Wyoming County Profiles:  2012		Goshen County
		County Seat:		Torrington
Department of Administration & Information		Land Area (square mile):		2,225.4
Economic Analysis Division		Population Per Square Mile:		6.1
Subject	Goshen		Wyoming
POPULATION - AGE/SEX1	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	13,636	100.0	576,412	100.0
Male	7,125	52.3	294,281	51.1
Female	6,511	47.7	282,131	48.9
Under 5 years	701	5.1	38,592	6.7
5 to 9 years	701	5.1	38,895	6.7
10 to 14 years	803	5.9	36,286	6.3
15 to 19 years	919	6.7	37,270	6.5
20 to 24 years	1,026	7.5	42,591	7.4
25 to 29 years	768	5.6	41,306	7.2
30 to 34 years	717	5.3	39,793	6.9
35 to 39 years	692	5.1	34,061	5.9
40 to 44 years	767	5.6	34,207	5.9
45 to 49 years	823	6.0	35,794	6.2
50 to 54 years	1,093	8.0	43,170	7.5
55 to 59 years	1,061	7.8	43,260	7.5
60 to 64 years	925	6.8	35,679	6.2
65 to 69 years	831	6.1	25,651	4.5
70 to 74 years	639	4.7	17,863	3.1
75 to 79 years	440	3.2	12,783	2.2
80 to 84 years	339	2.5	9,990	1.7
85 years and over	391	2.9	9,221	1.6
Under 18 years	2,679	19.6	135,490	23.5
18 to 24 years	1,471	10.8	58,144	10.1
25 to 44 years	2,944	21.6	149,367	25.9
45 to 64 years	3,902	28.6	157,903	27.4
65 years and over	2,640	19.4	75,508	13.1
Median age (years)	43.2	NA	36.9	NA
POPULATION - RACE/HISPANIC1	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
All Races Combined	13,636	100.0	576,412	100.0
White Alone	13,132	96.3	536,450	93.1
Black or African American Alone	156	1.1	8,555	1.5
American Indian and Alaska Native Alone	135	1.0	15,003	2.6
Asian Alone	59	0.4	5,183	0.9
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Alone	19	0.1	575	0.1
Two or More Races	135	1.0	10,646	1.8
Hispanic (may be of any race)	1,421	10.4	54,770	9.5
Non-Hispanic	12,215	89.6	521,642	90.5
White Alone	11,806	86.6	487,822	84.6
COMPONENTS OF POPULATION CHANGE1	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total Population Change	39	100.0	9,056	100.0
Natural Change	5	12.8	3,000	33.1
Births	141	(X)	7,426	(X)
Deaths	136	(X)	4,426	(X)
Net Migration	34	87.2	6,056	66.9
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE2	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total households	5,277	100.0	221,479	100.0
Family households (families)	3,502	66.4	145,992	65.9
With own children under 18 years	1,352	25.6	63,449	28.6
Married-couple family	2,882	54.6	117,493	53.0
With own children under 18 years	966	18.3	45,297	20.5
Male householder, no wife present, family	220	4.2	9,246	4.2
With own children under 18 years	134	2.5	5,912	2.7
Female householder, no husband present, family	400	7.6	19,253	8.7
With own children under 18 years	252	4.8	12,240	5.5
Nonfamily households	1,775	33.6	75,487	34.1
Householder living alone	1,604	30.4	61,207	27.6
65 years and over	729	13.8	20,074	9.1
Households with one or more people under 18 years	1,579	29.9	69,185	31.2
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	1,692	32.1	49,189	22.2
Average household size	2.37	(X)	2.48	(X)
Average family size	2.83	(X)	3.02	(X)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT2	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Population 25 years and over	9,219	100.0	371,096	100.0
Less than 9th grade	329	3.6	8,661	2.3
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	617	6.7	20,726	5.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	3,174	34.4	113,353	30.5
Some college, no degree	2,324	25.2	101,199	27.3
Associate's degree	1,043	11.3	37,126	10.0
Bachelor's degree	1,207	13.1	60,011	16.2
Graduate or professional degree	525	5.7	30,020	8.1
