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Area: 253,348 square kilometers or 97,818 square miles Wyoming is a mountainous state, located in the western United States. It is the 10th largest, least populous, and 2nd sparsely populated state in the country. Wyoming borders Montana to the north, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Colorado to the south, Utah to the southwest, and Idaho and Montana to the west. The state's population in 2018 was estimated at 577,737, or fewer than 31 U.S. cities, including neighboring Denver. Cheyenne is the capital and largest city, with a population of 63,624 (2017). Wyoming's economy is based on mining—primarily coal, oil, natural gas, tourism—and tourism. Agricultural products include cattle meat (beef), straw, sugar beets, wheat, barley, and wool. The climate is semi-desert and continental, drier and windier than the rest of the United States. Politically, Wyoming has been a conservative state since the 1950s, with the Republican candidate coming out on top in every presidential election with the exception of 1964