The disparity is a result of two things, according to the association. The Wyoming tax structure relies on charging the drilling and mining companies, and there just aren’t that many people spread across a large geographic area.

Wyomingites are getting a bargain, McVeigh said. But it only works when the fossil fuel industries are doing well.

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For Robinson, the state economist, the interesting thing about last year’s numbers as displayed in this report is that they look like a better proportioned economy, the kind of Wyoming that everyone keeps talking about and the end goal of Gov. Matt Mead’s outgoing economic growth initiative, Endow.

“If anything (the report) gives you a look at what a more diversified economy would look like,” Robinson said of the proportions.

Gov.-elect Mark Gordon, who will take Mead’s seat in early January, has said he doesn’t support raising taxes at this time. In an interview earlier this month, Gordon said there were options like reining in the budget and raising revenue that come first.