Five Great Places to Live in Wyoming

People who are thinking of retiring to Wyoming are a self-selecting bunch. They already know that the state is lightly populated, with fewer than 600,000 people to call it home. But that number doesn’t mean much unless you consider density, and indeed, Wyoming is the least densely-populated state in the continental U.S. In a state-by-state contest, you’d have to go to Alaska to be more alone.

Wyoming is called the Equality State because it was the first state to extend to women the right to vote, hold public office, and serve on juries, but not many women — or men — live amid its spectacular natural beauty or its low taxes. In fact, Wyoming carries the second lowest tax burden in the country (there is no state income tax). In this case, too, it’s second only to snowy Alaska. (See our Wyoming State Tax Guide).