Wyoming County Profiles:  2012		Hot Springs County
		County Seat:		Thermopolis
Department of Administration & Information		Land Area (square mile):		2,004.1
Economic Analysis Division		Population Per Square Mile:		2.4
Subject	Hot Springs		Wyoming
POPULATION - AGE/SEX1	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	4,822	100.0	576,412	100.0
Male	2,392	49.6	294,281	51.1
Female	2,430	50.4	282,131	48.9
Under 5 years	217	4.5	38,592	6.7
5 to 9 years	265	5.5	38,895	6.7
10 to 14 years	285	5.9	36,286	6.3
15 to 19 years	265	5.5	37,270	6.5
20 to 24 years	211	4.4	42,591	7.4
25 to 29 years	231	4.8	41,306	7.2
30 to 34 years	281	5.8	39,793	6.9
35 to 39 years	221	4.6	34,061	5.9
40 to 44 years	214	4.4	34,207	5.9
45 to 49 years	277	5.7	35,794	6.2
50 to 54 years	423	8.8	43,170	7.5
55 to 59 years	441	9.1	43,260	7.5
60 to 64 years	389	8.1	35,679	6.2
65 to 69 years	326	6.8	25,651	4.5
70 to 74 years	284	5.9	17,863	3.1
75 to 79 years	218	4.5	12,783	2.2
80 to 84 years	146	3.0	9,990	1.7
85 years and over	128	2.7	9,221	1.6
Under 18 years	934	19.4	135,490	23.5
18 to 24 years	309	6.4	58,144	10.1
25 to 44 years	947	19.6	149,367	25.9
45 to 64 years	1,530	31.7	157,903	27.4
65 years and over	1,102	22.9	75,508	13.1
Median age (years)	49.2	NA	36.9	NA
POPULATION - RACE/HISPANIC1	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
All Races Combined	4,822	100.0	576,412	100.0
White Alone	4,613	95.7	536,450	93.1
Black or African American Alone	28	0.6	8,555	1.5
American Indian and Alaska Native Alone	83	1.7	15,003	2.6
Asian Alone	23	0.5	5,183	0.9
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Alone	2	0.0	575	0.1
Two or More Races	73	1.5	10,646	1.8
Hispanic (may be of any race)	144	3.0	54,770	9.5
Non-Hispanic	4,678	97.0	521,642	90.5
White Alone	4,490	93.1	487,822	84.6
COMPONENTS OF POPULATION CHANGE1	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total Population Change	14	100.0	9,056	100.0
Natural Change	-36	-257.1	3,000	33.1
Births	43	(X)	7,426	(X)
Deaths	79	(X)	4,426	(X)
Net Migration	50	357.1	6,056	66.9
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE2	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total households	2,172	100.0	221,479	100.0
Family households (families)	1,303	60.0	145,992	65.9
With own children under 18 years	456	21.0	63,449	28.6
Married-couple family	1,115	51.3	117,493	53.0
With own children under 18 years	371	17.1	45,297	20.5
Male householder, no wife present, family	70	3.2	9,246	4.2
With own children under 18 years	7	0.3	5,912	2.7
Female householder, no husband present, family	118	5.4	19,253	8.7
With own children under 18 years	78	3.6	12,240	5.5
Nonfamily households	869	40.0	75,487	34.1
Householder living alone	759	34.9	61,207	27.6
65 years and over	242	11.1	20,074	9.1
Households with one or more people under 18 years	496	22.8	69,185	31.2
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	749	34.5	49,189	22.2
Average household size	2.14	(X)	2.48	(X)
Average family size	2.75	(X)	3.02	(X)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT2	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Population 25 years and over	3,552	100.0	371,096	100.0
Less than 9th grade	153	4.3	8,661	2.3
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	301	8.5	20,726	5.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	1,240	34.9	113,353	30.5
Some college, no degree	897	25.3	101,199	27.3
Associate's degree	259	7.3	37,126	10.0
Bachelor's degree	416	11.7	60,011	16.2
Graduate or professional degree	286	8.1	30,020	8.1
