Moving to Cheyenne, Wyoming

About Cheyenne, Wyoming
Cheyenne

Cheyenne ( shy-AN or shy-EN) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Wyoming. It is the county seat of Laramie County, with 65,132 residents per the 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Cheyenne metropolitan area, which encompasses all of Laramie County and had 100,512 residents as of the 2020 census.

Local residents named the town for the Cheyenne Native American people in 1867 when it was founded in the Dakota Territory. Along with Honolulu, Hawaii, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and Topeka, Kansas, Cheyenne is one of four state capitals with an indigenous name in a state with an indigenous name. Cheyenne is the northern terminus of the extensive Southern Rocky Mountain Front, which extends southward to Albuquerque, New Mexico, and includes the fast-growing Front Range Urban Corridor. Cheyenne is situated on Crow Creek and Dry Creek.

Gender
Gender Cheyenne Wyoming Country
Female 49.6% 49% 50.8%
Male 50.4% 51% 49.2%
Gender
Created with Raphaël 2.2.050%50%Male50.4%

 Female Male
Household Income
Created with Raphaël 2.2.05%4%7%9%11%20%16%20%6%4%$50K to $75K20.2%

 < $10000 $10K to $15K $15K to $25K $25K to $35K $35K to $50K $50K to $75K $75K to $100K $100K to $150K $150K to $200K $200K or more

Income Cheyenne Wyoming Country
Less than $10,000 4.9% 5.2% 5.8%
$10,000 to $14,999 3.6% 3.7% 4.1%
$15,000 to $24,999 7.1% 8.1% 8.5%
$25,000 to $34,999 8.7% 8.8% 8.6%
$35,000 to $49,999 10.5% 12.3% 12.0%
$50,000 to $74,999 20.2% 18.2% 17.2%
$75,000 to $99,999 15.6% 14.9% 12.8%
$100,000 to $149,999 19.5% 17.5% 15.6%
$150,000 to $199,999 5.7% 6.2% 7.1%
$200,000 or more 4.2% 5% 8.3%
Education
Created with Raphaël 2.2.01%4%25%25%12%20%9%2%2%High School or GED25%

 < 9th Grade 9-12th Grade High School or GED Other College Associate Degree Bachelor Degree Masters Degree Professional Degree Doctorate Degree

Education Cheyenne Wyoming Country
< 9th Grade 1% 1% 5.0%
9-12th Grade 4% 5% 7.0%
High School or GED 25% 29% 27.0%
Other College 25% 25% 20.0%
Associate's Degree 12% 11% 9%
Bachelor's Degree 20% 18% 20.0%
Master's Degree 9% 8% 9.0%
Professional Degree 2% 2% 2.0%
Doctorate Degree 2% 1% 1.0%
Household Income
 Cheyenne Wyoming  Country
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Education
 Cheyenne Wyoming  Country
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Race / Ethnicity
Created with Raphaël 2.2.077%2%0%2%16%0%3%0%White77.1%

 White African American American Indian Asian Hispanic Hawaiian Mixed Other

Ethnicity Cheyenne Wyoming Country
White 77.1% 83.6% 60.1%
African American 1.5% 0.8% 12.2%
American Indian 0.4% 2% 0.6%
Asian 1.5% 0.8% 5.6%
Hawaiian 0.1% 0.1% 0.2%
Other 0.1% 0.1% 0.3%
Multiracial 3.3% 2.5% 2.8%
Hispanic 15.9% 10.1% 18.2%
Race / Ethnicity
 Cheyenne Wyoming  Country
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