2022 population: 20,660 ( 2,554 from 2010 , 1,078 from 2020)
Land area: 4075.3 square miles
Population density: 5.1 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	18,854	91.26%	11.4%
Black:	120	0.58%	275.0%
Indian:	139	0.67%	10.3%
Asian:	112	0.54%	89.8%
2+ races:	312	1.51%	86.8%
Hispanic:	1,123	5.44%	43.8%

Total non-White:	1,806	8.74%	53.6%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	524	13.4
Deaths:	414	10.6
Net Migration:	982	25.1
Net Immigration:	-5	-0.1

Change in White population:	1,924	10.6
Change in Non-White pop.:	630	3.5

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
18,106
16,930	93.50%
32	0.18%
126	0.70%
59	0.33%
167	0.92%
781	4.31%
1,176	6.50%

2000
14,573
14,002	96.08%
14	0.10%
67	0.46%
39	0.27%
134	0.92%
315	2.16%
571	3.92%

1990
12,625
12,304	97.46%
12	0.10%
54	0.43%
39	0.31%
n/a
216	1.71%
321	2.54%

1980
12,177
11,563	94.96%
10	0.08%
89	0.73%
37	0.30%
n/a
468	3.84%
614	5.04%

1970
8,640
8,436	97.64%
5	0.06%
15	0.17%
19	0.22%
n/a
160	1.85%
204	2.36%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
2,245	15.4
1,068	7.3
1,324	9.1
3	0.0

2,928	20.1
605	4.2

Number	Rate
1990's
1,914	15.2
858	6.8
503	4.0
46	0.4

1,698	13.4
250	2.0

Number	Rate
1980's
3,080	25.3
851	7.0
-1,672	-13.7
n/a

741	6.1
-293	-2.4

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
1,729	20.0
n/a

3,127	36.2
410	4.7

Age, Family & Household Data for Lincoln County, WY

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
40.7
5,188	25.1%
15,472	74.9%
3,600	17.4%

7,629
2.58

5,204	68.2%
4,631	89.0%
230	4.4%
2,425	31.8%

2010
Number	Percent
37.4
5,104	28.2%
13,002	71.8%
2,241	12.4%

6,861
2.63

4,957	72.2%
4,334	87.4%
233	4.7%
1,904	27.8%

2000
Number	Percent
36.4
4,503	30.9%
10,070	69.1%
1,797	12.3%

5,295
2.74

3,976	75.1%
3,557	89.5%
228	5.7%
1,319	24.9%

1990
Number	Percent
29.1
4,819	38.2%
7,806	61.8%
1,265	10.0%

4,132
3.05

3,222	78.0%
2,904	90.1%
162	5.0%
910	22.0%

1980
Number	Percent
25.6
4,691	38.5%
7,486	61.5%
1,003	8.2%

3,934
3.09

3,179	80.8%
2,807	88.3%
153	4.8%
755	19.2%

2022 Housing Data for Lincoln County, WY

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	313	4.1%
$10,000 to $14,999	124	1.6%
$15,000 to $19,999	104	1.4%
$20,000 to $24,999	197	2.6%
$25,000 to $29,999	242	3.2%
$30,000 to $34,999	211	2.8%
$35,000 to $39,999	298	3.9%
$40,000 to $44,999	260	3.4%
$45,000 to $49,999	174	2.3%
$50,000 to $59,999	664	8.7%
$60,000 to $74,999	647	8.5%
$75,000 to $99,999	1,257	16.5%
$100,000 to $124,999	1,146	15.0%
$125,000 to $149,999	630	8.3%
$150,000 to $199,999	722	9.5%
$200,000 or more	640	8.4%

Median Household Income	83,033
Per Capita Income	38,245

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	107
Compared to U.S.	92

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	119	1.6%
Public Assistance	72	0.9%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	314	4.1%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	8,624	78.0%
Unemployed	239	2.2%
In Armed Forces	8	0.1%

Total Labor Force	8,871	80.2%
Not in Labor Force	2,185	19.8%

Real Unemployment Rate		21.9%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	3,570	2,623	57.6%
Non-Profit	196	376	34.3%
Self-Employed	843	543	60.8%

Local Government	353	825	30.0%
State Government	172	81	68.0%
Federal Government	131	117	52.8%

Total Private + Self	4,413	3,166	58.2%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	852	1,399	37.8%
Total	5,265	4,565	53.6%

Pct. Govt.	17.1%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	1,404	14.2%
Sales and Office Occupations	2,023	20.5%
Professional, Technical	1,742	17.7%
Service Occupations	1,523	15.4%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	100	1.0%
All others	3,177	32.2%

