Wyoming County Profiles:  2012		Big Horn County
		County Seat:		Basin
Department of Administration & Information		Land Area (square mile):		3,137.1
Economic Analysis Division		Population Per Square Mile:		3.8
Subject	Big Horn		Wyoming
POPULATION - AGE/SEX1	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	11,794	100.0	576,412	100.0
Male	5,922	50.2	294,281	51.1
Female	5,872	49.8	282,131	48.9
Under 5 years	743	6.3	38,592	6.7
5 to 9 years	830	7.0	38,895	6.7
10 to 14 years	845	7.2	36,286	6.3
15 to 19 years	852	7.2	37,270	6.5
20 to 24 years	607	5.1	42,591	7.4
25 to 29 years	583	4.9	41,306	7.2
30 to 34 years	620	5.3	39,793	6.9
35 to 39 years	564	4.8	34,061	5.9
40 to 44 years	688	5.8	34,207	5.9
45 to 49 years	735	6.2	35,794	6.2
50 to 54 years	839	7.1	43,170	7.5
55 to 59 years	866	7.3	43,260	7.5
60 to 64 years	839	7.1	35,679	6.2
65 to 69 years	695	5.9	25,651	4.5
70 to 74 years	527	4.5	17,863	3.1
75 to 79 years	399	3.4	12,783	2.2
80 to 84 years	286	2.4	9,990	1.7
85 years and over	276	2.3	9,221	1.6
Under 18 years	2,991	25.4	135,490	23.5
18 to 24 years	886	7.5	58,144	10.1
25 to 44 years	2,455	20.8	149,367	25.9
45 to 64 years	3,279	27.8	157,903	27.4
65 years and over	2,183	18.5	75,508	13.1
Median age (years)	41.8	NA	36.9	NA
POPULATION - RACE/HISPANIC1	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
All Races Combined	11,794	100.0	576,412	100.0
White Alone	11,331	96.1	536,450	93.1
Black or African American Alone	107	0.9	8,555	1.5
American Indian and Alaska Native Alone	148	1.3	15,003	2.6
Asian Alone	54	0.5	5,183	0.9
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Alone	2	0.0	575	0.1
Two or More Races	152	1.3	10,646	1.8
Hispanic (may be of any race)	1,015	8.6	54,770	9.5
Non-Hispanic	10,779	91.4	521,642	90.5
White Alone	10,423	88.4	487,822	84.6
COMPONENTS OF POPULATION CHANGE1	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total Population Change	48	100.0	9,056	100.0
Natural Change	23	47.9	3,000	33.1
Births	142	(X)	7,426	(X)
Deaths	119	(X)	4,426	(X)
Net Migration	25	52.1	6,056	66.9
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE2	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total households	4,587	100.0	221,479	100.0
Family households (families)	3,197	69.7	145,992	65.9
With own children under 18 years	1,357	29.6	63,449	28.6
Married-couple family	2,770	60.4	117,493	53.0
With own children under 18 years	1,085	23.7	45,297	20.5
Male householder, no wife present, family	161	3.5	9,246	4.2
With own children under 18 years	112	2.4	5,912	2.7
Female householder, no husband present, family	266	5.8	19,253	8.7
With own children under 18 years	160	3.5	12,240	5.5
Nonfamily households	1,390	30.3	75,487	34.1
Householder living alone	1,232	26.9	61,207	27.6
65 years and over	578	12.6	20,074	9.1
Households with one or more people under 18 years	1,478	32.2	69,185	31.2
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	1,441	31.4	49,189	22.2
Average household size	2.5	(X)	2.48	(X)
Average family size	3.04	(X)	3.02	(X)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT2	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Population 25 years and over	7,797	100.0	371,096	100.0
Less than 9th grade	307	3.9	8,661	2.3
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	631	8.1	20,726	5.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	2,408	30.9	113,353	30.5
Some college, no degree	2,321	29.8	101,199	27.3
Associate's degree	663	8.5	37,126	10.0
Bachelor's degree	989	12.7	60,011	16.2
Graduate or professional degree	478	6.1	30,020	8.1
Percent high school graduate or higher	(X)	88.0	(X)	92.1
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	(X)	18.8	(X)	24.3
VETERAN STATUS2	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Civilian population 18 years and over	8,637	100.0	452,054	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,152	13.3	51,203	11.3
