Farm Census

Fremont County, Wyoming

Farms, crops and livestock in the 2022 Census of Agriculture

987 farms1,203,097 acres in farms$98.9 million in farm sales

No other county in Wyoming with a published figure has more farms or horses and ponies than Fremont County.

Its largest product group with a published figure, cattle and calves, makes up 61.9% of farm sales, against 67.4% across Wyoming.

Cattle and calves: 61.9%Cattle and calves61.9%Hay and other crops: 20.8%Hay and other crops20.8%Withheld groups: 5.3%5.3%Grains and oilseeds: 5.2%5.2%Milk: 2.5%Milk2.5%Sheep and goats: 2.3%2.3%Other animals: 1.2%1.2%Vegetables and melons: 0.6%0.6%Poultry and eggs: 0.1%Cattle and calves: 61.9%Cattle and calves61.9%Hay and other crops: 20.8%Hay and other crops20.8%Withheld groups: 5.3%5.3%Grains and oilseeds: 5.2%5.2%Milk: 2.5%2.5%Sheep and goats: 2.3%2.3%Other animals: 1.2%1.2%Vegetables and melons: 0.6%Poultry and eggs: 0.1%
Farm sales by product group, 2022, sized by value. Withheld to protect individual farms: fruit and nuts, nursery and greenhouse crops, hogs and pigs, horses and mules and aquaculture products.
Sales by product group
Product groupSalesRank in state
Cattle and calves$61.2 million5th of 19
Hay and other crops$20.6 million4th of 18
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans and dry peas$5.2 million7th of 11
Milk from cows$2.5 million1st of 2
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair and goat milk$2.3 million7th of 19
Other animals and animal products$1.2 million4th of 16
Vegetables, melons and potatoes$558,0001st of 9
Poultry and eggs$114,0004th of 23

What the fields held

Fremont County harvested 82,405 acres of cropland in 2022, seventh of 23 counties in Wyoming. Hay and haylage covered acreage equal to 89% of that.

CropAcresShare of US
Hay and haylage73,4100.14%
Barley2,5910.11%
Corn for grain2,149under 0.1%
Corn for silage1,987under 0.1%
Sugar beets1,1600.10%
Dry edible beans470under 0.1%
Oats313under 0.1%
Orchard land21under 0.1%
of which apples20under 0.1%

Withheld to protect individual farms: potatoes, vegetables, grapes and berries.

How much of the county is farmland

Share of the county land in farms20.5%

Fremont County ranks 19th of 23 counties in Wyoming on this measure.

  • 109,749 acres of cropland, 9% of farmland
  • 1,075,354 acres of pastureland, 89% of farmland
  • 10,556 acres of woodland, 1% of farmland
  • 101,050 acres irrigated

Farm sizes

Farms in Fremont County run larger than the national pattern: the median farm has 88 acres against 72 for the US. The average, pulled up by the largest operations, is 1,219 acres, 19th-largest of 23 in Wyoming. The most common size class is 10–49 acres, with 31.6% of farms. Farms of 1,000 acres or more are 14.8% of the total.

1–99%10–4932%50–17923%180–49914%500–9998%1,000–1,9995%2,000+10%
Fremont County US · farms by size

Barns, pens and pastures

AnimalsHeadShare of US
Sheep and lambs15,7390.31%
Horses and ponies5,4140.22%
Beef cows54,0220.18%
Cattle and calves85,7840.10%
Goats915under 0.1%
Milk cows451under 0.1%
Laying hens2,899under 0.1%
Turkeys93under 0.1%
Hogs and pigs30under 0.1%
Broilers sold in 20221,442under 0.1%

Who farms here

Decisions on Fremont County's 987 farms are made by 1,839 producers. Their average age is 59.8, 1.3 years above the Wyoming average. Women are 43.4% of them.

Under 358%35–4412%45–5412%55–6421%65–7432%75+15%
Fremont County US · producers by age

Five years earlier

Measure2017Change to 2022
Farms1,152−14.3%
Land in farms, acres1,165,154+3.3%
Average farm size, acres1,011+20.6%
Farm products sold (current dollars)$82.4 million+20.0%
Sheep and lambs, head16,589−5.1%
Horses and ponies, head7,269−25.5%
Beef cows, head55,924−3.4%
Hay and haylage, acres93,176−21.2%

Nearest rivals

Counties with a similar sales mix

Fremont County accounts for 6.2% of farm sales in Wyoming and 9.4% of the farms in Wyoming. Rank Wyoming counties for sheep and lambs.

Source: USDA NASS Census of Agriculture. How to read these pages.