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March 2007
Teton County has the highest cost of living in Wyoming, and Weston, Washakie, Platte & Goshen Counties have the lowest, for the second quarter of 2006.
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February 2007
The estimated value of nonfuel mineral production for Wyoming was $1.04 billion in 2004.
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December 2006/January 2007
Commuting To Work in Wyoming (2004)
Drove Alone: 75.5%
Carpooled: 12.4%
Walked: 4.1%
Public Transportation: 1.5%
Taxi/Motorcycle: 0.7%
Bicycled: 0.6%
Worked at Home: 5.2%
Mean travel time to work: 17.3 minutes

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November 2006
Statewide Voter Registration by Party(Nov. 6, 2006)
Democrat--67,246
Libertarian--452
Other--32,433
Republican--162,952
Total--263,083

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September/October 2006
Statewide Voter Registration by Party (as of Aug. 21, 2006)

Democrat--65,837
Libertarian--434
Other--33,508
Republican--157,936
Total--257,715

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July/August 2006
In 2005, Wyoming produced 51.7 million barrels of crude oil.
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June 2006
In 2005, there were 2,835,651 visits to Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming.
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May 2006
In 2004, there were 2,273,514 visits to state parks in Wyoming.
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April 2006
The median age in Wyoming is 38 (2004)
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February/March 2006

A rare and prized fossil of the feathered Archaeopteryx will be housed at the Wyoming Dinosaur Center in Thermopolis
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January 2006

Wyoming has the top 10 producing coal mines in the country, that produced 365,359,185 short tons.
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December 2005

Wind chill is based on the rate of heat loss from exposed skin by combined effects of wind and cold.
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November 2005
In 2004, the American Cancer Society estimated 280 new cases of lung cancer will be diagnosed among men and women in Wyoming.
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October 2005
Teton County has the highest cost of living in Wyoming, and Weston County has the lowest.
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September 2005
Located in the northern Wind River Mountain Range, Gannett Peak is the highest peak in Wyoming, at 13,804 feet.

August 2005
In 1870, Cheyenne was the most populous town in Wyoming with 1,450. Laramie ranked second with 828, and Rawlins was third with 612.
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July 2005
Statewide Voter Registration by Party (2005)
Democrat--64,778
Libertarian--403
Other--31,696
Republican--154,897
Total--251,774
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June 2005
Construction of Old Faithful Inn began in June 1903. Carpenters, stone masons, blacksmiths, and others worked through a long, cold winter. The lodge opened in June 1904.
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May 2005
The Wyoming State Flag, designed by Mrs. A.C. Keyes of Casper (formerly Miss Verna Keays of Buffalo), was adopted by the fourteenth legislature on January 31, 1917.
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April 2005
Average Statewide Apartment Rental Rate for the 4th Qtr 2004 is $496
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February/March 2005
The estimated value of nonfuel mineral production for Wyoming was $1.01 billion in 2003.
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January 2005
Wyoming is the largest coal producing state with 373.2 million short tons in 2002
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December 2004
2,371,555 people visited Wyoming state parks in 2003
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November 2004
3,019,375 people visited Yellowstone National Park in 2003
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October 2004
Teton County has the highest cost of living in Wyoming, and Goshen County has the lowest.
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September 2004
September is Wyoming Youth Soccer Month
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August 2004
The first county fair in Wyoming was held in Johnson County in 1886.
The Wyoming State Fair started as early as 1886 with an event called the "First Annual Wyoming Territorial Fair" located near Cheyenne.

July 2004
Statewide Voter Registration by Party
Democrat--57,865
Libertarian--239
Natural Law--21
Other--20,795
Republican--130,784
Wyoming Reform--5
Total--209,709

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June 2004
Smoking Population
23.7% of all Wyoming adults smoke

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May 2004
Sugarbeet Production
In 2003, 33,700 harvested acres produced 22.3 tons of sugarbeets in Wyoming.

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April 2004
Top Three Windiest Cities in Wyoming (by average windspeed)

Rawlins, 13.6 mph
Cheyenne, 12.6 mph
Casper, 11.9 mph

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March 2004
The population estimate for Wyoming as of July 1, 2003 is 501,242.

February 2004
Unemployment Rates for Wyoming
November 2003 — 4.0%
October 2003 — 3.9%
November 2002 — 4.3%
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January 2004
FY02 Statistics for oil and gas products produced on BLM managed public lands in Wyoming:
32.9 million barrels of oil produced
723,033,804 thousand cubic feet of natural gas produced
$502,980,243 in royalties (1/2 goes to the state of Wyoming)
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December 2003
Top 5 Commodities Shipped To/From/Within Wyoming by All Modes for 1998 in Tons (millions):

Coal: 297
Clay, Concrete, Glass or Stone: 19
Chemicals or Allied Products: 19
Farm Products: 18
Nonmetallic Minerals: 4
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November 2003
Number of big game taken in the 2002 harvest year:
Mule Deer: 37,580
Antelope:   30,260
Elk:              21,462
White Tailed Deer: 9,216
Moose:         1,160
Black Bear:   323
Big Horn Sheep: 181
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October 2003
Top 5 Wyoming Counties for Cost of Living—2nd Quarter 2003
  1) Teton
  2) Sublette
  3) Laramie
  4) Sheridan
  5) Albany
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September 2003
September 19, 2003 is “Native American Day” in Wyoming
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August 2003
As of August 25, 2003, there have been 100 human West Nile Virus detections in Wyoming
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Yellowstone National Park encompasses the largest active magmatic system in North America.
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July 2003
The mean elevation of Wyoming is 6,700 feet above sea level, ranking 2nd in the United States.

