BIG HORN COUNTY                                   

Demographics

 

 

1990

        2002

        2007

Population

10,525

11,603

11,999

 

 

 

 

Age Distribution

 

 

 

< 18

3,177

3,236

3,126

18 – 34

1,907

1,895

1,830

35 – 54

2,559

3,214

3,516

55 – 74

2,003

2,249

2,391

75 +

879

1,009

1,136

Median Age

35.14

38.94

41.31

 

 

 

 

Households

3,905

4,382

4,581

 

 

 

 

Household Income Distribution

 

 

 

Under $15,000

1,362

1,075

925

$15,000 - $24,999

856

816

767

$25,000 - $34,999

730

753

749

$35,00 - $49,999

585

709

743

$50,000 - $74,999

247

541

684

$75,000 - $99,999

74

255

357

$100,000 - Above

37

233

356

 

Source: ACN (Applied Geographic Solutions, Inc)

 

 

Labor Force

 

Employment Distribution by Occupation

 

 

1990

 

 

2002

 

2007

Executive, administrative & managerial

317

397

420

Professional

611

775

827

Technicians & related support

103

131

137

Sales

280

353

373

Administrative support

491

621

661

Private household

12

15

16

Protective service

77

132

150

Service

572

793

865

Farming, forestry & fishing

549

202

203

Precision production

494

661

700

Machine operator

119

164

177

Transportation & material moving

411

518

555

Laborer

227

286

304

Total employment

4,263

5,048

5,388

 

Source: ACN (Applied Geographic Solutions, Inc)

 

 

 

 Employment Distribution by Industry

 

1990

        2002

        2007

Agriculture, forestry & fishing

586

411

348

Mining

276

1,013

1,290

Construction

337

411

434

Manufacturing

 

 

 

    Non-durables

165

165

163

    Durables

156

147

141

    Total manufacturing

321

312

304

Transportation

210

239

256

Communications & other public utilities

77

96

107

Wholesale trade

111

105

102

Retail trade

596

460

422

Finance, insurance & real estate

129

131

139

Service

 

 

 

    Business/repair

110

127

136

    Personal

101

117

124

    Entertainment/recreation

42

50

52

    Health

374

428

445

    Education

552

675

718

    Other

244

281

299

    Total service

1,423

1,678

1,774

Public administration

195

192

212

Total employment

4,261

5,048

5,388

 

Source: ACN (Applied Geographic Solutions, Inc)

 

 Unemployment (2002)

 

    Labor Force                Employed                Unemployed                Unemployment Rate

 

          5,883                           5,589                           294                                    5.0 %

   

      Source: Wyoming Labor Force Trends (Data as of May 2002), Department of Employment (August 2002). <http://LMI.state.wy.us/>

 

 Workforce Education Distribution

 

1990

2002

        2007

    Less than 12 years

 

 

 

        Under grade 9

612

440

384

        Grade 9 – 12, no diploma

911

821

787

        Subtotal less than 12 years

1,523

1,261

1,171

    12 to 15 year

 

 

 

         High school graduate

2,407

2,752

2,909

        Some college, no degree

1,423

1,783

1,952

        Associates degree

297

361

394

        Subtotal 12 to 15 years

4,127

4,896

5,255

   16 years or more

 

 

 

        Bachelors degree

741

1,020

1,152

        Graduate or professional degree

258

337

381

        Subtotal 16 or more years

999

1,357

1,533

    Population age 25+

6,650

7,514

7,959

 

Source: ACN (Applied Geographic Solutions, Inc)

 

 SALARIES

                                                                                                                                                      Median  

 

 

Unskilled (2001)

 

 

       Crater/Packer II    

 

$17,048

       Light Assembler II    

 

$18,064

       Material Handler II    

 

$19,543

       Packer/Packager, Hand    

 

$15,959

 

 

Semi-Skilled (2001)

 

 

       Crushing, Grinding, and Mixing Machine Operator    

 

$18,282

       Heavy Assembler II    

 

$20,507

       Machine Tool Cutting Operator/Tender    

 

$19,645

       Punch Press Operator    

 

$22,246

 

 

Skilled (2001)

 

 

       Assembly Supervisor    

 

$38,203

       Machinist II    

 

$28,630

       Tool and Die Maker II    

 

$31,888

       Welder II    

 

$26,680

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Technical (2001)

 

      

       Electric/Electronics Technician II    

 

$29,673

       Electrician I    

 

$24,165

       PC Maintenance Technician II    

 

$32,769

       Telecommunications Technician II    

 

$35,947

 

 

Information Technology (2001)

 

       Database Administrator    

$55,256

       Mainframe Programmer II    

$43,687

       Programmer I    

$34,051

       Webmaster    

$43,409

 

