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Population (year 2000): 560. Estimated
population in July 2005: 582 (+3.9% change)
Males: 277 (49.5%), Females: 283 (50.5%)
Big Horn County
Zip code:
82420
Median resident age: 33.8 years
Median household income: $38,750 (year 2000)
Median house value: $72,700 (year 2000)
Races in Cowley:
- White Non-Hispanic (96.1%)
- Hispanic (3.4%)
- Other race (2.1%)
Ancestries: English (29.6%), German (18.4%),
Irish (9.8%), Danish (8.9%), Swedish (5.9%), United States
(5.5%).
Elevation: 3990 feet
Land area: 0.7 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Cowley
- High school or higher: 91.0%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 13.8%
- Graduate or professional degree: 5.4%
- Unemployed: 5.4%
- Mean travel time to work: 16.0 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Cowley town
- Never married: 14.1%
- Now married: 69.1%
- Separated: 0.7%
- Widowed: 4.6%
- Divorced: 11.4%
3.2% Foreign born (2.1% Europe, 0.7% North
America, 0.4% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: +63 (+12.7%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Cowley:
- NORTH BIG HORN HOSPITAL (about 12 miles; LOVELL, WY)
- POWELL HOSPITAL (about 29 miles; POWELL, WY)
- SOUTH BIG HORN COUNTY HOSPITAL-CAH (about 41 miles;
GREYBULL, WY)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Cowley:
- YELLOWSTONE REGIONAL (about 46 miles; CODY, WY; ID:
COD)
- BILLINGS LOGAN INTL (about 64 miles; BILLINGS, MT;
ID: BIL)
- WORLAND MUNI (about 74 miles; WORLAND, WY; ID: WRL)
Other public-use airports nearest to Cowley:
- NORTH BIG HORN COUNTY (about 3 miles;
COWLEY/LOVELL/BYRON, WY; ID: U68)
- POWELL MUNI (about 22 miles; POWELL, WY; ID: POY)
- SOUTH BIG HORN COUNTY (about 39 miles; GREYBULL, WY;
ID: GEY)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Cowley:
- MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY-BILLINGS (about 59 miles;
BILLINGS, MT; Full-time enrollment: 3,105)
- MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY-BOZEMAN (about 176 miles;
BOZEMAN, MT; FT enrollment: 10,380)
- CASPER COLLEGE (about 203 miles; CASPER, WY; FT
enrollment: 2,564)
- RICKS COLLEGE (about 236 miles; REXBURG, ID; FT
enrollment: 8,670)
- UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING (about 286 miles; LARAMIE, WY;
FT enrollment: 9,665)
- IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY (about 308 miles; POCATELLO,
ID; FT enrollment: 10,057)
- BLACK HILLS STATE UNIVERSITY (about 320 miles;
SPEARFISH, SD; FT enrollment: 3,190)
Public primary/middle school in Cowley:
- COWLEY ELEMENTARY (Students: 92; Location: 72
SOUTH 1 EAST; Grades: PK - 05)
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