Laramie County comprises the Cheyenne, WY Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The city of Laramie, Wyoming, is in neighboring Albany County.

[3] The county was named for Jacques La Ramee, a French-Canadian fur-trader.

The county's early economy was based on agriculture and livestock raising.

The present-day Wyoming Stock Growers Association[5] dates from that era.

[6] The Laramie County Library System is one of the oldest continually operating county library systems in the United States,[7] the first branch established in Cheyenne in 1886.

[9] As of the 2000 United States Census, Laramie County had 81,607 people, 31,927 households, and 21,614 families.

As of the 2000 census, Laramie County had 31,927 households, of which 33.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.90% were married couples living together, 9.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.30% were non-families.

27.20% of all households were made up of a single individual and 8.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 91,738 people, 37,576 households, and 24,340 families in the county.

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