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By Job Gal | March 30, 2009
Wyoming
Wyoming is located in the Northwest region of the United States. Although Wyoming is the 10th-largest state in the country, it is the least populous. The state is mostly made up of mountain ranges, including Rocky Mountain west, while the eastern part of the state is at a high altitude known as the High Plains. Wyoming is bordered by Montana to the north, Idaho to the west, Utah and Colorado to the south and Nebraska and South Dakota to the east. Cheyenne serves as the capital and most populous city.
The name Wyoming comes from the Munsee word for “at the big river flat.” Native Americans were the first to inhabit Wyoming. John Colter, a member of the Lewis and Clark expedition, was the first to describe the area in 1807. The state’s population began to grow in 1867 when Union Pacific Railroad reached Cheyenne. Carissa Mine in South Pass City briefly produced gold, while some other areas produced copper. Wyoming became the 44th state in the Union in 1890.
Yellowstone National Park, located mostly in Wyoming, became the first national park in 1872. The state also was the first to grant suffrage to women in 1869, as well as the first to allow women to serve on a jury, the first to allow a female court bailiff, the first to allow a female justice of the peace and the first to elect a female governor. Wyoming also was home to the Johnson County War of 1892.
Wyoming’s Job Market
In 2005, Wyoming had a gross state product of $27.4 billion. The mineral extraction, travel and tourism industries are the most important int he state. The government owns about 50 percent of Wyoming landmass, while 6 percent is controlled by the state. Wyoming’s agricultural products include: livestock, hay, sugar beets, grain and wool. Wyoming is one of the few states to not leverage an individual or corporate income tax.
The state’s fastest-growing industries include: medical assisting, computer software engineering, network systems analysis and veterinary technology.
Work Trends
Wyoming’s unemployment rate: 3.9 percent
National unemployment rate: 8.1 percent
Mean travel time to work:
Wyoming’s Largest Employers
BlueCross BlueShield of Wyoming
4000 House Ave.
Cheyenne, WY 82001
Cheyenne Regional Medical Center
2600 E 18th St.
Cheyenne, WY 82001
Cyclone Drilling, Inc.
5800 Mohan Rd.
Gillette, WY 82718
First Interstate Bank
323 E Main St.
Riverton, WY 82501
Grand Teton Lodge Company
PO Box 250
Moran, WY 83013
Inberg-Miller Engineering
350 Parsley Blvd.
Cheyenne, WY 82007
Jackson Trading Company
PO Box 4994
Jackson WY 83001
Peabody Energy
1013 E Boxelder Rd.
Gillette, WY 82718
Wyoming Medical Center
1233 E 2nd St.
Casper, WY 82601
Yellowstone National Park
P.O. Box 168
Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190
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Surrounding Area Job Search
Rock Springs, WY
Powell, WY
Laramie, WY
Sheridan, WY
Riverton, WY
Casper, WY
Jackson, WY
Cheyenne, WY
Gillette, WY
Billings, MT
Continuing Education
University of Wyoming
Casper College
Sheridan College
Northwest College
Central Wyoming College
Discovering Wyoming
Grand Teton National Park
Yellowstone National Park
Devils Tower National Monument
Fossil Butte National Monument
Wind River Reservation
Museum of the Mountain Man
Grand Encampment Museum
Grand Teton Music Festival
International Climbers Festival
Cheyenne Frontier Days
Laramie County Fair
Wyoming State Fair
Wyoming Statistics
Population
Total population: 522,830
Persons under five-years old: 6.9 percent
Persons under 18-years old: 24 percent
Persons 65-years and older: 12.2 percent
Female: 49.3 percent
White: 94.1 percent
Black: 1.2 percent
American Indian and Alaska Native: 2.5 percent
Asian: .7 percent
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islanders: .1 percent
Multi-racial: 1.4 percent
Hispanic or Latino: 7.3 percent
Non-Hispanic White: 87.3 percent
Education
High school graduates: 87.9 percent
Bachelor’s degree or higher: 21.9 percent
Housing
Housing units: 242,332
Homeownership rate: 70 percent
Housing units in multi-unit structures: 15.2 percent
Median value of owner-occupied housing units: $96,600
Households: 193,608
Persons per household: 2.48
Income
Median household income: $52,433
Per capita income: $19,134
Persons below poverty: 9.5 percent
Transportation
Airports: Casper/Natrona County International, Cheyenne Regional, Yellowstone Regional, Gillette-Campbell County, Jackson Hole, Laramie Regional, Riverton Regional, Rock Springs-Sweetwater County, Sheridan County
Railroads: Amtrak
Public mass transit: Wyoming Department of Transportation
Weather (Cheyenne)
Average annual precipitation: 67 inches
Average low temp. in January: 15 degrees
Average high temp. in July: 82 degrees
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