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EQUALITY STATE AREA: 253,326 sq km (97,809 sq mi). POPULATION: 476,000. CAPITAL: Cheyenne, pop. 51,900. ECONOMY: Industry: mining, chemical products, lumber and wood products, printing and publishing, machinery, tourism. Agriculture: cattle, sugar beets, sheep, hay, wheat. PCI: $20,440. ADMISSION: 1890 as 44th state.
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Ninth largest state in area, Wyoming ranks 50th in population. Oil, natural gas, coal, and uranium are plentiful, but fickle markets cause drastic swings in demand. In 1869 this frontier territory
pioneered women’s suffrage in the U.S. In 1924
Wyoming became the first state to elect a woman governor. Yellowstone, the first national park in the U.S., was established in 1872. Today neighboring Grand Teton National Park’s alpine peaks attract
almost as many visitors as Yellowstone’s geysers, hot springs, and mud pots. Increased logging, mining, and commercial development threaten the Yellowstone ecosystem, home to about 200 grizzlies.
Text source: National Geographic Atlas of the World Revised Sixth Edition, 1995
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