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Wyoming County Unemployment Rates
Data produced by: David Bullard

"Wyoming's unemployment rate (not seasonally adjusted) was 4.4 percent for November 1998. Albany County had the lowest unemployment rate in the state (1.8%) and Fremont County had the highest (7.7%)."

Labor Force Employed Unemployed Unemployment Rates
REGION-or-County Nov 98 (p) Oct 98 (r) Nov 97 (b) Nov 98 (p) Oct 98 (r) Nov 97 (b) Nov 98 (p) Oct 98 (r) Nov 97 (b) Nov 98 (p) Oct 98 (r) Nov 97 (b)
NORTHWEST 44,704 45,247 44,158 42,140 42,915 41,790 2,564 2,332 2,368 5.7 5.2 5.4
Big Horn 6,265 6,129 5,818 5,939 5,839 5,565 326 290 253 5.2 4.7 4.3
Fremont 16,732 16,547 16,931 15,452 15,415 15,767 1,280 1,132 1,164 7.7 6.8 6.9
Hot Springs 2,629 2,643 2,665 2,548 2,564 2,574 81 79 91 3.1 3.0 3.4
Park 14,445 15,285 14,072 13,818 14,691 13,420 627 594 652 4.3 3.9 4.6
Washakie 4,633 4,643 4,672 4,383 4,406 4,464 250 237 208 5.4 5.1 4.5
NORTHEAST 43,209 43,334 42,181 41,246 41,577 40,405 1,963 1,757 1,776 4.5 4.1 4.2
Campbell 19,340 19,222 18,807 18,459 18,409 18,026 881 813 781 4.6 4.2 4.2
Crook 3,022 2,956 2,921 2,880 2,835 2,806 142 121 115.0 4.7 4.1 3.9
Johnson 3,968 4,106 3,792 3,821 4,000 3,653 147 106 139 3.7 2.6 3.7
Sheridan 13,849 14,035 13,562 13,186 13,439 12,960 663 596 602 4.8 4.2 4.4
Weston 3,030 3,015 3,099 2,900 2,894 2,960 130 121 139 4.3 4.0 4.5
SOUTHWEST 50,139 51,806 49,463 47,755 49,696 47,293 2,384 2,110 2,170 4.8 4.1 4.4
Lincoln 6,765 6,852 6,634 6,479 6,533 6,323 286 319 311 4.2 4.7 4.7
Sublette 3,241 3,381 3,093 3,168 3,299 3,031 73 82 62 2.3 2.4 2.0
Sweetwater 20,527 20,615 20,370 19,486 19,610 19,512 1,041 1,005 858 5.1 4.9 4.2
Teton 9,208 10,644 8,851 8,772 10,462 8,433 436 182 418 4.7 1.7 4.7
Uinta 10,398 10,314 10,515 9,850 9,792 9,994 548 522 521 5.3 5.1 5.0
SOUTHEAST 70,274 69,651 68,746 68,166 67,805 66,581 2,108 1,846 2,165 3.0 2.7 3.1
Albany 17,702 17,681 17,540 17,379 17,415 17,263 323 266 277 1.8 1.5 1.6
Goshen 7,243 6,991 6,834 6,998 6,783 6,581 245 208 253 3.4 3.0 3.7
Laramie 39,818 39,597 39,006 38,520 38,431 37,567 1,298 1,166 1,439 3.3 2.9 3.7
Niobrara 1,182 1,160 1,181 1,143 1,123 1,155 39 37 26 3.3 3.2 2.2
Platte 4,329 4,222 4,185 4,126 4,053 4,015 203 169 170 4.7 4.0 4.1
CENTRAL 49,369 49,311 47,812 46,930 46,978 45,530 2,439 2,333 2,282 4.9 4.7 4.8
Carbon 8,116 8,229 8,122 7,741 7,883 7,754 375 346 368 4.6 4.2 4.5
Converse 7,138 6,907 6,781 6,773 6,614 6,478 365 293 303 5.1 4.2 4.5
Natrona 34,115 34,175 32,909 32,416 32,481 31,298 1,699 1,694 1,611 5.0 5.0 4.9
STATEWIDE 257,696 259,352 252,359 246,238 248,973 241,598 11,458 10,379 10,761 4.4 4.0 4.3
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted 4.8 4.8 4.6
U.S. 4.1 4.2 4.3
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted 4.4 4.6 4.6

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 02/98. Run Date 12/98.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.
(p) Preliminary.
(r) Revised.
(b) Benchmarked.
NOTE: The 1997 annual average unemployment rate for Wyoming was estimated at 5.1 percent. A 90 percent confidence interval around this estimate suggests that in 9 out of 10 cases the actual rate would fall between 4.5 and 5.7 percent.


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