 

 

Source: ACN (Salary.com)

 

 

 

 

 

Workforce Training

 

  1. Wyoming Department of Employment offers employers up to $2,000 per employee for training.  (http://wydoe.state.wy.us/doe.asp?ID=34)

 

  1. Quick Start

 

 

Wyoming is the first state approved to license Georgia’s Quick Start program.  The Wyoming Business Council and the Wyoming Community Colleges are partnering to provide training in:

 

-          Customer Service

-          Manufacturing

-          Warehousing and Distribution

(http://www.wyomingbusiness.org)

 

 

Incentives

 

  1. No corporate state income tax.

 

  1. No personal state income tax.   

 

  1. Community Development Block Grants administered by Wyoming Business Council. (www.wyomingbusiness.org)

-          Provides grants to local governments for community and economic development projects.

-          Provides convertible loans to grants based on job creation.

 

  1. Partnership Challenge Loan Program administered by Wyoming Business Council.

-          Provides low interest loans to community development organizations.

-          Provides gap financing for projects with the Wyoming Business Council participating with a commercial lender.

 

  1. Industrial Development Revenue Bonds. Cities and counties may issue tax-exempt bonds to provide financing for manufacturing and energy general business.

 

 

Taxes

 

  1. No corporate state income tax.

 

  1. No personal state income tax.

 

  1. No inventory tax.

 

  1. Big Horn County has a 5% sales and use tax (statewide base of 4% plus 1% optional county tax).

Source:  Wyoming Department of Revenue, Excise Division (January 2002)

 

  1. Unemployment Insurance – taxable base rate of $14,700. Tax rates by industry grouping – WY Dept. of Employment. (http://wydoe.state.wy.us/doe.asp?ID=575)

 

  1. Workers’ Compensation – rates vary by occupation and can be found at http://wydoe.state.wy.us.

 

  1. Property taxes. Average tax rate in Big Horn County is 7.6090%.

Source:  Wyoming Department of Revenue, Ad Valorem Division (September 2001)

 

Tax computation:

Fair Market Value of Property * Level of Assessment (9.5% for Residential and commercial Property) * Tax Rate

 

Example:  Tax on a commercial building valued at $1,000,000 is as follows: $1,000,000 x .095 = $95,000 x .076090 = $7,229.

 

State assesses agricultural lands at 9.5% of agricultural value, residential and commercial at 9.5% and Industrial at 11.5% of fair market value.

 

 

Higher Education

 

Northwest College:  Campus in Powell & Cody

University of Wyoming Outreach Program

 

Telecommunications   

 

Available Services:

 

 

 

Allwest

P.O. Box 588

Kamas, UT  84036

Phone:  (435) 783-4361

Fax:  (435) 783-4928

Website: www.allwest.net

 

Services offered:  Web Hosting

 

 

 

TRI Country Telephone

P.O. Box 310

Basin, WY  82410

Phone:  (307) 568-2427

Fax:  (307) 568-2506

Website: www.tctwest.net

 

Services offered:  DSL, ISDN-BRI, T-1, Web Hosting

 

 

 

Visionary

P.O. Box 2799

Gillette, WY  82717

Phone:  (888) 682-1884

Fax:  (307) 682-2519

Website: www.vcn.com

 

Services offered:  Web Hosting.

 

 

Source:  Wyoming Interactive Business Center, Wyoming Business Council

 

Power Cost       

 

 

 Weighted Average Cost per kWh of Power

2001

    Cents per kWh of industrial power

3.24

    Cents per kWh of commercial power

5.19

    Cents per kWh of residential power

6.51

 

 

Industrial

Commercial

Residential

Basin Town of (2000)

15.26

5.92

5.37

 

 

 

 

Big Horn Rural Electric Company (2000)

4.08

6.06

7.78

 

 

 

 

Deaver City of (2000)

N/A

N/A

6.85

 

 

 

 

Garland Light & Power Company (2000)

N/A

9.44

7.25

 

 

 

 

High Plains Power, Inc. (2001)

3.54

6.19

7.21

 

 

 

 

Hot Springs Rural Electric Association, Inc. (1997)

4.00

5.99

7.33

 

 

 

 

PacifiCorp (2001)

3.24

5.14

6.44

 

Source: ACN (U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration)

 

 

 

Transportation

 

1.       Airport:  Worland Municipal

   Yellowstone Regional (Cody)  ???

 

  1. Commercial Service:  Great Lakes (United Express)

Daily flights to:  Denver, Riverton

 

3.       Interstate:  None

Distance from county centroid to nearest Interstate highway = 46.59 miles (I-90)

 

  1. Railroad:  Burlington Northern Santa Fe