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Wyoming County Unemployment Rates
by: Brad Payne, Economist

"As expected, unemployment increased from October 2002 to November 2002 in almost all Wyoming counties."

Labor Force Employed Unemployed Unemployment Rate
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REGION Nov Oct Nov   Nov Oct Nov   Nov Oct Nov   Nov Oct Nov
County 2002 2002 2001   2002 2002 2001   2002 2002 2001   2002 2002 2001
(p) (r) (b) (p) (r) (b) (p) (r) (b) (p) (r) (b)
                               
NORTHWEST 46,640 47,220 46,322 44,347 45,303 44,182 2,293 1,917 2,140 4.9 4.1 4.6
Big Horn 5,884 5,925 5,978 5,646 5,711 5,735 238 214 243 4.0 3.6 4.1
Fremont 19,067 18,982 18,697 17,917 18,004 17,775 1,150 978 922 6.0 5.2 4.9
Hot Springs 2,375 2,401 2,481 2,296 2,328 2,375 79 73 106 3.3 3.0 4.3
Park 14,798 15,319 14,562 14,128 14,821 13,869 670 498 693 4.5 3.3 4.8
Washakie 4,516 4,593 4,604 4,360 4,439 4,428 156 154 176 3.5 3.4 3.8
                               
NORTHEAST 48,324 48,434 47,233 46,714 47,003 45,711 1,610 1,431 1,522 3.3 3.0 3.2
Campbell 23,910 23,846 23,223 23,177 23,108 22,578 733 738 645 3.1 3.1 2.8
Crook 2,947 2,932 2,999 2,845 2,859 2,900 102 73 99 3.5 2.5 3.3
Johnson 3,997 4,090 3,823 3,893 4,009 3,688 104 81 135 2.6 2.0 3.5
Sheridan 14,174 14,267 13,820 13,619 13,824 13,317 555 443 503 3.9 3.1 3.6
Weston 3,296 3,299 3,368 3,180 3,203 3,228 116 96 140 3.5 2.9 4.2
                               
SOUTHWEST 51,816 53,022 53,032 49,431 51,073 50,557 2,385 1,949 2,475 4.6 3.7 4.7
Lincoln 6,561 6,637 7,024 6,165 6,305 6,605 396 332 419 6.0 5.0 6.0
Sublette 3,478 3,583 3,344 3,395 3,506 3,277 83 77 67 2.4 2.1 2.0
Sweetwater 19,791 19,945 20,319 18,958 19,190 19,428 833 755 891 4.2 3.8 4.4
Teton 10,871 11,768 11,145 10,371 11,524 10,615 500 244 530 4.6 2.1 4.8
Uinta 11,115 11,089 11,200 10,542 10,548 10,632 573 541 568 5.2 4.9 5.1
                               
SOUTHEAST 74,578 74,310 74,352 72,365 72,260 72,249 2,213 2,050 2,103 3.0 2.8 2.8
Albany 19,973 20,156 19,552 19,670 19,859 19,220 303 297 332 1.5 1.5 1.7
Goshen 6,564 6,535 6,590 6,397 6,372 6,434 167 163 156 2.5 2.5 2.4
Laramie 42,510 42,000 42,543 41,017 40,609 41,121 1,493 1,391 1,422 3.5 3.3 3.3
Niobrara 1,243 1,253 1,236 1,184 1,223 1,195 59 30 41 4.7 2.4 3.3
Platte 4,288 4,366 4,431 4,097 4,197 4,279 191 169 152 4.5 3.9 3.4
                               
CENTRAL 49,954 49,838 50,364 47,792 47,936 48,441 2,162 1,902 1,923 4.3 3.8 3.8
Carbon 8,020 8,146 8,237 7,727 7,887 7,864 293 259 373 3.7 3.2 4.5
Converse 6,425 6,454 6,495 6,126 6,223 6,278 299 231 217 4.7 3.6 3.3
Natrona 35,509 35,238 35,632 33,939 33,826 34,299 1,570 1,412 1,333 4.4 4.0 3.7
                               
STATEWIDE 271,311 272,821 271,303 260,649 263,573 261,141 10,662 9,248 10,162 3.9 3.4 3.7
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted .............................................................................................................................................. 4.2 3.9 4.1
U.S.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 5.7 5.3 5.3
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted.......................................................................................................................................................... 6.0 5.7 5.6
Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics.  Benchmarked 02/02.  Run Date 12/02.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.
(p) Preliminary.     (r) Revised.     (b) Benchmarked.
NOTE:  The Current Population Survey (CPS) estimated the 2001 annual average Wyoming unemployment rate at 3.9 percent.  
The 90 percent confidence interval for this estimate suggests that in 9 of 10 cases, the interval 3.4 to 4.4 percent would contain the actual rate.

 

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