The state is the tenth largest by area, the least populous and the second least densely populated state in the country.
253,600 km2
585,501 (2016 est.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyoming
and, reacher has just arrived at mule crossing (wyoming), nothing but a flea market and a firework store on a two-lane road in the middle of nowhere, where only 5 or 6 people live (the midnight line, kindle location 1472/5878)
"This is Wyoming. We leave people alone." (1643/5878)
now, i first came across reacher in 61 hours, way back a few years ago, in that frozen south dakota, apparently, lee child wrote with the help of a map, i'd like to imagine, picking up a state, a season, and an accident, and there reacher goes