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO2	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Population age 1 year and over	11,521	100.0	555,587	100.0
Same house	9,866	85.6	454,552	81.8
Different house in the U.S.	1,621	14.1	99,164	17.8
Same county	727	6.3	54,717	9.8
Different county	894	7.8	44,447	8.0
Same state	298	2.6	14,481	2.6
Different state	596	5.2	29,966	5.4
Abroad	34	0.3	1,871	0.3
INCOME AND BENEFITS (IN 2012 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS)2	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total households	4,587	100.0	221,479	100.0
Less than $10,000	137	3.0	11,279	5.1
$10,000 to $14,999	292	6.4	10,717	4.8
$15,000 to $24,999	506	11.0	21,127	9.5
$25,000 to $34,999	577	12.6	22,992	10.4
$35,000 to $49,999	731	15.9	31,395	14.2
$50,000 to $74,999	900	19.6	44,135	19.9
$75,000 to $99,999	783	17.1	31,949	14.4
$100,000 to $149,999	396	8.6	32,413	14.6
$150,000 to $199,999	176	3.8	9,172	4.1
$200,000 or more	89	1.9	6,300	2.8
Median household income (dollars)	$51,002	(X)	$56,573	(X)
Mean household income (dollars)	$63,136	(X)	$70,836	(X)
With earnings	3,510	76.5	184,013	83.1
Mean earnings (dollars)	$60,270	(X)	$69,147	(X)
With Social Security	1,792	39.1	58,632	26.5
Mean Social Security income (dollars)	$17,426	(X)	$16,806	(X)
With retirement income	1,033	22.5	35,970	16.2
Mean retirement income (dollars)	$21,616	(X)	$21,386	(X)
With Supplemental Security Income	160	3.5	6,552	3.0
Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	$6,886	(X)	$8,539	(X)
With cash public assistance income	54	1.2	3,444	1.6
Mean cash public assistance income (dollars)	$2,900	(X)	$3,374	(X)
With Food Stamp/SNAP benefits	261	5.7	12,666	5.7
PER CAPITA INCOME3	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Per capita personal income	$36,129	(X)	$50,567	(X)
Per capita personal current transfer receipts	$7,001	(X)	$6,343	(X)
Per capita dividends, interest, and rent	$8,351	(X)	$13,093	(X)
Average nonfarm proprietors' income	$16,331	(X)	$35,391	(X)
FAMILIES AND PEOPLE WHOSE INCOME IS BELOW THE POVERTY LEVEL2	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
All families	208	6.5	10,532	7.2
With related children under 18 years	184	12.9	8,494	12.4
Married couple families	106	3.8	4,139	3.5
With related children under 18 years	82	7.3	2,719	5.7
Families with female householder, no husband present	74	27.8	5,472	28.4
With related children under 18 years	74	43.3	4,982	36.2
All people	1,144	10.0	60,636	11.0
Under 18 years	392	13.4	19,470	14.7
18 to 64 years	649	10.0	36,902	10.6
65 years and over	103	5.2	4,264	6.3
RATIO OF INCOME TO POVERTY LEVEL IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS2	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total:	11,434	100.0	549,049	100.0
Under .50	384	3.4	24,850	4.5
.50 to .99	760	6.6	35,786	6.5
1.00 to 1.24	550	4.8	19,623	3.6
1.25 to 1.49	479	4.2	23,841	4.3
1.50 to 1.84	1,001	8.8	37,058	6.7
1.85 to 1.99	665	5.8	14,161	2.6
2.00 and over	7,595	66.4	393,730	71.7
HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE2	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Civilian noninstitutionalized population	11,486	100.0	553,168	100.0
With health insurance coverage	9,720	84.6	470,598	85.1
With private health insurance	7,606	66.2	396,117	71.6
With public coverage	3,963	34.5	141,018	25.5
No health insurance coverage	1,766	15.4	82,570	14.9
Civilian noninstitutionalized population under 18 years	2,979	100.0	134,264	100.0
No health insurance coverage	263	8.8	11,766	8.8
HOUSING UNITS2	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total housing units	5,364	100.0	261,430	100.0
Occupied housing units	4,587	85.5	221,479	84.7
