Civilian Labor Force and Unemployment:
National, Statewide, Regional, and Counties

	LABOR FORCE			UNEMPLOYED NUMBER			UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
REGION-or-County	November 97 (p)	October 97 (r)	November 96 (b)	November 97 (p)	October 97 (r)	November 96 (b)	November 97 (p)	October 97 (r)	November 96 (b)
NORTHWEST	45,388	46,481	45,461	2,250	2,088	2,681	5.0	4.5	5.9
Big Horn	5,584	5,654	5,459	238	217	297	4.3	3.8	5.4
Fremont	17,503	17,742	17,785	1,110	1,102	1,346	6.3	6.2	7.6
Hot Springs	2,901	2,855	2,665	87	86	112	3.0	3.0	4.2
Park	14,631	15,413	14,733	616	495	714	4.2	3.2	4.8
Washakie	4,769	4,817	4,819	199	188	212	4.2	3.9	4.4
NORTHEAST	42,702	42,900	42,829	1,676	1,609	1,973	3.9	3.8	4.6
Campbell	18,747	18,597	18,850	732	759	879	3.9	4.1	4.7
Crook	3,074	3,151	3,062	108	112	130	3.5	3.6	4.2
Johnson	3,899	4,070	3,730	133	119	165	3.4	2.9	4.4
Sheridan	13,725	13,772	13,811	570	500	607	4.2	3.6	4.4
Weston	3,257	3,310	3,376	133	119	192	4.1	3.6	5.7
	LABOR FORCE			UNEMPLOYED NUMBER			UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
REGION-or-County	November 97 (p)	October 97 (r)	November 96 (b)	November 97 (p)	October 97 (r)	November 96 (b)	November 97 (p)	October 97 (r)	November 96 (b)
SOUTHWEST	48,737	50,618	50,223	2,038	1,877	2,796	4.2	3.7	5.6
Lincoln	6,720	6,809	6,532	298	288	352	4.4	4.2	5.4
Sublette	2,994	3,142	2,956	60	55	80	2.0	1.8	2.7
Sweetwater	19,859	19,998	20,912	801	855	1,168	4.0	4.3	5.6
Teton	8,645	10,160	8,865	387	181	467	4.5	1.8	5.3
Uinta	10,519	10,509	10,958	492	498	729	4.7	4.7	6.7
SOUTHEAST	70,312	69,588	69,775	2,051	1,759	2,110	2.9	2.5	3.0
Albany	17,987	17,769	17,579	261	240	317	1.5	1.4	1.8
Goshen	6,712	6,712	6,682	238	221	220	3.5	3.3	3.3
Laramie	40,000	39,216	40,025	1,371	1,136	1,376	3.4	2.9	3.4
Niobrara	1,368	1,409	1,308	25	24	37	1.8	1.7	2.8
Platte	4,245	4,482	4,181	156	138	160	3.7	3.1	3.8
	LABOR FORCE			UNEMPLOYED NUMBER			UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
REGION-or-County	November 97 (p)	October 97 (r)	November 96 (b)	November 97 (p)	October 97 (r)	November 96 (b)	November 97 (p)	October 97 (r)	November 96 (b)
CENTRAL	48,871	48,834	48,755	2,177	2,107	2,704	4.5	4.3	5.5
Carbon	8,260	8,488	8,519	346	319	424	4.2	3.8	5.0
Converse	6,771	6,849	6,666	291	298	340	4.3	4.4	5.1
Natrona	33,840	33,497	33,570	1,540	1,490	1,940	4.6	4.4	5.8
STATEWIDE	256,006	258,419	257,042	10,190	9,439	12,263	4.0	3.7	4.8
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted							4.2	4.2	5.0
U.S.							4.3	4.4	5.0
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted							4.6	4.7	5.3

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Benchmarked 02/97. Run Date 12/97.


(p) Preliminary.
(r) Revised.
(b) Benchmarked.


NOTE: The 1996 annual average unemployment rate for Wyoming was estimated at 5.0 percent. A 90 percent confidence interval around this estimate suggests that in 9 out of 10 cases the actual rate would fall between 4.4 and 5.6 percent.