Percent high school graduate or higher	(X)	87.2	(X)	92.1
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	(X)	19.8	(X)	24.3
VETERAN STATUS2	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Civilian population 18 years and over	3,807	100.0	452,054	100.0
Civilian veterans	618	16.2	51,203	11.3
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO2	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Population age 1 year and over	4,693	100.0	555,587	100.0
Same house	3,660	78.0	454,552	81.8
Different house in the U.S.	977	20.8	99,164	17.8
Same county	450	9.6	54,717	9.8
Different county	527	11.2	44,447	8.0
Same state	106	2.3	14,481	2.6
Different state	421	9.0	29,966	5.4
Abroad	56	1.2	1,871	0.3
INCOME AND BENEFITS (IN 2012 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS)2	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total households	2,172	100.0	221,479	100.0
Less than $10,000	141	6.5	11,279	5.1
$10,000 to $14,999	162	7.5	10,717	4.8
$15,000 to $24,999	257	11.8	21,127	9.5
$25,000 to $34,999	327	15.1	22,992	10.4
$35,000 to $49,999	377	17.4	31,395	14.2
$50,000 to $74,999	490	22.6	44,135	19.9
$75,000 to $99,999	155	7.1	31,949	14.4
$100,000 to $149,999	180	8.3	32,413	14.6
$150,000 to $199,999	37	1.7	9,172	4.1
$200,000 or more	46	2.1	6,300	2.8
Median household income (dollars)	$41,786	(X)	$56,573	(X)
Mean household income (dollars)	$54,486	(X)	$70,836	(X)
With earnings	1,565	72.1	184,013	83.1
Mean earnings (dollars)	$52,414	(X)	$69,147	(X)
With Social Security	917	42.2	58,632	26.5
Mean Social Security income (dollars)	$15,589	(X)	$16,806	(X)
With retirement income	554	25.5	35,970	16.2
Mean retirement income (dollars)	$22,281	(X)	$21,386	(X)
With Supplemental Security Income	112	5.2	6,552	3.0
Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	$7,442	(X)	$8,539	(X)
With cash public assistance income	36	1.7	3,444	1.6
Mean cash public assistance income (dollars)	$2,817	(X)	$3,374	(X)
With Food Stamp/SNAP benefits	195	9.0	12,666	5.7
PER CAPITA INCOME3	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Per capita personal income	$46,656	(X)	$50,567	(X)
Per capita personal current transfer receipts	$9,941	(X)	$6,343	(X)
Per capita dividends, interest, and rent	$13,095	(X)	$13,093	(X)
Average nonfarm proprietors' income	$20,573	(X)	$35,391	(X)
FAMILIES AND PEOPLE WHOSE INCOME IS BELOW THE POVERTY LEVEL2	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
All families	85	6.5	10,532	7.2
With related children under 18 years	65	13.3	8,494	12.4
Married couple families	44	3.9	4,139	3.5
With related children under 18 years	24	6.3	2,719	5.7
Families with female householder, no husband present	41	34.7	5,472	28.4
With related children under 18 years	41	52.6	4,982	36.2
All people	568	12.2	60,636	11.0
Under 18 years	149	15.2	19,470	14.7
18 to 64 years	365	13.8	36,902	10.6
65 years and over	54	5.2	4,264	6.3
RATIO OF INCOME TO POVERTY LEVEL IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS2	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total:	4,652	100.0	549,049	100.0
Under .50	196	4.2	24,850	4.5
.50 to .99	372	8.0	35,786	6.5
1.00 to 1.24	138	3.0	19,623	3.6
1.25 to 1.49	373	8.0	23,841	4.3
1.50 to 1.84	385	8.3	37,058	6.7
1.85 to 1.99	211	4.5	14,161	2.6
2.00 and over	2,977	64.0	393,730	71.7
HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE2	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Civilian noninstitutionalized population	4,652	100.0	553,168	100.0
With health insurance coverage	3,983	85.6	470,598	85.1
