Analysis: Four Wyoming takeaways from new census numbers
Peter Veinbergs tosses his daughter Emerson, 9 months, into their air while waiting for Jalan Crossland to take the stage on Friday, July 12, 2019, at David Street Station. Peter and his wife Alicia came from Sheridan to see Crossland, who they try and see as often as possible. (Dan Cepeda, Oil City File)
As the Mountain West experienced a population boom over the last decade, Wyoming’s growth lagged, according to U.S. Census numbers released this week, with the Equality State among the slowest-growing states in the country.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Wyoming’s population experienced the nation’s seventh-slowest rate of growth over the past decade, adding 13,225 people for a population of 576,851 as of April 1, 2020. That came in the second-slowest growth period in U.S. history.
As the Mountain West experienced a population boom over the last decade, Wyoming’s growth lagged, according to U.S. Census numbers released this week, with the Equality State among the slowest-growing states in the country.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Wyoming’s population experienced the nation’s seventh-slowest rate of growth over the past decade, adding 13,225 people for a population of 576,851 as of April 1, 2020. That came in the second-slowest growth period in U.S. history.
Wyoming’s growth of about 2.3% fell short of the national population growth rate of 7.4%. It also fell short of the population of 578,759 estimated in the 2019 American Communities Survey. For comparison, Wyoming’s population grew by more than 10% in the previous decade.
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By Brendan LaChance on April 7, 2021
Wyomings Governor Mark Gordon address the 66th Wyoming Legislature via video message on Jan. 12, 2021 (YouTube, Wyoming PBS)
CASPER, Wyo. Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon signed Senate File 34 into law, a bill with the catch-title “Born alive infant-means of care.”
The bill will update Wyoming’s abortion law effective July 1.
The previous law and the new law can be compared as follows
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Statute before the changes: “The commonly accepted means of care shall be employed in the treatment of any viable infant aborted alive with any chance of survival.”
New law: “The commonly accepted means of care that would be rendered to any other infant born alive shall be employed in the treatment of any viable infant aborted alive. Any physician performing an abortion shall take medically appropriate and reasonable steps to preserve the life and health of an infant born alive.”
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