Wyoming - Facts and Figures. GENERAL INFORMATION Capital Statehood Cheyenne July 10, 1890 the 44th state State nickname Name for residents State motto Abbreviation The Equality State Wyomingites Equal rights WY LAND Total area 253,337 sq km 97,814 sq mi Rank among states in total area Land area 9th 251,500 sq km 97,105 sq mi Highest point Gannett Peak 4,207 m/13,804 ft Forested land as a share of total area 17.7 percent (2002) Federally owned land as a share of land area 50.6 percent (2002) PEOPLE Population Rank among states in population Ten-year population growth Population density 522,830 (2007 estimate) 50th 8.9 percent (1990-2000) 2 persons per sq km (2006 estimate) 5.3 persons per sq mi (2006 estimate) Urban population 65.1 percent (2000) Largest cities (by population) C heyenne 55,314 (2006) Casper 52,089 (2006) Laramie 25,688 (2006) Gillette 23,899 (2006) Rock Springs 19,324 (2006) Ethnic groups Whites 92.1 percent (2000) Native Americans 2.3 percent (2000) Blacks 0.8 percent (2000) Asians 0.6 percent (2000) Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders 0.1 percent (2000) Mixed heritage or not reporting 4.3 percent (2000) Hispanics (of any race) 6.4 percent (2000) HEALTH AND EDUCATION Life expectancy Infant mortality rate 76.2 years (1989-1991) 7 deaths per 1,000 live births (2004) Residents per physician 536 people (2005) Residents per hospital bed 242 people (2005) Share of population not covered by health insurance Number of students per teacher (K-12) Government spending per student (K-12) Share of students attending private school Share of people over age 25 with high school diploma 14.6 percent (2006) 13.3 (2003) $10,313 (2002-2003) 2.4 percent (1999) 90.2 percent (2006) GOVERNMENT State government Governor Dave Freudenthal (term ends January 2011) Legislature Senate, 30 members House of Representatives, 60 members National representation Members of the U.S. Senate 2 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives 1 Electoral votes 3 ECONOMY Gross state product (GSP) Income per capita $30 billion (2006) $34,199 (2004) GSP by economic sector Agriculture, forestry, and fishing 1.5 percent (2004) Industry Construction 5.3 percent (2004) Manufacturing 7.5 percent (2001) Mining 25 percent (2004) Transportation and utilities 10.4 percent (2004) Services Finance, insurance, and real estate 11.6 percent (2004) G overnment 14.1 percent (2004) Information technology 2 percent (2004) Retail trade Wholesale trade Other services Employment Number of workers Unemployment rate Share of workers in unions 6 percent (2004) 3.8 percent (2004) 14.7 percent (2004) 285,000 (2006 estimate) 3.2 percent (2006 estimate) 7.9 percent (2005) ENERGY, COMMUNICATIONS, AND TRANSPORTATION Electricity production Share from geothermal, solar, and wind 1.6 percent (2005 estimate) Share from hydroelectric 1.8 percent (2005 estimate) Share from nuclear 0 percent (2004) Share from thermal 96.7 percent (2005 estimate) Daily newspaper circulation per 1,000 people Share of households with Internet access Number of library books circulated per resident Length of highways 171 newspapers per 1,000 people (2006 estimate) 57.7 percent (2003 estimate) 7.8 books per person (2002) 44,576 km (2005) 27,698 mi (2005) Length of interstate highways 1,471 km (2005) 914 mi (2005) Length of railroad tracks 2,997 km (2004) 1,862 mi (2004) Airports 10 (2007) SOURCES The Association of American Railroads (www.aar.org), Bureau of Economic Analysis (www.bea.doc.gov), Bureau of Labor Statistics (www.bls.gov), Census Bureau (www.census.gov), Energy Information Administration (www.eia.doe.gov), Federal Aviation Administration (www.faa.gov), Federal Highway Administration (www.fhwa.dot.gov), Forest Service (www.fs.fed.us), General Services Administration (www.gsa.gov), National Agricultural Statistics Service (www.usda.gov/nass), National Center for Education Statistics (nces.ed.gov), National Center for Health Statistics (www.cdc.gov/nchs), National Telecommunications and Information Administration (www.ntia.doc.gov). Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
