County Unemployment Rates

© Copyright 2004 by the Wyoming Department of Employment, Research & Planning
WYOMING LABOR FORCE TRENDS
Vol. 41 No. 2

Across Wyoming’s 23 counties, most unemployment rates followed their normal seasonal patterns and increased from November to December.

	Labor Force			Employed			Unemployed			Unemployment Rate
	_______________________________			______________________________________			___________________________________			_______________________
REGION	Dec	Nov	Dec	Dec	Nov	Dec	Dec	Nov	Dec	Dec	Nov	Dec
County	2003	2003	2002	2003	2003	2002	2003	2003	2002	2003	2003	2002
	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)


NORTHWEST	46,049	46,547	45,173	43,646	44,502	42,496	2,403	2,045	2,677	5.2	4.4	5.9

Big Horn	5,755	5,843	5,635	5,501	5,645	5,340	254	198	295	4.4	3.4	5.2
Fremont	18,746	18,924	18,402	17,561	17,913	17,084	1,185	1,011	1,318	6.3	5.3	7.2
Hot Springs	2,245	2,276	2,250	2,162	2,209	2,139	83	67	111	3.7	2.9	4.9
Park	14,823	14,976	14,409	14,086	14,332	13,652	737	644	757	5.0	4.3	5.3
Washakie	4,480	4,528	4,477	4,336	4,403	4,281	144	125	196	3.2	2.8	4.4


NORTHEAST	47,531	47,976	46,703	45,755	46,460	44,816	1,776	1,516	1,887	3.7	3.2	4.0

Campbell	22,949	23,074	22,506	22,164	22,392	21,690	785	682	816	3.4	3.0	3.6
Crook	2,848	2,950	2,816	2,717	2,829	2,703	131	121	113	4.6	4.1	4.0
Johnson	3,880	3,974	3,824	3,759	3,876	3,691	121	98	133	3.1	2.5	3.5
Sheridan	14,590	14,673	14,288	13,951	14,150	13,604	639	523	684	4.4	3.6	4.8
Weston	3,264	3,305	3,269	3,164	3,213	3,128	100	92	141	3.1	2.8	4.3


SOUTHWEST	54,767	54,594	53,220	52,558	52,359	50,572	2,209	2,235	2,648	4.0	4.1	5.0

Lincoln	6,721	6,817	6,616	6,334	6,494	6,146	387	323	470	5.8	4.7	7.1
Sublette	3,458	3,550	3,342	3,354	3,456	3,255	104	94	87	3.0	2.6	2.6
Sweetwater	21,021	21,229	20,076	20,263	20,520	19,103	758	709	973	3.6	3.3	4.8
Teton	11,829	11,169	11,713	11,429	10,548	11,237	400	621	476	3.4	5.6	4.1
Uinta	11,738	11,829	11,473	11,178	11,341	10,831	560	488	642	4.8	4.1	5.6


SOUTHEAST	75,539	75,812	73,366	72,801	73,377	70,826	2,738	2,435	2,540	3.6	3.2	3.5

Albany	20,316	20,187	19,218	19,906	19,835	18,843	410	352	375	2.0	1.7	2.0
Goshen	6,153	6,341	6,156	5,974	6,189	5,958	179	152	198	2.9	2.4	3.2
Laramie	43,697	43,783	42,600	41,817	42,115	40,920	1,880	1,668	1,680	4.3	3.8	3.9
Niobrara	1,071	1,122	1,138	1,031	1,078	1,067	40	44	71	3.7	3.9	6.2
Platte	4,302	4,379	4,254	4,073	4,160	4,038	229	219	216	5.3	5.0	5.1


CENTRAL	50,786	50,926	49,142	48,384	48,719	46,726	2,402	2,207	2,416	4.7	4.3	4.9

Carbon	7,859	8,050	7,692	7,393	7,641	7,331	466	409	361	5.9	5.1	4.7
Converse	6,191	6,357	6,179	5,931	6,096	5,820	260	261	359	4.2	4.1	5.8
Natrona	36,736	36,519	35,271	35,060	34,982	33,575	1,676	1,537	1,696	4.6	4.2	4.8


STATEWIDE	274,674	275,855	267,606	263,144	265,417	255,437	11,530	10,438	12,169	4.2	3.8	4.5

Statewide Seasonally Adjusted ..............................................................................................................................................										4.0	4.0	4.4
U.S..................................................................................................................................................................................................										5.4	5.6	5.7
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted..........................................................................................................................................................										5.7	5.9	6.0

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 03/03. Run Date 01/04.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.

(p) Preliminary. (r) Revised. (b) Benchmarked.
NOTE: The Current Population Survey (CPS) estimated the 2002 annual average Wyoming unemployment rate at 4.2 percent.
The 90 percent confidence interval for this estimate suggests that in 9 of 10 cases, the interval 3.7 to 4.7 percent would contain the actual rate.