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Converse County, Wyoming

A county in Wyoming, ranked 13 of 23 by population.

CountyFIPS 56009

Within Wyoming
Converse County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Douglas, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
13,824
+76 (+0.6%) since 2020
Land area
4,255
square miles. A further 0.2% of the total area is water
Population density
3.3
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Douglas
Seat of county government.
Established
1888
137 years ago
Largest city
Douglas city
Population 6,469.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Converse County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Converse County, Wyoming from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 598 by 800 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Converse County ranks

Position among the 23 counties of Wyoming, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn WyomingNationally
Population13,82413th of 232,173rd of 3,144
Land area4,255 sq mi9th of 23109th of 3,144
Population density3.3 per sq mi16th of 232,882nd of 3,144
Median household income$81,5587th of 23521st of 3,143

Full data for Converse County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population13,824Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202013,748Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?13,753Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area4,255 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area10.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area4,265 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?3.3 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$81,558American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$292,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households5,772American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units6,646American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
+16
153 births, 137 deaths
Net migration
+18
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 8 areas bordering Converse County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Natrona CountyWyoming75 mi80,526
Albany CountyWyoming66 mi38,558
Niobrara CountyWyoming62 mi2,341
Campbell CountyWyoming47 mi48,145
Platte CountyWyoming32 mi8,634
Weston CountyWyoming9.0 mi6,840
Johnson CountyWyoming3.1 mi8,908
Carbon CountyWyoming0.1 mi14,013

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 23 counties of Wyoming

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.