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Big Horn County

Population in July 2007: 552.
Males: 273  (49.5%)
Females: 279  (50.5%)
Median resident age:  33.8 years
Wyoming median age:  36.2 years

Zip codes: 82420.


Estimated median household income in 2007: $47,900 (it was $38,750 in 2000)
Cowley  $47,900
Wyoming:  $51,731

Estimated median house/condo value in 2007: $116,700 (it was $72,700 in 2000)
Cowley  $116,700
Wyoming:  $172,300

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Races in Cowley:

  • White Non-Hispanic (96.1%)
  • Hispanic (3.4%)
  • Other race (2.1%)

2008 cost of living index in Cowley: 86.2 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: English (29.6%), German (18.4%), Irish (9.8%), Danish (8.9%), Swedish (5.9%), United States (5.5%).

Current Local Time: MST time zone

Elevation: 3990 feet

Land area: 0.70 square miles.

Population density: 785 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Cowley

  • High school or higher: 91.0%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 13.8%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 5.4%
  • Unemployed: 5.4%
  • Mean travel time to work: 16.0 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Cowley town

  • Never married: 14.1%
  • Now married: 69.1%
  • Separated: 0.7%
  • Widowed: 4.6%
  • Divorced: 11.4%

18 residents are foreign born (2.1% Europe, 0.7% North America, 0.4% Latin America).

This town:  3.2%
Wyoming:  2.3%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this town in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Cowley:  0.9% ($678)
Wyoming:  0.6% ($627)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Billings, MT (62.7 miles , pop. 89,847).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: West Adams, CO (420.7 miles , pop. 259,628).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Phoenix, AZ (823.5 miles , pop. 1,321,045).

Nearest cities: Lovell, WY (6.1 miles ), Byron, WY (6.5 miles ), Deaver, WY (8.9 miles) , Frannie, WY (12.1 miles ), Garland, WY (14.9 miles) , Powell, WY (21.7 miles ), Burlington, WY (30.3 miles ), Ralston, WY (30.3 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 4 buildings, average cost: $82,500
  • 1997: 2 buildings, average cost: $87,500
  • 1998: 3 buildings, average cost: $48,300
  • 1999: 7 buildings, average cost: $79,900
  • 2000: 4 buildings, average cost: $102,800
  • 2001: 4 buildings, average cost: $102,800
  • 2002: 3 buildings, average cost: $76,700
  • 2003: 3 buildings, average cost: $133,300
  • 2004: 4 buildings, average cost: $130,000
  • 2005: 3 buildings, average cost: $144,000
  • 2006: 9 buildings, average cost: $135,300
  • 2007: 4 buildings, average cost: $213,000

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Latitude: 44.88 N, Longitude: 108.47 W


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Most common industries for males:
  • Construction (16%)
  • Mining (15%)
  • Educational services (10%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
  • Nonmetallic mineral products (8%)
  • Office supplies and stationery stores (6%)
  • Truck transportation (6%)


Most common industries for females:
  • Health care (27%)
  • Educational services (24%)
  • Public administration (7%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
  • Accommodation and food services (6%)
  • Mining (4%)
  • Construction (4%)


Most common occupations for males
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
  • Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)


Most common occupations for females
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (10%)
  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (9%)
  • Health technologists and technicians (7%)
  • Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
  • Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (6%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)


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Hospitals/medical centers near Cowley:
  • NORTH BIG HORN HOSPITAL (about 12 miles; LOVELL, WY)
  • POWELL HOSPITAL (about 29 miles; POWELL, WY)
  • SOUTH BIG HORN COUNTY HOSPITAL-CAH (about 41 miles; GREYBULL, WY)

Political contributions by individuals in Cowley, WY

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Cowley:
  • YELLOWSTONE REGIONAL (about 46 miles; CODY, WY; ID: COD)
  • BILLINGS LOGAN INTL (about 64 miles; BILLINGS, MT; ID: BIL)
  • WORLAND MUNI (about 74 miles; WORLAND, WY; ID: WRL)
Other public-use airports nearest to Cowley:
  • NORTH BIG HORN COUNTY (about 3 miles; COWLEY/LOVELL/BYRON, WY; ID: U68)
  • POWELL MUNI (about 22 miles; POWELL, WY; ID: POY)
  • SOUTH BIG HORN COUNTY (about 39 miles; GREYBULL, WY; ID: GEY)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Cowley:
  • MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY-BILLINGS (about 56 miles; BILLINGS, MT; Full-time enrollment: 3,105)
  • MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY-BOZEMAN (about 176 miles; BOZEMAN, MT; FT enrollment: 10,380)
  • CASPER COLLEGE (about 203 miles; CASPER, WY; FT enrollment: 2,564)
  • RICKS COLLEGE (about 236 miles; REXBURG, ID; FT enrollment: 8,670)
  • UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING (about 286 miles; LARAMIE, WY; FT enrollment: 9,665)
  • IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY (about 308 miles; POCATELLO, ID; FT enrollment: 10,057)
  • BLACK HILLS STATE UNIVERSITY (about 320 miles; SPEARFISH, SD; FT enrollment: 3,190)
Public elementary/middle school in Cowley:

User submitted facts and corrections:
  • Ricks College in Rexburg is now BYU Idaho.

