Wyoming is still the least-populated state in the country, growing more slowly than all but a couple others from 2010 to 2020. The Casper Star Tribune reports that US Census figures were released Thursday. Only Michigan and Connecticut grew more slowly than Wyoming.
Although Wyoming’s population grew 2.4%, from 563,626 residents to 576,851 people, that growth took place in only nine of the state’s 23 counties. Teton and Laramie counties tied with the highest population growth of 9.6%. Meanwhile, once-booming Sublette County in western Wyoming’s gas patch lost almost 15% of its population over the past decade.
The Tribune’s report goes on to note that Wyoming’s majority population remained white while the state’s Hispanic or Latino population grew from 8.9% of the state in 2010 to 10.2% in 2020.
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