The largest county in Wyoming

There are two right answers. By land area it is Sweetwater County; by population it is Laramie County. Which one you want depends on what you meant by largest.

Largest by land area

Sweetwater County

10,427 sq mi

10.7% of Wyoming's land

Largest by population

Laramie County

102,938 people

17.5% of Wyoming's population

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. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

By land area

The ten largest counties of Wyoming by land area. Land area excludes inland and coastal water.
RankNameLand areaPopulation
1Sweetwater County10,427 sq mi41,267
2Fremont County9,184 sq mi39,464
3Carbon County7,898 sq mi14,013
4Park County6,939 sq mi31,171
5Natrona County5,341 sq mi80,526
6Sublette County4,886 sq mi8,929
7Campbell County4,802 sq mi48,145
8Albany County4,274 sq mi38,558
9Converse County4,255 sq mi13,824
10Johnson County4,154 sq mi8,908

By population

The ten most populous counties of Wyoming, from the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025 estimates.
RankNamePopulationDensity
1Laramie County102,93838.3 per sq mi
2Natrona County80,52615.1 per sq mi
3Campbell County48,14510.0 per sq mi
4Sweetwater County41,2674.0 per sq mi
5Fremont County39,4644.3 per sq mi
6Albany County38,5589.0 per sq mi
7Sheridan County33,24113.2 per sq mi
8Park County31,1714.5 per sq mi
9Teton County23,3335.8 per sq mi
10Lincoln County21,1805.2 per sq mi

And the smallest

Smallest by land area

Hot Springs County

2,004 sq mi

Least populous

Niobrara County

2,341 people

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Rebuilt from source data 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.