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Albany County ( ) is a
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in the U.S. state of
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. As of the
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, the population was 37,066. Its
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is Laramie, the site of the
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. Its south border lies on the northern
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state line. Albany County comprises the Laramie, WY Micropolitan Statistical Area. It is the fifth-most populous county in Wyoming.


History

Albany County was organized in 1868 of territory annexed from
Laramie County Laramie County is a county located at the southeast corner of the state of Wyoming. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 100,512 or 17.4% of the state's total 2020 population, making it the most populous county in Wyoming, ...
in
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, which at the time had jurisdiction over part of modern-day Wyoming. It became a county in Wyoming Territory when its government was formally organized on May 19, 1869. Charles D. Bradley, a member of the legislature of the
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named the county for
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, the capital of his native state. In 1875, the Wyoming Territorial legislature authorized portions of Albany County to be annexed to create Crook and
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counties, and in 1888 land was taken from Albany County for the creation of
Converse County Converse County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wyoming. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 13,751. Its county seat is Douglas. History Converse County was created in 1888 by the legislature of the Wyoming Ter ...
. Further adjustments were made to the county's boundary in 1911 and 1955.


Geography

According to the
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, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.8%) is water.


Adjacent counties

*
Converse County Converse County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wyoming. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 13,751. Its county seat is Douglas. History Converse County was created in 1888 by the legislature of the Wyoming Ter ...
– north * Platte County – northeast *
Laramie County Laramie County is a county located at the southeast corner of the state of Wyoming. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 100,512 or 17.4% of the state's total 2020 population, making it the most populous county in Wyoming, ...
– east *
Larimer County, Colorado Larimer County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 359,066. The county seat and most populous city is Fort Collins. The county was named for William Larimer, Jr., the founder of Denver ...
– south *
Jackson County, Colorado Jackson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,379, and it was the fourth least populated in the state. The county is named after the United States President Andrew Jackson. The c ...
– southwest * Carbon County – west *
Natrona County Natrona County is a county in the U.S. state of Wyoming. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 79,955, making it the second-most populous county in Wyoming. Its county seat is Casper. Natrona County comprises the Casper, WY ...
– northwest


Major highways

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Interstate 80 Interstate 80 (I-80) is an east–west transcontinental freeway that crosses the United States from downtown San Francisco, California, to Teaneck, New Jersey, in the New York metropolitan area. The highway was designated in 1956 as one ...
* * U.S. Highway 30 * U.S. Highway 287 *
Wyoming Highway 10 Wyoming Highway 10 (WYO 10) is a Wyoming state highway known as Jelm Mountain Road in southwestern Albany County. Route description WYO 10 is a north–south route that runs from Wyoming Highway 230 in Woods Landing south to the Wyomi ...
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Wyoming Highway 11 Wyoming Highway 11 (WYO 11) is Wyoming state highway known as Albany Road in southwestern Albany County, that provides access to Albany from Wyoming Highway 130. Route description Wyoming Highway 11 begins its northern end at Wyoming ...
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Wyoming Highway 12 Wyoming Highway 12 (WYO 12) is a Wyoming state highway known as Herrick Lane in Albany County west of Laramie. Route description Wyoming Highway 12 travels from Wyoming Highway 130, five miles (8 km) west of Laramie near the Laramie ...
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Wyoming Highway 13 Wyoming Highway 13 (WYO 13) is a Wyoming state highway known as Arlington Road in eastern Carbon and western Albany counties. Route description Wyoming Highway 13 begins its western end at I-80 in Arlington located in Carbon County. Fr ...
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Wyoming Highway 34 Wyoming Highway 34 (WYO 34) is a Wyoming state highway known as Laramie-Wheatland Road. Located in Albany and Platte counties, it spans from U.S. Routes 30 and 287 near Bosler to Interstate 25 / U.S. Route 87 in Wheatland. Rou ...
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Wyoming Highway 130 Wyoming Highway 130 (WYO 130) is a state highway in the U.S. State of Wyoming. It is known locally as the Snowy Range Road. It makes its way west from Laramie across the plains, and rises over the Medicine Bow Mountains. The road then turns n ...
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Wyoming Highway 210 Wyoming Highway 210 (WYO 210), also known as Happy Jack Road, is a state highway in Laramie and Albany counties in Wyoming, United States, that runs from Cheyenne to Interstate 80/ U.S. Route 30 (I-80/US 30), east of Laramie. ...
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Wyoming Highway 230 Wyoming Highway 230 (WYO 230) is a state highway in the U.S. State of Wyoming. It is known locally as Rivers Road and travels from WYO 130 approximately south of Saratoga south from there to intersect WYO 70 in Riverside and then heads sou ...


