Park County, Wyoming

Park County population, land area and income

Park County had 31,082 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 6,939.0 square miles of land. It ranks 8th of 23 in Wyoming by population and 4th by land area. That works out to 4.5 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 Park County is 2.2 times that size.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $70,330 is above the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Park County's population changed since 2020

Park County gained 1,416 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 4.8%. That ranks 6th 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, Park County recorded 1,164 births and 1,528 deaths, a natural change of -364. Net international migration added +127 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +1,697. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 1,697 people.

Where Park County is

The Census internal point of Park County is at 44.492400, -109.593600. 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 Park County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Park County

2 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Park County, 16,942 people together, or 55% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Park County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Cody with 10,391.

Counties bordering Park County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 8 neighbors for Park County, including 3 across a state line. The most populous is Gallatin County, MT, with 126,984 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• MT

  Gallatin County, MT

  126,984 people

  104 mi NW

• Fremont County

  39,721 people

  111 mi SSE

• Teton County

  23,272 people

  51 mi SW

• MT

  Park County, MT

  18,074 people

  81 mi NW

• Big Horn County

  12,084 people

  79 mi E

• MT

  Carbon County, MT

  11,498 people

  58 mi NNE

• Washakie County

  7,662 people

  104 mi ESE

• Hot Springs County

  4,625 people

  78 mi SE

Distance to Cheyenne and the nearest big city

Cheyenne is 334.8 miles SE of Park County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Billings, MT (population 121,483), 102.9 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Cody, WY (population 10,391), 26.5 miles away.

Park County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Park County is 56029: state code 56 for Wyoming plus county code 029. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $70,330.