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Johnson County, Wyoming

A county in Wyoming, ranked 17 of 23 by population.

CountyFIPS 56019

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

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Population
8,908
+439 (+5.2%) since 2020
Land area
4,154
square miles. A further 0.5% of the total area is water
Population density
2.1
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Buffalo
Seat of county government.
Established
1875
150 years ago
Largest city
Buffalo city
Population 4,733.

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 Johnson 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 Johnson County, Wyoming from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 739 by 800 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Johnson 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
Population8,90817th of 232,497th of 3,144
Land area4,154 sq mi10th of 23116th of 3,144
Population density2.1 per sq mi20th of 232,971st of 3,144
Median household income$64,87118th of 231,646th of 3,143

Full data for Johnson County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population8,908Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20208,469Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?8,452Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area4,154 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area20.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area4,175 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?2.1 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$64,871American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$326,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age47.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households3,932American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units4,659American 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
-20
90 births, 110 deaths
Net migration
+99
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 Johnson 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
Campbell CountyWyoming75 mi48,145
Sheridan CountyWyoming68 mi33,241
Natrona CountyWyoming52 mi80,526
Washakie CountyWyoming48 mi7,597
Big Horn CountyWyoming43 mi12,024
Converse CountyWyoming3.1 mi13,824

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.