Sweetwater County, Wyoming (WY)

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• • 34,33879.0%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 7,06516.3%Hispanic or Latino
  • 6861.6%Two or more races
  • 6031.4%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 4321.0%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 2980.7%Asian alone
  • 200.05%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone
  • 100.02%Some other race alone

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 2020

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2019: $1,375 (0.6%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $1,147 (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.

2018 air pollution in Sweetwater County:

Nitrogen Dioxide: 0.00 ppm (standard limit: 0.053 ppm). Below U.S. average.
Ozone (1-hour): 0.034 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM₁₀) Annual: 9.2 µg/m³. Below 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: 94.2%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 24.0%

Number of foreign born residents: 1,807 (38.9% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 5572010 or later
• 6392000 to 2009
• 4091990 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: 11,421
• One, attached: 1,102
• Two: 508
• 3 or 4: 775
• 5 to 9: 748
• 10 to 19: 499
• 20 to 49: 619
• 50 or more: 72
• Mobile homes: 4,180
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 51

Housing units in Sweetwater County with a mortgage: 6,541 (89 second mortgage, 153 home equity loan, 33 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 5,673

Religion statistics for Sweetwater County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Sweetwater County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Wyoming Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4535, Natural disaster type: Other
• 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

5.71% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($56,794 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
1.70% relocated from other counties in Wyoming ($16,091 average AGI)
4.01% relocated from other states ($40,704 average AGI)

Sweetwater County:	4.01%
Wyoming average:	4.84%

from Natrona County, WY	0.24% ($44,000 average AGI)
from Uinta County, WY	0.22% ($66,447)
from Salt Lake County, UT	0.21% ($45,371)
from Carbon County, WY	0.18% ($48,633)
from Laramie County, WY	0.18% ($48,467)
from Lincoln County, WY	0.18% ($59,267)
from Campbell County, WY	0.14% ($73,500)

7.61% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($57,905 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
1.98% relocated to other counties in Wyoming ($16,855 average AGI)
5.63% relocated to other states ($41,049 average AGI)

Sweetwater County:	5.63%
Wyoming average:	5.61%

to Salt Lake County, UT	0.44% ($41,868 average AGI)
to Uinta County, WY	0.37% ($78,200)
to Laramie County, WY	0.25% ($50,000)
to Albany County, WY	0.21% ($29,838)
to Natrona County, WY	0.20% ($110,514)
to Fremont County, WY	0.15% ($53,038)
to Sublette County, WY	0.14% ($56,800)

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 2019: 6.4

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:

• Male householders: 8,243 (2,445 living alone), Female householders: 7,543 (1,676 living alone)

• 8,494 spouses (8,477 opposite-sex spouses), 1,007 unmarried partners, (1,007 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 14,397 children (13,374 natural, 296 adopted, 727 stepchildren), 1,035 grandchildren, 373 brothers or sisters, 363 parents, 27 foster children, 469 other relatives, 1,451 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 556

Size of family households: 4,998 2-persons, 2,452 3-persons, 2,065 4-persons, 1,018 5-persons, 342 6-persons, 161 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 3,920 1-person, 691 2-persons, 30 3-persons, 24 4-persons.

8,078 married couples with children.
2,205 single-parent households (576 men, 1,629 women).

88.9% of residents of Sweetwater speak English at home.
8.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 3% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (70% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (96% speak English very well, 4% 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
• 1,2162014 or later
• 8992010 to 2013
• 2,4632000 to 2009
• 2,3661990 to 1999
• 3,2911980 to 1989
• 4,5991970 to 1979
• 1,1771960 to 1969
• 9581950 to 1959
• 9411940 to 1949
• 2,1571939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Sweetwater County, Wyoming

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Sweetwater County, Wyoming
• 711 room
• 562 rooms
• 913 rooms
• 8214 rooms
• 2,6495 rooms
• 2,2136 rooms
• 1,9277 rooms
• 1,5288 rooms
• 2,8639+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Sweetwater County, Wyoming
• 741 room
• 1172 rooms
• 4133 rooms
• 1,3274 rooms
• 6585 rooms
• 3856 rooms
• 2077 rooms
• 2268 rooms
• 1439+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Sweetwater County, Wyoming

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Sweetwater County, Wyoming
• 80no bedroom
• 1811 bedroom
• 1,3602 bedrooms
• 6,1813 bedrooms
• 2,6574 bedrooms
• 1,8105+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Sweetwater County, Wyoming
• 73no bedroom
• 5981 bedroom
• 1,4532 bedrooms
• 1,1183 bedrooms
• 2544 bedrooms
• 475+ 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
• 173no vehicle
• 1,7641 vehicle
• 4,7882 vehicles
• 3,1323 vehicles
• 1,5474 vehicles
• 8175+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Sweetwater County in renter-occupied apartments
• 152no vehicle
• 1,4101 vehicle
• 1,4862 vehicles
• 3203 vehicles
• 984 vehicles
• 765+ vehicles

82.8% of Sweetwater County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 38% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 30% lived in Wyoming.

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

• This state: 19,638
• Other state: 21,352
• Northeast: 1,397
• Midwest: 3,955
• South: 2,751
• West: 13,259

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)"