Wyoming County Profiles:  2012		Converse County
		County Seat:		Douglas
Department of Administration & Information		Land Area (square mile):		4,254.9
Economic Analysis Division		Population Per Square Mile:		3.3
Subject	Converse		Wyoming
POPULATION - AGE/SEX1	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	14,008	100.0	576,412	100.0
Male	7,137	50.9	294,281	51.1
Female	6,871	49.1	282,131	48.9
Under 5 years	943	6.7	38,592	6.7
5 to 9 years	954	6.8	38,895	6.7
10 to 14 years	984	7.0	36,286	6.3
15 to 19 years	916	6.5	37,270	6.5
20 to 24 years	747	5.3	42,591	7.4
25 to 29 years	830	5.9	41,306	7.2
30 to 34 years	908	6.5	39,793	6.9
35 to 39 years	810	5.8	34,061	5.9
40 to 44 years	940	6.7	34,207	5.9
45 to 49 years	954	6.8	35,794	6.2
50 to 54 years	1,141	8.1	43,170	7.5
55 to 59 years	1,097	7.8	43,260	7.5
60 to 64 years	895	6.4	35,679	6.2
65 to 69 years	629	4.5	25,651	4.5
70 to 74 years	447	3.2	17,863	3.1
75 to 79 years	351	2.5	12,783	2.2
80 to 84 years	252	1.8	9,990	1.7
85 years and over	210	1.5	9,221	1.6
Under 18 years	3,440	24.6	135,490	23.5
18 to 24 years	1,104	7.9	58,144	10.1
25 to 44 years	3,488	24.9	149,367	25.9
45 to 64 years	4,087	29.2	157,903	27.4
65 years and over	1,889	13.5	75,508	13.1
Median age (years)	39.4	NA	36.9	NA
POPULATION - RACE/HISPANIC1	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
All Races Combined	14,008	100.0	576,412	100.0
White Alone	13,462	96.1	536,450	93.1
Black or African American Alone	131	0.9	8,555	1.5
American Indian and Alaska Native Alone	141	1.0	15,003	2.6
Asian Alone	55	0.4	5,183	0.9
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Alone	10	0.1	575	0.1
Two or More Races	209	1.5	10,646	1.8
Hispanic (may be of any race)	992	7.1	54,770	9.5
Non-Hispanic	13,016	92.9	521,642	90.5
White Alone	12,566	89.7	487,822	84.6
COMPONENTS OF POPULATION CHANGE1	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total Population Change	270	100.0	9,056	100.0
Natural Change	61	22.6	3,000	33.1
Births	175	(X)	7,426	(X)
Deaths	114	(X)	4,426	(X)
Net Migration	209	77.4	6,056	66.9
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE2	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total households	5,608	100.0	221,479	100.0
Family households (families)	3,775	67.3	145,992	65.9
With own children under 18 years	1,695	30.2	63,449	28.6
Married-couple family	3,099	55.3	117,493	53.0
With own children under 18 years	1,232	22.0	45,297	20.5
Male householder, no wife present, family	230	4.1	9,246	4.2
With own children under 18 years	157	2.8	5,912	2.7
Female householder, no husband present, family	446	8.0	19,253	8.7
With own children under 18 years	306	5.5	12,240	5.5
Nonfamily households	1,833	32.7	75,487	34.1
Householder living alone	1,628	29.0	61,207	27.6
65 years and over	609	10.9	20,074	9.1
Households with one or more people under 18 years	1,914	34.1	69,185	31.2
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	1,295	23.1	49,189	22.2
Average household size	2.44	(X)	2.48	(X)
Average family size	2.97	(X)	3.02	(X)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT2	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Population 25 years and over	9,326	100.0	371,096	100.0
Less than 9th grade	249	2.7	8,661	2.3
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	536	5.7	20,726	5.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	3,765	40.4	113,353	30.5
Some college, no degree	2,393	25.7	101,199	27.3
Associate's degree	856	9.2	37,126	10.0
Bachelor's degree	1,120	12.0	60,011	16.2
Graduate or professional degree	407	4.4	30,020	8.1
Percent high school graduate or higher	(X)	91.6	(X)	92.1
