Wyoming
Quick facts
- Capital
- Cheyenne
- Largest city
- capital
- Nickname
- Equality State (official)
- Motto
- Equal Rights
- Abbreviation
- WY
- Became a state
- July 10, 1890 (the 44th state)
- Area
- 97,813 sq mi (253,335 km²)
- Population (2020)
- 588,753
Facts from Wikipedia’s “Wyoming” page (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Wyoming is a state in the North-Western United States. Most of the state is in the Rocky Mountains, (a large mountain range in the United States). Wyoming is the least populated U.S. state with a population of 578,803 people. Its capital and biggest city is Cheyenne. It borders Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Utah, Idaho, and Colorado. Wyoming is 97,914 square miles in area, which makes it the 10th largest state in the United States.
Wyoming is known for many things including Yellowstone National Park, Cowboys, the Teton Mountains and coal.
The first people to live in Wyoming were the Paleo-Indians. By the time the Europeans arrived the land was inhabited by many Native American tribes. Some of the major tribes were the Cheyenne, Arapaho, Crow, Ute, and Shoshone.
In 2018, The top countries of origin for Wyoming’s immigrants were Mexico, China, Germany, England and Canada.
Economy
Agriculture has always been an important part of the state economy of Wyoming. The main things grown in Wyoming are livestock (beef), hay, sugar beets, grain (wheat and barley), and wool.
In Wyoming, 91% of the land is rural.
The gross state product for Wyoming is $36.4 billion.
Famous people from Wyoming
- Actress Ashlynn Yennie
- Former Vice President Dick Cheney
- Former Second Lady Lynne Cheney
- Author Patricia MacLachlan
Cities and towns in Wyoming
- Afton
- Baggs
- Basin
- Big Piney
- Buffalo
- Burlington
- Byron
- Casper
- Cheyenne
- Clark
- Clearmont
- Cody
- Cokeville
- Cowley
- Crowheart
- Dayton
- Deaver
- Douglas
- Dubois
- Emblem
- Encampment
- Evanston
- Farson
- Frannie
- Garland
- Gillette
- Green River
- Greybull
- Hanna
- Harriman
- Hot Springs
- Hudson
- Hyattville
- Jackson
- Jackson Hole
- Kemerer
- Kirby
- La Barge
- Lance Creek
- Lander
- Laramie
- Lovell
- Lusk
- Lyman
- Manderson
- Meeteetse
- Newcastle
- Otto
- Pine Bluffs
- Pinedale
- Powell
- Ralston
- Rawlins
- Recluse
- Riverside
- Riverton
- Rock Springs
- Saratoga
- Shell
- Sheridan
- Shoshoni
- Story
- Sundance
- Ten Sleep
- Thermopolis
- Wapiti
- Wheatland
- Worland
- Wright
Written for younger readers
Wyoming, in simpler words
This version comes from Wikijunior, a set of books written for children aged 8 to 11. It is shorter and uses plainer language than the article above.
From Wikijunior: North America
The State of Wyoming is a sparsely populated state in the western region of the United States. The majority of the state is dominated by the mountain ranges and rangelands of the Rocky Mountain West, while the easternmost section of the state is a high altitude prairie region known as the High Plains. While the tenth largest U.S. state by size, Wyoming is the least populated. The capital and the most populous city of Wyoming is Cheyenne.
Wyoming is separated into three distinct sections geographically. The southern and eastern parts of the state are mostly hilly semidesert, while the northern and western parts are mostly densely forested mountains, and the area within the Yellowstone Caldera is composed of patches of forest alternating with large geyser basins.
- The state bird is the Western Meadowlark
- The state fish is the Cutthroat Trout
- The state flower is the Wyoming Indian Paintbrush
- The state grass is the Western Wheatgrass
- The state mammal is the American Bison
- The state reptile is the Horned Lizard
- The state tree is the Plains Cottonwood
- The state dinosaur is the Triceratops
- The state mineral is Nephrite
- The state motto is Equal Rights
- The unofficial state soil is Forkwood
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