Uinta County, WY

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2022 Population

20,546

0.156% 1-year growth

US Senator

John Barrasso

Republican Party

US Senator

Cynthia Lummis

Republican Party

US Representative

Harriet Hageman

Republican Party

2022 Median Age

0.826% 1-year decrease

2022 Poverty Rate

6.51%

18.2% 1-year decrease

2022 Median Household Income

$78,164

4.07% 1-year growth

2022 Median Property Value

$224,800

17.8% 1-year growth

About

In 2022, Uinta County, WY had a population of 20.5k people with a median age of 36 and a median household income of $78,164. Between 2021 and 2022 the population of Uinta County, WY grew from 20,514 to 20,546, a 0.156% increase and its median household income grew from $75,106 to $78,164, a 4.07% increase.

The 5 largest ethnic groups in Uinta County, WY are White (Non-Hispanic) (86.8%), White (Hispanic) (4.52%), Two+ (Hispanic) (2.95%), Two+ (Non-Hispanic) (2.89%), and Other (Hispanic) (2.27%).

None of the households in Uinta County, WY reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

98.6% of the residents in Uinta County, WY are U.S. citizens.

In 2022, the median property value in Uinta County, WY was $224,800, and the homeownership rate was 78%.

Most people in Uinta County, WY drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 20.4 minutes. The average car ownership in Uinta County, WY was 2 cars per household.

Uinta County, WY borders Rich County, UT, Summit County, UT, Lincoln County, WY, and Sweetwater County, WY.

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Population & Diversity

Uinta County, WY is home to a population of 20.5k people, from which 98.6% are citizens. As of 2022, 2.2% of Uinta County, WY residents were born outside of the country (451 people).

In 2022, there were 19.2 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (17.8k people) in Uinta County, WY than any other race or ethnicity. There were 928 White (Hispanic) and 606 Two+ (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Citizenship

98.6%

2022 Citizenship

97.7%

2021 Citizenship

As of 2022, 98.6% of Uinta County, WY residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.5%. In 2021, the percentage of US citizens in Uinta County, WY was 97.7%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been increasing.

The following chart shows US citizenship percentages in Uinta County, WY compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Uinta County, WY

White (Non-Hispanic)
17.8k ± 68
White (Hispanic)
928 ± 257
Two+ (Hispanic)
606 ± 202

9.86%

Hispanic Population

2.03k people

9.86% of the people in Uinta County, WY are hispanic (2.03k people).

The following chart shows the 7 races represented in Uinta County, WY as a share of the total population.

Foreign-Born Population

2.2%

2022 Foreign-Born Population

451 people

2.86%

2021 Foreign-Born Population

586 people

As of 2022, 2.2% of Uinta County, WY residents (451 people) were born outside of the United States, which is lower than the national average of 13.6%. In 2021, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Uinta County, WY was 2.86%, meaning that the rate has been decreasing.

The following chart shows the percentage of foreign-born residents in Uinta County, WY compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period

Vietnam
333 ± 144
Gulf War (2001-)
233 ± 124
Korea
132 ± 85

Uinta County, WY has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 1.43 times greater than any other conflict.

Economy

The economy of Uinta County, WY employs 9.56k people. The largest industries in Uinta County, WY are Health Care & Social Assistance (1,598 people), Retail Trade (1,056 people), and Educational Services (1,001 people), and the highest paying industries are Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction ($115,278), Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($110,417), and Utilities ($98,438).

Employment

Occupations

9.56k

2022 Value

± 803

−1.3%

1 Year decline

± 12%

From 2021 to 2022, employment in Uinta County, WY declined at a rate of −1.3%, from 9.69k employees to 9.56k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Uinta County, WY, are Office & Administrative Support Occupations (1,032 people), Construction & Extraction Occupations (950 people), and Sales & Related Occupations (926 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Uinta County, WY.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

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This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Wyoming (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

9.56k

2022 Value

± 803

−1.3%

1 Year decline

± 12%

From 2021 to 2022, employment in Uinta County, WY declined at a rate of −1.3%, from 9.69k employees to 9.56k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Uinta County, WY, are Health Care & Social Assistance (1,598 people), Retail Trade (1,056 people), and Educational Services (1,001 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Uinta County, WY, though some of these residents may live in Uinta County, WY and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$65,290

Median earning men ± $7,904

$25,451

Median earning women ± $1,607

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2022 are Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($111,232), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($90,598), and Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($79,189).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2022 are Information ($38,333), Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($37,782), and Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($33,929).

Employment by Industry Sector

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Y-Axis

2.54%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 283k people employed in Wyoming. This represents a 2.54% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 8.9%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Wyoming.

Establishments by Size

The industries with the most establishments

50
Construction
38
Retail Trade
37
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

The visualization shows the distribution of establishments by industry and by size according to the number of employees.

Depending on the option selected, the visualization shows the number of employees or number of establishments and its share across establishment sizes.

Civics

In the 2020 presidential election, the popular vote in Uinta County, WY went to Donald J. Trump with 79.2% of the vote. The runner-up was Joseph R Biden Jr. (16.8%), followed by Other (2.11%).

John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis are the senators currently representing the state of Wyoming. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Uinta County, WY is currently represented by Harriet Hageman in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

Presidential Popular Vote Over Time

2020 Election Results

Donald J. Trump (79.2%)
Republican Party
Joseph R Biden Jr. (16.8%)
Democratic Party
Other (2.11%)
Other Party

In the 2020 presidential election, the popular vote in Uinta County, WY went to Donald J. Trump with 79.2% of the vote. The runner-up was Joseph R Biden Jr. (16.8%), followed by Other (2.11%).