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	(X)	16.4	(X)	24.3
VETERAN STATUS2	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Civilian population 18 years and over	10,318	100.0	452,054	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,271	12.3	51,203	11.3
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO2	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Population age 1 year and over	13,619	100.0	555,587	100.0
Same house	11,314	83.1	454,552	81.8
Different house in the U.S.	2,305	16.9	99,164	17.8
Same county	1,352	9.9	54,717	9.8
Different county	953	7.0	44,447	8.0
Same state	479	3.5	14,481	2.6
Different state	474	3.5	29,966	5.4
Abroad	0	0.0	1,871	0.3
INCOME AND BENEFITS (IN 2012 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS)2	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total households	5,608	100.0	221,479	100.0
Less than $10,000	239	4.3	11,279	5.1
$10,000 to $14,999	260	4.6	10,717	4.8
$15,000 to $24,999	506	9.0	21,127	9.5
$25,000 to $34,999	574	10.2	22,992	10.4
$35,000 to $49,999	669	11.9	31,395	14.2
$50,000 to $74,999	1,138	20.3	44,135	19.9
$75,000 to $99,999	913	16.3	31,949	14.4
$100,000 to $149,999	987	17.6	32,413	14.6
$150,000 to $199,999	182	3.2	9,172	4.1
$200,000 or more	140	2.5	6,300	2.8
Median household income (dollars)	$62,554	(X)	$56,573	(X)
Mean household income (dollars)	$71,432	(X)	$70,836	(X)
With earnings	4,671	83.3	184,013	83.1
Mean earnings (dollars)	$71,541	(X)	$69,147	(X)
With Social Security	1,522	27.1	58,632	26.5
Mean Social Security income (dollars)	$16,806	(X)	$16,806	(X)
With retirement income	903	16.1	35,970	16.2
Mean retirement income (dollars)	$22,007	(X)	$21,386	(X)
With Supplemental Security Income	62	1.1	6,552	3.0
Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	$8,747	(X)	$8,539	(X)
With cash public assistance income	22	0.4	3,444	1.6
Mean cash public assistance income (dollars)	$8,995	(X)	$3,374	(X)
With Food Stamp/SNAP benefits	380	6.8	12,666	5.7
PER CAPITA INCOME3	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Per capita personal income	$50,251	(X)	$50,567	(X)
Per capita personal current transfer receipts	$6,441	(X)	$6,343	(X)
Per capita dividends, interest, and rent	$10,853	(X)	$13,093	(X)
Average nonfarm proprietors' income	$29,035	(X)	$35,391	(X)
FAMILIES AND PEOPLE WHOSE INCOME IS BELOW THE POVERTY LEVEL2	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
All families	183	4.8	10,532	7.2
With related children under 18 years	166	8.7	8,494	12.4
Married couple families	108	3.5	4,139	3.5
With related children under 18 years	100	7.1	2,719	5.7
Families with female householder, no husband present	75	16.8	5,472	28.4
With related children under 18 years	66	20.6	4,982	36.2
All people	1,127	8.3	60,636	11.0
Under 18 years	382	11.2	19,470	14.7
18 to 64 years	610	7.2	36,902	10.6
65 years and over	135	7.6	4,264	6.3
RATIO OF INCOME TO POVERTY LEVEL IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS2	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total:	13,660	100.0	549,049	100.0
Under .50	392	2.9	24,850	4.5
.50 to .99	735	5.4	35,786	6.5
1.00 to 1.24	414	3.0	19,623	3.6
1.25 to 1.49	386	2.8	23,841	4.3
1.50 to 1.84	1,017	7.4	37,058	6.7
1.85 to 1.99	198	1.4	14,161	2.6
2.00 and over	10,518	77.0	393,730	71.7
HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE2	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Civilian noninstitutionalized population	13,709	100.0	553,168	100.0
With health insurance coverage	12,101	88.3	470,598	85.1
With private health insurance	10,192	74.3	396,117	71.6
With public coverage	3,606	26.3	141,018	25.5
