Lincoln County, Wyoming

Lincoln County population, land area and income

Lincoln County had 21,000 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 4,075.3 square miles of land. It ranks 10th of 23 in Wyoming by population and 11th by land area. That works out to 5.2 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; Lincoln County is somewhat larger.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $88,037 is in the top tenth among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Lincoln County's population changed since 2020

Lincoln County gained 1,342 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 6.8%. That ranks 2nd 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, Lincoln County recorded 945 births and 700 deaths, a natural change of +245. Net international migration added +47 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +1,133. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 1,133 people.

Where Lincoln County is

The Census internal point of Lincoln County is at 42.230000, -110.683000. 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 Lincoln County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Lincoln County

4 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Lincoln County, 8,059 people together, or 38% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Lincoln County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Kemmerer with 2,378.

Counties bordering Lincoln County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 8 neighbors for Lincoln County, including 4 across a state line. The most populous is Bonneville County, ID, with 133,644 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• ID

  Bonneville County, ID

  133,644 people

  94 mi NNW

• Sweetwater County

  41,273 people

  101 mi ESE

• Teton County

  23,272 people

  126 mi N

• Uinta County

  20,621 people

  66 mi S

• Sublette County

  8,965 people

  54 mi NE

• ID

  Caribou County, ID

  7,239 people

  58 mi NW

• ID

  Bear Lake County, ID

  6,779 people

  33 mi W

• UT

  Rich County, UT

  2,752 people

  51 mi SW

Distance to Cheyenne and the nearest big city

Cheyenne is 311.7 miles ESE of Lincoln County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Salt Lake City, UT (population 217,783), 119.4 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Smithfield, UT (population 15,018), 64.7 miles away.

Lincoln County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Lincoln County is 56023: state code 56 for Wyoming plus county code 023. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $88,037.