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Rural poverty in Wyoming

0 persistent-poverty counties

Wyoming has 21 nonmetro counties and no counties flagged by USDA ERS for persistent poverty. The state's all-ages poverty rate is 10.7% and child poverty is 12.6%.

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Persistent-poverty counties

21

Nonmetro counties (RUCC 4–9)

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Residents in PPCs

23

Total counties

Wyoming by county

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Wyoming at a glance

Poverty rate

10.7%

All ages, ACS S1701

Child poverty

12.6%

Under 18

PPC share

0.0%

Of counties in state

Nonmetro share

91.3%

RUCC 4–9

Pantries / 100K

2.59

PantryPath verified

Risk score (mean)

0.27

Composite 0–1

"Pantries / 100K" divides Wyoming's 15 verified PantryPath pantries by the state population — a minimum-density indicator, not a saturated census. See methodology.

County-level hotspots

Top five counties across 23 in Wyoming.

Highest rural hunger risk

Composite 0–1 score

  1. 1 Niobrara 0.37
  2. 2 Hot Springs 0.35
  3. 3 Big Horn 0.35
  4. 4 Johnson 0.34
  5. 5 Weston 0.34

Highest poverty rate

ACS all-ages

  1. 1 Albany 21.0%
  2. 2 Niobrara 17.6%
  3. 3 Hot Springs 13.7%
  4. 4 Sweetwater 13.4%
  5. 5 Carbon 12.6%

Persistent-poverty counties

PPCs ranked by current poverty

Wyoming has no persistent-poverty counties in the 2025 ERS typology.

Every county in Wyoming

All 23 counties with RUCC, typology flags, and ACS poverty data.

County RUCC PPC Flags Poverty Child poverty Population Risk
Albany 4 — Housing 21.0% 16.3% 37,713 0.20
Big Horn 9 — — 12.0% 17.6% 11,737 0.35
Campbell 5 — — 9.1% 8.9% 47,018 0.19
Carbon 7 — — 12.6% 15.3% 14,549 0.28
Converse 6 — — 11.3% 20.0% 13,759 0.23
Crook 9 — — 6.2% 1.3% 7,339 0.32
Fremont 7 — — 12.4% 15.8% 39,472 0.27
Goshen 7 — — 12.3% 16.8% 12,587 0.27
Hot Springs 9 — Pop. loss 13.7% 24.1% 4,618 0.35
Johnson 9 — — 10.6% 8.9% 8,602 0.34
Laramie 3 — — 9.9% 13.5% 100,661 0.11
Lincoln 9 — — 7.1% 7.7% 20,158 0.33
Natrona 3 — — 9.7% 12.2% 79,735 0.11
Niobrara 9 — Housing 17.6% 25.9% 2,415 0.37
Park 7 — — 8.6% 13.8% 30,109 0.26
Platte 8 — Pop. loss 10.2% 10.2% 8,606 0.30
Sheridan 7 — Housing 9.8% 8.6% 31,585 0.26
Sublette 9 — — 8.4% 8.7% 8,806 0.33
Sweetwater 5 — — 13.4% 18.8% 41,786 0.20
Teton 7 — Housing 7.0% 5.7% 23,358 0.25
Uinta 7 — — 7.6% 6.1% 20,605 0.26
Washakie 9 — — 8.6% 12.2% 7,708 0.33
Weston 9 — — 10.5% 8.6% 6,835 0.34

Find a food pantry in Wyoming

Search Wyoming's 15 verified pantries, food banks, and meal programs — filtered by city, open-now status, and service type.

Wyoming pantry directory

Wyoming SNAP

Income limits, application steps, and EBT card details for residents of persistent-poverty counties and beyond.

Wyoming SNAP guide

Emergency food help

National hotlines, 211 referrals, and same-day food options — critical in rural counties where the nearest pantry may be 30+ miles away.

Emergency food

Food deserts atlas

Rural poverty and low food access often overlap. Compare persistent-poverty counties to USDA's low-income / low-access food desert designations.

Wyoming food deserts

Methodology

How we combined USDA ERS typology codes, the Rural-Urban Continuum, ACS poverty data, and PantryPath's own pantry directory — plus the risk-score formula.

Full methodology