With private health insurance	3,179	68.3	396,117	71.6
With public coverage	1,821	39.1	141,018	25.5
No health insurance coverage	669	14.4	82,570	14.9
Civilian noninstitutionalized population under 18 years	978	100.0	134,264	100.0
No health insurance coverage	81	8.3	11,766	8.8
HOUSING UNITS2	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total housing units	2,593	100.0	261,430	100.0
Occupied housing units	2,172	83.8	221,479	84.7
Owner-occupied	1,429	65.8	155,659	70.3
Renter-occupied	743	34.2	65,820	29.7
Vacant housing units	421	16.2	39,951	15.3
Homeowner vacancy rate	(X)	0.0	(X)	1.7
Rental vacancy rate	(X)	3.9	(X)	7.9
UNITS IN STRUCTURE2	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total housing units	2,593	100.0	261,430	100.0
Single family units	1,731	66.8	182,817	69.9
2 to 4 units	150	5.8	19,426	7.4
5 to 9 units	136	5.2	8,872	3.4
10 or more units	132	5.1	13,702	5.2
Mobile home	444	17.1	36,251	13.9
RV, van, boat, etc.	0	0.0	362	0.1
RESIDENTIAL BUILDING PERMITS4	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total housing units	0	(X)	2,300	100.0
Single family units	0	(X)	1,691	73.5
2 to 4 units	0	(X)	126	5.5
5 to more units	0	(X)	483	21.0
HOME VALUE2	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Owner-occupied units	1,429	100.0	155,659	100.0
Less than $50,000	224	15.7	16,506	10.6
$50,000 to $99,999	261	18.3	14,553	9.3
$100,000 to $149,999	230	16.1	23,529	15.1
$150,000 to $199,999	327	22.9	32,655	21.0
$200,000 to $299,999	268	18.8	38,465	24.7
$300,000 to $499,999	76	5.3	20,225	13.0
$500,000 to $999,999	25	1.7	6,826	4.4
$1,000,000 or more	18	1.3	2,900	1.9
Median (dollars)	$149,900	(X)	$184,400	(X)
MORTGAGE STATUS2	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Owner-occupied units	1,429	100.0	155,659	100.0
Housing units with a mortgage	613	42.9	94,301	60.6
Housing units without a mortgage	816	57.1	61,358	39.4
GROSS RENT2	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Occupied units paying rent	681	100.0	58,693	100.0
Less than $200	4	0.6	862	1.5
$200 to $299	29	4.3	2,200	3.7
$300 to $499	304	44.6	8,024	13.7
$500 to $749	181	26.6	19,540	33.3
$750 to $999	86	12.6	14,169	24.1
$1,000 to $1,499	77	11.3	10,137	17.3
$1,500 or more	0	0.0	3,761	6.4
Median (dollars)	$503	(X)	$733	(X)
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE5 (2013)	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Labor Force	2,604	100.0	306,315	100.0
Employment	2,485	95.4	292,096	95.4
Unemployment	119	4.6	14,219	4.6
Unemployment Rate	4.6%	(X)	4.6%	(X)
AVERAGE WAGE AND SALARY EMPLOYMENT6	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	2,140	100.0	278,595	100.0
Private	1,561	72.9	212,193	76.2
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting	16	0.7	2,542	0.9
Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction	247	11.6	27,688	9.9
Utilities	9	0.4	2,469	0.9
Construction	77	3.6	21,500	7.7
Manufacturing	75	3.5	9,357	3.4
Wholesale Trade	21	1.0	9,166	3.3
Retail Trade	174	8.1	29,444	10.6
Transportation & Warehousing	83	3.9	9,554	3.4
Information	33	1.5	3,902	1.4
Financial Activities	59	2.7	10,754	3.9
Professional & Business Services	69	3.2	18,010	6.5
Educational & Health Services	314	14.7	25,324	9.1
Leisure & Hospitality	330	15.4	33,923	12.2
Other Services	54	2.5	8,564	3.1
Government	579	27.1	66,403	23.8
Federal Government	13	0.6	7,522	2.7
State Government	70	3.3	13,343	4.8
Local Government	497	23.2	45,538	16.3
TOTAL ANNUAL WAGES6	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	$72,301,088	100.0	$12,419,640,108	100.0
