Demographics of Weston County, Wyoming

Weston County, Wyoming had 6,840 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +20 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the American Community Survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Weston County, in four figures

6,840
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; +0.3%
Change since July 2020: +20 people.; 44.0 ±3.0
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $89,509 ±$13,119
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. Each year's change is births less deaths, net moves from abroad and net moves from elsewhere in the country, with the Bureau's small residual. The 2020 row's components run 3 months, from the April census to July 1.

Weston County, Wyoming's population grew 0.3% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Weston County, Wyoming's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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Weston County, Wyoming's population grew 0.3% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Weston County, Wyoming's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	6,820	100.0	100.0
2021	6,750	99.0	100.2
2022	6,870	100.7	100.7
2023	6,828	100.1	101.6
2024	6,870	100.7	102.5
2025	6,840	100.3	103.1

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Population of Weston County, Wyoming on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change	Births less deaths	From abroad	From elsewhere in the country
2020	6,820	−21	+5	0	−25
2021	6,750	−70	−51	+1	−22
2022	6,870	+120	−40	−4	+155
2023	6,828	−42	−24	−1	−17
2024	6,870	+42	−21	−1	+65
2025	6,840	−30	−23	−1	−7

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 44.0 ±3.0: for men 42.9 ±4.9 and for women 45.6 ±4.8. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Weston County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Wyoming	United States
Under 5	342 ±98	5.0% ±1.4	5.4% ±0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	998 ±151	14.6% ±2.2	17.2% ±0.3	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	420 ±156	6.2% ±2.3	9.0% ±0.2	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	1,736 ±574	25.4% ±8.4	26.1% ±0.3	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	1,820 ±232	26.7% ±3.4	23.8% ±0.3	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	1,510 ±185	22.1% ±2.7	18.5% ±0.3	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $89,509 ±$13,119, and income per person $45,697 ±$7,162, in 2024 dollars. The median is $76,176 ±$1,168 in Wyoming and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Weston County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Wyoming	United States
Under $25,000	297 ±108	10.4% ±3.7	14.3% ±0.6	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	519 ±148	18.2% ±5.1	18.0% ±0.6	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	452 ±123	15.9% ±4.2	17.0% ±0.6	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	348 ±142	12.2% ±4.9	13.7% ±0.5	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	808 ±191	28.4% ±6.4	18.9% ±0.6	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	235 ±103	8.3% ±3.6	9.5% ±0.5	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	189 ±92	6.6% ±3.2	8.5% ±0.5	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Weston County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Wyoming	United States
All ages	572 ±261	9.0% ±4.1	10.5% ±0.6	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	22 to 248	1.9% to 19.9%	11.7% ±0.9	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	119 to 413	4.2% to 14.3%	10.8% ±0.6	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	79 to 263	3.6% to 11.7%	8.8% ±0.6	11.0% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Weston County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Weston County	Wyoming	United States
Housing units	3,406 ±85	277,141 ±187	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	83.6% ±5.2	87.8% ±0.5	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	16.4% ±5.0	12.2% ±0.6	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	86.8% ±4.1	71.8% ±0.6	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	13.2% ±4.3	28.2% ±0.6	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$221,700 ±$18,820	$309,700 ±$3,824	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$698 ±$255	$992 ±$17	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1974 ±4	1981 ±2	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Weston County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Wyoming	United States
Hispanic or Latino	365 ±0	5.3% ±<0.1	10.7% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	5,818 ±206	85.2% ±3.0	81.4% ±0.2	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	0 to 8	0% to 0.1%	0.8% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	0 to 78	0% to 1.1%	0.8% ±0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	20 to 218	0.3% to 3.2%	1.6% ±0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 7	0% to 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 84	0% to 1.2%	0.7% ±0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	454 ±215	6.7% ±3.1	4.0% ±0.2	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Weston County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Wyoming	United States
Born in the state	2,936 ±351	43.0% ±5.1	41.6% ±0.6	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	3,753 ±354	55.0% ±5.2	54.0% ±0.6	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	0 to 26	0% to 0.4%	0.9% ±0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	31 to 225	0.5% to 3.3%	3.5% ±0.2	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	0 to 32	0% to 0.5%	1.6% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	20 to 212	0.3% to 3.1%	1.9% ±0.2	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Weston County among the counties of Wyoming

21st of 23 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Wyoming page.

Counties of Wyoming near Weston County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Sublette County	8,929	+2.2%
Johnson County	8,908	+5.2%
Platte County	8,634	< +0.1%
Crook County	7,852	+9.3%
Washakie County	7,597	−0.8%
Weston County	6,840	+0.3%
Hot Springs County	4,600	−0.5%
Niobrara County	2,341	−4.5%

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Rankings this appears in

No. 15 Counties by population growth in Wyoming
No. 21 Counties by population in Wyoming

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026