Washakie County, Wyoming

Washakie County population, land area and income

Washakie County had 7,662 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 2,238.7 square miles of land. It ranks 20th of 23 in Wyoming by population and 19th by land area. That works out to 3.4 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; Washakie County is somewhat smaller.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $62,794 is below the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Washakie County's population changed since 2020

Washakie County lost 1 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 0.0%. That ranks 18th 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, Washakie County recorded 321 births and 434 deaths, a natural change of -113. Net international migration added -7 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +106. The largest single component was natural change, which removed 113 people.

Where Washakie County is

The Census internal point of Washakie County is at 43.878800, -107.669100. 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 Washakie County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Washakie County

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in Washakie County, 4,765 people together, or 62% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Washakie County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Worland with 4,765.

Counties bordering Washakie County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 6 neighbors for Washakie County. The most populous is Natrona County, WY, with 80,410 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Natrona County

  80,410 people

  77 mi SE

• Fremont County

  39,721 people

  74 mi SW

• Park County

  31,082 people

  104 mi WNW

• Big Horn County

  12,084 people

  47 mi NNW

• Johnson County

  8,803 people

  55 mi ENE

• Hot Springs County

  4,625 people

  40 mi WSW

Distance to Cheyenne and the nearest big city

Cheyenne is 238.4 miles SE of Washakie County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Billings, MT (population 121,483), 138.9 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Riverton, WY (population 10,953), 68.9 miles away.

Washakie County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Washakie County is 56043: state code 56 for Wyoming plus county code 043. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $62,794.