Laramie County

administration
City and County Building
US state :	Wyoming
Administrative headquarters :	Cheyenne
Foundation :	1867
Demographics
Residents :	91,738 (2010)
Population density :	13.2 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	6961 km²
Water surface :	5 km²
map

The Laramie County is a county in the southeast of the US -amerikanischen state of Wyoming . At the 2010 census , the county had 91,738 people and a population density of 13.2 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Cheyenne .

geography

The county is located in the extreme southeast of Wyoming, bordered by Nebraska to the east and Colorado to the south . Laramie County covers an area of 6,961 square kilometers; 4 square kilometers of it are water surfaces. It borders on the following counties:

	Platte County , Goshen County	Banner County, Nebraska
Albany County		Kimball County, Nebraska
Larimer County, Colorado	Weld County, Colorado

history

Laramie County was founded in 1867. The county's name comes from Jacques La Ramee , a French-Canadian fur trader and mountain man who lived in the area in the 1820s.

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1900	20.181	-
1910	26,127	29.5%
1920	20,699	-20.8%
1930	26,845	29.7%
1940	33,651	25.4%
1950	47,662	41.6%
1960	60,149	26.2%
1970	56,360	-6.3%
1980	68,649	21.8%
1990	73.142	6.5%
2000	81,607	11.6%
2010	91,738	12.4%
1900-1990 2010

Union Pacific Depot Museum

Wyoming State Capitol

Laramie County's population was 81,607 as of the 2000 census . There were 31,927 households and 21,614 families. The population density was 12 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 88.92% White, 2.60% African American, 0.85% Native American, 0.95% Asian, 0.11% Pacific Islander, and 4.00% other ethnic groups Groups; 2.57% were from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any ethnic group or belonging to any of the above mentioned groups were 10.90 percent of the population.

Of the 31,927 households, 33.20% had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 53.90% were married couples living together, 9.90% percent were single mothers, 32.30% were non-families. 27.20% are single households and 8.90% have someone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 2.98.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 25.80% of residents under 18 years of age, 9.60% between 18 and 24 years of age, 30.50% between 25 and 44 years of age, 22.70% between 45 and 64 years of age 11.50% were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were statistically 100.90 males, for every 100 females aged 18 and over there were statistically 100.00 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 39,607 , and the median income for a family is 46,536. USD. Males had a median income of $ 31,644 versus $ 24,406 for females. The per capita income was $ 19,634. 9.10% of families and 6.50% of the population are below the poverty line. Of these, 12.00% were under 18 years of age and 6.50% were 65 years or older.