Percent high school graduate or higher	(X)	89.7	(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	10,574	100.0	452,054	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,127	10.7	51,203	11.3
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO2	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Population age 1 year and over	13,123	100.0	555,587	100.0
Same house	11,041	84.1	454,552	81.8
Different house in the U.S.	2,058	15.7	99,164	17.8
Same county	612	4.7	54,717	9.8
Different county	1,446	11.0	44,447	8.0
Same state	524	4.0	14,481	2.6
Different state	922	7.0	29,966	5.4
Abroad	24	0.2	1,871	0.3
INCOME AND BENEFITS (IN 2012 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS)2	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total households	5,277	100.0	221,479	100.0
Less than $10,000	296	5.6	11,279	5.1
$10,000 to $14,999	346	6.6	10,717	4.8
$15,000 to $24,999	651	12.3	21,127	9.5
$25,000 to $34,999	711	13.5	22,992	10.4
$35,000 to $49,999	1,075	20.4	31,395	14.2
$50,000 to $74,999	1,004	19.0	44,135	19.9
$75,000 to $99,999	540	10.2	31,949	14.4
$100,000 to $149,999	457	8.7	32,413	14.6
$150,000 to $199,999	146	2.8	9,172	4.1
$200,000 or more	51	1.0	6,300	2.8
Median household income (dollars)	$43,401	(X)	$56,573	(X)
Mean household income (dollars)	$55,834	(X)	$70,836	(X)
With earnings	4,173	79.1	184,013	83.1
Mean earnings (dollars)	$53,662	(X)	$69,147	(X)
With Social Security	1,972	37.4	58,632	26.5
Mean Social Security income (dollars)	$16,252	(X)	$16,806	(X)
With retirement income	852	16.1	35,970	16.2
Mean retirement income (dollars)	$17,888	(X)	$21,386	(X)
With Supplemental Security Income	191	3.6	6,552	3.0
Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	$7,871	(X)	$8,539	(X)
With cash public assistance income	148	2.8	3,444	1.6
Mean cash public assistance income (dollars)	$3,489	(X)	$3,374	(X)
With Food Stamp/SNAP benefits	503	9.5	12,666	5.7
PER CAPITA INCOME3	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Per capita personal income	$38,274	(X)	$50,567	(X)
Per capita personal current transfer receipts	$7,794	(X)	$6,343	(X)
Per capita dividends, interest, and rent	$10,596	(X)	$13,093	(X)
Average nonfarm proprietors' income	$14,646	(X)	$35,391	(X)
FAMILIES AND PEOPLE WHOSE INCOME IS BELOW THE POVERTY LEVEL2	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
All families	389	11.1	10,532	7.2
With related children under 18 years	346	22.4	8,494	12.4
Married couple families	208	7.2	4,139	3.5
With related children under 18 years	165	15.9	2,719	5.7
Families with female householder, no husband present	139	34.8	5,472	28.4
With related children under 18 years	139	43.7	4,982	36.2
All people	2,294	18.3	60,636	11.0
Under 18 years	961	37.4	19,470	14.7
18 to 64 years	1,167	15.5	36,902	10.6
65 years and over	166	6.9	4,264	6.3
RATIO OF INCOME TO POVERTY LEVEL IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS2	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total:	12,533	100.0	549,049	100.0
Under .50	891	7.1	24,850	4.5
.50 to .99	1,403	11.2	35,786	6.5
1.00 to 1.24	453	3.6	19,623	3.6
1.25 to 1.49	806	6.4	23,841	4.3
1.50 to 1.84	1,319	10.5	37,058	6.7
1.85 to 1.99	238	1.9	14,161	2.6
2.00 and over	7,423	59.2	393,730	71.7
HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE2	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Civilian noninstitutionalized population	12,817	100.0	553,168	100.0
With health insurance coverage	11,077	86.4	470,598	85.1
With private health insurance	8,203	64.0	396,117	71.6
With public coverage	5,062	39.5	141,018	25.5
