Sweetwater County, Wyoming Demographics

Sweetwater County is 21st out of 3,143 other counties in Size in square miles

Sweetwater County is 1st in Wyoming out of 23 other counties in Size in square miles

Sweetwater County is 2nd in Wyoming out of 23 other counties in Foreign born residents

Sweetwater County is 2nd in Wyoming out of 23 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Sweetwater County is 2nd in Wyoming out of 23 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Sweetwater County is 2nd in Wyoming out of 23 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Sweetwater County is 3rd in Wyoming out of 23 other counties in Retail sales

Sweetwater County is 4th in Wyoming out of 23 other counties in Current population (2012)

Sweetwater County is 4th in Wyoming out of 23 other counties in Households

Sweetwater County is 4th in Wyoming out of 23 other counties in Housing units

Sweetwater County is 4th in Wyoming out of 23 other counties in Income per capita

Size Demographics
	Sweetwater County	Rank	Wyoming	US
Current population (2012)	45,267	4th	576,412	313,914,040
Size in square miles	10,426.6	1st	97,093.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	4.2	11th	5.8	87.4

Age Demographics
	Sweetwater County	Rank	Wyoming	US
Residents younger than 5	7.9%	2nd	6.7%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	27.0%	4th	23.5%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	8.8%	22nd	13.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Sweetwater County	Rank	Wyoming	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	90.5%	17th	91.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	17.0%	22nd	24.2%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Sweetwater County	Rank	Wyoming	US
Race - White	94.5%	18th	93.1%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.6%	4th	1.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.3%	8th	2.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.8%	7th	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	4th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.6%	8th	1.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	15.8%	2nd	9.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	79.8%	20th	84.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Sweetwater County	Rank	Wyoming	US
Female residents	47.8%	18th	48.9%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	6.1%	2nd	3.1%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Sweetwater County	Rank	Wyoming	US
Housing units	19,258	4th	265,528	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	15.1%	6th	15.7%	25.9%
Households	16,418	4th	219,628	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	73.3%	11th	70.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$180,300	10th	$181,900	$186,200
People per household	2.6	6th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	132	6th	2,110	829,658

Income Demographics
	Sweetwater County	Rank	Wyoming	US
Income per capita	$31,125	4th	$28,952	$27,915
Income per household	$72,096	4th	$56,380	$52,762
Income below poverty line	9.3%	11th	10.1%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Sweetwater County	Rank	Wyoming	US
Non-farm private establishments	1,339	6th	20,329	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	16,739	4th	208,385	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	4,052	5th	61,179	27,092,908
Retail sales	$898,189	3rd	$8,957,553	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$22,843	2nd	$17,114	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$150,439	4th	$1,469,008	$613,795,732