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which is home to nearly as many pronghorn as people. Wyoming’s
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towns, in mining settlements, and in <a class="md-dictionary-link md-dictionary-tt-off mw" data-term="communities" href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/communities" data-type="MW">communities</a> offering unparalleled outdoor recreational opportunities. Each year millions of people visit <span id="ref1031649"></span><a href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Yellowstone-National-Park" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">Yellowstone</a> and <a href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Grand-Teton-National-Park" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">Grand Teton</a>
national parks. Moreover, the state has a low crime rate and little
pollution. One of Wyoming’s nicknames is the Equality State, because it
was the first state in the country to approve a constitution that
included a provision granting women the <a href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/suffrage" class="md-crosslink autoxref " data-show-preview="true">right to vote</a>. Area 97,813 square miles (253,334 square km). Population (2020) 576,851; (2024 est.) 587,618.</p><div class="js-qf-module qf-module px-40 px-sm-20 py-15 mx-auto module-spacing font-14 bg-gray-50 rounded">
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<dt>Capital: </dt>
<dd><a href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Cheyenne-Wyoming">Cheyenne</a></dd>
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<dt>Population<sup>1</sup>: </dt>
<dd>(2020) 576,851; (2024 est.) 587,618</dd>
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<dd><a href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Barrasso">John Barrasso</a> (Republican)</dd>
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<dt>State Nickname: </dt>
<dd>Equality State</dd>
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<dd>"Equal Rights"</dd>
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<dd>western meadowlark</dd>
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<dt>Total Area (Sq Km): </dt>
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that border them. The broad basins are synclines. The mountains
dominating Wyoming’s horizon were formed during a period of
mountain-building activity known as the <span id="ref614623"></span><a href="https://www.britannica.com/science/Laramide-orogeny" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">Laramide orogeny</a>,
which affected the region from about 70 million to 40 million years
ago. The land surface of Wyoming has a mean elevation of 6,700 feet
(2,040 meters) above <a href="https://www.britannica.com/science/sea-level" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">sea level</a>,
the highest of any state except Colorado. Three-fourths of Wyoming lies
more than 1 mile (1.6 km) in elevation, and two-fifths exceeds 7,000
feet (2,100 meters). The state’s lowest point, at 3,125 feet (953
meters), lies in the channel of the Belle Fourche River as it flows from
the state into South Dakota; its highest point, <span id="ref614624"></span><a href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Gannett-Peak" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">Gannett Peak</a>, part of the <span id="ref614625"></span><a href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Wind-River-Range" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">Wind River Range</a> in west-central Wyoming, reaches 13,804 feet (4,207 meters) in elevation.</p><!--[MOD3]--><span class="marker MOD3 mod-inline"></span> <!--[PREMOD4]--><span class="marker PREMOD4 mod-inline"></span><p class="topic-paragraph">Wyoming
has six physiographic regions: the Black Hills; the Great Plains; the
Southern, Middle, and Northern Rocky Mountains; and the Wyoming <a class="md-dictionary-link md-dictionary-tt-off eb" data-term="Basin" href="https://www.britannica.com/dictionary/Basin" data-type="EB">Basin</a>. The <a href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Black-Hills" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">Black Hills</a>
extend into South Dakota and are of generally low relief. Wyoming’s
Great Plains region occupies the easternmost one-third of the state,
gradually increasing in elevation from the state’s eastern border to the
many mountain ranges that mark the region’s western margin.</p><!--[MOD4]--><span class="marker MOD4 mod-inline"></span> <!--[PREMOD5]--><span class="marker PREMOD5 mod-inline"></span><p class="topic-paragraph">The Southern Rocky Mountains extend from northeastern Colorado along the <span id="ref614626"></span><a href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Laramie-Mountains" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">Laramie</a>, <a href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Medicine-Bow-Mountains" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">Medicine Bow</a>, and <a href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Sierra-Madre-mountain-system-Mexico" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">Sierra Madre</a> ranges, making their farthest extension into Wyoming along the <a href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Laramie" class="md-crosslink autoxref " data-show-preview="true">Laramie</a> Range, where the mountain system terminates just south of the <a href="https://www.britannica.com/place/North-Platte-River" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">North Platte River</a> near the city of <a href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Casper" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">Casper</a>.
The Northern Rocky Mountain region extends south from Canada across the
states of Montana and Idaho and enters Wyoming at the northwestern
corner of Yellowstone Park. The much larger Middle Rocky Mountain region
occupies most of the northwestern quarter of the state, extending south
along the Idaho-Wyoming border into Utah. Included in this region are
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crosses Wyoming from the south-central portion of the state, trending
northwest and leaving the state through Yellowstone National Park.