White Collar		52.4%

Industry
	Number	%
Construction	1,297	13.1%
Health care and social assistance	1,208	12.2%
Retail trade	1,200	12.2%
Educational services	786	8.0%
Manufacturing	657	6.7%
Public administration	634	6.4%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	555	5.6%
Professional, scientific, technical	546	5.5%
Accommodation and food services	491	5.0%
Other services	480	4.9%
Transportation and warehousing	309	3.1%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	297	3.0%
Utilities	257	2.6%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	233	2.4%
Information	232	2.4%
Finance and insurance	198	2.0%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	182	1.8%
Real estate and rental and leasing	165	1.7%
Wholesale trade	142	1.4%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	738	3.73%
Puerto Rican	12	0.06%
Cuban	0	0.00%
Dominican	0	0.00%

Total Central American	53	0.27%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	43	0.22%
Honduran	0	0.00%
Nicaraguan	0	0.00%
Panamanian	10	0.05%
Salvadoran	0	0.00%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	49	0.25%
Argentinean	0	0.00%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	45	0.23%
Ecuadorian	4	0.02%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	0	0.00%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	0	0.00%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	146	0.74%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	24	0.12%
Japanese	17	0.09%
Chinese	15	0.08%
Korean	1	0.01%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	17,833	96.0%
Spanish	632	3.4%
French, Haitian, Cajun	46	0.2%
Other Asian	16	0.1%
Other Indo-European	16	0.1%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	9	0.0%
Other	7	0.0%
Tagalog	6	0.0%
German, other Germanic	5	0.0%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	5,749	29.0%
German	3,945	19.9%
Irish	1,813	9.2%
Scottish	1,426	7.2%
Italian	972	4.9%
Swedish	926	4.7%
European	916	4.6%
American	722	3.6%
Danish	675	3.4%
Swiss	630	3.2%
Dutch	495	2.5%
Norwegian	364	1.8%
Scandinavian	349	1.8%
Welsh	342	1.7%
French	248	1.3%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	19,393	98.0%
Not a citizen	401	2.0%

Native	19,213	97.1%
Foreign-born	581	2.9%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
153	1.2%	624	4.7%	4,010	30.4%	5,370	40.7%	2,048	15.5%	1,002	7.6%
Average years of education: 13.5

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	153	1.2%
9-12 Years	624	4.7%
H.S. Grad or GED	4,010	30.4%
Some College	5,370	40.7%
Bach. Degree	2,048	15.5%
Grad Degree	1,002	7.6%
Average years of education: 13.5

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	5,803	5,451	352	6.1%	5.1%
1991	6,050	5,629	421	7.0%	5.0%
1992	6,327	5,837	490	7.7%	5.4%
1993	6,187	5,709	478	7.7%	5.3%
1994	6,214	5,775	439	7.1%	4.9%
1995	6,324	5,859	465	7.4%	4.8%
1996	6,397	5,968	429	6.7%	5.0%
1997	6,351	5,963	388	6.1%	4.8%
1998	6,373	5,974	399	6.3%	4.8%
1999	6,654	6,258	396	6.0%	4.7%

2000	7,324	7,045	279	3.8%	3.8%
2001	7,517	7,222	295	3.9%	3.8%
2002	7,483	7,144	339	4.5%	4.0%
2003	8,343	7,973	370	4.4%	4.3%
2004	8,018	7,702	316	3.9%	3.8%
2005	7,878	7,562	316	4.0%	3.6%
2006	8,246	7,975	271	3.3%	3.0%
2007	9,024	8,811	213	2.4%	2.6%
2008	8,471	8,184	287	3.4%	2.9%
2009	8,407	7,756	651	7.7%	6.3%

2010	8,652	7,869	783	9.0%	6.9%
2011	8,641	7,921	720	8.3%	6.2%
2012	8,186	7,583	603	7.4%	5.5%
2013	8,050	7,583	467	5.8%	4.8%
2014	8,145	7,706	439	5.4%	4.3%
2015	8,343	7,955	388	4.7%	4.2%
2016	8,725	8,313	412	4.7%	5.4%
2017	8,834	8,500	334	3.8%	4.3%
2018	8,889	8,550	339	3.8%	4.0%
2019	9,099	8,787	312	3.4%	3.7%

2020	9,373	8,907	466	5.0%	5.8%
2021	9,443	9,068	375	4.0%	4.6%
2022	9,608	9,279	329	3.4%	3.6%
2023	9,793	9,510	283	2.9%	2.9%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	9,591
Median Value	$325,500

Occupied	7,629	79.5%
Vacant	1,962	20.5%

Owned	6,056	79.4%
Rented	1,573	20.6%
Median Rent	$818

Single-Family Units	7,675	80.0%
Detached	7,323	76.4%
Attached	352	3.7%
Buldings with 5+ Units	371	3.9%
Mobile Homes	1,235	12.9%

Lincoln County, WY

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Lincoln County, WY

2022 Housing Data for Lincoln County, WY

2022 Income & Employment Data for Lincoln County, WY

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Lincoln County, WY

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Lincoln County, WY

Historical Labor Force Data for Lincoln County, WY