No health insurance coverage	1,740	13.6	82,570	14.9
Civilian noninstitutionalized population under 18 years	2,616	100.0	134,264	100.0
No health insurance coverage	123	4.7	11,766	8.8
HOUSING UNITS2	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total housing units	5,952	100.0	261,430	100.0
Occupied housing units	5,277	88.7	221,479	84.7
Owner-occupied	3,812	72.2	155,659	70.3
Renter-occupied	1,465	27.8	65,820	29.7
Vacant housing units	675	11.3	39,951	15.3
Homeowner vacancy rate	(X)	3.1	(X)	1.7
Rental vacancy rate	(X)	1.9	(X)	7.9
UNITS IN STRUCTURE2	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total housing units	5,952	100.0	261,430	100.0
Single family units	4,906	82.4	182,817	69.9
2 to 4 units	179	3.0	19,426	7.4
5 to 9 units	15	0.3	8,872	3.4
10 or more units	171	2.9	13,702	5.2
Mobile home	671	11.3	36,251	13.9
RV, van, boat, etc.	10	0.2	362	0.1
RESIDENTIAL BUILDING PERMITS4	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total housing units	2	100.0	2,300	100.0
Single family units	2	100.0	1,691	73.5
2 to 4 units	0	0.0	126	5.5
5 to more units	0	0.0	483	21.0
HOME VALUE2	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Owner-occupied units	3,812	100.0	155,659	100.0
Less than $50,000	419	11.0	16,506	10.6
$50,000 to $99,999	759	19.9	14,553	9.3
$100,000 to $149,999	1,003	26.3	23,529	15.1
$150,000 to $199,999	606	15.9	32,655	21.0
$200,000 to $299,999	649	17.0	38,465	24.7
$300,000 to $499,999	271	7.1	20,225	13.0
$500,000 to $999,999	50	1.3	6,826	4.4
$1,000,000 or more	55	1.4	2,900	1.9
Median (dollars)	$135,200	(X)	$184,400	(X)
MORTGAGE STATUS2	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Owner-occupied units	3,812	100.0	155,659	100.0
Housing units with a mortgage	1,927	50.6	94,301	60.6
Housing units without a mortgage	1,885	49.4	61,358	39.4
GROSS RENT2	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Occupied units paying rent	1,092	100.0	58,693	100.0
Less than $200	26	2.4	862	1.5
$200 to $299	24	2.2	2,200	3.7
$300 to $499	294	26.9	8,024	13.7
$500 to $749	430	39.4	19,540	33.3
$750 to $999	190	17.4	14,169	24.1
$1,000 to $1,499	122	11.2	10,137	17.3
$1,500 or more	6	0.5	3,761	6.4
Median (dollars)	$584	(X)	$733	(X)
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE5 (2013)	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Labor Force	6,518	100.0	306,315	100.0
Employment	6,206	95.2	292,096	95.4
Unemployment	312	4.8	14,219	4.6
Unemployment Rate	4.8%	(X)	4.6%	(X)
AVERAGE WAGE AND SALARY EMPLOYMENT6	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	4,617	100.0	278,595	100.0
Private	3,128	67.8	212,193	76.2
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting	146	3.2	2,542	0.9
Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction	1	0.0	27,688	9.9
Utilities	33	0.7	2,469	0.9
Construction	200	4.3	21,500	7.7
Manufacturing	340	7.4	9,357	3.4
Wholesale Trade	191	4.1	9,166	3.3
Retail Trade	412	8.9	29,444	10.6
Transportation & Warehousing	45	1.0	9,554	3.4
Information	44	0.9	3,902	1.4
Financial Activities	178	3.9	10,754	3.9
Professional & Business Services	213	4.6	18,010	6.5
Educational & Health Services	843	18.3	25,324	9.1
Leisure & Hospitality	345	7.5	33,923	12.2
Other Services	139	3.0	8,564	3.1
Government	1,489	32.2	66,403	23.8
Federal Government	83	1.8	7,522	2.7
State Government	433	9.4	13,343	4.8
Local Government	972	21.1	45,538	16.3
TOTAL ANNUAL WAGES6	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	$149,693,695	100.0	$12,419,640,108	100.0
Private	$92,519,591	61.8	$9,402,134,549	75.7
