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This research was funded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.  We thank them for their support but acknowledge that the findings and conclusions presented in the report are those of the author(s) alone, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Foundation.

In the 2012 Wyoming Kids Count Data Report, the fifteen most populous Wyoming counties are ranked using 12 key child well-being indicators. The remaining eight counties each with less than 2 percent of the state's 132,000 children appear in the report but are excluded from the overall ranking.  The non-ranked counties are Niobrara (.4%), Hot Springs (.7%), Crook (1.2%), Weston (1.2%), Platte (1.3%), Johnson (1.4%), Washakie (1.6%), and Sublette (1.7%). 

The fifteen counties are ranked based on an average of the rankings of twelve equally weighted indicators in this report.  A data profile comparing each county to the state across the twelve indicators is provided online for each of the 23 counties (see below).

Congratulations to the people of Albany, the county ranked first in Wyoming for child well-being based on twelve key indicators.

Fremont county is ranked last among Wyoming’s fifteen most populous counties making it the community most obviously in need of further investments in kids.  

To learn more about these and other Wyoming counties you can read the narrative report, and view the profile pages linked below.  This year's report also features guest essays from five of our partners linked below.  Watch the 3-minute video below to hear UW colleges students reflecting on the communities where they grew up in Wyoming.