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Albany County

Wyoming · ACS 2020–2024

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U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

Total population
38,249
Median household income
$61,917
People below poverty
20.9%
Median home value
$333,000

Income

The median income of households in Albany County, Wyoming was $61,917. An estimated 8.4% of households had income below $10,000 a year and 6.8% had income of $200,000 or more.

Household Income in Albany County, Wyoming in 2020-2024

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Percent
Less than $10,000 8.4
$10,000 to $14,999 4.1
$15,000 to $24,999 9.3
$25,000 to $34,999 7.1
$35,000 to $49,999 12.2
$50,000 to $74,999 15.6
$75,000 to $99,999 11.2
$100,000 to $149,999 18.6
$150,000 to $199,999 6.6
$200,000 or more 6.8

Median Earnings for Full-Time Year-Round Workers by Sex in Albany County, Wyoming in 2020-2024

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Dollars
Male 61607
Female 50636

An estimated 85.3% of households received earnings. An estimated 21.6% of households received Social Security and an estimated 18.7 % of households received retirement income other than Social Security. The average income from Social Security was $24,451. These income sources are not mutually exclusive; that is, some households received income from more than one source.

Proportion of Households with Various Income Sources in Albany County, Wyoming in 2020-2024

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Percent
Earnings 85.3
Social Security 21.6
Retirement income 18.7
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) 2.6
Cash public assistance income 0.8

Poverty and Participation in Government Programs

In 2020-2024, 20.9 % of people were in poverty. An estimated 13.2% of children under 18 were below the poverty level, compared with 7.3% of people 65 years old and over. An estimated 25.5% of people 18 to 64 years were below the poverty level.

Poverty Rates in Albany County, Wyoming in 2020-2024

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Percent
People in poverty 20.9
Children under 18 years below poverty 13.2
People 65 years old and over below poverty 7.3
People 18 to 64 years below poverty 25.5

In 2020-2024, 4.1 % of households received SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). An estimated 35% of households that received SNAP had children under 18, and 45.1% of households that received SNAP had one or more people 60 years and over. An estimated 14.8% of all households receiving SNAP were families with a female householder and no spouse present.


Among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in Albany County, Wyoming in 2020-2024, 92.7% had health insurance coverage and 7.3% did not have health insurance coverage. Private coverage was 82% and public coverage was 21.2%, respectively. The percentage of children under the age of 19 with no health insurance coverage was 3.3%.


In 2020-2024, Albany County, Wyoming had a total population of 38,249 - 18,142 (47.4%) females and 20,107 (52.6%) males. The median age was 28.6 years. An estimated 15.4% of the population was under 18 years, 47.4% was 19 to 44 years, 16.7% was 45 to 64 years, and 13.5 % was 65 years and older.

Population by Age and Sex for Albany County, Wyoming in 2020-2024

Male Female
Under 5 745 703
5 to 9 806 893
10 to 14 1009 733
15 to 19 1869 1826
20 to 24 4227 3803
25 to 29 2021 1345
30 to 34 1371 1154
35 to 39 1405 1197
40 to 44 842 758
45 to 49 921 655
50 to 54 745 837
55 to 59 628 921
60 to 64 960 706
65 to 69 1004 794
70 to 74 747 747
75 to 79 264 615
80 to 84 361 235
85 and over 182 220

Hispanic Origin and Race

For people reporting one race alone, 83.6% were White; 1.1% were Black or African American; 8.7% were American Indian and Alaska Native; 3.6% were Asian; 0.4% were Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, and 0% were Some Other Race. An estimated 8% reported Two or More Races. An estimated 10.6% of the people in Albany County, Wyoming were Hispanic or Latino. An estimated 79.9% of the people in Albany County, Wyoming were White alone, non-Hispanic. People of Hispanic origin may be of any race.


Households and Families

In 2020-2024, there were 17,083 households in Albany County, Wyoming. The average household size was 2.08 people.