The following chart shows the popular vote results in Uinta County, WY for each registered party from 1976 to 2020.

Senator Elections

US Senators from Wyoming

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John Barrasso

Senator from Wyoming

Assumed office on June 25, 2007
Appointed to the seat following the death of Craig L. Thomas.

Cynthia Lummis

Senator from Wyoming

Assumed office on January 3, 2021

John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis are the senators currently representing Wyoming.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in Wyoming over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

US Representative Elections

US Representatives from Uinta County, WY

Harriet Hageman

Wyoming at-large Representative

Republican Party

Uinta County, WY is currently represented by Harriet Hageman (Republican Party).

Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the member for Uinta County, WY have changed over time starting in 2008.

Education

Completions

Awarded Degrees over Time

The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.

Working Population

Educational Pyramid

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Measure

In 2022, 0.512% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while 0.566% of women were in the same situation.

This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.

Educational Attainment

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Race

The most common educational levels obtained by the working population in 2022 were High School or Equivalent (129k), Some college (119k), and Bachelors Degree (74.8k).

This visualization illustrates the percentage distribution of the population according to the highest educational level reached. You can filter the data by race by using the selector above.

Housing & Living

The median property value in Uinta County, WY was $224,800 in 2022, which is 0.797 times smaller than the national average of $281,900. Between 2021 and 2022 the median property value increased from $190,900 to $224,800, a 17.8% increase. The homeownership rate in Uinta County, WY is 78%, which is approximately the same as the national average of 64.8%.

People in Uinta County, WY have an average commute time of 20.4 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Uinta County, WY is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Property

$224,800

Median Property Value 2022

±$15,573

$5,914

Median Property Taxes

±$563

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Uinta County, WY the largest share of households pay taxes in the $800 - $1,499 range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Uinta County, WY compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

Rent vs Own

78%

Homeownership

2022

65.9%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2022

In 2022, 78% of the housing units in Uinta County, WY were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 78.2%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Uinta County, WY compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

Equity

Income by Location

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Race/Ethnicity

The following map shows all of the tracts in Uinta County, WY colored by their Median Household Income (Total).

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$78,164

Median Household Income

± $6,724

7.59k

Number of Households

± 661

In 2022, the median household income of the 7.59k households in Uinta County, WY grew to $78,164 from the previous year's value of $75,106.

The following chart displays the households in Uinta County, WY distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75k - $100k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Uinta County, WY is from Wyoming.

0.449

2022 Wage GINI in Wyoming

0.45

2021 Wage GINI in Wyoming

In 2022, the income inequality in Wyoming was 0.449 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.0943% decline from 2021 to 2022, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Wyoming was lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Wyoming in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Wyoming across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2022

Drove Alone (79.7%)
Carpooled (11%)
Worked At Home (4.85%)

In 2022, 79.7% of workers in Uinta County, WY drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (11%) and those who worked at home (4.85%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

20.4 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Uinta County, WY have a shorter commute time (20.4 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.7 minutes). Additionally, 3.64% of the workforce in Uinta County, WY have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Uinta County, WY compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Uinta County, WY distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Uinta County, WY have 2 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

6.51% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Uinta County, WY (1.32k out of 20.2k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Males 35 - 44, followed by Females 55 - 64 and then Males 6 - 11.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Uinta County, WY is White, followed by Hispanic and Other.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals
Florida
4,915 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798. New York has the second highest (5,087), followed by Florida (4,915).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

Health

89.2% of the population of Uinta County, WY has health coverage, with 55.7% on employee plans, 9.58% on Medicaid, 12.9% on Medicare, 9.88% on non-group plans, and 1.18% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in Uinta County, WY see 2022 patients per year on average, which represents a 10% decrease from the previous year (2247 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1214 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 287 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 51.3% were men and 48.7% were women.

Coverage

Patient to Clinician Ratios

2,022 to 1

Patient to Primary Care Physician Ratio in Uinta County, WY

Primary care physicians in Uinta County, WY see an average of 2,022 patients per year. This represents a 10% decrease from the previous year (2,247 patients).

The following chart shows how the number of patients seen by primary care physicians has been changing over time in Uinta County, WY in comparison to its neighboring geographies.

Health Care Diversity

In 2022, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 28.8% under 18 years, 18.6% between 18 and 34 years, 37.2% between 35 and 64 years, and 15.5% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 51.3% were men and 48.7% were women.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

Uninsured People

10.8%

Uninsured

55.7%

Employer Coverage

9.58%

Medicaid

12.9%

Medicare

9.88%

Non-Group

1.18%

Military or VA

Between 2021 and 2022, the percent of uninsured citizens in Uinta County, WY declined by 4.02% from 11.2% to 10.8%.

The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Uinta County, WY changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.

Health Indicators

Health Outcomes

Indicator

In 2023, the number of deaths among residents under age 18 per 100,000 population was 51.7 in Uinta County, WY.

The graphic shows the trend of the indicator in Uinta County, WY.

Health Behaviors

Indicator

In 2023, the percentage of the adult population (age 18 and older) that reports a body mass index (BMI) greater than or equal to 30 kg/m2 (age-adjusted) was 34.6% in Uinta County, WY.

The graphic shows the trend of the indicator in Uinta County, WY.