Private	$51,290,011	70.9	$9,402,134,549	75.7
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting	$557,047	0.8	$77,320,968	0.6
Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction	$16,394,710	22.7	$2,292,161,480	18.5
Utilities	$587,062	0.8	$201,510,613	1.6
Construction	$3,164,022	4.4	$1,060,383,641	8.5
Manufacturing	$2,686,699	3.7	$522,831,750	4.2
Wholesale Trade	$1,090,745	1.5	$527,492,048	4.2
Retail Trade	$3,390,691	4.7	$796,995,012	6.4
Transportation & Warehousing	$4,000,502	5.5	$452,562,477	3.6
Information	$493,651	0.7	$162,296,930	1.3
Financial Activities	$1,872,535	2.6	$528,141,060	4.3
Professional & Business Services	$2,581,890	3.6	$875,522,196	7.0
Educational & Health Services	$9,158,980	12.7	$1,017,875,287	8.2
Leisure & Hospitality	$4,182,545	5.8	$589,074,501	4.7
Other Services	$1,128,932	1.6	$297,966,586	2.4
Government	$21,011,077	29.1	$3,017,505,559	24.3
Federal Government	$624,531	0.9	$444,713,124	3.6
State Government	$2,947,649	4.1	$693,482,477	5.6
Local Government	$17,438,897	24.1	$1,879,309,958	15.1
AVERAGE ANNUAL WAGE6	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	$33,782	100.0	$44,580	100.0
Private	$32,852	97.2	$44,309	99.4
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting	$34,815	103.1	$30,423	68.2
Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction	$66,308	196.3	$82,787	185.7
Utilities	$67,093	198.6	$81,625	183.1
Construction	$40,958	121.2	$49,321	110.6
Manufacturing	$35,704	105.7	$55,879	125.3
Wholesale Trade	$51,329	151.9	$57,547	129.1
Retail Trade	$19,459	57.6	$27,069	60.7
Transportation & Warehousing	$48,344	143.1	$47,370	106.3
Information	$15,073	44.6	$41,599	93.3
Financial Activities	$32,009	94.8	$49,113	110.2
Professional & Business Services	$37,419	110.8	$48,614	109.0
Educational & Health Services	$29,169	86.3	$40,194	90.2
Leisure & Hospitality	$12,674	37.5	$17,365	39.0
Other Services	$20,810	61.6	$34,795	78.1
Government	$36,289	107.4	$45,442	101.9
Federal Government	$48,983	145.0	$59,122	132.6
State Government	$42,260	125.1	$51,973	116.6
Local Government	$35,124	104.0	$41,270	92.6
COMMUTING TO OR FROM A DIFFERENT COUNTY FOR WORK	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total Commuting Out	353	100.0	22,542	100.0
to Washakie County, WY	128	36.3	355	1.6
to Fremont County, WY	98	27.8	565	2.5
to Yellowstone County, MT	46	13.0	184	0.8
to Campbell County, WY	25	7.1	4,290	19.0
to Carbon County	14	4.0	789	3.5
to All Other Counties	42	11.9	16,359	72.6
Total Commuting In	162	100.0	29,946	100.0
from Fremont County, WY	50	30.9	1,017	3.4
from Big Horn County, WY	26	16.0	922	3.1
from Albany County, WY	18	11.1	1,164	3.9
from Stillwater County, MT	14	8.6	37	0.1
from Park County, WY	12	7.4	994	3.3
from All Other Counties	42	25.9	25,812	86.2
AGRICULTURE7	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Number of Farms	178	(X)	11,736	(X)
Land in Farms (thousands of acres)	517	(X)	30,364	(X)
Total Cash Receipts (thousands of dollars)	$17,284	100.0	$1,663,761	100.0
Livestock and Products	$14,445	83.6	$1,235,198	74.2
Crops	$2,839	16.4	$428,563	25.8
Net Farm Income (thousands of dollars)	$1,921	(X)	$268,001	(X)
VALUATION AND TAXES8	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total Assessed Valuation	$228,461,507	100.0	$22,797,094,335	100.0
Non-Minerals	$55,900,713	24.5	$9,290,528,889	40.8
Agriculture	$3,687,692	1.6	$253,014,175	1.1
Residential	$26,908,523	11.8	$4,292,823,158	18.8
Commercial	$7,971,819	3.5	$1,198,642,514	5.3
Industrial	$7,870,652	3.4	$2,162,592,241	9.5
Other	$9,462,027	4.1	$1,383,456,801	6.1
