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


Typically, December is the month showing the lowest employment numbers in the year. The next three to four months should show higher unemployment rates (not seasonally adjusted).


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.



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