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting	$3,850,537	2.6	$77,320,968	0.6
Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction	$51,597	0.0	$2,292,161,480	18.5
Utilities	$1,839,262	1.2	$201,510,613	1.6
Construction	$6,292,243	4.2	$1,060,383,641	8.5
Manufacturing	$11,362,642	7.6	$522,831,750	4.2
Wholesale Trade	$7,379,168	4.9	$527,492,048	4.2
Retail Trade	$8,843,772	5.9	$796,995,012	6.4
Transportation & Warehousing	$1,530,286	1.0	$452,562,477	3.6
Information	$1,035,455	0.7	$162,296,930	1.3
Financial Activities	$6,752,338	4.5	$528,141,060	4.3
Professional & Business Services	$8,142,020	5.4	$875,522,196	7.0
Educational & Health Services	$28,499,010	19.0	$1,017,875,287	8.2
Leisure & Hospitality	$3,938,980	2.6	$589,074,501	4.7
Other Services	$3,002,281	2.0	$297,966,586	2.4
Government	$57,174,104	38.2	$3,017,505,559	24.3
Federal Government	$3,579,416	2.4	$444,713,124	3.6
State Government	$20,143,799	13.5	$693,482,477	5.6
Local Government	$33,450,889	22.3	$1,879,309,958	15.1
AVERAGE ANNUAL WAGE6	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	$32,424	100.0	$44,580	100.0
Private	$29,578	91.2	$44,309	99.4
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting	$26,419	81.5	$30,423	68.2
Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction	$51,597	159.1	$82,787	185.7
Utilities	$56,593	174.5	$81,625	183.1
Construction	$31,461	97.0	$49,321	110.6
Manufacturing	$33,395	103.0	$55,879	125.3
Wholesale Trade	$38,736	119.5	$57,547	129.1
Retail Trade	$21,452	66.2	$27,069	60.7
Transportation & Warehousing	$34,006	104.9	$47,370	106.3
Information	$23,804	73.4	$41,599	93.3
Financial Activities	$37,988	117.2	$49,113	110.2
Professional & Business Services	$38,225	117.9	$48,614	109.0
Educational & Health Services	$33,807	104.3	$40,194	90.2
Leisure & Hospitality	$11,417	35.2	$17,365	39.0
Other Services	$21,599	66.6	$34,795	78.1
Government	$38,404	118.4	$45,442	101.9
Federal Government	$43,125	133.0	$59,122	132.6
State Government	$46,495	143.4	$51,973	116.6
Local Government	$34,414	106.1	$41,270	92.6
COMMUTING TO OR FROM A DIFFERENT COUNTY FOR WORK	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total Commuting Out	1,235	100.0	22,542	100.0
to Scotts Bluff County, NE	534	43.2	559	2.5
to Platte County, WY	279	22.6	600	2.7
to Laramie County, WY	98	7.9	3,569	15.8
to Niobrara County, WY	91	7.4	148	0.7
to Converse County, WY	58	4.7	1,222	5.4
to All Other Counties	175	14.2	16,444	72.9
Total Commuting In	508	100.0	29,946	100.0
from Scotts Bluff County, NE	236	46.5	381	1.3
from Platte County, WY	108	21.3	409	1.4
from Sioux County, NE	49	9.6	50	0.2
from Laramie County, WY	37	7.3	2,069	6.9
from Morrill County, NE	19	3.7	38	0.1
from All Other Counties	59	11.6	26,999	90.2
AGRICULTURE7	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Number of Farms	790	(X)	11,736	(X)
Land in Farms (thousands of acres)	1,370	(X)	30,364	(X)
Total Cash Receipts (thousands of dollars)	$215,130	100.0	$1,663,761	100.0
Livestock and Products	$160,978	74.8	$1,235,198	74.2
Crops	$54,152	25.2	$428,563	25.8
Net Farm Income (thousands of dollars)	$25,732	(X)	$268,001	(X)
VALUATION AND TAXES8	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total Assessed Valuation	$160,828,105	100.0	$22,797,094,335	100.0
Non-Minerals	$158,530,443	98.6	$9,290,528,889	40.8
Agriculture	$26,433,908	16.4	$253,014,175	1.1
Residential	$63,333,713	39.4	$4,292,823,158	18.8
Commercial	$15,158,185	9.4	$1,198,642,514	5.3
Industrial	$3,499,958	2.2	$2,162,592,241	9.5
Other	$50,104,679	31.2	$1,383,456,801	6.1
