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Wyoming Division
Capital | Cheyenne (pop. 59,466) |
Nickname | Big Wyoming, Equality State, Cowboy State |
Motto | "Equal Rights" |
State Code | Code of the West |
Admitted To Union | July 10, 1890 - 44th State |
Size | 97,914 square miles, 9th largest state |
Highest Point | Gannett Peak, 13,804 feet |
Lowest Point | 3,100 feet Belle Fourche River |
Average Annual Precipitation | 14.5 inches |
Population (2010 Census) | 563,626 |
State Sport | Rodeo |
State Tree | Plains Cottonwood (Populus sargentii |
State Flower | Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja linariaefolia) |
State Mammal | Bison (Bison bison) |
State Bird | Meadowlark (Sturnella Neglecta) |
State Insect | Green Hairstreak Butterfly (Callophyrs sheridanii)) |
State Reptile | Horned Toad (Douglassi brevirostre) |
State Fish | Cutthroat Trout (Salmo clarki) |
State Gemstone | Jade (Nephrite) |
Wyoming is divided into 23 Counties
1 - Natrona | 13 - Converse | ![]() |
2 - Laramie | 14 - Niobrara | |
3 - Sheridan | 15 - Hot Springs | |
4 - Sweetwater | 16 - Johnson | |
5 - Albany | 17 - Campbell | |
6 - Carbon | 18 - Crook | |
7 - Goshen | 19 - Uinta | |
8 - Platte | 20 - Washakie | |
9 - Big Horn | 21 - Weston | |
10 - Fremont | 22 - Teton | |
11 - Park | 23 - Sublette | |
12 - Lincoln |