State scorecard
Wyoming in the US Political Rank
Every place Wyoming holds across our state rankings, in one scorecard. Economy, taxes, education, crime, healthcare, and more, each measured the same way for all 50 states and each linked to the full cited ranking.
#2
of 20 on States Ranked by Fiscal Health: Reserves, Pensions, and What They Owe
#42
of 50 on Ranking the 50 State Economies of 2026
58.6%
Governor Mark Gordon performance score, rank 5 of 50
10
state rankings that score Wyoming
Governor
Wyoming's governor, Mark Gordon (Republican), holds performance rank 5 of 50 at 58.6% this week in the Governor Performance Rankings, scored on 263 metrics and updated every Monday.
| Ranking | Wyoming's place | Score |
|---|---|---|
| States Ranked by Fiscal Health: Reserves, Pensions, and What They OweThe nation's largest rainy day cushion at 320.2 days of operating costs, built deliberately against volatile severance revenue (Pew, FY2025), plus a $27,200 per-taxpayer surplus (TIA, 2025). | #2 of 20 | 94.8 |
| States Ranked by Total Tax BurdenA 7.5 percent burden, second lowest in the nation (Tax Foundation, 2022). Like Alaska, mineral severance revenue lets residents pay little directly; Wyoming also ranks first on the 2026 State Tax Competitiveness Index (Tax Foundation, 2026). | #2 of 50 | 93.4 |
| States Ranked by Violent Crime Rate203.4 per 100,000, the lowest rate outside the Northeast (FBI Crime Data Explorer, 2024). | #5 of 50 | 203.4 |
| The Top 20 Energy-Producing StatesThe nation's dominant coal state, producing roughly four of every ten tons of American coal, plus significant oil, natural gas, and most U.S. uranium mining capacity (EIA). Its 2022 SEDS total was 6,014 trillion Btu, trailing only Texas and Pennsylvania that year. | #5 of 20 | 21.0 |
| States Ranked by K-12 Education OutcomesScored above the national average in reading and math at both grades in 2024 and held steady with 2022 while national reading scores declined (Wyoming Department of Education; NCES, NAEP 2024). | #9 of 50 | 91.5 |
| States Ranked by Business Climate: What the Major Raters Agree OnThe best-structured tax code in the nation for the 2026 index: no corporate or individual income tax, a competitive 4 percent sales tax, and no estate or inheritance tax (Tax Foundation, 2026). CNBC scores its tiny labor pool much lower (CNBC, 2025). | #11 of 25 | 86.1 |
| States Ranked by Health Care OutcomesA non-expansion state with below-average life expectancy and an above-average uninsured rate, held back by rural access (CDC NCHS, 2023; Census ACS, 2023). | #30 of 50 | 73.2 |
| Voting With Their Feet: States Ranked by Migration and Population GrowthModest net domestic migration in the Vintage 2025 estimates (Census Bureau, 2025), with no income tax drawing some in-movers even as the small population limits absolute totals (Tax Foundation, 2026). | #30 of 50 | 54.4 |
| States Ranked by Dependence on Federal MoneyThe two rulers disagree here, and both are shown: 46.1 percent of state revenue was federal in fiscal 2022 and 2023, fourth highest, yet its overall balance of payments was among the least favorable per resident (Pew, 2025; Rockefeller Institute, 2025). | #37 of 50 | 56.0 |
| Ranking the 50 State Economies of 2026One of six jurisdictions where 2025 real GDP growth came in below 1 percent (BEA, 2026), tied to swings in mineral-severance revenue, even as the state carries the nation's largest budget reserves (Pew, FY2025). | #42 of 50 | 60.4 |
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