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Table 1: Number of New Firms, Associated Initial Jobs and Wages, and New Business Formation Rate in Wyoming by Region and County, 1998 and 1999

  Start up in 1998 Start up in 1999
Region and County New Firms Percent Initial Jobs* Total Wages (in millions) New Business Formation Rate** New Firms Percent Initial Jobs Total Wages (in millions) New Business Formation Rate
Northwest: 323 16.6% 901 $8.4 8.7% 321 17.1% 1,033 $15.0 8.7%
Big Horn 34 112 1.2 8.9% 26 80 0.7 6.9%
Fremont 127 375 2.7 9.1% 122 435 9.3 8.7%
Hot Springs 27 77 0.6 11.3% 20 77 0.8 8.6%
Park 106 285 3.4 8.3% 120 340 3.2 9.4%
Washakie 29 52 0.6 6.6% 33 101 1.0 7.7%
Northeast: 292 15.0% 903 9.5 9.1% 302 16.1% 1,318 14.4 9.4%
Campbell 122 504 6.0 9.8% 136 721 9.6 10.9%
Crook 18 41 0.2 7.9% 17 57 0.5 7.4%
Johnson 39 79 0.6 10.7% 27 124 0.7 7.5%
Sheridan 99 236 2.2 8.7% 104 364 3.3 9.1%
Weston 14 43 0.5 5.7% 18 52 0.4 7.2%
Southwest: 509 26.1% 1,852 17.9 11.0% 415 22.1% 1,852 34.3 9.0%
Lincoln 76 292 2.0 13.9% 45 362 3.9 8.3%
Sublette 48 156 1.2 13.2% 28 55 0.9 7.4%
Sweetwater 102 548 5.7 7.8% 92 652 16.7 7.2%
Teton 221 701 7.8 13.0% 197 532 10.4 11.3%
Uinta 62 155 1.2 8.9% 53 251 2.3 7.8%
Southeast: 428 22.0% 1,789 16.2 9.5% 353 18.8% 1,529 16.5 7.9%
Albany 107 568 4.9 10.2% 82 310 2.5 8.0%
Goshen 36 129 0.7 8.3% 27 92 0.5 6.3%
Laramie 246 965 9.9 9.8% 217 994 11.8 8.6%
Niobrara 7 27 0.2 5.2% 3 2 0.0 2.3%
Platte 32 100 0.6 8.5% 24 131 1.5 6.6%
Central: 302 15.5% 1,456 18.8 7.8% 351 18.7% 1,366 19.4 9.1%
Carbon 56 244 2.3 8.6% 55 234 2.8 8.5%
Converse 40 155 1.3 8.4% 34 170 2.4 7.2%
Natrona 206 1,057 15.2 7.5% 262 962 14.2 9.5%
Unclassified*** 94 4.8% 1,055 26.0 13.7% 136 7.2% 1,243 13.4 19.0%
Statewide 1,948 100% 7,956 96.9 9.4% 1,878 100% 8,341 113.0 9.1%

* Initial jobs represent the starting level employment, which is the highest average quarterly employment during the first two starting quarters.
** New business formation rate is the percentage of new firms compared with the total number of firms in a specific location.
*** Unclassified includes all firms missing county information or those having more than one county location (multi-county firms).


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