Partly because of the presence of the divide, Wyoming contributes to the
headwaters of four major North American drainage systems—the <a href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Colorado-River-United-States-Mexico" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">Colorado</a>, <a href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Columbia-River" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">Columbia</a>, and <span id="ref1031742"></span><a href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Missouri-River" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">Missouri</a> rivers and the <a href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Great-Salt-Lake" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">Great Salt Lake</a>. The most significant of these to the state is the <a href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Missouri-state" class="md-crosslink autoxref " data-show-preview="true">Missouri</a>
system, which drains approximately three-fourths of Wyoming’s land
area. It is estimated that three-fourths of the state’s contributions to
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several hundred soil types may be grouped into three broad categories
determined largely on the basis of the state’s variable elevation and
climatic zones. Varieties of mountain soils are found throughout the
many ranges in Wyoming, with their greatest concentration in the
northwest. These soils are frequently acidic and of limited <a class="md-dictionary-link md-dictionary-tt-off eb" data-term="value" href="https://www.britannica.com/dictionary/value" data-type="EB">value</a>
to commercial cropping, although they may support alpine meadows used
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soils that are frequently alkaline and used mostly for winter range,
although others are suitable for agricultural crops when irrigated and
sustain significant yields of grain. Plains soils, found in the eastern
third of Wyoming, are of reasonable fertility and provide substantial
forage for livestock; they also support moderate levels of <a href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/dry-farming" class="md-crosslink autoxref " data-show-preview="true">dryland farming</a>, including the production of wheat.</p><!--[MOD10]--><span class="marker MOD10 mod-inline"></span> </section> </section><!--[AFTER-ARTICLE]--><span class="marker after-article"></span></div>
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<!--[BEFORE-ARTICLE]--><span class="marker before-article"></span><section data-level="1"><!--[BEFORE-ARTICLE]--><span class="marker before-article"></span><div class="md-sentinel--spy-target"></div><section data-level="2" id="ref281619" data-has-spy="true"> <h1 class="h2">Climate of Wyoming</h1><!--[TOC]--><!--[PREMOD1]--><span class="marker PREMOD1 mod-inline"></span><p class="topic-paragraph">Wyoming’s
climate is influenced by its interior location on the North American
landmass and by its high mean elevation. The state includes areas of
arid <a href="https://www.britannica.com/science/desert" class="md-crosslink autoxref " data-show-preview="true">desert</a>,
semiarid steppe (short-grass prairie), and alpine climates. The arid
desert regions are all found in the western half of the state and have
average annual rates of precipitation of between about 4 and 8 inches
(100 and 200 mm). Some three-fourths of the state is considered semiarid
steppe and averages about 9 to 16 inches (230 to 410 mm) annually.
Wyoming’s mountains may receive much larger quantities of precipitation.
In some mountainous areas total snowfall can <a class="md-dictionary-link md-dictionary-tt-off eb" data-term="exceed" href="https://www.britannica.com/dictionary/exceed" data-type="EB">exceed</a> 200 inches (5,100 mm) annually and can remain on the ground for more than 150 days per year.</p><!--[MOD1]--><span class="marker MOD1 mod-inline"></span> <!--[PREMOD2]--><span class="marker PREMOD2 mod-inline"></span><p class="topic-paragraph">Average
monthly temperatures vary greatly across Wyoming. January mean
temperatures range from a low of about 10 °F (–12 °C) in the mountains
to the upper 20s F (about –2 °C) in the southeast. Mean July
temperatures range from the low 50s F (about 10 °C) in the mountains to
the mid-70s F (about 24 °C) in the Bighorn Basin in north-central
Wyoming.</p><!--[MOD2]--><span class="marker MOD2 mod-inline"></span> </section> <div class="md-sentinel--spy-target"></div><section data-level="2" id="ref281620" data-has-spy="true"> <h2 class="h2">Plant and animal life</h2> <!--[PREMOD3]--><span class="marker PREMOD3 mod-inline"></span><p class="topic-paragraph">About
four-fifths of Wyoming is covered with grasses and semidesert to desert
shrubs. The state’s forests are found largely in the mountains and
along streams where sufficient soil moisture is available. Though there
are some limited areas of hardwood trees, most of Wyoming’s forests are
composed of conifers, principally <a href="https://www.britannica.com/plant/ponderosa-pine" class="md-crosslink autoxref " data-show-preview="true">ponderosa pine</a> in the northeast, lodgepole pine in the south-central area, and <a href="https://www.britannica.com/plant/Douglas-fir" class="md-crosslink autoxref " data-show-preview="true">Douglas fir</a>,
Engelmann spruce, and lodgepole pine in the northwest. The state’s
largest woodland preserve, the 1,100,000-acre (450,000-hectare) Bighorn
National Forest, <a class="md-dictionary-link md-dictionary-tt-off mw" data-term="comprises" href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/comprises" data-type="MW">comprises</a> most of the state’s principal tree species in a variety of montane ecosystems.</p><!--[MOD3]--><span class="marker MOD3 mod-inline"></span> <!--[PREMOD4]--><span class="marker PREMOD4 mod-inline"></span><div class="assemblies multiple medialist slider js-slider position-relative d-inline-flex align-items-center mw-100 initialized" data-type="other"><div class="slider-container js-slider-container overflow-hidden d-flex rw-slider rw-prev-disabled"><div class="rw-track d-flex align-items-center"><div class="position-relative rw-slide col-100 px-20" style="vertical-align: top;"><figure class="md-assembly m-0 mb-md-0 card card-borderless print-false" data-assembly-id="346145" data-asm-type="image"><div class="md-assembly-wrapper card-media" data-type="image"><a 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class="topic-paragraph">Wyoming supports abundant animal life, including the largest number of <span id="ref614628"></span><a href="https://www.britannica.com/animal/pronghorn" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">pronghorn</a> in <a href="https://www.britannica.com/place/North-America" class="md-crosslink autoxref " data-show-preview="true">North America</a>.
