Laramie Demographics

Laramie (city), Wyoming


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People
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Laramie Wyoming

Population, 2010 30,816 563,626

Population, percent change, 2000 to 2010 13.3% 14.1%

Population, 2000 27,204 493,782

Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 5.8% 7.1%

Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 15.9% 24.0%

Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 7.5% 12.4%

Female persons, percent, 2010 48.0% 49.0%

White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 89.5% 90.7%

Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 1.3% 0.8%

American Indian and Alaska Native persons,
percent, 2010 (a)
0.7% 2.4%

Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 3.2% 0.8%

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander,
percent, 2010 (a)
0.1% 0.1%

Persons reporting two or more races, percent,
2010
2.8% 2.2%

Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin,
percent, 2010 (b)
9.2% 8.9%

White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 83.8% 85.9%

Living in same house 1 year & over, 2005-2009 66.0% 81.0%

Foreign born persons, percent, 2005-2009 5.4% 2.8%

Language other than English spoken at home,
pct age 5+, 2005-2009
11.1% 6.4%

High school graduates, percent of persons age
25+, 2005-2009
94.9% 91.1%

Bachelor’s degree or higher, pct of persons
age 25+, 2005-2009
50.5% 23.2%

Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers
age 16+, 2005-2009
11.7 18.1

Housing units, 2010 14,307 261,868

Homeownership rate, 2005-2009 46.6% 69.9%

Housing units in multi-unit structures,
percent, 2005-2009
41.8% 15.9%

Median value of owner-occupied housing units,
2005-2009
$178,100 $163,400

Households, 2005-2009 12,068 208,269

Persons per household, 2005-2009 2.07 2.45

Per capita money income in past 12 months
(2009 dollars) 2005-2009
$22,238 $26,925

Median household income 2005-2009 $36,659 $51,990

People of all ages in poverty – percent,
2005-2009
24.5% 9.6%
Business
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Laramie Wyoming

Total number of firms, 2007 2,970 61,179

Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.2%

American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned
firms, percent, 2007
F 0.8%

Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.7%

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific
Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007
F 0.0%

Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 3.7% 2.8%

Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 33.3% 25.5%

Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) NA 8,834,810

Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 107,527 6,352,890

Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 444,645 8,957,553

Retail sales per capita, 2007 $16,088 $17,114

Accommodation and food services sales, 2007
($1000)
58,683 1,469,008
Geography
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Laramie Wyoming

Land area in square miles, 2010 17.74 97,093.14

Persons per square mile, 2010 1,737.5 5.8

FIPS Code 45050 56
Counties Albany
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