Goshen County, Wyoming

A county in Wyoming, ranked 14 of 23 by population.

CountyFIPS 56015

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

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Population
12,640
+120 (+1.0%) since 2020
Land area
2,226
square miles. A further 0.3% of the total area is water
Population density
5.7
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Torrington
Seat of county government.
Established
1911
114 years ago
Largest city
Torrington city
Population 6,205.

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; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Goshen 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 Goshen County, Wyoming from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
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Where Goshen 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.

MeasureValueIn WyomingNationally
Population12,64014th of 232,243rd of 3,144
Land area2,226 sq mi20th of 23252nd of 3,144
Population density5.7 per sq mi8th of 232,739th of 3,144
Median household income$58,92923rd of 232,176th of 3,143

Full data for Goshen County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population12,640Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202012,520Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?12,508Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area2,226 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area6.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area2,232 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?5.7 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$58,929American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$239,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households5,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units5,856American 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
-63
117 births, 180 deaths
Net migration
+65
More people moved in than moved out.

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

The 6 areas bordering Goshen 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 areaStateShared borderPopulation
Platte CountyWyoming66 mi8,634
Sioux CountyNebraska42 mi1,188
Laramie CountyWyoming37 mi102,938
Niobrara CountyWyoming31 mi2,341
Scotts Bluff CountyNebraska21 mi35,586
Banner CountyNebraska9.2 mi686

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.