WY · 2026 Census Gazetteer

Wyoming counties by area

Official, comparable measurements for 23 counties and county equivalents.

Source fields preservedGEOID · ALAND · AWATER
County equivalents23
Combined land97,088.6 mi²
Combined water721.3 mi²
Largest by landSweetwater County

Understanding Wyoming’s county areas

The land-area range runs from Hot Springs County at 2,004.4 mi² to Sweetwater County at 10,427 mi². The largest has 5.2 times the land area of the smallest and accounts for 10.7% of the combined county land in Wyoming.

The median county-equivalent land area is 3,996.8 mi², above the national median of 604.5 mi². The median describes the middle of the county size distribution; it does not describe how people or development are distributed. A state with a few very large counties can have a much smaller median than its largest entry suggests.

Where water changes the picture

Teton County has the most assigned water area, at 220.4 mi². It also has the highest water share, with water making up 5.2% of its total area. Water area and water percentage answer different questions: the first measures an amount, while the second measures the mix of land and water.

Across all 23 entries, water accounts for 0.7% of the combined total area. This is calculated from the summed land and water measurements, rather than averaging county percentages, which would give each small and large county equal weight.

Compare the largest and smallest county equivalents in Wyoming to see land, water, and total area on the same scale.

These calculations use the 2026 Census county records listed below. County-equivalent boundaries vary between states; area alone does not measure population, density, or usable land. See coverage and calculation rules.

Complete area table

Sorted from largest to smallest land area.

#County / equivalentLandWaterWater share
1Sweetwater CountyGEOID 5603710,427 mi²64.2 mi²0.6%
2Fremont CountyGEOID 560139,183.6 mi²82.1 mi²0.9%
3Carbon CountyGEOID 560077,897.7 mi²66.2 mi²0.8%
4Park CountyGEOID 560296,939 mi²26.1 mi²0.4%
5Natrona CountyGEOID 560255,340.5 mi²35.1 mi²0.7%
6Sublette CountyGEOID 560354,886.5 mi²49.2 mi²1%
7Campbell CountyGEOID 560054,802.1 mi²4.3 mi²0.1%
8Albany CountyGEOID 560014,274.2 mi²34.6 mi²0.8%
9Converse CountyGEOID 560094,255 mi²10.1 mi²0.2%
10Johnson CountyGEOID 560194,154.2 mi²20.4 mi²0.5%
11Lincoln CountyGEOID 560234,075.3 mi²19.3 mi²0.5%
12Teton CountyGEOID 560393,996.8 mi²220.4 mi²5.2%
13Big Horn CountyGEOID 560033,137 mi²21.3 mi²0.7%
14Crook CountyGEOID 560112,854.5 mi²10.9 mi²0.4%
15Laramie CountyGEOID 560212,685.9 mi²1.7 mi²0.1%
16Niobrara CountyGEOID 560272,626 mi²1.9 mi²0.1%
17Sheridan CountyGEOID 560332,523.4 mi²3.1 mi²0.1%
18Weston CountyGEOID 560452,398 mi²2 mi²0.1%
19Washakie CountyGEOID 560432,238.7 mi²4 mi²0.2%
20Goshen CountyGEOID 560152,225.6 mi²6.6 mi²0.3%
21Uinta CountyGEOID 560412,081.7 mi²6.4 mi²0.3%
22Platte CountyGEOID 560312,081.5 mi²29.4 mi²1.4%
23Hot Springs CountyGEOID 560172,004.4 mi²2 mi²0.1%
How to read this table. Land and water areas are Census statistical measurements in square miles. Adding county rows can differ slightly from separately published state totals because of rounding and geographic treatment.