National protected areas

* Bamforth National Wildlife Refuge * Hutton Lake National Wildlife Refuge *
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(part) *
Mortenson Lake National Wildlife Refuge Mortenson Lake National Wildlife Refuge is located in southern Albany County in the U.S. state of Wyoming and includes 1,776 acres (7.2 km2). The refuge is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service an agency within the U.S. Departm ...


Demographics


2000 census

At the
2000 United States Census The United States census of 2000, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2 percent over the 248,709,873 people enumerated during the 1990 c ...
, there were 32,014 people, 13,269 households and 7,006 families in the county. The
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was 8 per square mile (3/km2). There were 15,215 housing units at an average density of 4 per square mile (1/km2). The racial makeup of the county was 91.32%
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, 1.11%
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or
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, 0.95% Native American, 1.7% Asian, 0.06%
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, 2.65% from other races, and 2.22% from two or more races. 7.49% of the population were
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or Latino of any race. 24.4% were of
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, 11.1%
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, 10.2% Irish and 6.1%
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ancestry. There were 13,269 households, of which 23.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.0% were
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living together, 7.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 47.2% were non-families. 31.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.23 and the average family size was 2.84. The county population contained 18.4% of the population under the age of 18, 28.2% from 18 to 24, 26.1% from 25 to 44, 19.1% from 45 to 64, and 8.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 27 years. For every 100 females there were 106.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 106.4 males. The
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was $28,790 and the median family income was $44,334. Males had a median income of $31,087 compared with $22,061 for females. The
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for the county was $16,706. About 10.8% of families and 21.0% of the population were below the
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, including 15.7% of those under the age of 18 and 8.8% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.


2010 census

As of the
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, there were 36,299 people, 15,691 households, and 7,430 families in the county. The population density was . There were 17,939 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the county was 90.1% white, 2.8% Asian, 1.2% black or African American, 0.7% American Indian, 0.1% Pacific islander, 2.4% from other races, and 2.7% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 8.8% of the population. In terms of ancestry, 31.2% were
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, 15.3% were Irish, 12.5% were
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, and 4.4% were
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. Of the 15,691 households, 21.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 36.9% were married couples living together, 6.7% had a female householder with no husband present, 52.6% were non-families, and 34.9% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.17 and the average family size was 2.84. The median age was 26.8 years. The median income for a household in the county was $42,890 and the median income for a family was $70,054. Males had a median income of $43,484 versus $33,512 for females. The per capita income for the county was $25,622. About 7.2% of families and 21.5% of the population were below the
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, including 10.7% of those under age 18 and 6.6% of those age 65 or over.


Communities


City

* Laramie (county seat)


Town

* Rock River


Census-designated places

* Albany *
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* Fox Park * Woods Landing-Jelm


Unincorporated communities

* Binford * Bosler * Bosler Junction * Buford * Cooper Lake * Dale Creek * Deerwood * Garrett * Gramm *
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Harper Harper may refer to: Names * Harper (name), a surname and given name Places ;in Canada *Harper Islands, Nunavut *Harper, Prince Edward Island ;In the United States *Harper, former name of Costa Mesa, California in Orange County * Harper, Illi ...
* Hatton * Hermosa * Keystone * Little Medicine * Lookout * Millbrook * Mountain Home * New Jelm * PhinDeli * Red Buttes * Sherman * The Buttes * Tie Siding * Toltec *
Wilcox Wilcox may refer to: Places ;Canada *Wilcox, Saskatchewan ;United States *Wilcox, Florida, an unincorporated community in Gilchrist County, Florida * Wilcox, Missouri * Wilcox, Nebraska *Wilcox, Pennsylvania * Wilcox, Washington * Wilcox, Wisconsin ...
* Wyocolo


Politics

While Wyoming as a whole tends to be solidly Republican, Albany County is a swing county. It is one of only thirteen counties to have voted for Obama in 2008, Romney in 2012, Trump in 2016, and Biden in 2020.


See also

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Albany County Sheriff's Office (Wyoming) The Albany County Sheriff's Office is a local police agency in Albany County, Wyoming, United States. It consists of 46 sworn law enforcement officers and 8 civilian support personnel. the sheriff is Aaron Appelhans, the first African-American ...
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Albany County, Wyoming This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Albany County, Wyoming. It is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Albany County, Wyoming, Albany Coun ...
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Mortenson Lake National Wildlife Refuge Mortenson Lake National Wildlife Refuge is located in southern Albany County in the U.S. state of Wyoming and includes 1,776 acres (7.2 km2). The refuge is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service an agency within the U.S. Departm ...
, the last home of the Wyoming toad, located in southern Albany County


Notes


References

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