June 2003
Wyoming wool growers produced 3,950,000 pounds of wool worth $2,015,000 in 2001.

May 2003
The 25,000-acre National Elk Refuge is the home to more than 7,500 elk, 47 different mammals, and nearly 175 species of birds.
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April 2003
The population in Wyoming is 498,703, as of the 2002 estimate.
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Wyoming has 10.0 marriages per 1,000 persons, and 5.7 divorces per 1,000 persons (2000)
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March 2003
Wyoming is first in bentonite and soda ash (trona) production. The United States is the world’s largest producer of soda ash. Wyoming is home to the world’s largest known natural deposit of trona.

February 2003
The Wyoming State Flag, designed by Miss Verna Keays of Buffalo, was adopted by the fourteenth legislature on January 31, 1917.

January 2003
The median age for the population of Wyoming is 36.2 years.
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December 2002
Statewide Voter Registration by Party
Democrat--65,775
Libertarian--281
Natural Law--22
Other--26,192
Republican--148,925
Wyoming Reform--5
Total--241,200

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November 2002
Total number of schools in Wyoming :
Elementary--232
Junior High/Middle--69
High--75

Total Fall Enrollment--91,883
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October 2002
Since 1890, Wyoming voters have elected a democratic candidate 15 times, and a republican candidate 17 times, to the governorship.
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Wyoming averages 12.69 inches of precipitation per year
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September 2002
135,983 of the 228,950 registered voters in Wyoming voted in the August primary election (59.4%)
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August 2002
As of February 15, 2002, there are 228,950 registered voters in Wyoming.
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July 2002
Between January 1 to July 15, 2002 there were 156 total number of wildland fires that burned 48,562 acres in Wyoming.
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National Wildfire Statistics 2002 (as of July 1, 2002):
Number of Fires:
44,661
10 Year Average:
40,798
Number of Acres:
2,795,216
10 year Average:
874,591
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June 2002

The oldest known "Wyoming" patent is number 81,414. S.W.Y. Schimonsky of Cheyenne, Dakota Territory, patented an improved car-brake on August 25, 1868. Click here to view this patent at the USPTO.

Patent number 81,414 is now the second oldest Wyoming patent. An older patent - number 67,898 - was issued in 1867 at Fort Bridger, Utah Territory.

The first patent issued to a resident of Wyoming Territory was patent number 101,711. George C. Choate of Wyoming Station, Albany County, in the Territory of Wyoming, patented an improvement in shovel handles on April 12, 1870. Click here to view this patent at the USPTO

May 2002
There were 614 wildland fires that burned 28,581 acres in Wyoming from January 1 to November 13, 2001.
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April 2002
All counties in Wyoming have had an earthquake epicenter located within their boundaries. The most number of historic earthquakes have been located in Yellowstone National Park, the Overthrust Belt, and Jackson Hole.
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March 2002
Established on March 1, 1872, Yellowstone National Park is the first and oldest national park in the world. More information

March 4, 1886, University of Wyoming was chartered.

In the Wyoming legislature, two women have become Speaker of the House: Edness Kimball Wilkins in 1966, and Verda I. James in 1969. More information

February 2002
The highest volume of traffic along the Oregon-California-Mormon Trails was 70,000 people in 1852.

January 2002
Nellie Tayloe Ross (1876-1977)
The first woman governor of a state (Wyoming) in the United States, Ross later served as an officer in the Democratic Party and as a director of the U.S. Mint, one of the first women to head a federal agency.
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December 2001
If 2.7% of Wyoming land was developed with utility-scale wind turbines, the power produced each year would equal 774,000,000 megawatt-hours - or 6,745% of the entire state's electricity consumption.
Dept. of Energy

November 2001
As of the 2000 Census, Wyoming ranks 50th in total population (493,782), 49th in persons per square mile (5.1), and 9th in total land area (97,105 sq. mi.).

Wyoming's 1997 Crop Rankings - Based on Production

Great Northern Beans
Pinto Beans
Sugarbeets
Navy Beans
Barley

USDA - National Agricultural Statistics Service

October 2001
Cost of living rankings by county for the 2^nd Quarter of 2001.
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Teton

Sublette

Campbell

Laramie

Sheridan

September 2001
Devils Tower National Monument is proclaimed on September 24, 1906 as the nation's first national monument by President Theodore Roosevelt. more-->

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