The State of Wyoming is a sparsely populated state in the western region of
the United States of America. The majority of the state is
dominated by the mountain ranges and rangelands of the Rocky Mountain West,
while the easternmost section of the state is a high altitude prairie region
known as the High Plains. While the ninth largest U.S. state by size, Wyoming is
the least populous, with a U.S. Census estimated population of 522,830 in 2007,
a 5.9% increase since 2000. The capital and the most populous city of Wyoming is
Cheyenne.
Wyoming is bordered on the north by Montana, on the east by South Dakota and
Nebraska, on the south by Colorado, on the southwest by Utah, and on the west by
Idaho. It is the tenth largest state in the United States in total area,
containing 97,818 square miles (253,348 km²) and is made up of 23 counties. From
the north border to the south border it is 276 miles (444 km); and from the east
to the west border is 375 miles (603 km).
The Great Plains meet the Rocky Mountains in Wyoming. The state is a great plateau
broken by a number of mountain ranges. Surface elevations range from the summit
of Gannett Peak in the Wind River Mountain Range, at 13,804 feet (4,207 m), to
the Belle Fourche River Valley in the state’s northeast corner, at 3,125 feet
(952 m). In the northwest are the Absaroka, Owl Creek, Gros Ventre, Wind River
and the Teton ranges. In the north central are the Big
Horn Mountains; in the northeast, the Black Hills; and in the southern region
the Laramie, Snowy and Sierra Madre ranges.
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