Wyoming County Profiles:  2012		Natrona County
		County Seat:		Casper
Department of Administration & Information		Land Area (square mile):		5,340.4
Economic Analysis Division		Population Per Square Mile:		14.7
Subject	Natrona		Wyoming
POPULATION - AGE/SEX1	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	78,621	100.0	576,412	100.0
Male	39,750	50.6	294,281	51.1
Female	38,871	49.4	282,131	48.9
Under 5 years	5,303	6.7	38,592	6.7
5 to 9 years	5,404	6.9	38,895	6.7
10 to 14 years	4,836	6.2	36,286	6.3
15 to 19 years	4,936	6.3	37,270	6.5
20 to 24 years	5,654	7.2	42,591	7.4
25 to 29 years	6,055	7.7	41,306	7.2
30 to 34 years	5,704	7.3	39,793	6.9
35 to 39 years	4,780	6.1	34,061	5.9
40 to 44 years	4,751	6.0	34,207	5.9
45 to 49 years	4,885	6.2	35,794	6.2
50 to 54 years	5,911	7.5	43,170	7.5
55 to 59 years	5,856	7.4	43,260	7.5
60 to 64 years	4,625	5.9	35,679	6.2
65 to 69 years	3,104	3.9	25,651	4.5
70 to 74 years	2,173	2.8	17,863	3.1
75 to 79 years	1,682	2.1	12,783	2.2
80 to 84 years	1,544	2.0	9,990	1.7
85 years and over	1,418	1.8	9,221	1.6
Under 18 years	18,535	23.6	135,490	23.5
18 to 24 years	7,598	9.7	58,144	10.1
25 to 44 years	21,290	27.1	149,367	25.9
45 to 64 years	21,277	27.1	157,903	27.4
65 years and over	9,921	12.6	75,508	13.1
Median age (years)	36.4	NA	36.9	NA
POPULATION - RACE/HISPANIC1	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
All Races Combined	78,621	100.0	576,412	100.0
White Alone	74,073	94.2	536,450	93.1
Black or African American Alone	1,252	1.6	8,555	1.5
American Indian and Alaska Native Alone	1,028	1.3	15,003	2.6
Asian Alone	619	0.8	5,183	0.9
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Alone	71	0.1	575	0.1
Two or More Races	1,578	2.0	10,646	1.8
Hispanic (may be of any race)	5,978	7.6	54,770	9.5
Non-Hispanic	72,643	92.4	521,642	90.5
White Alone	68,888	87.6	487,822	84.6
COMPONENTS OF POPULATION CHANGE1	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total Population Change	2,265	100.0	9,056	100.0
Natural Change	353	15.6	3,000	33.1
Births	1,018	(X)	7,426	(X)
Deaths	665	(X)	4,426	(X)
Net Migration	1,912	84.4	6,056	66.9
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE2	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total households	30,406	100.0	221,479	100.0
Family households (families)	20,295	66.7	145,992	65.9
With own children under 18 years	8,979	29.5	63,449	28.6
Married-couple family	15,281	50.3	117,493	53.0
With own children under 18 years	6,026	19.8	45,297	20.5
Male householder, no wife present, family	1,651	5.4	9,246	4.2
With own children under 18 years	929	3.1	5,912	2.7
Female householder, no husband present, family	3,363	11.1	19,253	8.7
With own children under 18 years	2,024	6.7	12,240	5.5
Nonfamily households	10,111	33.3	75,487	34.1
Householder living alone	8,301	27.3	61,207	27.6
65 years and over	2,731	9.0	20,074	9.1
Households with one or more people under 18 years	9,942	32.7	69,185	31.2
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	6,663	21.9	49,189	22.2
Average household size	2.44	(X)	2.48	(X)
Average family size	2.95	(X)	3.02	(X)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT2	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Population 25 years and over	50,354	100.0	371,096	100.0
Less than 9th grade	973	1.9	8,661	2.3
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	3,021	6.0	20,726	5.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	14,853	29.5	113,353	30.5
Some college, no degree	14,824	29.4	101,199	27.3
Associate's degree	5,608	11.1	37,126	10.0
Bachelor's degree	7,360	14.6	60,011	16.2
Graduate or professional degree	3,715	7.4	30,020	8.1
Percent high school graduate or higher	(X)	92.1	(X)	92.1
