population growth

The state's population rose to just over 581,000 according to U.S. Census Bureau statistics. The increase comes solely from new arrivals to the Cowboy State as deaths outpaced births among existing residents for the first time in decades.

Sheridan County School District #1, which serves students primarily in schools in Big Horn and the Tongue River Valley, has had to turn more out of district students away due to their own student numbers being on the rise. This coincides with the increase in population in Sheridan County over the past several years.

Rent and housing prices, and property values are continuing to increase though there remains a relative shortage of housing options for many. New tiered housing, marketed to those with lower, middle, and upper incomes, is aimed at alleviating this shortage. A third party study that was released earlier this year indicated that 990 new housing units will be required to meet the housing demand over the next decade.

The state's senior population is rising and is expected to reach 20 percent of the total population by 2030 if trends continue. Since 2010, the growth of minority populations, namely those who are of two or more races and Hispanic and Latinx, have almost exclusively been responsible for Wyoming's population growth.

The 2020 census showed that several areas in the state saw population growth. Some of these communities were Cody, Jackson, Gillette, Casper, and Sheridan. One of the reasons is the popularity of remote work in the past two years. But these communities are struggling to supply enough housing for this new growth. Wyoming Public Radio's Hugh Cook focuses on how the population growth in Sheridan is impacting the community.

Population growth in the Mountain West has surged during the pandemic, according to data released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau.

As drought strains much of the state, and tens of thousands of newcomers move to the busy Front Range each year, towns like Severance are thinking about growth – and water usage – in ways that they never have before.

Many communities in the West are growing, and in some places that’s putting pressure on already scarce water supplies.

Over the last five years, the Mountain West as a whole has experienced a spike in population, while at the same time every state in the region saw a...

According to the Census Bureau , Western towns with fewer than 5000 people have grown on average in recent years. Meanwhile, populations in similar...