Wyoming County Unemployment Rates

by: Carola Cowan, BLS Programs Supervisor

Most county unemployment rates followed their normal seasonal pattern and increased from November to December.

Labor Force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment Rates
REGION
Dec
Nov
Dec
Dec
Nov
Dec
Dec
Nov
Dec
Dec
Nov
Dec
  County
2009
2009
2008
2009
2009
2008
2009
2009
2008
2009
2009
2008
(p)
(r)
(b)
(p)
(r)
(b)
(p)
(r)
(b)
(p)
(r)
(b)
NORTHWEST 44,524 43,891 43,660 40,863 40,546 41,730 3,661 3,345 1,930 8.2 7.6 4.4
Big Horn 5,090 4,774 4,966 4,644 4,371 4,751 446 403 215 8.8 8.4 4.3
Fremont 18,753 18,832 18,346 17,138 17,364 17,475 1,615 1,468 871 8.6 7.8 4.7
Hot Springs 2,335 2,392 2,378 2,182 2,242 2,283 153 150 95 6.6 6.3 4.0
Park 13,998 13,518 13,562 12,828 12,455 12,959 1,170 1,063 603 8.4 7.9 4.4
Washakie 4,348 4,375 4,408 4,071 4,114 4,262 277 261 146 6.4 6.0 3.3
NORTHEAST 55,157 55,369 53,896 51,040 51,789 52,320 4,117 3,580 1,576 7.5 6.5 2.9
Campbell 28,238 28,924 27,322 26,262 27,158 26,747 1,976 1,766 575 7.0 6.1 2.1
Crook 3,385 3,423 3,413 3,161 3,218 3,286 224 205 127 6.6 6.0 3.7
Johnson 3,957 3,788 4,008 3,590 3,491 3,833 367 297 175 9.3 7.8 4.4
Sheridan 16,332 16,032 15,919 15,023 14,922 15,342 1,309 1,110 577 8.0 6.9 3.6
Weston 3,245 3,202 3,234 3,004 3,000 3,112 241 202 122 7.4 6.3 3.8
SOUTHWEST 63,436 62,264 64,662 58,575 57,256 62,489 4,861 5,008 2,173 7.7 8.0 3.4
Lincoln 8,217 7,985 7,933 7,494 7,334 7,532 723 651 401 8.8 8.2 5.1
Sublette 7,467 6,718 7,018 7,134 6,383 6,866 333 335 152 4.5 5.0 2.2
Sweetwater 23,134 23,855 24,128 21,360 22,143 23,438 1,774 1,712 690 7.7 7.2 2.9
Teton 12,693 12,527 13,836 11,549 11,067 13,312 1,144 1,460 524 9.0 11.7 3.8
Uinta 11,925 11,179 11,747 11,038 10,329 11,341 887 850 406 7.4 7.6 3.5
SOUTHEAST 72,170 74,512 73,027 67,127 70,018 70,149 5,043 4,494 2,878 7.0 6.0 3.9
Albany 19,556 20,376 19,553 18,661 19,538 19,037 895 838 516 4.6 4.1 2.6
Goshen 5,950 6,275 6,164 5,600 5,950 5,933 350 325 231 5.9 5.2 3.7
Laramie 41,695 42,660 42,331 38,296 39,681 40,436 3,399 2,979 1,895 8.2 7.0 4.5
Niobrara 1,120 1,208 1,200 1,049 1,144 1,147 71 64 53 6.3 5.3 4.4
Platte 3,849 3,993 3,779 3,521 3,705 3,596 328 288 183 8.5 7.2 4.8
CENTRAL 54,823 55,140 56,253 50,458 51,105 54,353 4,365 4,035 1,900 8.0 7.3 3.4
Carbon 8,043 7,569 7,924 7,425 7,004 7,555 618 565 369 7.7 7.5 4.7
Converse 7,324 7,388 7,281 6,824 6,927 7,053 500 461 228 6.8 6.2 3.1
Natrona 39,456 40,183 41,048 36,209 37,174 39,745 3,247 3,009 1,303 8.2 7.5 3.2
STATEWIDE 290,109 291,177 291,497 268,062 270,713 281,040 22,047 20,464 10,457 7.6 7.0 3.6
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted 7.5 7.2 3.2
U.S. 9.7 9.4 7.1
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted 10.0 10.0 7.4
Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics.  Benchmarked 02/2009.  Run Date 1/2010.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.
(p) Preliminary.   (r) Revised  (b) Benchmarked.