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	Capital: Cheyenne State Nickname: Equality State State Bird: Meadowlark State Flower: Indian Paintbrush Admitted to the Union: July 10, 1890
	Governors
	October 11, 1890 to November 24, 1890:	Francis E. Warren*
	* Resigned from office
	November 24, 1890 to January 2, 1893:	Amos W. Barber
	January 2, 1893 to January 7, 1895:	John E. Osborne
	January 7, 1895 to January 2, 1899:	William A. Richards
	January 2, 1899 to April 28, 1903:	DeForest Richards*
	* Died in office
	April 28, 1903 to January 2, 1905:	Fenimore C. Chaterton
	January 2, 1905 to January 2, 1911:	Bryant B. Brooks
	January 4, 1911 to January 4, 1915:	Joseph M. Carey
	January 4, 1915 to February 26, 1917:	John B. Kendrick*
	* Resigned from office
	February 26, 1917 to January 6, 1919:	Frank L. Houx
	January 6, 1919 to January 1, 1923:	Robert D. Carey
	January 1, 1923 to October 2, 1924:	William B. Ross*
	* Died in office
	October 2, 1924 to January 3, 1925:	Nellie T. Ross
	January 3, 1927 to February 18, 1931:	Frank C. Emerson*
	* Died in office
	February 18, 1931 to January 2, 1933:	Alonzo M. Clark
	January 2, 1933 to January 2, 1939:	Leslie A. Miller
	January 2, 1939 to January 4, 1943:	Nels H. Smith
	January 4, 1943 to January 3, 1949:	Lester C. Hunt*
	* Resigned from office
	January 3, 1949 to January 1, 1951:	Arthur G. Crane
	January 1, 1951 to January 3, 1953:	Frank A. Barrett*
	* Resigned from office
	January 3, 1953 to January 3, 1955:	Clifford Joy Rogers
	January 3, 1955 to January 5, 1959:	Milward L. Simpson
	January 5, 1959 to January 2, 1961:	John J. Hickey*
	* Resigned from office
	January 2, 1961 to January 6, 1963:	Jack R. Gage
	January 7, 1963 to January 2, 1967:	Clifford P. Hansen
	January 2, 1967 to January 6, 1975:	Stanley K. Hathaway
	January 6, 1975 to January 5, 1987:	Ed Herschler
	January 5, 1987 to January 9, 1995:	Michael J. Sullivan
	January 2, 1995 to 2003:	Jim Geringer
	2003 --	Dave Freudenthal

	State Song
	Wyoming Lyrics by James Bland Music by G.E. Knapp In the far and mighty West, Where the crimson sun seeks rest, There's a growing splendid State that lies above, On the breast of this great land; Where the massive Rockies stand, There's Wyoming young and strong, the State I love! Chorus Wyoming, Wyoming! Land of the sunlight clear! Wyoming, Wyoming! Land that we hold so dear! Wyoming, Wyoming! Precious art thou and thine! Wyoming, Wyoming! Beloved State of mine! II In the flowers wild and sweet, Colors rare and perfumes meet; There's the columbine so pure, the daisy too, Wild the rose and red it springs, White the button and its rings, Thou art loyal for they're red and white and blue. III Where thy peaks with crowned head. Rising till the sky they wed, Sit like snow queens ruling wood and stream and plain; 'Neath thy granite bases deep, 'Neath thy bosom's broadened sweep, Lie the riches that have gained and brought thee fame. IV Other treasures thou dost hold, Men and women thou dost mould; True and earnest are the lives that thou dost raise, Strengthen thy children though dost teach, Nature's truth thou givest to each, Free and noble are thy workings and thy ways. V In the nation's banner free There's one star that has for me A radiance pure and splendor like the sun; Mine it is, Wyoming's star, Home it leads me near or far; O Wyoming! All my hear and love you've won! The song was officially adopted in 1955
	State Population
	1890: 60,705	1900: 92,531
	1910: 145,965	1920: 194,402
	1930: 225,565	1940: 250,742
	1950: 290,529	1960: 330,066
	1970: 332,416	1980: 469,557
	1990: 453,588	2000: 493,782
	State Capitol Building 1907