for Wyoming plus county code 009. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $77,224.