Teton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wyoming. As of 2000, the population was 18,251. Its county seat is Jackson. Teton County contains the affluent Jackson Hole skiing area. In addition, the county contains all of Grand Teton National Park and 40.4% of Yellowstone National Park's total area, including over 96.6% of its water area (largely in Yellowstone Lake).
It has the highest personal per capita income in the U.S. at $132,728...
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Teton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wyoming. As of 2000, the population was 18,251. Its county seat is Jackson. Teton County contains the affluent Jackson Hole skiing area. In addition, the county contains all of Grand Teton National Park and 40.4% of Yellowstone National Park's total area, including over 96.6% of its water area (largely in Yellowstone Lake).
It has the highest personal per capita income in the U.S. at $132,728, surpassing Manhattan with $120,790. Teton County is part of the Jackson, WY-ID Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Teton County was organized in 1921.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 4,222 square miles (10,934 km²), of which, 4,008 square miles (10,380 km²) of it is land and 214 square miles (554 km²) of it (5.07%) is water.
Teton County, Wyoming is one of the few counties in the United States to border its namesake in another state -- in this case, Teton County, Idaho.
As of the census of 2000, there were 18...
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