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Drinking water stations with addresses in Cowley and their reported violations in the past:

COWLEY, TOWN OF (Population served: 485, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • 21 regular monitoring violations

Average household size:
This town:  2.8 people
Wyoming:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This town:  80.0%
Whole state:  67.4%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This town:  4.0%
Whole state:  5.4%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.5% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This town:  7.2%
Whole state:  11.4%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This town:  2.5%
Whole state:  4.5%

Cowley compared to Wyoming state average:
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage below state average.
  • Number of college students below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.


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2004 Presidential Election results in Big Horn County Wyoming:


Most commonly used house heating fuel:

Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)
Function Full-time employees Monthly full-time payroll Average yearly full-time wage Part-time employees Monthly part-time payroll
Police Protection - Officers 1$2,340$28,0801$402
Other Government Administration 0$0 11$913
Water Supply 1$2,072$24,8640$0
Streets and Highways 1$2,701$32,4120$0
Totals for Government 3$7,114$28,45612$1,315



Cowley government finances in 2002:
  • Bond Fund - Cash & Deposits: $124,000
  • Charges - Solid Waste Management: $22,000
    Sewerage: $22,000
    All Other: $14,000
    Parks & Recreation: $1,000
  • Construction - Regular Highways: $13,000
  • Current Operations - Solid Waste Management: $27,000
    Police Protection: $26,000
    Water Utilities: $22,000
    Parks & Recreation: $16,000
    General Public Buildings: $14,000
    Regular Highways: $6,000
    General - Other: $6,000
    Health Services - Other: $5,000
    Sewerage: $5,000
    Financial Administration: $3,000
    Judicial and Legal Services: $3,000
    Central Staff Services: $1,000
  • General - Interest on Debt: $2,000
  • Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $65,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $185,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $51,000
  • Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Water Utilities: $167,000
  • Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $47,000
  • Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Water Utilities: $18,000
    Other, NEC: $4,000
  • Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $18,000
    General Revenue, NEC: $2,000
    Rents: $1,000
  • Other Capital Outlay - General - Other: $50,000
    Central Staff: $42,000
    Fire Protection: $27,000
    Solid Waste Management: $27,000
    Regular Highways: $26,000
    Water Utilities: $24,000
    Parks & Recreation: $15,000
    General Public Building: $14,000
    Police Protection: $10,000
    Sewerage: $10,000
    Health - Other: $6,000
  • Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $363,000
  • Revenue - Water Utilities: $87,000
  • Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $90,000
  • State Intergovernmental - General Support: $301,000
    Highways: $7,000
    All Other: $2,000
  • Tax - Property: $52,000
    Public Utilities: $7,000
    NEC: $1,000
  • Total Salaries & Wages: $91,000
  • Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $11,000

8.16% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($44,841 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  8.16%
Wyoming average:  9.04%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Park County, WY  1.81% ($28,030 average AGI)
from Washakie County, WY  0.32% ($26,917)
from Albany County, WY  0.27% ($13,000)


8.19% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($30,927 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  8.19%
Wyoming average:  8.50%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Park County, WY  1.57% ($26,431 average AGI)
to Yellowstone County, MT  0.70% ($26,231)
to Albany County, WY  0.38% ($29,857)


Strongest AM radio stations in Cowley:
  • KPOW (1260 AM; 5 kW; POWELL, WY; Owner: CHAPARRAL BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • KZMQ (1140 AM; daytime; 10 kW; GREYBULL, WY; Owner: LEGEND COMMUNICATIONS OF WYOMING LLC)
  • KURL (730 AM; 5 kW; BILLINGS, MT; Owner: ELENBAAS MEDIA, INC.)
  • KGHL (790 AM; 5 kW; BILLINGS, MT; Owner: NEW NORTHWEST BROADCASTERS, LLC)
  • KBUL (970 AM; 5 kW; BILLINGS, MT; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KTWO (1030 AM; 50 kW; CASPER, WY; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KUYO (830 AM; daytime; 25 kW; EVANSVILLE, WY; Owner: WYOMING CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • KALL (700 AM; 50 kW; NORTH SALT LAKE CITY, UT; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KROE (930 AM; 5 kW; SHERIDAN, WY; Owner: LOVCOM, INC.)
  • KLTT (670 AM; 50 kW; COMMERCE CITY, CO; Owner: KLZ RADIO, INC.)
  • KKZN (760 AM; 50 kW; THORNTON, CO; Owner: JACOR BROADCASTING OF COLORADO, INC.)
  • KGVW (640 AM; 10 kW; BELGRADE, MT; Owner: GALLATIN VALLEY WITNESS, INC.)
  • KIQN (1010 AM; 50 kW; TOOELE, UT)

Strongest FM radio stations in Cowley:
  • KZMQ-FM (100.3 FM; GREYBULL, WY; Owner: LEGEND COMMUNICATIONS OF WYOMING LLC)
  • K244CK (96.7 FM; COWLEY, ETC., WY; Owner: CONNECTION COMMUNICATIONS ASSOC., INC.)
  • KUWP (90.1 FM; POWELL, WY; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING)
  • KMXE (99.3 FM; RED LODGE, MT; Owner: SILVER ROCK COMMUNICATIONS INC.)
  • KCGL (104.1 FM; POWELL, WY; Owner: LEGEND COMMUNICATIONS OF WYOMING, LLC)
  • KTAG (97.9 FM; CODY, WY; Owner: LEGEND COMMUNICATIONS OF WYOMING, LLC)
  • K233AC (94.5 FM; CODY, WY; Owner: WESTERN INSPIRATIONAL BROADCASTERS, INC)
  • KLZY (92.5 FM; POWELL, WY; Owner: CHAPARRAL BROADCASTING, INC.)

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