Goshen County, Wyoming

Goshen County population, land area and income

Goshen County had 12,635 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 2,225.6 square miles of land. It ranks 14th of 23 in Wyoming by population and 20th by land area. That works out to 5.7 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; Goshen County is somewhat smaller.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $63,191 is above the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Goshen County's population changed since 2020

Goshen County gained 118 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 0.9%. That ranks 12th 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, Goshen County recorded 515 births and 748 deaths, a natural change of -233. Net international migration added +19 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +347. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 347 people.

Where Goshen County is

The Census internal point of Goshen County is at 42.089500, -104.353500. 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 Goshen County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Goshen County

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in Goshen County, 6,211 people together, or 49% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Goshen County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Torrington with 6,211.

Counties bordering Goshen County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 6 neighbors for Goshen County, including 3 across a state line. The most populous is Laramie County, WY, with 101,783 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Laramie County

  101,783 people

  57 mi SSW

• NE

  Scotts Bluff County, NE

  35,734 people

  37 mi ESE

• Platte County

  8,512 people

  31 mi W

• Niobrara County

  2,301 people

  67 mi N

• NE

  Sioux County, NE

  1,099 people

  41 mi NE

• NE

  Banner County, NE

  665 people

  50 mi SE

Distance to Cheyenne and the nearest big city

Cheyenne is 69.9 miles SSW of Goshen County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Fort Collins, CO (population 170,924), 112.7 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Scottsbluff, NE (population 14,323), 38.6 miles away.

Goshen County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Goshen County is 56015: state code 56 for Wyoming plus county code 015. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $63,191.