No health insurance coverage	1,608	11.7	82,570	14.9
Civilian noninstitutionalized population under 18 years	3,458	100.0	134,264	100.0
No health insurance coverage	229	6.6	11,766	8.8
HOUSING UNITS2	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total housing units	6,366	100.0	261,430	100.0
Occupied housing units	5,608	88.1	221,479	84.7
Owner-occupied	4,155	74.1	155,659	70.3
Renter-occupied	1,453	25.9	65,820	29.7
Vacant housing units	758	11.9	39,951	15.3
Homeowner vacancy rate	(X)	1.1	(X)	1.7
Rental vacancy rate	(X)	7.7	(X)	7.9
UNITS IN STRUCTURE2	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total housing units	6,366	100.0	261,430	100.0
Single family units	4,316	67.8	182,817	69.9
2 to 4 units	457	7.2	19,426	7.4
5 to 9 units	224	3.5	8,872	3.4
10 or more units	239	3.8	13,702	5.2
Mobile home	1,130	17.8	36,251	13.9
RV, van, boat, etc.	0	0.0	362	0.1
RESIDENTIAL BUILDING PERMITS4	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total housing units	51	100.0	2,300	100.0
Single family units	41	80.4	1,691	73.5
2 to 4 units	0	0.0	126	5.5
5 to more units	10	19.6	483	21.0
HOME VALUE2	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Owner-occupied units	4,155	100.0	155,659	100.0
Less than $50,000	492	11.8	16,506	10.6
$50,000 to $99,999	358	8.6	14,553	9.3
$100,000 to $149,999	617	14.8	23,529	15.1
$150,000 to $199,999	1,018	24.5	32,655	21.0
$200,000 to $299,999	1,141	27.5	38,465	24.7
$300,000 to $499,999	399	9.6	20,225	13.0
$500,000 to $999,999	92	2.2	6,826	4.4
$1,000,000 or more	38	0.9	2,900	1.9
Median (dollars)	$183,100	(X)	$184,400	(X)
MORTGAGE STATUS2	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Owner-occupied units	4,155	100.0	155,659	100.0
Housing units with a mortgage	2,606	62.7	94,301	60.6
Housing units without a mortgage	1,549	37.3	61,358	39.4
GROSS RENT2	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Occupied units paying rent	1,247	100.0	58,693	100.0
Less than $200	66	5.3	862	1.5
$200 to $299	81	6.5	2,200	3.7
$300 to $499	159	12.8	8,024	13.7
$500 to $749	458	36.7	19,540	33.3
$750 to $999	265	21.3	14,169	24.1
$1,000 to $1,499	151	12.1	10,137	17.3
$1,500 or more	67	5.4	3,761	6.4
Median (dollars)	$633	(X)	$733	(X)
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE5 (2013)	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Labor Force	8,359	100.0	306,315	100.0
Employment	8,069	96.5	292,096	95.4
Unemployment	290	3.5	14,219	4.6
Unemployment Rate	3.5%	(X)	4.6%	(X)
AVERAGE WAGE AND SALARY EMPLOYMENT6	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	5,900	100.0	278,595	100.0
Private	4,416	74.8	212,193	76.2
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting	117	2.0	2,542	0.9
Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction	1,277	21.6	27,688	9.9
Utilities	208	3.5	2,469	0.9
Construction	410	7.0	21,500	7.7
Manufacturing	125	2.1	9,357	3.4
Wholesale Trade	71	1.2	9,166	3.3
Retail Trade	430	7.3	29,444	10.6
Transportation & Warehousing	207	3.5	9,554	3.4
Information	61	1.0	3,902	1.4
Financial Activities	182	3.1	10,754	3.9
Professional & Business Services	187	3.2	18,010	6.5
Educational & Health Services	272	4.6	25,324	9.1
Leisure & Hospitality	687	11.6	33,923	12.2
Other Services	183	3.1	8,564	3.1
Government	1,485	25.2	66,403	23.8
Federal Government	65	1.1	7,522	2.7
State Government	133	2.3	13,343	4.8
Local Government	1,287	21.8	45,538	16.3
TOTAL ANNUAL WAGES6	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	$266,615,639	100.0	$12,419,640,108	100.0
Private	$203,855,458	76.5	$9,402,134,549	75.7
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting	$3,677,494	1.4	$77,320,968	0.6
Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction	$95,279,800	35.7	$2,292,161,480	18.5
Utilities	$19,615,565	7.4	$201,510,613	1.6
Construction	$19,905,494	7.5	$1,060,383,641	8.5
Manufacturing	$5,632,310	2.1	$522,831,750	4.2
Wholesale Trade	$3,197,412	1.2	$527,492,048	4.2
Retail Trade	$9,754,727	3.7	$796,995,012	6.4
Transportation & Warehousing	$8,383,591	3.1	$452,562,477	3.6
Information	$1,692,619	0.6	$162,296,930	1.3
Financial Activities	$5,845,189	2.2	$528,141,060	4.3
Professional & Business Services	$8,212,980	3.1	$875,522,196	7.0
Educational & Health Services	$8,435,020	3.2	$1,017,875,287	8.2
Leisure & Hospitality	$8,897,321	3.3	$589,074,501	4.7
Other Services	$5,325,936	2.0	$297,966,586	2.4
Government	$62,760,181	23.5	$3,017,505,559	24.3
Federal Government	$3,624,488	1.4	$444,713,124	3.6
State Government	$6,804,035	2.6	$693,482,477	5.6
Local Government	$52,331,658	19.6	$1,879,309,958	15.1
AVERAGE ANNUAL WAGE6	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	$45,189	100.0	$44,580	100.0
Private	$46,168	102.2	$44,309	99.4
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting	$31,365	69.4	$30,423	68.2
Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction	$74,627	165.1	$82,787	185.7
Utilities	$94,419	208.9	$81,625	183.1
Construction	$48,520	107.4	$49,321	110.6
Manufacturing	$45,239	100.1	$55,879	125.3
Wholesale Trade	$45,034	99.7	$57,547	129.1
Retail Trade	$22,712	50.3	$27,069	60.7
Transportation & Warehousing	$40,452	89.5	$47,370	106.3
Information	$27,635	61.2	$41,599	93.3
Financial Activities	$32,205	71.3	$49,113	110.2
Professional & Business Services	$43,920	97.2	$48,614	109.0
Educational & Health Services	$31,011	68.6	$40,194	90.2
Leisure & Hospitality	$12,960	28.7	$17,365	39.0
Other Services	$29,103	64.4	$34,795	78.1
Government	$42,277	93.6	$45,442	101.9
Federal Government	$55,761	123.4	$59,122	132.6
State Government	$51,255	113.4	$51,973	116.6
Local Government	$40,670	90.0	$41,270	92.6
COMMUTING TO OR FROM A DIFFERENT COUNTY FOR WORK	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total Commuting Out	1,872	100.0	22,542	100.0
to Natrona County, WY	915	48.9	2,080	9.2
to Campbell County, WY	770	41.1	4,290	19.0
to Johnson County, WY	57	3.0	675	3.0
to Fremont County, WY	35	1.9	565	2.5
to Denver County, CO	29	1.5	242	1.1
to All Other Counties	66	3.5	14,690	65.2
Total Commuting In	1,222	100.0	29,946	100.0
from Natrona County, WY	657	53.8	1,676	5.6
from Platte County, WY	74	6.1	409	1.4
from Goshen County, WY	58	4.7	1,235	4.1
from Coconino County, AZ	41	3.4	142	0.5
from Dawes County, NE	30	2.5	73	0.2
from All Other Counties	362	29.6	26,411	88.2
AGRICULTURE7	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Number of Farms	410	(X)	11,736	(X)
Land in Farms (thousands of acres)	2,447	(X)	30,364	(X)
Total Cash Receipts (thousands of dollars)	$44,501	100.0	$1,663,761	100.0
Livestock and Products	$38,330	86.1	$1,235,198	74.2
Crops	$6,171	13.9	$428,563	25.8
Net Farm Income (thousands of dollars)	$2,831	(X)	$268,001	(X)
VALUATION AND TAXES8	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total Assessed Valuation	$1,168,956,285	100.0	$22,797,094,335	100.0
Non-Minerals	$395,273,372	33.8	$9,290,528,889	40.8
Agriculture	$12,862,412	1.1	$253,014,175	1.1
Residential	$87,716,324	7.5	$4,292,823,158	18.8
Commercial	$24,284,177	2.1	$1,198,642,514	5.3
Industrial	$89,792,891	7.7	$2,162,592,241	9.5
Other	$180,617,568	15.5	$1,383,456,801	6.1
Minerals	$773,682,913	66.2	$13,506,565,446	59.2
Oil	$407,163,204	34.8	$4,229,997,989	18.6
Natural gas	$37,081,819	3.2	$4,470,657,938	19.6
Coal	$295,433,065	25.3	$4,054,979,229	17.8