Pronghorn are located in every part of the state, with their greatest
concentration in areas of sagebrush and grasses. The state also supports
large numbers of whitetail and <a href="https://www.britannica.com/animal/mule-deer" class="md-crosslink autoxref " data-show-preview="true">mule deer</a>,
moose, and the world’s largest single herd of wapiti (American elk).
Black bears live in most of Wyoming’s forested mountain areas, with
grizzly bears in the high mountain and wilderness areas in and
surrounding Yellowstone Park. Rocky Mountain timber wolves were
reintroduced to the Yellowstone region in 1995. Herds of American bison
(buffalo) are found in Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks.
Grouse, quail, partridges, and pheasants are found in some of the
state’s uplands, and wild turkeys are common in many of the state’s open
woodlands.</p><!--[MOD4]--><span class="marker MOD4 mod-inline"></span> </section> </section> <!--[H3]--><span class="marker h3"></span><div class="md-sentinel--spy-target"></div><section data-level="1" id="ref281621" data-has-spy="true"> <h2 class="h1"><span id="ref614632"></span>People</h2> <div class="md-sentinel--spy-target"></div><section data-level="2" id="ref281622" data-has-spy="true"> <h2 class="h2">Population composition</h2> <!--[PREMOD5]--><span class="marker PREMOD5 mod-inline"></span><p class="topic-paragraph">More
than nine-tenths of Wyoming’s residents are of European ancestry.
Hispanics account for the largest minority of Wyoming’s population. <a href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/African-Americans" class="md-crosslink autoxref " data-show-preview="true">African Americans</a> <a class="md-dictionary-link md-dictionary-tt-off mw" data-term="constitute" href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/constitute" data-type="MW">constitute</a> less than 1 percent of the total population, and most of them reside in the <span id="ref1031743"></span><a href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Cheyenne-Wyoming" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">Cheyenne</a> area. Although Chinese immigrants were instrumental in the construction of the <a href="https://www.britannica.com/money/Union-Pacific-Railroad-Company" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">Union Pacific Railroad</a>, Wyoming’s present-day Asian population is small. Most Asians live in the state’s southern counties in the cities of Cheyenne, <a href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Laramie" class="md-crosslink autoxref " data-show-preview="true">Laramie</a>, and Rock Springs. More than 2 percent of Wyoming’s population is composed of <span id="ref614633"></span><a href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/Native-American" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">Native Americans</a>, mostly the <a href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/Arapaho" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">Arapaho</a> and <a href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/Shoshone-people" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">Shoshone</a>.