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	(X)	22.0	(X)	24.3
VETERAN STATUS2	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Civilian population 18 years and over	57,643	100.0	452,054	100.0
Civilian veterans	6,308	10.9	51,203	11.3
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO2	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Population age 1 year and over	75,079	100.0	555,587	100.0
Same house	60,575	80.7	454,552	81.8
Different house in the U.S.	14,404	19.2	99,164	17.8
Same county	8,985	12.0	54,717	9.8
Different county	5,419	7.2	44,447	8.0
Same state	2,147	2.9	14,481	2.6
Different state	3,272	4.4	29,966	5.4
Abroad	100	0.1	1,871	0.3
INCOME AND BENEFITS (IN 2012 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS)2	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total households	30,406	100.0	221,479	100.0
Less than $10,000	1,480	4.9	11,279	5.1
$10,000 to $14,999	1,384	4.6	10,717	4.8
$15,000 to $24,999	2,944	9.7	21,127	9.5
$25,000 to $34,999	3,376	11.1	22,992	10.4
$35,000 to $49,999	4,417	14.5	31,395	14.2
$50,000 to $74,999	6,216	20.4	44,135	19.9
$75,000 to $99,999	3,780	12.4	31,949	14.4
$100,000 to $149,999	4,499	14.8	32,413	14.6
$150,000 to $199,999	1,187	3.9	9,172	4.1
$200,000 or more	1,123	3.7	6,300	2.8
Median household income (dollars)	$55,786	(X)	$56,573	(X)
Mean household income (dollars)	$72,657	(X)	$70,836	(X)
With earnings	25,465	83.7	184,013	83.1
Mean earnings (dollars)	$71,689	(X)	$69,147	(X)
With Social Security	8,112	26.7	58,632	26.5
Mean Social Security income (dollars)	$17,133	(X)	$16,806	(X)
With retirement income	4,291	14.1	35,970	16.2
Mean retirement income (dollars)	$19,690	(X)	$21,386	(X)
With Supplemental Security Income	1,025	3.4	6,552	3.0
Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	$8,412	(X)	$8,539	(X)
With cash public assistance income	793	2.6	3,444	1.6
Mean cash public assistance income (dollars)	$3,049	(X)	$3,374	(X)
With Food Stamp/SNAP benefits	1,676	5.5	12,666	5.7
PER CAPITA INCOME3	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Per capita personal income	$57,522	(X)	$50,567	(X)
Per capita personal current transfer receipts	$6,417	(X)	$6,343	(X)
Per capita dividends, interest, and rent	$12,892	(X)	$13,093	(X)
Average nonfarm proprietors' income	$64,044	(X)	$35,391	(X)
FAMILIES AND PEOPLE WHOSE INCOME IS BELOW THE POVERTY LEVEL2	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
All families	1,273	6.3	10,532	7.2
With related children under 18 years	1,029	10.5	8,494	12.4
Married couple families	417	2.7	4,139	3.5
With related children under 18 years	256	4.0	2,719	5.7
Families with female householder, no husband present	790	23.5	5,472	28.4
With related children under 18 years	707	30.5	4,982	36.2
All people	6,888	9.3	60,636	11.0
Under 18 years	2,092	11.8	19,470	14.7
18 to 64 years	4,133	8.7	36,902	10.6
65 years and over	663	7.3	4,264	6.3
RATIO OF INCOME TO POVERTY LEVEL IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS2	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total:	74,180	100.0	549,049	100.0
Under .50	3,034	4.1	24,850	4.5
.50 to .99	3,854	5.2	35,786	6.5
1.00 to 1.24	2,864	3.9	19,623	3.6
1.25 to 1.49	3,602	4.9	23,841	4.3
1.50 to 1.84	5,069	6.8	37,058	6.7
1.85 to 1.99	1,964	2.6	14,161	2.6
2.00 and over	53,793	72.5	393,730	71.7
HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE2	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Civilian noninstitutionalized population	74,831	100.0	553,168	100.0
With health insurance coverage	64,336	86.0	470,598	85.1
With private health insurance	53,643	71.7	396,117	71.6
With public coverage	19,221	25.7	141,018	25.5
