Natrona County, Wyoming

Natrona County is a located in the  of. As of the, the population was 66,533. Its is. It is included in the  which encompasses all of Natrona County. The of Wyoming is located in Natrona County, in the town of.

History
Natrona County was initially organized in the year. the first settlement occurred in the Casper area in the late 1800s.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 13,923 (5,376 ). 13,830 km² (5,340 sq mi) of it is land and 93 km² (36 sq mi) of it (0.67%) is water.

Adjacent counties

 * (north)
 * (east)
 * (south)
 * (west)
 * (northwest)

Government
Natrona County is governed by the City Council and the Natrona County Commission. Current commissioners are:


 * Jon Campbell (Chairman) -
 * Rob Hendry (Vice-Chairman) -
 * Matt Keating -
 * Barb Peryam -
 * Terry Wingerter -

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 66,533 persons, 26,819 households, and 17,754 families residing in the county. The was 5/km² (12/sq mi). There were 29,882 housing units at an average density of 2/km² (6/sq mi). The makeup of the county was 94.15%, 0.76%  or , 1.03% , 0.42% , 0.04% , 1.92% from , and 1.68% from two or more races. 4.90% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 26,819 households out of which 32.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.40% were living together, 10.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.80% were non-families. 27.50% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 2.95.

In the county the population was distributed as follows: 26.00% under the age of 18, 10.10% from 18 to 24, 27.90% from 25 to 44, 23.30% from 45 to 64, and 12.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 97.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.00 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $36,619, and the median income for a family was $45,575. Males had a median income of $33,524 versus $21,374 for females. The for the county was $18,913. About 8.70% of families and 11.80% of the population were below the, including 16.20% of those under age 18 and 7.20% of those age 65 or over.