Sublette County, Wyoming

A county in Wyoming, ranked 16 of 23 by population.

CountyFIPS 56035

Within Wyoming

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

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Population: 8,929; +189 (+2.2%) since 2020
Land area: 4,886; square miles. A further 1.0% of the total area is water
Population density: 1.8; people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat: Pinedale; Seat of county government.
Established: 1923; 102 years ago
Largest city: Pinedale town; Population 1,997.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Sublette 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 Sublette 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 774 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 Sublette 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.

Measure	Value	In Wyoming	Nationally
Population	8,929	16th of 23	2,496th of 3,144
Land area	4,886 sq mi	6th of 23	83rd of 3,144
Population density	1.8 per sq mi	21st of 23	3,002nd of 3,144
Median household income	$83,597	5th of 23	461st of 3,143

Full data for Sublette County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
Measure	Value	Source and vintage
Population	8,929	Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020	8,740	Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?	8,730	Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area	4,886 sq mi	2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area	49.2 sq mi	2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area	4,936 sq mi	2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?	1.8 per sq mi	Computed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income	$83,597	American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value	$376,200	American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age	43.5	American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households	3,693	American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units	5,280	American 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: +1; 78 births, 77 deaths
Net migration: -20; More people moved out than moved in.

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

The 4 areas bordering Sublette 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 area	State	Shared border	Population
Fremont County	Wyoming	139 mi	39,464
Lincoln County	Wyoming	98 mi	21,180
Sweetwater County	Wyoming	52 mi	41,267
Teton County	Wyoming	42 mi	23,333

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.