Minerals	$172,560,794	75.5	$13,506,565,446	59.2
Oil	$169,533,573	74.2	$4,229,997,989	18.6
Natural gas	$370,197	0.2	$4,470,657,938	19.6
Coal	$340,384	0.1	$4,054,979,229	17.8
Other minerals	$2,316,640	1.0	$750,930,290	3.3
Total Property Taxes	$14,496,494	(X)	$1,463,519,560	(X)
Average Mill Levy	63.5	(X)	64.2	(X)
4% Sales and Use Tax Collections	$4,470,066	(X)	$700,228,831	(X)
LANDOWNERSHIP9 (square miles)	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total Land	2,004.1	100.0	97,093.1	100.0
U.S. Government	890.1	44.4	46,535.4	47.9
National Park Service	0.0	0.0	3,657.6	3.8
Forest Service	84.2	4.2	14,390.9	14.8
Fish and Wildlife	0.0	0.0	80.3	0.1
Bureau of Land Management	803.7	40.1	27,162.8	28.0
Bureau of Reclamation	2.1	0.1	1,243.8	1.3
Wyoming	139.5	7.0	6,042.7	6.2
State Lands Commission	137.8	6.9	5,773.5	5.9
Recreation Commission	1.7	0.1	11.8	0.0
Game and Fish	0.0	0.0	257.4	0.3
Local Government	3.2	0.2	192.0	0.2
County	n/a	n/a	36.7	0.0
City and Town	n/a	n/a	78.3	0.1
School District and College	n/a	n/a	44.3	0.0
Other Lands	381.1	19.0	3,155.5	3.2
Surface Water	2.3	0.1	735.2	0.8
Total Public	1,413.9	70.6	55,925.5	57.6
Total Private	590.2	29.4	41,167.6	42.4
PUBLIC SCHOOL STATISTICS10			Number	Percent
Number of School Districts	1	(X)	48	(X)
Number of Schools	3	(X)	351	(X)
Fall Enrollment	649	(X)	90,993	(X)
Composite ACT score (Grade 11)	19.5	(X)	19.7	(X)
High School Graduates (4 year on time)	45	(X)	5,300	(X)
Graduation Rate	81.8%	(X)	77.6%	(X)
Average Daily Membership (ADM)	639	(X)	89,832	(X)
Certified Teachers	57	(X)	7,350	(X)
Certified Staff	12	(X)	1,538	(X)
Administration	8	(X)	746	(X)
Classified Staff	63	(X)	6,940	(X)
Students Transported Daily	0	(X)	31,351	(X)
Total General Fund Revenues	$10,871,341	(X)	$1,370,360,482	(X)
Total General Fund Expenditures	$10,969,113	(X)	$1,353,837,570	(X)
Operating Cost Per ADM	$20,060	(X)	$17,156	(X)
% of Students with Free or Reduced Lunch (2013-14)	40.6%	(X)	37.6%	(X)
CRIME11	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Violent Crime	7	100.0	1,086	100.0
Murder	0	0.0	14	1.3
Forcible Rape	0	0.0	147	13.5
Robbery	0	0.0	60	5.5
Aggravated Assault	7	100.0	865	79.7
Property Crime	83	100.0	12,791	100.0
Burglary	14	16.9	2,061	16.1
Larceny-Theft	68	81.9	10,182	79.6
Motor Vehicle Theft	1	1.2	548	4.3
TRANSPORTATION12	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Number of Registered Vehicles	9,325	100.0	883,401	100.0
Passenger Cars	3,054	32.8	348,250	39.4
Trucks	2,613	28.0	251,400	28.5
Motorcycles	240	2.6	29,853	3.4
Trailers (including house trailers)	2,594	27.8	196,395	22.2
University of Wyoming Specialty Plates (cars & trucks)	60	0.6	5,025	0.6
Commercial Trucks & Trailers	412	4.4	24,901	2.8
Others	352	3.8	27,577	3.1
Road (miles)	418	100.0	29,070	100.0
Federal	1	0.3	4,089	14.1
State Highway	119	28.4	6,752	23.2
County Road	233	55.6	14,620	50.3
Local (City & Town)	27	6.5	2,431	8.4
Other	38	9.2	1,178	4.1
Per Capita Vehicle Miles Traveled	25,151	(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	77.0%	(X)	80.9%	(X)
Medicaid Beneficiaries	975	20.2	87,069	15.1
Enrollment in State Children Health Insurance Program	95	9.7	8,846	6.2
Percent of Adults with BMI (weight in kg/height in meters squared) Larger Than 30	25.2%	(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	13.8%	(X)	15.6%	(X)
Percent of Adults who reported having smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their life time and are currently smoking	22.0%	(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