Poverty Rate in Sweetwater County, WY
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
12.9%
Rank #1,485/3,222 · #20 in WY
54th
Sweetwater 12.9%
WY 10.5% +22.1%
US 12.6% +2.0%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Sweetwater County's poverty rate of 12.9% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 1.4% to 63.6%.
Distribution of Poverty Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Sweetwater County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,482 | Davidson County, NC | 12.8% |
| #1,483 | Carroll County, OH | 12.9% |
| #1,484 | Webster County, IA | 12.9% |
| #1,485 | Sweetwater County, WY | 12.9% |
| #1,486 | Blount County, AL | 12.9% |
| #1,487 | Steele County, ND | 12.9% |
| #1,488 | Livingston Parish, LA | 12.9% |
About Poverty Rate
Sweetwater County, Wyoming has a poverty rate of 12.9%, ranking #1,485 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 2.0% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Wyoming, it ranks #20 of 23. This places it in the 54th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the population living below the federal poverty line. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.