More than half of this population lives on the nearly 2,000,000-acre
(810,000-hectare) Wind River Reservation in the west-central portion of
Wyoming.</p><!--[MOD5]--><span class="marker MOD5 mod-inline"></span> </section> <div class="md-sentinel--spy-target"></div><section data-level="2" id="ref79196" data-has-spy="true"> <h2 class="h2">Settlement patterns</h2> <!--[PREMOD6]--><span class="marker PREMOD6 mod-inline"></span><p class="topic-paragraph">Wyoming’s earliest pattern of <a class="md-dictionary-link md-dictionary-tt-off eb" data-term="sedentary" href="https://www.britannica.com/dictionary/sedentary" data-type="EB">sedentary</a> occupancy by European immigrants and settlers from the eastern <a href="https://www.britannica.com/place/United-States" class="md-crosslink autoxref " data-show-preview="true">United States</a> was determined by the locations of military posts such as <span id="ref614629"></span>Fort Laramie (1834–90) and <span id="ref1031744"></span><a href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Fort-Bridger" class="md-crosslink ">Fort Bridger</a>
(1843–90), both of which provided protection from attacks by Native
Americans as well as trading opportunities. The building of the Union
Pacific Railroad in the late 1860s led to the founding of several early
settlements, including Cheyenne, Laramie, <a href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Rawlins" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">Rawlins</a>, <a href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Rock-Springs-Wyoming" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">Rock Springs</a>, and <a href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Evanston-Wyoming" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">Evanston</a>.</p><!--[MOD6]--><span class="marker MOD6 mod-inline"></span> <!--[PREMOD7]--><span class="marker PREMOD7 mod-inline"></span><div class="assemblies"><div class="w-100 assembly-container"><figure class="md-assembly m-0 mb-md-0 card card-borderless print-false" data-assembly-id="14306" data-asm-type="image"><div class="md-assembly-wrapper card-media" data-type="image"><a href="https://cdn.britannica.com/58/26258-004-DC584E0C/Shoshone-Canyon-River-Wyoming-Cody.jpg" class="gtm-assembly-link position-relative d-flex align-items-center justify-content-center media-overlay-link card-media" data-href="/media/1/650252/14306"><picture><source media="(min-width: 680px)" srcset="Wyoming%20_%20Capital,%20Map,%20Population,%20History,%20Geography,%20&amp;%20Facts%20_%20Britannica_files/Shoshone-Canyon-River-Wyoming-Cody_002.webp 1x"><img src="Wyoming%20_%20Capital,%20Map,%20Population,%20History,%20Geography,%20&amp;%20Facts%20_%20Britannica_files/Shoshone-Canyon-River-Wyoming-Cody_002.webp" alt="Shoshone River" data-width="323" data-height="300" loading="eager"></picture><button class="magnifying-glass btn btn-circle position-absolute shadow btn-white top-10 right-10" aria-label="Zoom in"><em class="material-icons link-blue" data-icon="zoom_in"></em></button></a></div><figcaption class="card-body"><div class="md-assembly-caption text-muted font-14 font-serif line-clamp"><span><a class="gtm-assembly-link md-assembly-title font-weight-bold d-inline font-sans-serif mr-5 media-overlay-link" href="https://cdn.britannica.com/58/26258-004-DC584E0C/Shoshone-Canyon-River-Wyoming-Cody.jpg" data-href="/media/1/650252/14306">Shoshone River</a><span>Shoshone Canyon, on the Shoshone River near Cody, Wyoming.</span><button class="js-more-btn btn btn-unstyled font-12 bg-white js-content" aria-label="Toggle more/less fact data"><span class="link-blue">(more)</span></button></span></div></figcaption></figure></div></div><p class="topic-paragraph">Wyoming’s
current pattern of settlement is based upon its agricultural, mining,
and recreational activities, the last of which has contributed greatly
to the state’s growth, owing to an increase in seasonal residents of
vacation centers, especially <a href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Cody" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">Cody</a> and <a href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Jackson-Wyoming" class="md-crosslink " data-show-preview="true">Jackson</a>. There is no major <a href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/metropolitan-area" class="md-crosslink autoxref " data-show-preview="true">metropolitan area</a>, and the state’s two largest urban areas, <a href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Casper" class="md-crosslink autoxref " data-show-preview="true">Casper</a>
and Cheyenne, are small cities by the standards of most states. The
remainder of the state’s towns and cities are typically small in
population, having long expanses of Wyoming’s wide-open spaces between
them. They are service centers for surrounding ranches and farms, mining
operations, and recreational lands.</p><!--[MOD7]--><span class="marker MOD7 mod-inline"></span> </section> <div class="md-sentinel--spy-target"></div><section data-level="2" id="ref281623" data-has-spy="true"> <h2 class="h2">Demographic trends</h2> <!--[PREMOD8]--><span class="marker PREMOD8 mod-inline"></span><p class="topic-paragraph">About
two-thirds of Wyoming residents were born in state, and only 2 percent
of the population is foreign-born. In the early 21st century, as young
families and workers (many of whom were immigrants) moved to Wyoming to
work in mining and energy development, the average age of the population
decreased slightly in the counties where those sectors were prominent.
In many of the state’s rural counties, however, as much as one-fifth of
the population was over the age of 65 (the national average of those
over age 65 was about 12 percent).</p><!--[MOD8]--><span class="marker MOD8 mod-inline"></span> </section> </section> <!--[AFTER-ARTICLE]--><span class="marker after-article"></span></div>
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