Lincoln County, Wyoming Demographics

Lincoln County is 1st in Wyoming out of 23 other counties in Home ownership rate

Lincoln County is 2nd in Wyoming out of 23 other counties in People per household

Lincoln County is 3rd in Wyoming out of 23 other counties in Race - White

Lincoln County is 3rd in Wyoming out of 23 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Lincoln County is 4th in Wyoming out of 23 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Lincoln County is 5th in Wyoming out of 23 other counties in Home median value

Lincoln County is 5th in Wyoming out of 23 other counties in Income per household

Lincoln County is 5th in Wyoming out of 23 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Lincoln County is 9th in Wyoming out of 23 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Lincoln County is 10th in Wyoming out of 23 other counties in Housing units

Size Demographics
	Lincoln County	Rank	Wyoming	US
Current population (2012)	17,961	11th	576,412	313,914,040
Size in square miles	4,076.1	11th	97,093.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	4.4	9th	5.8	87.4

Age Demographics
	Lincoln County	Rank	Wyoming	US
Residents younger than 5	7.1%	5th	6.7%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	27.0%	3rd	23.5%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	13.6%	13th	13.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Lincoln County	Rank	Wyoming	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	91.7%	12th	91.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	20.9%	13th	24.2%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Lincoln County	Rank	Wyoming	US
Race - White	96.6%	3rd	93.1%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.8%	15th	1.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.0%	18th	2.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.5%	13th	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	10th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.0%	22nd	1.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	17th	9.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	92.8%	4th	84.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Lincoln County	Rank	Wyoming	US
Female residents	48.9%	14th	48.9%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.3%	13th	3.1%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Lincoln County	Rank	Wyoming	US
Housing units	9,046	10th	265,528	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	7.5%	16th	15.7%	25.9%
Households	6,238	11th	219,628	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	80.0%	1st	70.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$205,800	5th	$181,900	$186,200
People per household	2.8	2nd	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	28	14th	2,110	829,658

Income Demographics
	Lincoln County	Rank	Wyoming	US
Income per capita	$25,451	18th	$28,952	$27,915
Income per household	$60,543	5th	$56,380	$52,762
Income below poverty line	8.2%	18th	10.1%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Lincoln County	Rank	Wyoming	US
Non-farm private establishments	592	11th	20,329	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	4,159	12th	208,385	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	2,598	10th	61,179	27,092,908
Retail sales	$221,712	12th	$8,957,553	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$13,705	12th	$17,114	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$21,115	12th	$1,469,008	$613,795,732