No health insurance coverage	10,495	14.0	82,570	14.9
Civilian noninstitutionalized population under 18 years	18,103	100.0	134,264	100.0
No health insurance coverage	1,493	8.2	11,766	8.8
HOUSING UNITS2	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total housing units	33,952	100.0	261,430	100.0
Occupied housing units	30,406	89.6	221,479	84.7
Owner-occupied	21,285	70.0	155,659	70.3
Renter-occupied	9,121	30.0	65,820	29.7
Vacant housing units	3,546	10.4	39,951	15.3
Homeowner vacancy rate	(X)	1.9	(X)	1.7
Rental vacancy rate	(X)	6.7	(X)	7.9
UNITS IN STRUCTURE2	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total housing units	33,952	100.0	261,430	100.0
Single family units	24,831	73.1	182,817	69.9
2 to 4 units	2,366	7.0	19,426	7.4
5 to 9 units	669	2.0	8,872	3.4
10 or more units	2,526	7.4	13,702	5.2
Mobile home	3,503	10.3	36,251	13.9
RV, van, boat, etc.	57	0.2	362	0.1
RESIDENTIAL BUILDING PERMITS4	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total housing units	603	100.0	2,300	100.0
Single family units	357	59.2	1,691	73.5
2 to 4 units	0	0.0	126	5.5
5 to more units	246	40.8	483	21.0
HOME VALUE2	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Owner-occupied units	21,285	100.0	155,659	100.0
Less than $50,000	1,782	8.4	16,506	10.6
$50,000 to $99,999	1,501	7.1	14,553	9.3
$100,000 to $149,999	3,601	16.9	23,529	15.1
$150,000 to $199,999	6,065	28.5	32,655	21.0
$200,000 to $299,999	4,989	23.4	38,465	24.7
$300,000 to $499,999	2,612	12.3	20,225	13.0
$500,000 to $999,999	618	2.9	6,826	4.4
$1,000,000 or more	117	0.5	2,900	1.9
Median (dollars)	$179,100	(X)	$184,400	(X)
MORTGAGE STATUS2	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Owner-occupied units	21,285	100.0	155,659	100.0
Housing units with a mortgage	13,279	62.4	94,301	60.6
Housing units without a mortgage	8,006	37.6	61,358	39.4
GROSS RENT2	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Occupied units paying rent	8,591	100.0	58,693	100.0
Less than $200	113	1.3	862	1.5
$200 to $299	311	3.6	2,200	3.7
$300 to $499	822	9.6	8,024	13.7
$500 to $749	2,710	31.5	19,540	33.3
$750 to $999	2,254	26.2	14,169	24.1
$1,000 to $1,499	1,543	18.0	10,137	17.3
$1,500 or more	838	9.8	3,761	6.4
Median (dollars)	$782	(X)	$733	(X)
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE5 (2013)	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Labor Force	45,228	100.0	306,315	100.0
Employment	43,323	95.8	292,096	95.4
Unemployment	1,905	4.2	14,219	4.6
Unemployment Rate	4.2%	(X)	4.6%	(X)
AVERAGE WAGE AND SALARY EMPLOYMENT6	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	40,932	100.0	278,595	100.0
Private	35,243	86.1	212,193	76.2
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting	125	0.3	2,542	0.9
Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction	3,963	9.7	27,688	9.9
Utilities	135	0.3	2,469	0.9
Construction	2,922	7.1	21,500	7.7
Manufacturing	1,860	4.5	9,357	3.4
Wholesale Trade	2,739	6.7	9,166	3.3
Retail Trade	4,764	11.6	29,444	10.6
Transportation & Warehousing	1,144	2.8	9,554	3.4
Information	468	1.1	3,902	1.4
Financial Activities	1,954	4.8	10,754	3.9
Professional & Business Services	3,070	7.5	18,010	6.5
Educational & Health Services	5,721	14.0	25,324	9.1
Leisure & Hospitality	4,303	10.5	33,923	12.2
Other Services	2,076	5.1	8,564	3.1
Government	5,689	13.9	66,403	23.8
Federal Government	679	1.7	7,522	2.7
State Government	721	1.8	13,343	4.8
Local Government	4,289	10.5	45,538	16.3
TOTAL ANNUAL WAGES6	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	$1,969,252,487	100.0	$12,419,640,108	100.0
Private	$1,694,009,018	86.0	$9,402,134,549	75.7
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting	$2,994,973	0.2	$77,320,968	0.6
Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction	$358,851,550	18.2	$2,292,161,480	18.5
Utilities	$10,349,721	0.5	$201,510,613	1.6
Construction	$155,360,764	7.9	$1,060,383,641	8.5
Manufacturing	$97,093,583	4.9	$522,831,750	4.2
Wholesale Trade	$170,689,257	8.7	$527,492,048	4.2
Retail Trade	$135,105,745	6.9	$796,995,012	6.4
Transportation & Warehousing	$62,973,486	3.2	$452,562,477	3.6
Information	$18,389,617	0.9	$162,296,930	1.3
Financial Activities	$103,847,897	5.3	$528,141,060	4.3
Professional & Business Services	$145,871,007	7.4	$875,522,196	7.0
Educational & Health Services	$274,119,285	13.9	$1,017,875,287	8.2
Leisure & Hospitality	$68,644,837	3.5	$589,074,501	4.7
Other Services	$89,717,296	4.6	$297,966,586	2.4
Government	$275,243,469	14.0	$3,017,505,559	24.3
Federal Government	$45,927,984	2.3	$444,713,124	3.6
State Government	$38,582,699	2.0	$693,482,477	5.6
Local Government	$190,732,786	9.7	$1,879,309,958	15.1
AVERAGE ANNUAL WAGE6	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	$48,110	100.0	$44,580	100.0
Private	$48,067	99.9	$44,309	99.4
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting	$24,008	49.9	$30,423	68.2
Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction	$90,556	188.2	$82,787	185.7
Utilities	$76,523	159.1	$81,625	183.1
Construction	$53,178	110.5	$49,321	110.6
Manufacturing	$52,215	108.5	$55,879	125.3
Wholesale Trade	$62,312	129.5	$57,547	129.1
Retail Trade	$28,361	59.0	$27,069	60.7
Transportation & Warehousing	$55,047	114.4	$47,370	106.3
Information	$39,336	81.8	$41,599	93.3
Financial Activities	$53,140	110.5	$49,113	110.2
Professional & Business Services	$47,511	98.8	$48,614	109.0
Educational & Health Services	$47,915	99.6	$40,194	90.2
Leisure & Hospitality	$15,952	33.2	$17,365	39.0
Other Services	$43,222	89.8	$34,795	78.1
Government	$48,380	100.6	$45,442	101.9
Federal Government	$67,666	140.6	$59,122	132.6
State Government	$53,513	111.2	$51,973	116.6
Local Government	$44,468	92.4	$41,270	92.6
COMMUTING TO OR FROM A DIFFERENT COUNTY FOR WORK	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total Commuting Out	1,676	100.0	22,542	100.0
to Converse County, WY	657	39.2	1,222	5.4
to Sublette County, WY	173	10.3	2,016	8.9
to Campbell County, WY	113	6.7	4,290	19.0
to Sweetwater County, WY	66	3.9	3,333	14.8
to Carbon County, WY	64	3.8	789	3.5
to All Other Counties	603	36.0	10,892	48.3
All Commuting In	2,080	100.0	29,946	100.0
from Converse County, WY	915	44.0	1,872	6.3
from Fremont County, WY	128	6.2	1,017	3.4
from Park County, WY	75	3.6	994	3.3
from Laramie County, WY	62	3.0	2,069	6.9
from Montrose County, CO	53	2.5	68	0.2
from All Other Counties	847	40.7	23,926	79.9
AGRICULTURE7	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Number of Farms	397	(X)	11,736	(X)
Land in Farms (thousands of acres)	1,691	(X)	30,364	(X)
Total Cash Receipts (thousands of dollars)	$44,042	100.0	$1,663,761	100.0
Livestock and Products	$33,505	76.1	$1,235,198	74.2
Crops	$10,537	23.9	$428,563	25.8
Net Farm Income (thousands of dollars)	$2,034	(X)	$268,001	(X)
VALUATION AND TAXES8	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total Assessed Valuation	$1,255,227,453	100.0	$22,797,094,335	100.0
Non-Minerals	$847,364,929	67.5	$9,290,528,889	40.8
Agriculture	$9,431,191	0.8	$253,014,175	1.1
Residential	$466,848,838	37.2	$4,292,823,158	18.8
Commercial	$208,511,809	16.6	$1,198,642,514	5.3
Industrial	$110,188,529	8.8	$2,162,592,241	9.5
Other	$52,384,562	4.2	$1,383,456,801	6.1
Minerals	$407,862,524	32.5	$13,506,565,446	59.2
Oil	$359,684,399	28.7	$4,229,997,989	18.6
Natural gas	$44,397,391	3.5	$4,470,657,938	19.6
Coal	$0	0.0	$4,054,979,229	17.8