Other minerals	$34,004,825	2.9	$750,930,290	3.3
Total Property Taxes	$70,127,477	(X)	$1,463,519,560	(X)
Average Mill Levy	60.0	(X)	64.2	(X)
4% Sales and Use Tax Collections	$47,578,564	(X)	$700,228,831	(X)
LANDOWNERSHIP9 (square miles)	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total Land	4,254.9	100.0	97,093.1	100.0
U.S. Government	608.5	14.3	46,535.4	47.9
National Park Service	0.0	0.0	3,657.6	3.8
Forest Service	405.1	9.5	14,390.9	14.8
Fish and Wildlife	0.0	0.0	80.3	0.1
Bureau of Land Management	203.2	4.8	27,162.8	28.0
Bureau of Reclamation	0.2	0.0	1,243.8	1.3
Wyoming	407.3	9.6	6,042.7	6.2
State Lands Commission	407.1	9.6	5,773.5	5.9
Recreation Commission	0.1	0.0	11.8	0.0
Game and Fish	0.1	0.0	257.4	0.3
Local Government	1.8	0.0	192.0	0.2
County	0.2	0.0	36.7	0.0
City and Town	1.4	0.0	78.3	0.1
School District and College	0.2	0.0	44.3	0.0
Other Lands	9.5	0.2	3,155.5	3.2
Surface Water	10.4	0.2	735.2	0.8
Total Public	1,027.1	24.1	55,925.5	57.6
Total Private	3,227.8	75.9	41,167.6	42.4
PUBLIC SCHOOL STATISTICS10			Number	Percent
Number of School Districts	2	(X)	48	(X)
Number of Schools	14	(X)	351	(X)
Fall Enrollment	2,420	(X)	90,993	(X)
Composite ACT score (Grade 11)	20.0	(X)	19.7	(X)
High School Graduates (4 year on time)	153	(X)	5,300	(X)
Graduation Rate	79.7%	(X)	77.6%	(X)
Average Daily Membership (ADM)	2,416	(X)	89,832	(X)
Certified Teachers	222	(X)	7,350	(X)
Certified Staff	47	(X)	1,538	(X)
Administration	24	(X)	746	(X)
Classified Staff	201	(X)	6,940	(X)
Students Transported Daily	1,191	(X)	31,351	(X)
Total General Fund Revenues	$38,241,174	(X)	$1,370,360,482	(X)
Total General Fund Expenditures	$37,631,744	(X)	$1,353,837,570	(X)
Operating Cost Per ADM	$17,246	(X)	$17,156	(X)
% of Students with Free or Reduced Lunch (2013-14)	25.8%	(X)	37.6%	(X)
CRIME11	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Violent Crime	34	100.0	1,086	100.0
Murder	0	0.0	14	1.3
Forcible Rape	5	14.7	147	13.5
Robbery	0	0.0	60	5.5
Aggravated Assault	29	85.3	865	79.7
Property Crime	371	100.0	12,791	100.0
Burglary	31	8.4	2,061	16.1
Larceny-Theft	327	88.1	10,182	79.6
Motor Vehicle Theft	13	3.5	548	4.3
TRANSPORTATION12	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Number of Registered Vehicles	25,307	100.0	883,401	100.0
Passenger Cars	8,658	34.2	348,250	39.4
Trucks	7,915	31.3	251,400	28.5
Motorcycles	868	3.4	29,853	3.4
Trailers (including house trailers)	5,947	23.5	196,395	22.2
University of Wyoming Specialty Plates (cars & trucks)	165	0.7	5,025	0.6
Commercial Trucks & Trailers	872	3.4	24,901	2.8
Others	882	3.5	27,577	3.1
Road (miles)	1,038	100.0	29,070	100.0
Federal	56	5.4	4,089	14.1
State Highway	262	25.2	6,752	23.2
County Road	610	58.8	14,620	50.3
Local (City & Town)	65	6.3	2,431	8.4
Other	44	4.3	1,178	4.1
Per Capita Vehicle Miles Traveled	24,060	(X)	15,659	(X)
Commercial Airport Passengers	0	(X)	997,818	(X)
HEALTH CARE AND RISK FACTORS13	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Licensed Hospitals	1	(X)	27	(X)
Bed Capacity	25	(X)	1,386	(X)
Licensed Nursing Care Facilities	1	(X)	38	(X)
Bed Capacity	60	(X)	2,950	(X)
Occupancy Rate	87.0%	(X)	80.9%	(X)
Medicaid Beneficiaries	2,130	15.2	87,069	15.1
Enrollment in State Children Health Insurance Program	149	4.1	8,846	6.2
Percent of Adults with BMI (weight in kg/height in meters squared) Larger Than 30	28.1%	(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	16.8%	(X)	15.6%	(X)
Percent of Adults who reported having smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their life time and are currently smoking	27.3%	(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