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What sets Cheyenne's economy apart

Securities and investment firms is where Cheyenne is most unlike the rest of the country: 102 establishments, a share of local businesses 2.1 times the national one. Next come publishing, including software publishing (27 establishments, 1.9 times) and hotels and lodging (55 establishments, 1.8 times). Of the 61 metros on these pages with published figures for securities and investment firms, Cheyenne ranks 2nd, behind Wilmington, DE.

Fund managers and advisors share offering documents, investor reports and compliance files with limited partners and examiners.

Software and publishing deals put source-code escrow terms, licenses and subscriber metrics in front of investors and acquirers. In publishing, including software publishing, Cheyenne places 4th of 61 metros here; Wilmington, DE leads.

How Cheyenne compares

The Census Bureau estimated the Cheyenne, WY metro's population at 101,783 in July 2024, up 1,273 or 1.3 percent on the April 2020 base of 100,510.

Measured against the 2023 estimate of 101,079, the same year as the business count, Cheyenne has 130.6 offices of lawyers per 100,000 residents, 2nd of the 59 metro areas on these pages against a median of 52.6; the nearest rates are Miami, FL at 135.0 and New Orleans, LA at 108.9.

The metro with the closest number of law offices is Sioux Falls, SD, with 118; the metro closest in population, Billings, MT at 192,531 residents, has 109 law offices and 120 accounting, tax, bookkeeping and payroll establishments.

Counted by accounting, tax, bookkeeping and payroll firms instead, Cheyenne's nearest match is Charleston, WV, with 74.

• Residents, July 2024: 101,783
• Residents, April 2020 base: 100,510
• Change since 2020: +1,273 (1.3 percent), 42nd of 59
• Law offices per 100,000 residents: 130.6, 2nd of 59
• Accounting, tax, bookkeeping and payroll per 100,000 residents: 60.3, 6th of 59
• Securities and investment per 100,000 residents: 100.9, 1st of 59
• Managing offices per 100,000 residents: 13.9, 36th of 59
• Real estate agents and brokers per 100,000 residents: 65.3, 22nd of 59
• Employees in offices of lawyers: about 405
• Employees in accounting, tax, bookkeeping and payroll: about 427

The courts and regulators behind Cheyenne paperwork

When a Cheyenne dispute reaches federal court, it goes to the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming.

CPAs practicing in Wyoming are licensed by the Wyoming Board of Certified Public Accountants.

At state level, securities offerings and investment advisers in Wyoming answer to the Wyoming Secretary of State, so a Cheyenne fund raising money or an adviser facing an exam has documents to produce on request.

If personal information in a Cheyenne deal, audit or case file is exposed, Wyoming's data breach notification law sets who has to be told and when.