© Copyright 2005 by the Wyoming Department of Employment, Research & Planning
WYOMING LABOR FORCE TRENDS
Vol. 42 No. 1

Wyoming's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell from 3.8 percent in October to 3.5 percent in November.

	Labor Force			Employed			Unemployed			Unemployment Rate

REGION	Nov	Oct	Nov	Nov	Oct	Nov	Nov	Oct	Nov	Nov	Oct	Nov
County	2004	2004	2003	2004	2004	2003	2004	2004	2003	2004	2004	2003
	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)


NORTHWEST	46,834	47,980	47,302	45,077	46,235	45,048	1,757	1,745	2,254	3.8	3.6	4.8

Big Horn	5,943	6,103	5,909	5,726	5,878	5,690	217	225	219	3.7	3.7	3.7
Fremont	18,710	18,906	19,077	17,909	18,070	17,971	801	836	1,106	4.3	4.4	5.8
Hot Springs	2,178	2,206	2,276	2,135	2,156	2,202	43	50	74	2.0	2.3	3.3
Park	15,365	16,066	15,388	14,804	15,582	14,674	561	484	714	3.7	3.0	4.6
Washakie	4,638	4,699	4,652	4,503	4,549	4,511	135	150	141	2.9	3.2	3.0


NORTHEAST	48,613	48,974	48,414	47,268	47,599	46,749	1,345	1,375	1,665	2.8	2.8	3.4

Campbell	23,282	23,324	23,067	22,653	22,647	22,316	629	677	751	2.7	2.9	3.3
Crook	3,068	3,161	3,028	2,967	3,047	2,894	101	114	134	3.3	3.6	4.4
Johnson	4,135	4,283	4,064	4,050	4,210	3,956	85	73	108	2.1	1.7	2.7
Sheridan	14,911	14,939	15,002	14,478	14,528	14,431	433	411	571	2.9	2.8	3.8
Weston	3,217	3,267	3,253	3,120	3,167	3,152	97	100	101	3.0	3.1	3.1


SOUTHWEST	55,625	56,524	55,457	53,677	54,707	52,989	1,948	1,817	2,468	3.5	3.2	4.5

Lincoln	7,770	7,896	7,567	7,478	7,612	7,205	292	284	362	3.8	3.6	4.8
Sublette	4,014	4,184	3,837	3,952	4,118	3,731	62	66	106	1.5	1.6	2.8
Sweetwater	21,252	21,281	21,192	20,701	20,645	20,411	551	636	781	2.6	3.0	3.7
Teton	11,080	11,643	11,198	10,451	11,239	10,511	629	404	687	5.7	3.5	6.1
Uinta	11,509	11,520	11,663	11,095	11,093	11,131	414	427	532	3.6	3.7	4.6


SOUTHEAST	76,648	76,423	77,148	74,056	73,681	74,471	2,592	2,742	2,677	3.4	3.6	3.5

Albany	20,200	19,871	20,574	19,879	19,542	20,180	321	329	394	1.6	1.7	1.9
Goshen	6,470	6,557	6,406	6,277	6,359	6,238	193	198	168	3.0	3.0	2.6
Laramie	44,464	44,299	44,655	42,624	42,288	42,828	1,840	2,011	1,827	4.1	4.5	4.1
Niobrara	1,185	1,242	1,158	1,152	1,217	1,112	33	25	46	2.8	2.0	4.0
Platte	4,329	4,454	4,355	4,124	4,275	4,113	205	179	242	4.7	4.0	5.6


CENTRAL	51,343	51,679	52,150	49,679	49,891	49,710	1,664	1,788	2,440	3.2	3.5	4.7

Carbon	7,811	8,057	8,155	7,581	7,789	7,703	230	268	452	2.9	3.3	5.5
Converse	6,505	6,634	6,563	6,259	6,398	6,275	246	236	288	3.8	3.6	4.4
Natrona	37,027	36,988	37,432	35,839	35,704	35,732	1,188	1,284	1,700	3.2	3.5	4.5


STATEWIDE	279,065	281,583	280,470	269,758	272,115	268,966	9,307	9,468	11,504	3.3	3.4	4.1

Statewide Seasonally Adjusted ............................................................................... ...............................................................										3.5	3.8	4.3
U.S.............. ................................................................................ .......................................................										5.2	5.1	5.6
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted......................................................................... .................................................................................										5.4	5.5	5.9

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 03/04. Run Date 12/04.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.

(p) Preliminary. (r) Revised. (b) Benchmarked.
NOTE: The Current Population Survey (CPS) estimated the 2003 annual average Wyoming unemployment rate at 4.4 percent.
The 90 percent confidence interval for this estimate suggests that in 9 of 10 cases, the interval 3.9 to 4.9 percent would contain the actual rate.