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The graph shows resident population for decadal census counts and mid-decade
estimates since 1940 plus Census Bureau projections to 2025. The year 2000
population value is the estimate made in the mid-1990s. We use it here
rather than the new census count because it was the basis for the future
projections. We'll update the graphs when new projections are made based on
the 2000 count. The 2000 actual count for Wyoming is 493,782, a 8.9%
increase over 1990, making Wyoming the West's slowest growing state, well
below the national growth rate of 13.2%. Wyoming showed a strong signal of
the energy boom and bust in the 1970s and 80s, and its economy remains less
diversified and more dependent on commodities than the other Western states.
Wyoming may be the only Western state to show slower growth when the 2000
census is factored into future projections.
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