Johnson County, Wyoming

Johnson County is a located in the north central of the  of. As of the, the population is 7,025. Johnson County lies to the southeast of the Bighorn mountains along and. is the. is the only other incorporated town in the county. The flows northward through eastern Johnson County.

History
Johnson County was organized in. In April,, it was the scene of the , a range war between large cattle outfits and small stockgrowers (allegedly rustlers).

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 10,812 (4,175 ). 10,791 km² (4,166 sq mi) of it is land and 22 km² (8 sq mi) of it (0.20%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 7,075 people, 2,959 households, and 2,006 families residing in the county. The was 1/km² (2/sq mi). There were 3,503 housing units at an average density of 0/km² (1/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 97.03%, 0.08% or , 0.64% , 0.11% , 0.55% from , and 1.58% from two or more races. 2.09% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 2,959 households out of which 28.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.00% were living together, 7.10% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.20% were non-families. 28.50% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 2.89.

In the county the population was spread out with 24.20% under the age of 18, 5.60% from 18 to 24, 23.50% from 25 to 44, 28.70% from 45 to 64, and 18.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 96.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.30 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $34,012, and the median income for a family was $42,299. Males had a median income of $29,271 versus $20,469 for females. The for the county was $19,030. About 7.20% of families and 10.10% of the population were below the, including 9.10% of those under age 18 and 10.60% of those age 65 or over.