People QuickFacts	Niobrara County	Wyoming
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	2,456	576,412
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	2,484	563,626
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	-1.1%	2.3%
 	Population, 2010    	2,484	563,626
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	3.8%	7.0%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	17.6%	23.7%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	21.1%	12.7%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	53.3%	49.0% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	96.6%	93.5%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.4%	1.1%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	1.0%	2.6%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	0.4%	0.9%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.0%	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	1.6%	1.8%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	2.7%	9.1%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	94.1%	85.5% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	82.5%	81.8%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	0.9%	3.1%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	1.2%	6.5%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	91.8%	91.9%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	15.7%	24.2%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	221	52,600
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	18.1	18.6 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	1,335	265,528
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	67.2%	70.5%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	6.2%	15.7%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$105,400	$181,900
 	Households, 2007-2011    	1,041	219,628
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.17	2.46
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$25,277	$28,952
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$44,875	$56,380
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	15.3%	10.1%

   	Business QuickFacts	Niobrara County	Wyoming
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	82	20,231
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	345	205,046
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	-31.3	17.4
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	236	45,614 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	463	61,179
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.2%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.8%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.7%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.0%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	2.8%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	25.5% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	0	8,834,810
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	D	6,352,890
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	19,649	8,957,553
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$8,408	$17,114
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	3,071	1,469,008
 	Building permits, 2011     	3	2,114

   	Geography QuickFacts	Niobrara County	Wyoming
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	2,626.04	97,093.14
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	0.9	5.8
 	FIPS Code    	027	56
 	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	None	 

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts