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Who heats with electricity where it is cold in Wyoming?

55,528homes in Wyoming heat mainly with electricity in counties that are cold in a normal year

All 23 Wyoming counties average at least 4,000 heating degree days in a normal year, and 23% of the 238,176 occupied homes heat mainly with electricity. Rank 34 of 35 by count, 19 by share. Laramie County holds the most: 9,002 electric-heated homes at 7,178 heating degree days.

Where Wyoming sits among the states

Share of homes that heat with electricity in cold counties, by state, one tile per stateAlaska: no data in this seriesAKMaine: 10.1% of homesMEVermont: 8.1% of homesVTNew Hampshire: 10.7% of homesNHWashington: 57.7% of homesWAIdaho: 35.0% of homesIDMontana: 26.6% of homesMTNorth Dakota: 39.9% of homesNDMinnesota: 18.8% of homesMNIllinois: 18.2% of homesILWisconsin: 17.3% of homesWIMichigan: 11.6% of homesMINew York: 14.4% of homesNYRhode Island: 12.1% of homesRIMassachusetts: 17.9% of homesMAOregon: 53.1% of homesORNevada: 8.7% of homesNVWyoming: 23.3% of homesWYSouth Dakota: 32.6% of homesSDIowa: 24.3% of homesIAIndiana: 30.7% of homesINOhio: 25.6% of homesOHPennsylvania: 24.8% of homesPANew Jersey: 15.6% of homesNJConnecticut: no data in this seriesCTCalifornia: 2.0% of homesCAUtah: 16.4% of homesUTColorado: 25.2% of homesCONebraska: 31.2% of homesNEMissouri: 37.0% of homesMOKentucky: 49.5% of homesKYWest Virginia: 45.5% of homesWVVirginia: 32.2% of homesVAMaryland: 42.6% of homesMDDelaware: 37.0% of homesDEArizona: 0.9% of homesAZNew Mexico: 13.1% of homesNMKansas: 26.5% of homesKSArkansas: 1.9% of homesARTennessee: 9.9% of homesTNNorth Carolina: 5.6% of homesNCSouth Carolina: 0.0% of homesSCDistrict of Columbia: no data in this seriesDCOklahoma: 0.5% of homesOKLouisiana: 0.0% of homesLAMississippi: 0.0% of homesMSAlabama: 0.0% of homesALGeorgia: 0.4% of homesGAHawaii: no data in this seriesHITexas: 0.1% of homesTXFlorida: 0.0% of homesFL

Darker is a larger share. Wyoming is outlined.

Wyoming: cold counties and electric heat

Wyoming cold counties, electric heating
Laramie County42,50321.29,0027,178-3%16.2
Natrona County33,28520.76,8827,938-1%12.4
Teton County9,38364.96,08810,766-2%11.0
Campbell County17,87927.44,9037,729-2%8.8
Albany County16,60928.74,7688,716-3%8.6
Lincoln County7,87244.73,5169,634-3%6.3
Sheridan County13,51523.33,1468,218-2%5.7
Fremont County14,81019.22,8458,801-1%5.1
Sweetwater County16,86315.72,6418,461-1%4.8
Park County13,17917.02,2419,475-3%4.0
Uinta County7,47917.41,3059,004-2%2.4
Carbon County5,88519.91,1748,541-2%2.1
Converse County5,70718.81,0717,701-2%1.9
Crook County2,89134.91,0097,884-1%1.8
Goshen County5,05319.39766,858-3%1.8
Big Horn County4,35715.96918,213-3%1.2
Weston County2,75424.96877,776-2%1.2
Johnson County3,91917.36797,986-2%1.2
Sublette County3,71915.658110,543-2%1.0
Platte County3,87713.75316,966-3%1.0

Largest 20 of 23 cold counties, ranked by electric-heated homes. The 3 smaller cold counties are in the CSV. All counties, CSV.

Where the electric-heated homes are

The 3 largest counties, Laramie County, Natrona County, Teton County, hold 40% of the 55,528 electric-heated homes in Wyoming cold counties. The highest electric-heat share among cold counties with 5,000+ homes is Teton County at 65%. The coldest, Teton County, averages 10,766 heating degree days; Wyoming as a whole averages 8,244 when weighted by homes.

electric-heated homes, Wyoming cold counties, 12 largest

  • Laramie County9,002
  • Natrona County6,882
  • Teton County6,088
  • Campbell County4,903
  • Albany County4,768
  • Lincoln County3,516
  • Sheridan County3,146
  • Fremont County2,845
  • Sweetwater County2,641
  • Park County2,241
  • Uinta County1,305
  • Carbon County1,174

Wyoming: the 10 coldest counties

Teton County is coldest at 10,766 heating degree days with 65% electric heat. The 10 coldest hold 28,305 electric-heated homes.

Wyoming 10 coldest counties
CountyHomesElectric, %Normal HDDRecent HDD
Teton County9,38364.910,76610,548
Sublette County3,71915.610,54310,330
Lincoln County7,87244.79,6349,364
Park County13,17917.09,4759,237
Uinta County7,47917.49,0048,851
Fremont County14,81019.28,8018,669
Albany County16,60928.78,7168,495
Carbon County5,88519.98,5418,343
Sweetwater County16,86315.78,4618,352
Sheridan County13,51523.38,2188,071

Wyoming: where electric heat is most common

Among counties with 2,000+ homes, Teton County is highest at 65% and Carbon County is 10th at 20%.

Wyoming 10 counties with the highest electric heat share
CountyHomesElectric, %Normal HDDRecent HDD
Teton County9,38364.910,76610,548
Lincoln County7,87244.79,6349,364
Crook County2,89134.97,8847,794
Albany County16,60928.78,7168,495
Campbell County17,87927.47,7297,584
Weston County2,75424.97,7767,599
Sheridan County13,51523.38,2188,071
Laramie County42,50321.27,1786,954
Natrona County33,28520.77,9387,835
Carbon County5,88519.98,5418,343

Winter disconnections and price in Wyoming

Wyoming utilities logged 0.04 disconnections per 100 residential accounts a month in December to February 2024 and 0.18 in June to August.

At the 2025 average residential price of 13.38 cents a kWh, 1,000 kWh costs 134 dollars in Wyoming.

Wyoming in the ranking

Maine is 32nd with 59,234 homes (10.1% of its homes). New Hampshire is 33rd with 59,157 homes (10.7% of its homes). Arizona is 35th with 26,047 homes (0.9% of its homes).

Wyoming beside 6 neighbors

Wyoming neighbors with a winter page
NeighborElectric homesShare, %Avg HDD
Colorado586,73325.2%6,674
Idaho243,01135.0%6,673
Montana120,49826.6%8,474
Nebraska245,56031.2%6,208
South Dakota117,03632.6%7,706
Utah180,09216.4%6,521

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Questions

How many Wyoming homes heat with electricity in cold counties?

55,528 homes, 23.3% of 238,176 occupied Wyoming homes, in 23 counties averaging 4,000+ heating degree days.

Which Wyoming county has the most electric-heated homes among its cold counties?

Laramie County, with 9,002 of its 42,503 homes (21%) at 7,178 normal heating degree days.

Which Wyoming county is the coldest, and how many of its homes heat with electricity?

Teton County, at 10,766 normal heating degree days: 6,088 of 9,383 homes (65%).

How far did the last decade run from the Wyoming normal?

Wyoming cold counties averaged 2.1% below their 1991-2020 heating degree days over 2016-2025.

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@misc{usedata_winter_states_wyoming,
  author = "Electric Consumer",
  title = {Wyoming winter exposure: 55,528 electric-heated homes in cold counties},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://electricconsumer.org/winter/states/wyoming.html},
  note = {Data as of 9 October 2026. Accessed 9 October 2026}
}
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