Owner-occupied	3,414	74.4	155,659	70.3
Renter-occupied	1,173	25.6	65,820	29.7
Vacant housing units	777	14.5	39,951	15.3
Homeowner vacancy rate	(X)	2.4	(X)	1.7
Rental vacancy rate	(X)	4.8	(X)	7.9
UNITS IN STRUCTURE2	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total housing units	5,364	100.0	261,430	100.0
Single family units	4,276	79.7	182,817	69.9
2 to 4 units	218	4.1	19,426	7.4
5 to 9 units	105	2.0	8,872	3.4
10 or more units	69	1.3	13,702	5.2
Mobile home	696	13.0	36,251	13.9
RV, van, boat, etc.	0	0.0	362	0.1
RESIDENTIAL BUILDING PERMITS4	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total housing units	11	100.0	2,300	100.0
Single family units	9	81.8	1,691	73.5
2 to 4 units	2	18.2	126	5.5
5 to more units	0	0.0	483	21.0
HOME VALUE2	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Owner-occupied units	3,414	100.0	155,659	100.0
Less than $50,000	361	10.6	16,506	10.6
$50,000 to $99,999	856	25.1	14,553	9.3
$100,000 to $149,999	813	23.8	23,529	15.1
$150,000 to $199,999	634	18.6	32,655	21.0
$200,000 to $299,999	495	14.5	38,465	24.7
$300,000 to $499,999	206	6.0	20,225	13.0
$500,000 to $999,999	40	1.2	6,826	4.4
$1,000,000 or more	9	0.3	2,900	1.9
Median (dollars)	$123,900	(X)	$184,400	(X)
MORTGAGE STATUS2	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Owner-occupied units	3,414	100.0	155,659	100.0
Housing units with a mortgage	1,823	53.4	94,301	60.6
Housing units without a mortgage	1,591	46.6	61,358	39.4
GROSS RENT2	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Occupied units paying rent	906	100.0	58,693	100.0
Less than $200	25	2.8	862	1.5
$200 to $299	65	7.2	2,200	3.7
$300 to $499	199	22.0	8,024	13.7
$500 to $749	456	50.3	19,540	33.3
$750 to $999	134	14.8	14,169	24.1
$1,000 to $1,499	27	3.0	10,137	17.3
$1,500 or more	0	0.0	3,761	6.4
Median (dollars)	$550	(X)	$733	(X)
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE5 (2013)	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Labor Force	5,177	100.0	306,315	100.0
Employment	4,893	94.5	292,096	95.4
Unemployment	284	5.5	14,219	4.6
Unemployment Rate	5.5%	(X)	4.6%	(X)
AVERAGE WAGE AND SALARY EMPLOYMENT6	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	4,248	100.0	278,595	100.0
Private	2,728	64.2	212,193	76.2
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting	133	3.1	2,542	0.9
Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction	634	14.9	27,688	9.9
Utilities	23	0.5	2,469	0.9
Construction	286	6.7	21,500	7.7
Manufacturing	253	6.0	9,357	3.4
Wholesale Trade	122	2.9	9,166	3.3
Retail Trade	305	7.2	29,444	10.6
Transportation & Warehousing	75	1.8	9,554	3.4
Information	95	2.2	3,902	1.4
Financial Activities	101	2.4	10,754	3.9
Professional & Business Services	285	6.7	18,010	6.5
Educational & Health Services	139	3.3	25,324	9.1
Leisure & Hospitality	218	5.1	33,923	12.2
Other Services	62	1.5	8,564	3.1
Government	1,520	35.8	66,403	23.8
Federal Government	106	2.5	7,522	2.7
State Government	180	4.2	13,343	4.8
Local Government	1,235	29.1	45,538	16.3
TOTAL ANNUAL WAGES6	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	$157,905,855	100.0	$12,419,640,108	100.0
Private	$101,921,254	64.5	$9,402,134,549	75.7
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting	$3,851,285	2.4	$77,320,968	0.6
Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction	$34,968,599	22.1	$2,292,161,480	18.5
Utilities	$1,260,826	0.8	$201,510,613	1.6
Construction	$11,335,223	7.2	$1,060,383,641	8.5
Manufacturing	$10,120,670	6.4	$522,831,750	4.2
Wholesale Trade	$4,984,135	3.2	$527,492,048	4.2
Retail Trade	$5,961,863	3.8	$796,995,012	6.4
Transportation & Warehousing	$3,008,973	1.9	$452,562,477	3.6
Information	$3,762,961	2.4	$162,296,930	1.3
Financial Activities	$4,202,654	2.7	$528,141,060	4.3
Professional & Business Services	$10,743,247	6.8	$875,522,196	7.0
