State food-access profile · 23 counties
Food access in Wyoming
How far Wyoming residents live from a supermarket, where the food deserts are, and the SNAP, poverty, and vehicle-access context, from the USDA Food Access Research Atlas (2019) and the Census ACS (2024).
- 29.7%
- low-access pop.
- 12
- food-desert tracts
- 5.2%
- on SNAP
- 23
- counties
The statewide picture
About 167K Wyoming residents - 29.7% - live in a low-access area, and 12 census tracts across the state are USDA-designated food deserts.
- 167K
- low-access residents
- 45K
- food-desert residents
- 4.1%
- households, no vehicle
- 10.6%
- below poverty line
Shares are population-weighted across the state's tracts, not an average of county percentages. Low access = >1 mile (urban) / >10 miles (rural) from a supermarket.
Where Wyoming stands nationally
Every state colored by its population-weighted low-access share, Wyoming is ringed. Click any state to compare.
USDA Economic Research Service, Food Access Research Atlas (2019), population-weighted · Census ACS 2024 context
The USDA Food Access Research Atlas evaluates every census tract in Wyoming against the same rule used nationwide: a tract is low-access when many residents live more than one mile from a supermarket in urban areas, or more than ten miles in rural areas. Across 23 counties and 582K residents, Wyoming's population-weighted low-access share is 29.7%.
A tract becomes a food desert only when its low-access residents are also low-income. That applies to 12 tracts in Wyoming, home to roughly 45K low-income, low-access residents. SNAP participation across the state averages 5.2% of households, and 4.1% of households have no vehicle, the transport gap that turns distance into a real barrier. The county table below is sorted with the highest low-access share first, so the top rows are where distance, income, and vehicle gaps most consistently overlap.
Highest low-access counties in Wyoming
Share of the population living in low-access areas, by county
- Carbon
Carbon County, WY
57.8 % low-access
- Laramie
Laramie County, WY
42.5 % low-access
- Johnson
Johnson County, WY
39.5 % low-access
- Park
Park County, WY
39 % low-access
- Sheridan
Sheridan County, WY
38.5 % low-access
- Campbell
Campbell County, WY
36.7 % low-access
- Natrona
Natrona County, WY
34 % low-access
- Weston
Weston County, WY
30.7 % low-access
All counties in Wyoming
| County | Low-access | SNAP |
|---|---|---|
| Carbon County | 57.8% | 4.6% |
| Laramie County | 42.5% | 5.4% |
| Johnson County | 39.5% | 1.5% |
| Park County | 39.0% | 3.6% |
| Sheridan County | 38.5% | 3.7% |
| Campbell County | 36.7% | 3.4% |
| Natrona County | 34.0% | 6.5% |
| Weston County | 30.7% | 2.7% |
| Albany County | 28.8% | 4.1% |
| Crook County | 27.0% | 0.6% |
| Niobrara County | 21.9% | 4.5% |
| Sweetwater County | 21.5% | 7.4% |
| Goshen County | 20.0% | 7.4% |
| Sublette County | 19.8% | 2.5% |
| Big Horn County | 18.7% | 5.3% |
| Fremont County | 18.2% | 8.1% |
| Lincoln County | 17.8% | 4.4% |
| Teton County | 17.4% | 1.3% |
| Platte County | 15.0% | 4.9% |
| Washakie County | 12.4% | 7.6% |
| Converse County | 12.2% | 6.7% |
| Hot Springs County | 8.6% | 7.9% |
| Uinta County | 3.4% | 6.8% |
Source: USDA ERS Food Access Research Atlas (2019) + U.S. Census Bureau ACS (2024 5-year). Sorted by low-access share, highest first. USDA ERS Food Access Research Atlas (2019) + U.S. Census Bureau ACS (2024 5-year). Sorted by low-access share, highest first.
What this means for the state
- 29.7% of Wyoming residents, about 167K people, live in a low-access area.
- 12 census tracts are USDA food deserts, home to roughly 45K low-income, low-access residents.
- 5.2% of households receive SNAP, and 4.1% have no vehicle.
- Carbon County has the state's highest low-access share at 57.8%.
USDA low-access figures reflect the 2019 Atlas (2010 tract populations); SNAP, poverty, and vehicle context is the Census ACS 2024 5-year estimates.
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According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service Food Access Research Atlas (2019 edition), 9,228 of roughly 71,700 U.S. census tracts meet the low-income, low-access food-desert threshold. The state and county figures on this page are aggregated from that tract-level data and joined to the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates, released in December 2025. See our methodology for how the population-weighted shares are computed.
Data current as of (most recent source-data vintage).