Hot Springs County, Wyoming

Hot Springs County population, land area and income

Hot Springs County had 4,625 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 2,004.4 square miles of land. It ranks 22nd of 23 in Wyoming by population and 23rd by land area. That works out to 2.3 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 Hot Springs County has 32% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $60,811 is below the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Hot Springs County's population changed since 2020

Hot Springs County gained 5 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 0.1%. That ranks 17th 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, Hot Springs County recorded 160 births and 369 deaths, a natural change of -209. Net international migration added +0 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +210. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 210 people.

Where Hot Springs County is

The Census internal point of Hot Springs County is at 43.720200, -108.435100. It sits in UTM zone 12N. The map shades Wyoming's 23 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Hot Springs County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Hot Springs County

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in Hot Springs County, 2,748 people together, or 59% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Hot Springs County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Thermopolis with 2,748.

Counties bordering Hot Springs County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 3 neighbors for Hot Springs County. The most populous is Fremont County, WY, with 39,721 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Fremont County

  39,721 people

  47 mi S

• Park County

  31,082 people

  78 mi NW

• Washakie County

  7,662 people

  40 mi ENE

Distance to Cheyenne and the nearest big city

Cheyenne is 256.4 miles SE of Hot Springs County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Billings, MT (population 121,483), 143.0 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Riverton, WY (population 10,953), 48.0 miles away.

Hot Springs County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Hot Springs County is 56017: state code 56 for Wyoming plus county code 017. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $60,811.