Other minerals	$3,780,734	0.3	$750,930,290	3.3
Total Property Taxes	$88,205,189	(X)	$1,463,519,560	(X)
Average Mill Levy	70.3	(X)	64.2	(X)
4% Sales and Use Tax Collections	$101,878,446	(X)	$700,228,831	(X)
LANDOWNERSHIP9 (square miles)	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total Land	5,340.4	100.0	97,093.1	100.0
U.S. Government	2,318.7	43.4	46,535.4	47.9
National Park Service	0.0	0.0	3,657.6	3.8
Forest Service	8.6	0.2	14,390.9	14.8
Fish and Wildlife	2.4	0.0	80.3	0.1
Bureau of Land Management	2,263.0	42.4	27,162.8	28.0
Bureau of Reclamation	44.6	0.8	1,243.8	1.3
Wyoming	620.4	11.6	6,042.7	6.2
State Lands Commission	619.4	11.6	5,773.5	5.9
Recreation Commission	0.8	0.0	11.8	0.0
Game and Fish	0.2	0.0	257.4	0.3
Local Government	25.3	0.5	192.0	0.2
County	12.9	0.2	36.7	0.0
City and Town	11.6	0.2	78.3	0.1
School District and College	0.8	0.0	44.3	0.0
Other Lands	13.3	0.2	3,155.5	3.2
Surface Water	35.8	0.7	735.2	0.8
Total Public	2,977.8	55.8	55,925.5	57.6
Total Private	2,362.6	44.2	41,167.6	42.4
PUBLIC SCHOOL STATISTICS10			Number	Percent
Number of School Districts	1	(X)	48	(X)
Number of Schools	35	(X)	351	(X)
Fall Enrollment	12,750	(X)	90,993	(X)
Composite ACT score (Grade 11)	18.9	(X)	19.7	(X)
High School Graduates (4 year on time)	739	(X)	5,300	(X)
Graduation Rate	74.1%	(X)	77.6%	(X)
Average Daily Membership (ADM)	12,538	(X)	89,832	(X)
Certified Teachers	901	(X)	7,350	(X)
Certified Staff	237	(X)	1,538	(X)
Administration	61	(X)	746	(X)
Classified Staff	931	(X)	6,940	(X)
Students Transported Daily	5,344	(X)	31,351	(X)
Total General Fund Revenues	$172,504,633	(X)	$1,370,360,482	(X)
Total General Fund Expenditures	$166,753,878	(X)	$1,353,837,570	(X)
Operating Cost Per ADM	$15,349	(X)	$17,156	(X)
% of Students with Free or Reduced Lunch (2013-14)	38.7%	(X)	37.6%	(X)
CRIME11	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Violent Crime	151	100.0	1,086	100.0
Murder	3	2.0	14	1.3
Forcible Rape	7	4.6	147	13.5
Robbery	12	7.9	60	5.5
Aggravated Assault	129	85.4	865	79.7
Property Crime	2,346	100.0	12,791	100.0
Burglary	473	20.2	2,061	16.1
Larceny-Theft	1,740	74.2	10,182	79.6
Motor Vehicle Theft	133	5.7	548	4.3
TRANSPORTATION12	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Number of Registered Vehicles	118,069	100.0	883,401	100.0
Passenger Cars	48,230	40.8	348,250	39.4
Trucks	33,282	28.2	251,400	28.5
Motorcycles	4,582	3.9	29,853	3.4
Trailers (including house trailers)	23,946	20.3	196,395	22.2
University of Wyoming Specialty Plates (cars & trucks)	566	0.5	5,025	0.6
Commercial Trucks & Trailers	3,155	2.7	24,901	2.8
Others	4,308	3.6	27,577	3.1
Road (miles)	1,597	100.0	29,070	100.0
Federal	26	1.7	4,089	14.1
State Highway	350	21.9	6,752	23.2
County Road	797	49.9	14,620	50.3
Local (City & Town)	350	21.9	2,431	8.4
Other	74	4.6	1,178	4.1
Per Capita Vehicle Miles Traveled	11,210	(X)	15,659	(X)
Commercial Airport Passengers	175,351	(X)	997,818	(X)
HEALTH CARE AND RISK FACTORS13	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Licensed Hospitals	2	(X)	27	(X)
Bed Capacity	214	(X)	1,386	(X)
Licensed Nursing Care Facilities	3	(X)	38	(X)
Bed Capacity	432	(X)	2,950	(X)
Occupancy Rate	89.4%	(X)	80.9%	(X)
Medicaid Beneficiaries	12,968	16.5	87,069	15.1
Enrollment in State Children Health Insurance Program	1,277	6.5	8,846	6.2
Percent of Adults with BMI (weight in kg/height in meters squared) Larger Than 30	26.8%	(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	15.0%	(X)	15.6%	(X)
Percent of Adults who reported having smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their life time and are currently smoking	27.8%	(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