39,288 people (2024 Census estimate, +5.9% since 2020)
4,274 square miles of land · 9 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
10 active community water systems list Albany County in the area they serve, reporting 34,851 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| LARAMIE, CITY OF surface water · local government · WY5600029 | 32,395 served |
| SOUTH LARAMIE W&S DISTRICT buys surface water · local government · WY5601393 | 490 served |
| SUNNY MEADOWS VILLAGE buys surface water · private · WY5601289 | 485 served |
| CV LARAMIE MHP, LLC groundwater · private · WY5600162 | 375 served |
| BREAZEALE'S MOBILE HOME PARK buys surface water · private · WY5601279 | 345 served |
| ROCK RIVER, TOWN OF surface water · local government · WY5600048 | 211 served |
| NINE-MILE WATER & SEWER DISTRICT buys surface water · private · WY5601533 | 200 served |
| CENTENNIAL WATER AND SEWER DISTRICT groundwater · local government · WY5601232 | 150 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 43 people were held in Albany County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2019), or 156 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2014 it was about 43.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
1 school district has its office in Albany County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $76.5 million — $71.7 million to run schools, about $18,376 per student, plus $3.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $26.1 million local (mostly property tax), $45.7 million state, $9.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $14 million.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Albany County about $18.1 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively High; social vulnerability: Relatively Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
125 bridges in Albany County: 43 in good condition, 78 fair, and 4 poor (3.2%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| I-80 WBL over CR 57 (Dutton Creek Rd) · built 1969 | 6,587 vehicles a day |
| US 30 over Floodwater Creek · built 1946 | 1,530 vehicles a day |
| WYO 13 over UPRR · built 1983 | 251 vehicles a day |
| WYO 12 over Browns Creek · built 1953 | 169 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $72.7 million of work in Albany County in fiscal 2025, about $1,961 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for Wyoming are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Albany County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Albany County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Platte County (51 mi) · Laramie County (60 mi) · Carbon County (62 mi) · Larimer County, CO (71 mi) · Jackson County, CO (76 mi) · Goshen County (76 mi).