Educational & Health Services	$3,530,752	2.2	$1,017,875,287	8.2
Leisure & Hospitality	$2,470,436	1.6	$589,074,501	4.7
Other Services	$1,719,630	1.1	$297,966,586	2.4
Government	$55,984,601	35.5	$3,017,505,559	24.3
Federal Government	$5,306,684	3.4	$444,713,124	3.6
State Government	$7,995,967	5.1	$693,482,477	5.6
Local Government	$42,681,950	27.0	$1,879,309,958	15.1
AVERAGE ANNUAL WAGE6	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	$37,174	100.0	$44,580	100.0
Private	$37,365	100.5	$44,309	99.4
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting	$29,012	78.0	$30,423	68.2
Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction	$55,177	148.4	$82,787	185.7
Utilities	$56,037	150.7	$81,625	183.1
Construction	$39,668	106.7	$49,321	110.6
Manufacturing	$40,042	107.7	$55,879	125.3
Wholesale Trade	$40,937	110.1	$57,547	129.1
Retail Trade	$19,579	52.7	$27,069	60.7
Transportation & Warehousing	$40,254	108.3	$47,370	106.3
Information	$39,715	106.8	$41,599	93.3
Financial Activities	$41,714	112.2	$49,113	110.2
Professional & Business Services	$37,663	101.3	$48,614	109.0
Educational & Health Services	$25,447	68.5	$40,194	90.2
Leisure & Hospitality	$11,358	30.6	$17,365	39.0
Other Services	$27,625	74.3	$34,795	78.1
Government	$36,832	99.1	$45,442	101.9
Federal Government	$50,300	135.3	$59,122	132.6
State Government	$44,422	119.5	$51,973	116.6
Local Government	$34,574	93.0	$41,270	92.6
COMMUTING TO OR FROM A DIFFERENT COUNTY FOR WORK	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total Commuting Out	922	100.0	22,542	100.0
to Park County, WY	558	60.5	1,473	6.5
to Washakie County, WY	106	11.5	355	1.6
to Sheridan County, WY	29	3.1	548	2.4
to Hot Springs County, WY	26	2.8	162	0.7
to Converse County, WY	25	2.7	1,222	5.4
to All Other Counties	178	19.3	18,782	83.3
Total Commuting In	491	100.0	29,946	100.0
from Park County, WY	366	74.5	994	3.3
from Washakie County, WY	35	7.1	220	0.7
from Sheridan County, WY	32	6.5	1,599	5.3
from Cascade County, MT	24	4.9	28	0.1
from Sweetgrass County, MT	13	2.6	13	0.0
from All Other Counties	21	4.3	27,092	90.5
AGRICULTURE7	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Number of Farms	627	(X)	11,736	(X)
Land in Farms (thousands of acres)	303	(X)	30,364	(X)
Total Cash Receipts (thousands of dollars)	$95,411	100.0	$1,663,761	100.0
Livestock and Products	$33,396	35.0	$1,235,198	74.2
Crops	$62,015	65.0	$428,563	25.8
Net Farm Income (thousands of dollars)	$24,119	(X)	$268,001	(X)
VALUATION AND TAXES8	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total Assessed Valuation	$289,109,390	100.0	$22,797,094,335	100.0
Non-Minerals	$114,338,815	39.5	$9,290,528,889	40.8
Agriculture	$14,906,306	5.2	$253,014,175	1.1
Residential	$53,343,192	18.5	$4,292,823,158	18.8
Commercial	$13,430,779	4.6	$1,198,642,514	5.3
Industrial	$14,546,974	5.0	$2,162,592,241	9.5
Other	$18,111,564	6.3	$1,383,456,801	6.1
Minerals	$174,770,575	60.5	$13,506,565,446	59.2
Oil	$122,223,846	42.3	$4,229,997,989	18.6
Natural gas	$4,054,048	1.4	$4,470,657,938	19.6
Coal	$0	0.0	$4,054,979,229	17.8
Other minerals	$48,492,681	16.8	$750,930,290	3.3
Total Property Taxes	$20,841,732	(X)	$1,463,519,560	(X)
Average Mill Levy	72.1	(X)	64.2	(X)
4% Sales and Use Tax Collections	$7,407,215	(X)	$700,228,831	(X)
LANDOWNERSHIP9 (square miles)	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total Land	3,137.1	100.0	97,093.1	100.0
U.S. Government	2,413.7	76.9	46,535.4	47.9
National Park Service	27.1	0.9	3,657.6	3.8
Forest Service	548.8	17.5	14,390.9	14.8
Fish and Wildlife	0.0	0.0	80.3	0.1
Bureau of Land Management	1,729.0	55.1	27,162.8	28.0
Bureau of Reclamation	108.8	3.5	1,243.8	1.3
Wyoming	131.1	4.2	6,042.7	6.2
State Lands Commission	118.7	3.8	5,773.5	5.9
