The unfortunate fact of the matter is that some places in the Equality State have a larger percent of their population that never graduated from high school.
While the emphasis on going to college might be overblown, the fact is that not graduating from high school puts you at a significant disadvantage on average. Educational attainment might not be the best way to measure one person’s intelligence, but it does shine a light on the state.
We will use Saturday Night Science to determine what places in Wyoming have the highest percentage of adults without a high school degree.
A recent study we published found that Wyoming is the 14th smartest state in the United States, with an average IQ of 102.
But that doesn’t mean that a few cities in Wyoming are a bit slower than others due to a lack of basic education.
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Wheatland is a town in and the county seat of Platte County in southeastern Wyoming, United States. The population was 3,627 at the 2010 census.
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Carbon County, Wyoming
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Washakie County, Wyoming
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Goshen County, Wyoming
Torrington is a city in, and the county seat of, Goshen County, Wyoming United States. The population was 6,501 at the 2010 census.
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Newcastle is a city in and the county seat of Weston County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 3,532 at the 2010 census.
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Sweetwater County, Wyoming
Rock Springs is a city in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 23,036 at the 2010 census, making it the 5th most populated city in the state of Wyoming. Rock Springs is the principal city of the Rock Springs micropolitan statistical area, which has a population of 37,975. Rock Springs is known as the Home of 56 Nationalities because of the influx of immigrants from all over the world who came to work in the coal mines that supplied the fuel to power the steam engines of the Union Pacific Railroad. The city’s rich cultural heritage is celebrated each summer on International Day, a festival where the foods, costumes, and traditions of residents’ ancestors are recreated and enjoyed at Bunning Park in downtown Rock Springs.
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Methodology: How we determined the dumbest cities in the Equality State
We realize that formal education is only part of it when it comes to being intelligent, but on the other hand, knowing the difference between they’re, their, and there is always going to make you look pretty stupid.
So, we used Saturday Night Science to narrow down our criteria to focus on a city’s educational opportunities and what percentage of the population takes advantage of those opportunities.
In short, we came up with these criteria to determine the dumbest cities in Wyoming:
- % of the city’s population with less than a high school education (Age 25+)
- % of city’s population with a college degree (Age 25+)
We got the data from the U.S. Census 2020-2024 American Community Survey.
Then, our algorithm generates a rank for each place in these categories. After crunching all the numbers, a ranking of the cities in Wyoming from dumbest to brightest.
For this ranking, we used every Wyoming city with at least 2,000 residents. We updated this article for 2026, and it’s our eleventh time ranking the dumbest cities in Wyoming.
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Dumbest Cities In Wyoming For 2026
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| Rank | City | Population | % Adult High School Dropout | % Highly Educated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Evansville | 2,779 | 12.0% | 14.0% |
| 2 | Mills | 4,390 | 12.0% | 16.0% |
| 3 | Wheatland | 3,550 | 11.0% | 18.0% |
| 4 | Greybull | 2,091 | 12.0% | 20.0% |
| 5 | Rawlins | 8,129 | 10.0% | 19.0% |
| 6 | Worland | 4,794 | 11.0% | 22.0% |
| 7 | Torrington | 6,182 | 7.0% | 19.0% |
| 8 | Lovell | 2,422 | 7.0% | 20.0% |
| 9 | Newcastle | 3,348 | 8.0% | 21.0% |
| 10 | Rock Springs | 23,127 | 9.0% | 22.0% |
| 11 | Bar Nunn | 3,008 | 7.0% | 19.0% |
| 12 | Gillette | 33,431 | 8.0% | 24.0% |
| 13 | Douglas | 6,420 | 7.0% | 22.0% |
| 14 | Kemmerer | 2,972 | 8.0% | 27.0% |
| 15 | Evanston | 11,800 | 7.0% | 22.0% |
| 16 | Riverton | 10,856 | 7.0% | 24.0% |
| 17 | Glenrock | 2,941 | 4.0% | 21.0% |
| 18 | Green River | 11,581 | 5.0% | 23.0% |
| 19 | Sheridan | 19,285 | 5.0% | 29.0% |
| 20 | Casper | 58,839 | 5.0% | 31.0% |
| 21 | Powell | 6,503 | 6.0% | 36.0% |
| 22 | Afton | 2,908 | 6.0% | 37.0% |
| 23 | Thermopolis | 2,709 | 4.0% | 30.0% |
| 24 | Buffalo | 4,572 | 4.0% | 30.0% |
| 25 | Cheyenne | 65,239 | 4.0% | 34.0% |
| 26 | Jackson | 10,756 | 4.0% | 53.0% |
| 27 | Star Valley Ranch | 2,007 | 3.0% | 36.0% |
| 28 | Pinedale | 2,048 | 4.0% | 39.0% |
| 29 | Cody | 10,276 | 3.0% | 41.0% |
| 30 | Laramie | 32,234 | 4.0% | 56.0% |
| 31 | Lander | 7,432 | 2.0% | 43.0% |
Source: U.S. Census ACS 2020-2024. 31 cities with more than 2,000 residents.
Summary
There You Have It – Now That You’re Asleep
If you’re measuring the locations in Wyoming where there are a high number of dropouts and adults who never received a formal education, this is an accurate ranking.
The dumbest cities in Wyoming are Evansville, Mills, Wheatland, Greybull, Rawlins, Worland, Torrington, Lovell, Newcastle, and Rock Springs. Not sold on Wyoming? Take the two-minute Find Your Place quiz and see which state actually fits you.