Married-couple households made up 37% of the households in Albany County, Wyoming while cohabiting couple households made up 8.3% of households. Female householders with no spouse or partner present were 27.2% of all households, while 27.5% of households had male householders with no spouse or partner present. Some households had one person, as 17.2% of households were male householders living alone, and 15.7% were female householders living alone, for a total of 32.9% of all households.

In Albany County, Wyoming, 20.4% of all households had one or more people under the age of 18; 22.2% of all households had one or more people 65 years and over.

Types of Households in Albany County, Wyoming in 2020-2024

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Percent
Married-couple households 37
Cohabiting Couples 8.3
Male Householder
No spouse/partner present
27.5
Female Householder
No spouse/partner present
27.2

Marital Status

Among persons 15 and older, 38.7% of males and 40.4% of females were currently married.

Population 15 years and over Percent
Males
Percent
Females
Never married 50.9 45
Now married, except separated 38.7 40.4
Separated 0.5 1.5
Widowed 1.8 5.2
Divorced 8.1 7.8

Grandparents and Grandchildren

In Albany County, Wyoming, 299 grandparents lived with their grandchildren under 18 years old. Of those grandparents, 38.1% were responsible for the basic needs of their grandchildren.


Nativity and Foreign-Born

In 2020-2024, an estimated 92.6% of the people living in Albany County, Wyoming were U.S. natives. 36.6% of the Albany County, Wyoming population were living in the state where they were born.

Approximately 7.4% of Albany County, Wyoming residents in 2020-2024 were foreign-born. 26.5% of foreign-born were naturalized U.S. citizens and an estimated 43.1 % entered the country before the year 2010.

Foreign-born residents of Albany County, Wyoming come from different parts of the world. The bar graph below displays the percentage of foreign-born from each world region of birth in 2020-2024 for Albany County, Wyoming.

Region of Birth for the Foreign-Born Population in Albany County, Wyoming in 2020-2024

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Percent
Latin America 14.3
Asia 42.2
Europe 31.6
Africa 6.8
Northern America 5
Oceania 0

Language

Among people at least five years old living in Albany County, Wyoming in 2020-2024, 11.6 % spoke a language other than English at home. Spanish was spoken by 4.4% of people at least five years old; 2.4% reported that they did not speak English "very well."

Percentage of the Population 5 years and over who Speak a Language other than English in Albany County, Wyoming in 2020-2024

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Percent
Spanish 4.4
Other Indo-European languages 3.7
Asian and Pacific Islander languages 3
Other languages 0.5

Geographic Mobility

In 2020-2024, 72.4 % of the people at least one year old living in Albany County, Wyoming were living in the same house one year earlier.

Geographic Mobility of Residents of Albany County, Wyoming in 2020-2024

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Percent
Same house 72.4
Different house, same county 13
Different county, same state 5.5
Different state 8.3
Abroad 0.9

Education

In 2020-2024, 97.2 % of people 25 years and over had at least graduated from high school and 55% had a bachelor's degree or higher. An estimated 2.8% did not complete high school.

The total school enrollment in Albany County, Wyoming was 15,218 in 2020-2024. Nursery school enrollment was 351 and kindergarten through 12th grade enrollment was 4,459. College or graduate school enrollment was 10,408.

Educational Attainment of People in Albany County, Wyoming in 2020-2024

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Percent
Less than high school diploma 2.8
High school diploma or equivalency 14.4
Some college, no degree 18.8
Associate's degree 9
Bachelor's degree 27.4
Graduate or professional degree 27.7

Disability

In Albany County, Wyoming, among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 2020-2024, 11.5 % reported a disability. The likelihood of having a disability varied by age - from 4.2% of people under 18 years old, to 9.7% of people 18 to 64 years old, and to 29.4% of those 65 and over.


Employment Status and Type of Employer

In Albany County, Wyoming, 66.3 % of the population 16 and over were employed; 30.4% were not currently in the labor force.

An estimated 62% of the people employed were private wage and salary workers; 31.9% were federal, state, or local government workers; and 6 % were self-employed in their own (not incorporated) business.

