Civilian Labor Force and Unemployment:
National, Statewide, Regional, and Counties

	LABOR FORCE			UNEMPLOYED NUMBER			UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
REGION-or-County	Dec 96 (p)	Nov 96 (r)	Dec 95 (b)	Dec 96 (p)	Nov 96 (r)	Dec 95 (b)	Dec 96 (p)	Nov 96 (r)	Dec 95 (b)
NORTHWEST	44,856	45,529	44,265	2,550	2,369	2,511	5.7	5.2	5.7
Big Horn	5,274	5,358	5,135	342	260	284	6.5	4.9	5.5
Fremont	17,899	18,194	17,685	1,258	1,192	1,245	7.0	6.6	7.0
Hot Springs	2,169	2,186	2,349	100	95	123	4.6	4.3	5.2
Park	14,485	14,610	14,163	683	630	609	4.7	4.3	4.3
Washakie	5,029	5,181	4,933	167	192	250	3.3	3.7	5.1
NORTHEAST	41,388	41,884	41,197	1,895	1,721	1,728	4.6	4.1	4.2
Campbell	17,794	17,898	17,885	835	758	715	4.7	4.2	4.0
Crook	3,089	3,165	3,015	117	115	127	3.8	3.6	4.2
Johnson	3,418	3,534	3,437	158	143	127	4.6	4.0	3.7
Sheridan	13,693	13,791	13,523	612	533	613	4.5	3.9	4.5
Weston	3,394	3,496	3,337	173	172	146	5.1	4.9	4.4
	LABOR FORCE			UNEMPLOYED NUMBER			UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
REGION-or-County	Dec 96 (p)	Nov 96 (r)	Dec 95 (b)	Dec 96 (p)	Nov 96 (r)	Dec 95 (b)	Dec 96 (p)	Nov 96 (r)	Dec 95 (b)
SOUTHWEST	51,693	51,101	51,649	2,417	2,476	2,527	4.7	4.8	4.9
Lincoln	6,528	6,596	6,320	390	313	418	6.0	4.7	6.6
Sublette	2,715	2,816	2,871	79	68	138	2.9	2.4	4.8
Sweetwater	21,135	21,104	21,748	1,054	1,031	1,061	5.0	4.9	4.9
Teton	9,945	9,064	9,688	252	414	282	2.5	4.6	2.9
Uinta	11,370	11,521	11,022	642	650	628	5.6	5.6	5.7
SOUTHEAST	67,959	68,891	68,505	1,979	1,852	2,077	2.9	2.7	3.0
Albany	17,240	17,337	16,910	281	280	322	1.6	1.6	1.9
Goshen	6,196	6,393	6,261	242	189	219	3.9	3.0	3.5
Laramie	39,179	39,673	40,053	1,281	1,209	1,343	3.3	3.0	3.4
Niobrara	1,248	1,334	1,198	23	33	32	1.8	2.5	2.7
Platte	4,096	4,154	4,083	152	141	161	3.7	3.4	3.9
	LABOR FORCE			UNEMPLOYED NUMBER			UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
REGION-or-County	Dec 96 (p)	Nov 96 (r)	Dec 95 (b)	Dec 96 (p)	Nov 96 (r)	Dec 95 (b)	Dec 96 (p)	Nov 96 (r)	Dec 95 (b)
CENTRAL	47,674	48,122	48,928	2,596	2,379	2,618	5.4	4.9	5.4
Carbon	8,461	8,509	8,594	456	375	448	5.4	4.4	5.2
Converse	6,329	6,522	6,333	371	297	335	5.9	4.6	5.3
Natrona	32,884	33,091	34,001	1,769	1,707	1,835	5.4	5.2	5.4
STATEWIDE	253,570	255,528	254,546	11,437	10,797	11,462	4.5	4.2	4.5
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted							4.4	4.6	4.4
U.S.							5.0	5.0	5.2
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted							5.3	5.3	5.6

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Benchmarked 03/96. Run Date 01/97.


(p) Preliminary.
(r) Revised.
(b) Benchmarked.


NOTE: The 1995 annual average unemployment rate for Wyoming was estimated at 4.8 percent. A 90 percent confidence interval around this estimate suggests that in 9 out of 10 cases the actual rate would fall between 4.2 and 5.4 percent.