Laramie, Wyoming

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The 2000 Census showed that Laramie had a population of 27,204 people^<1>. This represents 5.51% of the total population of Wyoming, making it the state's 3rd most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
1	Cheyenne	E	44 mi [70.8 km]	56,915	7.36% increase
2	Casper	N	111 mi [178.6 km]	54,047	8.87% increase
-3-	Laramie			27,664	1.69% increase
4	Gillette	N	205 mi [329.9 km]	26,871	36.78% increase
5	Rock Springs	W	188 mi [302.6 km]	20,200	7.98% increase
6	Sheridan	N	249 mi [400.7 km]	17,197	8.81% increase
7	Green River	W	200 mi [321.9 km]	12,149	2.89% increase

Laramie had 11,994 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Laramie has an area^<4> of 11.14 square miles [28.85 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Laramie had a 2000 population density of 2,442 people per square mile [943 people/km²], making it the state's 3rd most densely populated area.

Albany County

The city of Laramie is located in Albany County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 31,913 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 27,204 people, Laramie contained 85.2% of the Albany County total.

In addition, where the community of Laramie has a population density of 2,442 people per square mile [943 people/km²], Albany County averages 7.47 people per square mile [2.88 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Albany County.

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Unfortunately, the Census Bureau has not created a QuickFact that is specific to Laramie.

A Census Quickfact is available for Albany County (QF-56001).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Albany County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Converse	QF-56009	N	13,267	9.66% increase
	Platte	QF-56031	NE	8,294	5.19% decrease
	Laramie	QF-56021	E	87,542	7.09% increase
	Larimer (CO)	QF-08069	SE	292,825	15.68% increase
	Jackson (CO)	QF-08057	SW	1,346	14.59% decrease
	Carbon	QF-56007	W	15,624	0.28% increase

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Laramie:

Laramie is located in Census Region #4 (the West Region) and in Division #8 (the Mountain Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Laramie.

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Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Laramie. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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