There are only two sets of escalators in the great state of Wyoming.

Not that’s there’s anything wrong with that – but a new report has exposed the plight of citizens of America’s least populated state, who are being forced to use their legs to move between floors of buildings.

The Atlantic has followed up a 2008 report by the Star Tribune in Casper, Wyoming, that the state had only two sets of escalators – both in banks in the town of 56,000.

The Atlantic says that in the five years since, not a single new escalator has been built.

There was a tip there might be one at the newly-built airport in Jackson Hole, but a fact-finding mission unveiled the airport is single-level. There’s no need for one.

Nor are there escalators in Wyoming’s capital and most populous city – Cheyenne.

Dick Mason in Cheyenne’s Building Office said there used to be one in the town’s JCPenney, but the building was demolished.

“We haven’t had one for quite a long while, as a matter of fact,” Mason said.

As of 2012, Wyoming had a population of just over 576,000 – which means there are 0.000003467 escalators per capita.

“There are code issues involved with escalators, which make them somewhat less popular,” Mason said.

“The code does not want openings between adjacent floors that are unprotected.”

Elevators on the other hand, “are pretty much foolproof.”

Sue Goodman in the Sheridan City Planning Office said she believed the lack of escalators in town was due to the buildings being older. Land is cheap so new buildings are spread out rather than being built ‘up’, she said.