Sweetwater County, Wyoming (WY)

Races in Sweetwater County, Wyoming:

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 1
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 14
• Burglaries: 51
• Thefts: 232
• Auto thefts: 23

Health of residents in Sweetwater County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2003 to 2012:

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2016: $1,352 (0.6%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2016: $991 (0.6%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Sweetwater County is $395 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $495 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $692 a month.

Cities in this county include: Rock Springs, Green River, North Rock Springs, Clearview Acres, Reliance, James Town, Purple Sage, Eden, Wamsutter, Superior.

2012 air pollution in Sweetwater County:

Carbon Monoxide: 0.363 ppm (standard limit: 9 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Nitrogen Dioxide: 0.00 ppm (standard limit: 0.053 ppm). Below U.S. average.
Ozone (1-hour): 0.036 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM₁₀) Annual: 16.1 µg/m³. Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual: 6.9 µg/m³(standard limit: 15.0 µg/m³). Near U.S. average.
Sulfur Oxides Annual: 0.001 ppm (standard limit: 0.03 ppm). Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Cache County, Utah , DuPage County, Illinois , Lake County, Ohio , Steuben County, New York .

Current college students: 2,004
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 91.2%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 22.2%

Number of foreign born residents: 2,247 (20.1% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 4542010 or later
• 1,0362000 to 2009
• 5301990 to 1999
• 1471980 to 1989
• 3061970 to 1979
• 243Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 21.1 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 95.5%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 11,188
• One, attached: 792
• Two: 551
• 3 or 4: 792
• 5 to 9: 547
• 10 to 19: 329
• 20 to 49: 632
• 50 or more: 136
• Mobile homes: 4,268
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2

Housing units in Sweetwater County with a mortgage: 6,115 (144 second mortgage, 397 home equity loan, 17 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 5,764

Religion statistics for Sweetwater County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Sweetwater County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Wyoming Severe Storms, Flooding, And Landslides, Incident Period: May 18, 2011 to July 08, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4007: July 22, 2011, FEMA Id: 4007, Natural disaster type: Storm, Landslide, Flood
• Wyoming Drought, Incident Period: June 15, 1977, Emergency Declared EM-3043: June 15, 1977, FEMA Id: 3043, Natural disaster type: Drought

8.27% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($43,119 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
1.90% relocated from other counties in Wyoming ($9,936 average AGI)
6.37% relocated from other states ($33,183 average AGI)

Sweetwater County:	6.37%
Wyoming average:	5.64%

from Uinta County, WY	0.37% ($45,032 average AGI)
from Salt Lake County, UT	0.34% ($36,759)
from Albany County, WY	0.24% ($30,925)
from Carbon County, WY	0.22% ($62,108)
from Fremont County, WY	0.21% ($43,417)
from Sublette County, WY	0.21% ($48,861)
from Natrona County, WY	0.16% ($37,037)

8.15% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($50,008 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
1.88% relocated to other counties in Wyoming ($11,733 average AGI)
6.27% relocated to other states ($38,275 average AGI)

Sweetwater County:	6.27%
Wyoming average:	5.77%

to Salt Lake County, UT	0.41% ($33,943 average AGI)
to Natrona County, WY	0.30% ($42,720)
to Laramie County, WY	0.24% ($51,225)
to Uinta County, WY	0.22% ($53,595)
to Albany County, WY	0.21% ($28,743)
to Williams County, ND	0.17% ($73,464)
to Carbon County, WY	0.16% ($56,074)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 14.5
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 15.8

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 5.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 6.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2014: 6.0

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.4
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 9.7

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Sweetwater County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 15%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13%

Household type by relationship:

• In family households: 37,748 (6,135 male householders, 4,885 female householders)

  8,704 spouses, 14,486 children (13,229 natural, 392 adopted, 842 stepchildren), 1,233 grandchildren, 278 brothers or sisters, 217 parents, 710 other relatives, 1,223 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 6,619 (3,123 male householders (2,615 living alone)), 2,161 female householders (1,802 living alone)), 1,344 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 650

Size of family households: 4,877 2-persons, 2,123 3-persons, 2,101 4-persons, 1,081 5-persons, 604 6-persons, 166 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 4,397 1-person, 721 2-persons, 148 3-persons, 5 4-persons.

8,293 married couples with children.
2,860 single-parent households (1,000 men, 1,860 women).

88.2% of residents of Sweetwater speak English at home.
9.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (60% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (82% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (38% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 33% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (98% speak English very well, 2% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $142,256,000 ($3,768 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $2,401,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $66,075,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $25,490,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $449,000
Federal grants: $30,802,000
Federal procurement contracts: $5,224,000 ($73,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $14,215,000 ($510,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $215,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $28,300,000
Federal Government insurance: $23,609,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Here:	-35 per 1000 residents
State:	+3 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 8.91 millions of gallons per day (2% from ground, 98% from surface)

• Year house built in Sweetwater County, Wyoming
• 5792014 or later
• 8422010 to 2013
• 2,8792000 to 2009
• 1,8751990 to 1999
• 3,3891980 to 1989
• 4,8071970 to 1979
• 1,1551960 to 1969
• 1,0691950 to 1959
• 6491940 to 1949
• 2,2571939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Sweetwater County, Wyoming

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Sweetwater County, Wyoming
• 791 room
• 142 rooms
• 1783 rooms
• 1,3644 rooms
• 1,9465 rooms
• 2,5676 rooms
• 1,8487 rooms
• 1,4618 rooms
• 2,4209+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Sweetwater County, Wyoming
• 681 room
• 712 rooms
• 6563 rooms
• 1,6934 rooms
• 1,1325 rooms
• 3136 rooms
• 1687 rooms
• 1448 rooms
• 2049+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Sweetwater County, Wyoming

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Sweetwater County, Wyoming
• 87no bedroom
• 1311 bedroom
• 1,7922 bedrooms
• 5,8343 bedrooms
• 2,2954 bedrooms
• 1,8255+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Sweetwater County, Wyoming
• 66no bedroom
• 6061 bedroom
• 1,9202 bedrooms
• 1,6203 bedrooms
• 1514 bedrooms
• 915+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Sweetwater County, Wyoming in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Sweetwater County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 248no vehicle
• 1,7741 vehicle
• 4,5142 vehicles
• 3,1853 vehicles
• 1,1794 vehicles
• 9895+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Sweetwater County in renter-occupied apartments
• 319no vehicle
• 1,5941 vehicle
• 1,9162 vehicles
• 4983 vehicles
• 574 vehicles
• 725+ vehicles

79.2% of Sweetwater County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 41% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 19% lived in Wyoming.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 19,922
• Other state: 22,443
• Northeast: 1,273
• Midwest: 4,734
• South: 3,604
• West: 12,667

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 325
• Number of aged recipients: 10
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 315
• Number of recipients under 18: 61
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 234
• Number of recipients older than 64: 30
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 103
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 159

Sweetwater County on our top lists:

• #4 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest Nitrogen Dioxide air pollution readings in 2012 (ppm)"
• #39 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that drank alcohol in the past 30 days"
• #39 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that smoked 100+ cigarettes in their lives"
• #60 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents that visited a dentist within the past year"
• #60 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest Sulfur Oxides Annual air pollution readings in 2012 (µg/m³)"
• #61 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest average weight of females"
• #72 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents that exercised in the past month"
• #89 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual air pollution readings in 2012 (µg/m³)"