Rock Springs, Wyoming Demographics

Rock Springs is 2nd in Wyoming out of 16 other cities in Retail sales per capita

Rock Springs is 2nd in Wyoming out of 18 other cities in Foreign born residents

Rock Springs is 2nd in Wyoming out of 18 other cities in Race - Black or African American

Rock Springs is 3rd in Wyoming out of 18 other cities in Residents younger than 5

Rock Springs is 4th in Wyoming out of 16 other cities in Retail sales

Rock Springs is 4th in Wyoming out of 18 other cities in Income per capita

Rock Springs is 4th in Wyoming out of 18 other cities in Income per household

Rock Springs is 4th in Wyoming out of 18 other cities in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Rock Springs is 4th in Wyoming out of 18 other cities in Size in square miles

Rock Springs is 5th in Wyoming out of 14 other cities in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Size Demographics
	Rock Springs	Rank	Wyoming	US
Current population (2012)	24,047	5th	576,412	313,914,040
Size in square miles	19.3	4th	97,093.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1,191.2	13th	5.8	87.4

Age Demographics
	Rock Springs	Rank	Wyoming	US
Residents younger than 5	8.7%	3rd	6.7%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	26.4%	5th	23.5%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	8.1%	15th	13.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Rock Springs	Rank	Wyoming	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	91.0%	11th	91.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	16.2%	17th	24.2%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Rock Springs	Rank	Wyoming	US
Race - White	86.4%	15th	93.1%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.4%	2nd	1.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.8%	11th	2.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.1%	5th	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	12th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.6%	7th	1.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	16.4%	4th	9.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	79.1%	14th	84.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Rock Springs	Rank	Wyoming	US
Female residents	47.9%	14th	48.9%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	7.3%	2nd	3.1%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Rock Springs	Rank	Wyoming	US
Housing units	10,070	5th	265,528	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	19.8%	11th	15.7%	25.9%
Households	8,926	5th	219,628	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	68.7%	6th	70.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$174,600	11th	$181,900	$186,200
People per household	2.5	6th	2.5	2.6

Income Demographics
	Rock Springs	Rank	Wyoming	US
Income per capita	$30,547	4th	$28,952	$27,915
Income per household	$71,053	4th	$56,380	$52,762
Income below poverty line	9.8%	8th	10.1%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Rock Springs	Rank	Wyoming	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	2,424	6th	61,179	27,092,908
Retail sales	$636,441	4th	$8,957,553	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$32,424	2nd	$17,114	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$77,952	5th	$1,469,008	$613,795,732