Evanston (Wyoming)

Uinta County

56-25620

Evanston is a city and county seat in the Uinta County in the U.S. state of Wyoming. In the United States Census 2000, the city had 11,507 inhabitants. In Evanston, the spokeswoman for the former U.S. president Bush, Dana Perino is born. The Viererbobteam of Jamaica has here usually his training camp.

After the Rock Springs Massacre on September 2, 1885 Chinese miners sought refuge here. In the town is the only remaining roundhouse of the first transcontinental railroad in North America, the Union Pacific Railroad.

Geography

Evanston is located near the Interstate 80 at 41 ° 16 ' N, 110 ° 58' W41.263333333333 - 110.96472222222. The height of the resort is 2057 m above sea level.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Evanston has a floor area of 26.7 km ², of which 26.5 km ² of land and 0.1 km ² omitted ( = 0.39 %) to water.

Demography

At the time of the census of 2000, there were 11,507 people Evanston. The population density was 433.9 people per km ². There were 4665 housing units at an average 175.9 per km ². The population consisted of 92.29 % White, 0.16 % African American, 1.06 % Native American, 0.40 % Asian, 0.08 % Pacific Islander, 4.15 % reported from other races and 1.87 % from two or more races. 7.29 % of the population to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The inhabitants of the city were distributed among 4058 households out of which 44.8 % were living in children under 18 years. 56.3 % married couples living together, 11.7 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.6 % were non-families. 23.4% of households were made ​​up of individuals and someone lived in 6.0 % of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.77 and the average family size was 3.30 persons.

The city population was spread out with 33.4 % under the, 9.4 % 18 -24- year-old, 30.1 % 25 -44- year-old, 20.0 % 45-64 year olds and 7.2 % under the age of 65 years or more. The average age was 31 years. For every 100 females there were 101.2 males. In the over -18s accounted for 100 women, 97.4 men.

The median household income was 42 019 U.S. dollars, and the median family income reached the level of 47 220 U.S. dollars. The average income of men was 35,843 U.S. dollars, compared to 21,710 U.S. dollars for women. The per capita income in Wilkes-Barre was 16,725 U.S. dollars. 11.7 % of the population and 9.1 % of all families had affected an income below the poverty line, including 14.5 % of minors and 5.4 % of those age 65 or over.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Dana Perino, White House spokeswoman under the administration of President George W. Bush