Wyoming County Unemployment Rates

by: Carola Cowan, BLS Programs Supervisor

From December 2009 to December 2010, unemployment decreased in all 23 counties.

Labor Force Employed Unemployed Unemployment Rates
  REGION Dec Nov Dec   Dec Nov Dec   Dec Nov Dec   Dec Nov Dec
  County 2010 2010 2009   2010 2010 2009   2010 2010 2009   2010 2010 2009
(p) (r) (b) (p) (r) (b) (p) (r) (b) (p) (r) (b)
                               
NORTHWEST 44,724 45,307 44,467   41,586 42,237 40,799   3,138 3,070 3,668   7.0 6.8 8.2
Big Horn 4,967 5,074 4,979   4,603 4,727 4,532   364 347 447   7.3 6.8 9.0
Fremont 18,851 19,112 18,652   17,473 17,757 17,036   1,378 1,355 1,616   7.3 7.1 8.7
Hot Springs 2,487 2,523 2,438   2,356 2,390 2,284   131 133 154   5.3 5.3 6.3
Park 13,988 14,156 14,075   12,978 13,161 12,902   1,010 995 1,173   7.2 7.0 8.3
Washakie 4,431 4,442 4,323   4,176 4,202 4,045   255 240 278   5.8 5.4 6.4
                               
NORTHEAST 53,657 54,162 54,780   50,568 51,139 50,658   3,089 3,023 4,122   5.8 5.6 7.5
Campbell 26,985 27,170 28,303   25,683 25,873 26,333   1,302 1,297 1,970   4.8 4.8 7.0
Crook 3,516 3,591 3,430   3,330 3,418 3,201   186 173 229   5.3 4.8 6.7
Johnson 3,844 3,920 3,874   3,553 3,642 3,505   291 278 369   7.6 7.1 9.5
Sheridan 16,018 16,144 15,976   14,901 15,055 14,669   1,117 1,089 1,307   7.0 6.7 8.2
Weston 3,294 3,337 3,197   3,101 3,151 2,950   193 186 247   5.9 5.6 7.7
                               
SOUTHWEST 62,349 62,278 61,622   58,294 57,856 56,792   4,055 4,422 4,830   6.5 7.1 7.8
Lincoln 7,942 7,983 7,928   7,259 7,319 7,208   683 664 720   8.6 8.3 9.1
Sublette 7,128 7,245 6,744   6,861 6,982 6,408   267 263 336   3.7 3.6 5.0
Sweetwater 23,688 23,901 23,020   22,353 22,558 21,257   1,335 1,343 1,763   5.6 5.6 7.7
Teton 12,745 12,147 12,857   11,635 10,665 11,729   1,110 1,482 1,128   8.7 12.2 8.8
Uinta 10,846 11,002 11,073   10,186 10,332 10,190   660 670 883   6.1 6.1 8.0
                               
SOUTHEAST 75,302 75,440 74,323   70,721 70,902 69,225   4,581 4,538 5,098   6.1 6.0 6.9
Albany 20,155 20,112 19,959   19,317 19,269 19,034   838 843 925   4.2 4.2 4.6
Goshen 6,416 6,571 6,233   6,087 6,221 5,867   329 350 366   5.1 5.3 5.9
Laramie 43,362 43,269 42,966   40,263 40,258 39,560   3,099 3,011 3,406   7.1 7.0 7.9
Niobrara 1,235 1,274 1,216   1,173 1,207 1,142   62 67 74   5.0 5.3 6.1
Platte 4,134 4,214 3,949   3,881 3,947 3,622   253 267 327   6.1 6.3 8.3
                               
CENTRAL 55,065 55,374 54,919   51,559 51,813 50,554   3,506 3,561 4,365   6.4 6.4 7.9
Carbon 7,449 7,642 7,448   6,939 7,129 6,832   510 513 616   6.8 6.7 8.3
Converse 7,537 7,652 7,383   7,173 7,274 6,871   364 378 512   4.8 4.9 6.9
Natrona 40,079 40,080 40,088   37,447 37,410 36,851   2,632 2,670 3,237   6.6 6.7 8.1
                             
STATEWIDE 291,099 292,560 290,112   272,729 273,947 268,027   18,370 18,613 22,085   6.3 6.4 7.6
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted 6.4 6.6 7.5
U.S 9.1 9.3 9.7
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted 9.4 9.8 9.9
Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics.  Benchmarked 03/2010.  Run Date 01/2011.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.
(p) Preliminary.   (r) Revised  (b) Benchmarked.