Wyoming County Unemployment Rates
data produced by: Brad Payne, Senior Statistician

"In December 2000, each region in Wyoming posted over-the-year decreases in the unemployment rate."

	Labor Force			Employed			Unemployed			Unemployment Rates
REGION-or-County	December 2000 (p)	November 2000 (r)	December 1999 (b)	December 2000 (p)	November 2000 (r)	December 1999 (b)	December 2000 (p)	November 2000 (r)	December 1999 (b)	December 2000 (p)	November 2000 (r)	December 1999 (b)
Northwest	45,295	45,918	46,205	42,875	43,677	43,507	2,420	2,241	2,698	5.3	4.9	5.8
Big Horn	5,929	6,052	5,846	5,639	5,784	5,471	290	268	375	4.9	4.4	6.4
Fremont	17,795	18,068	18,162	16,577	16,937	16,860	1,218	1,131	1,302	6.8	6.3	7.2
Hot Springs	2,397	2,413	2,453	2,307	2,337	2,354	90	76	99	3.8	3.1	4.0
Park	14,256	14,442	14,765	13,613	13,841	14,072	643	601	693	4.5	4.2	4.7
Washakie	4,918	4,943	4,979	4,739	4,778	4,750	179	165	229	3.6	3.3	4.6
Northeast	44,380	44,910	44,141	42,835	43,458	42,262	1,545	1,452	1,879	3.5	3.2	4.3
Campbell	20,505	20,760	19,956	19,902	20,156	19,183	603	604	773	2.9	2.9	3.9
Crook	2,925	3,017	3,056	2,826	2,914	2,887	99	103	169	3.4	3.4	5.5
Johnson	3,776	3,896	3,820	3,671	3,784	3,685	105	112	135	2.8	2.9	3.5
Sheridan	13,827	13,839	13,888	13,240	13,333	13,253	587	506	635	4.2	3.7	4.6
Weston	3,347	3,398	3,421	3,196	3,271	3,254	151	127	167	4.5	3.7	4.9
Southwest	52,932	52,668	51,985	51,042	50,721	49,535	1,890	1,947	2,450	3.6	3.7	4.7
Lincoln	6,730	6,827	6,471	6,396	6,563	6,070	334	264	401	5.0	3.9	6.2
Sublette	2,970	3,108	3,016	2,905	3,053	2,938	65	55	78	2.2	1.8	2.6
Sweetwater	20,601	20,573	20,884	19,738	19,737	19,733	863	836	1,151	4.2	4.1	5.5
Teton	12,154	11,487	10,826	11,956	11,149	10,566	198	338	260	1.6	2.9	2.4
Uinta	10,477	10,673	10,788	10,047	10,219	10,228	430	454	560	4.1	4.3	5.2
Southeast	70,552	71,134	69,128	68,633	69,399	67,049	1,919	1,735	2,079	2.7	2.4	3.0
Albany	17,818	18,026	17,598	17,504	17,724	17,319	314	302	279	1.8	1.7	1.6
Goshen	6,512	6,649	6,614	6,323	6,493	6,450	189	156	164	2.9	2.3	2.5
Laramie	40,421	40,597	39,061	39,233	39,527	37,634	1,188	1,070	1,427	2.9	2.6	3.7
Niobrara	1,278	1,291	1,314	1,224	1,253	1,285	54	38	29	4.2	2.9	2.2
Platte	4,523	4,571	4,541	4,349	4,402	4,361	174	169	180	3.8	3.7	4.0
Central	48,840	49,499	48,634	46,862	47,469	46,199	1,978	2,030	2,435	4.0	4.1	5.0
Carbon	8,091	8,270	8,195	7,723	7,922	7,802	368	348	393	4.5	4.2	4.8
Converse	6,505	6,646	6,680	6,223	6,395	6,297	282	251	383	4.3	3.8	5.7
Natrona	34,244	34,583	33,759	32,916	33,152	32,100	1,328	1,431	1,659	3.9	4.1	4.9
Statewide	261,999	264,125	260,091	252,247	254,721	248,551	9,752	9,404	11,540	3.7	3.6	4.4
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted										3.7	3.8	4.4
U.S.										3.7	3.8	3.7
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted										4.0	4.0	4.1

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 02/00. Run Date 01/01.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.
(p) Preliminary.
(r) Revised.
(b) Benchmarked.
NOTE: The Current Population Survey (CPS) estimated the 1999 annual average Wyoming unemployment rate at 4.9 percent.
The 90 percent confidence interval for this estimate suggests that in 9 out of 10 cases, the interval 4.3 to 5.5 percent would contain the actual rate.

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