County Unemployment Rates

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

	Labor Force			Employed			Unemployed			Unemployment Rate
	_______________________________			______________________________________			___________________________________			_______________________
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.