Minerals	$2,297,662	1.4	$13,506,565,446	59.2
Oil	$1,905,516	1.2	$4,229,997,989	18.6
Natural gas	$0	0.0	$4,470,657,938	19.6
Coal	$0	0.0	$4,054,979,229	17.8
Other minerals	$392,146	0.2	$750,930,290	3.3
Total Property Taxes	$11,196,759	(X)	$1,463,519,560	(X)
Average Mill Levy	69.6	(X)	64.2	(X)
4% Sales and Use Tax Collections	$7,493,327	(X)	$700,228,831	(X)
LANDOWNERSHIP9 (square miles)	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total Land	2,225.4	100.0	97,093.1	100.0
U.S. Government	41.9	1.9	46,535.4	47.9
National Park Service	1.2	0.1	3,657.6	3.8
Forest Service	0.0	0.0	14,390.9	14.8
Fish and Wildlife	0.0	0.0	80.3	0.1
Bureau of Land Management	39.4	1.8	27,162.8	28.0
Bureau of Reclamation	1.3	0.1	1,243.8	1.3
Wyoming	151.2	6.8	6,042.7	6.2
State Lands Commission	144.2	6.5	5,773.5	5.9
Recreation Commission	3.1	0.1	11.8	0.0
Game and Fish	3.9	0.2	257.4	0.3
Local Government	2.7	0.1	192.0	0.2
County	0.1	0.0	36.7	0.0
City and Town	2.0	0.1	78.3	0.1
School District and College	0.5	0.0	44.3	0.0
Other Lands	8.4	0.4	3,155.5	3.2
Surface Water	6.8	0.3	735.2	0.8
Total Public	204.2	9.2	55,925.5	57.6
Total Private	2,021.2	90.8	41,167.6	42.4
PUBLIC SCHOOL STATISTICS10			Number	Percent
Number of School Districts	1	(X)	48	(X)
Number of Schools	11	(X)	351	(X)
Fall Enrollment	1,719	(X)	90,993	(X)
Composite ACT score (Grade 11)	19.7	(X)	19.7	(X)
High School Graduates (4 year on time)	106	(X)	5,300	(X)
Graduation Rate	82.2%	(X)	77.6%	(X)
Average Daily Membership (ADM)	1,701	(X)	89,832	(X)
Certified Teachers	164	(X)	7,350	(X)
Certified Staff	34	(X)	1,538	(X)
Administration	18	(X)	746	(X)
Classified Staff	137	(X)	6,940	(X)
Students Transported Daily	588	(X)	31,351	(X)
Total General Fund Revenues	$28,856,113	(X)	$1,370,360,482	(X)
Total General Fund Expenditures	$28,640,983	(X)	$1,353,837,570	(X)
Operating Cost Per ADM	$19,201	(X)	$17,156	(X)
% of Students with Free or Reduced Lunch (2013-14)	48.7%	(X)	37.6%	(X)
CRIME11	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Violent Crime	37	100.0	1,086	100.0
Murder	0	0.0	14	1.3
Forcible Rape	0	0.0	147	13.5
Robbery	1	2.7	60	5.5
Aggravated Assault	36	97.3	865	79.7
Property Crime	214	100.0	12,791	100.0
Burglary	66	30.8	2,061	16.1
Larceny-Theft	146	68.2	10,182	79.6
Motor Vehicle Theft	2	0.9	548	4.3
TRANSPORTATION12	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Number of Registered Vehicles	19,498	100.0	883,401	100.0
Passenger Cars	7,602	39.0	348,250	39.4
Trucks	5,764	29.6	251,400	28.5
Motorcycles	660	3.4	29,853	3.4
Trailers (including house trailers)	4,180	21.4	196,395	22.2
University of Wyoming Specialty Plates (cars & trucks)	129	0.7	5,025	0.6
Commercial Trucks & Trailers	686	3.5	24,901	2.8
Others	477	2.4	27,577	3.1
Road (miles)	1,327	100.0	29,070	100.0
Federal	3	0.2	4,089	14.1
State Highway	228	17.2	6,752	23.2
County Road	1,022	77.0	14,620	50.3
Local (City & Town)	56	4.2	2,431	8.4
Other	19	1.4	1,178	4.1
Per Capita Vehicle Miles Traveled	12,420	(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	103	(X)	2,950	(X)
Occupancy Rate	95.0%	(X)	80.9%	(X)
Medicaid Beneficiaries	2,487	18.2	87,069	15.1
Enrollment in State Children Health Insurance Program	146	5.0	8,846	6.2
Percent of Adults with BMI (weight in kg/height in meters squared) Larger Than 30	25.8%	(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	13.1%	(X)	15.6%	(X)
Percent of Adults who reported having smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their life time and are currently smoking	19.6%	(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