Recreation Commission	0.3	0.0	11.8	0.0
Game and Fish	12.1	0.4	257.4	0.3
Local Government	3.4	0.1	192.0	0.2
County	2.9	0.1	36.7	0.0
City and Town	0.1	0.0	78.3	0.1
School District and College	0.4	0.0	44.3	0.0
Other Lands	11.5	0.4	3,155.5	3.2
Surface Water	22.0	0.7	735.2	0.8
Total Public	2,559.7	81.6	55,925.5	57.6
Total Private	577.4	18.4	41,167.6	42.4
PUBLIC SCHOOL STATISTICS10			Number	Percent
Number of School Districts	4	(X)	48	(X)
Number of Schools	16	(X)	351	(X)
Fall Enrollment	2,394	(X)	90,993	(X)
Composite ACT score (Grade 11)	20.4	(X)	19.7	(X)
High School Graduates (4 year on time)	144	(X)	5,300	(X)
Graduation Rate	79.6%	(X)	77.6%	(X)
Average Daily Membership (ADM)	2,372	(X)	89,832	(X)
Certified Teachers	212	(X)	7,350	(X)
Certified Staff	37	(X)	1,538	(X)
Administration	35	(X)	746	(X)
Classified Staff	175	(X)	6,940	(X)
Students Transported Daily	867	(X)	31,351	(X)
Total General Fund Revenues	$39,226,750	(X)	$1,370,360,482	(X)
Total General Fund Expenditures	$38,840,713	(X)	$1,353,837,570	(X)
Operating Cost Per ADM	$19,149	(X)	$17,156	(X)
% of Students with Free or Reduced Lunch (2013-14)	43.5%	(X)	37.6%	(X)
CRIME11	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Violent Crime	15	100.0	1,086	100.0
Murder	0	0.0	14	1.3
Forcible Rape	3	20.0	147	13.5
Robbery	1	6.7	60	5.5
Aggravated Assault	11	73.3	865	79.7
Property Crime	47	100.0	12,791	100.0
Burglary	16	34.0	2,061	16.1
Larceny-Theft	31	66.0	10,182	79.6
Motor Vehicle Theft	0	0.0	548	4.3
TRANSPORTATION12	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Number of Registered Vehicles	20,083	100.0	883,401	100.0
Passenger Cars	6,616	32.9	348,250	39.4
Trucks	6,026	30.0	251,400	28.5
Motorcycles	465	2.3	29,853	3.4
Trailers (including house trailers)	4,957	24.7	196,395	22.2
University of Wyoming Specialty Plates (cars & trucks)	70	0.3	5,025	0.6
Commercial Trucks & Trailers	1,196	6.0	24,901	2.8
Others	753	3.7	27,577	3.1
Road (miles)	1,013	100.0	29,070	100.0
Federal	84	8.3	4,089	14.1
State Highway	291	28.7	6,752	23.2
County Road	558	55.1	14,620	50.3
Local (City & Town)	72	7.1	2,431	8.4
Other	8	0.8	1,178	4.1
Per Capita Vehicle Miles Traveled	12,765	(X)	15,659	(X)
Commercial Airport Passengers	0	(X)	997,818	(X)
HEALTH CARE AND RISK FACTORS13	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Licensed Hospitals	2	(X)	27	(X)
Bed Capacity	21	(X)	1,386	(X)
Licensed Nursing Care Facilities	3	(X)	38	(X)
Bed Capacity	212	(X)	2,950	(X)
Occupancy Rate	79.0%	(X)	80.9%	(X)
Medicaid Beneficiaries	2,046	17.3	87,069	15.1
Enrollment in State Children Health Insurance Program	259	8.3	8,846	6.2
Percent of Adults with BMI (weight in kg/height in meters squared) Larger Than 30	25.6%	(X)	25.2%	(X)
Percent of Adults who reported having 5 or more drinks on an occasion at least once in the past 30 days	15.8%	(X)	15.6%	(X)
Percent of Adults who reported having smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their life time and are currently smoking	23.2%	(X)	22.2%	(X)
SOURCES:
1  U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division
2  U.S. Census Bureau, 2012 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates
3  U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
4  U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey
5  U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics
6  Wyoming Department of Workforce Services and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
7  U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
8  Wyoming Department of Revenue
9  University of Wyoming, Department of Geography & Recreation; and U.S. Census Bureau
10 Wyoming Department of Education
11 Wyoming Attorney General's Office
12 Wyoming Department of Transportation
13 Wyoming Department of Health and Wyoming Department of Family Services