Laramie County, Wyoming

Laramie County population, land area and income

Laramie County had 101,783 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 2,685.9 square miles of land. It is the most populous of Wyoming's 23 county-equivalents. That works out to 37.9 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and below the national county median.

The median county-equivalent in Wyoming has 14,250 residents, so Laramie County is 7.1 times that size.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $75,131 is in the top quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Laramie County's population changed since 2020

Laramie County gained 1,050 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 1.0%. That ranks 11th 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, Laramie County recorded 4,912 births and 4,708 deaths, a natural change of +204. Net international migration added +186 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +838. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 838 people.

Where Laramie County is

The Census internal point of Laramie County is at 41.292800, -104.660400. 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 Laramie County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Laramie County

2 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Laramie County, 66,815 people together, or 66% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Laramie County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Cheyenne with 65,704.

Counties bordering Laramie County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 7 neighbors for Laramie County, including 4 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

  61 mi SW

• CO

  Weld County, CO

  369,745 people

  53 mi SSE

• Albany County

  39,288 people

  61 mi WNW

• Goshen County

  12,635 people

  57 mi NNE

• Platte County

  8,512 people

  60 mi NNW

• NE

  Kimball County, NE

  3,305 people

  50 mi E

• NE

  Banner County, NE

  665 people

  51 mi ENE

Distance to Cheyenne and the nearest big city

Cheyenne is 13.4 miles SW of Laramie County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Fort Collins, CO (population 170,924), 55.6 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Cheyenne, WY (population 65,704), 13.2 miles away.

Laramie County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Laramie County is 56021: state code 56 for Wyoming plus county code 021. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $75,131.