Class of worker Number Percent
Private wage and salary workers 13,579 62
Federal, state, or local government workers 6,980 31.9
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business 1,323 6

Industries

In 2020-2024, the civilian employed population 16 years and older in Albany County, Wyoming worked in the following industries:

Percent by Industry in Albany County, Wyoming in 2020-2024

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Percent
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining 3.3
Construction 5.2
Manufacturing 4.5
Wholesale trade 0.8
Retail trade 7.6
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities 2.7
Information 1.5
Finance and insurance, and real estate and rental and leasing 5.8
Professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services 8.1
Educational services, and health care and social assistance 40.5
Arts, entertainment, and recreation, and accommodation, and food services 9.7
Other Services, except public administration 6.4
Public administration 3.9

Occupations

Occupations for the Civilian Employed Population 16 Years and over in Albany County, Wyoming in 2020-2024

Civilian employed population 16 years and over Number Percent
Management, business, sciences, and arts occupations 11,906 54.4
Service occupations 3,247 14.8
Sales and office occupations 3,169 14.5
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations 1,858 8.5
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations 1,716 7.8

Commuting to Work

An estimated 65.3% of Albany County, Wyoming workers drove to work alone in 2020-2024, and 7.9% carpooled. Among those who commuted to work, it took them on average 15.3 minutes to get to work.

Percent of Workers 16 and over Commuting by Mode in Albany County, Wyoming in 2020-2024

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Percent
Car, truck, van -- drove alone 65.3
Car, truck, van -- carpooled 7.9
Public transportation (excluding taxicab) 2.1
Walked 8.7
Other means 5
Worked from home 11.1

In 2020-2024, Albany County, Wyoming had a total of 18,851 housing units. Of these housing units, 58% were single-family houses either not attached to any other structure or attached to one or more structures (commonly referred to as "townhouses" or "row houses"). 34.3% of the housing units were located in multi-unit structures, or those buildings that contained two or more apartments. 7.7% were mobile homes, while any remaining housing units were classified as "other," which included boats, recreational vehicles, vans, etc.

Types of Housing Units in Albany County, Wyoming in 2020-2024

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Percent
Single-family houses 58
Apartments in multi-unit structures 34.3
Mobile homes 7.7
Boat, RV, van, etc 0

12.1% of the housing inventory was comprised of houses built since 2010, while 15.3% of the houses were first built in 1939 or earlier. The median number of rooms in all housing units in Albany County, Wyoming was 5.3 rooms, and of these housing units 59.2% had three or more bedrooms.


In 2020-2024, Albany County, Wyoming had 17,083 housing units that were occupied or had people living in them, while the remaining 1,768 were vacant. Of the occupied housing units, the percentage of these houses occupied by owners (also known as the homeownership rate) was 50% while renters occupied 50%. The average household size of owner-occupied houses was 2.31 and in renter-occupied houses it was 1.85.

9.2% of householders of these occupied houses had moved into their house since 2021, while 6.6% moved into their house in 1989 or earlier. Households without a vehicle available for personal use comprised 5.6% and another 29.5% had three or more vehicles available for use.

The following chart provides the primary fuel used to heat houses in Albany County, Wyoming:

House Heating Fuel Used in Albany County, Wyoming in 2020-2024

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Percent
Gas 61.5
Electricity 32.9
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc 0.2
All other fuels 4.6
No fuel used 0.7

In 2020-2024, the median property value for owner-occupied houses in Albany County, Wyoming was $333,000.

Of the owner-occupied households, 57.5 % had a mortgage. 42.5% owned their houses "free and clear," that is without a primary mortgage or loan on the house. The median monthly housing costs for owners with a mortgage was $1,749 and for owners without a mortgage it was $596.

For renter-occupied houses, the median gross rent for Albany County, Wyoming was $931. Gross rent includes the monthly contract rent and any monthly payments made for electricity, gas, water and sewer, and any other fuels to heat the house.