"Washakie County and Goshen County had large increases in unemployment because of layoffs in Manufacturing."

	Labor Force			Employed			Unemployed			Unemployment Rate
	_______________________________			______________________________________			___________________________________			_______________________
REGION	Jan	Dec	Jan	Jan	Dec	Jan	Jan	Dec	Jan	Jan	Dec	Jan
County	2002	2001	2001	2002	2001	2001	2002	2001	2001	2002	2001	2001
	(p)	(b)	(b)	(p)	(b)	(b)	(p)	(b)	(b)	(p)	(b)	(b)


NORTHWEST	45,098	45,664	45,064	42,013	43,146	42,012	3,085	2,518	3,052	6.8	5.5	6.8

Big Horn	5,801	5,835	5,783	5,431	5,544	5,434	370	291	349	6.4	5.0	6.0
Fremont	18,340	18,489	18,142	16,937	17,353	16,564	1,403	1,136	1,578	7.6	6.1	8.7
Hot Springs	2,373	2,455	2,304	2,228	2,326	2,196	145	129	108	6.1	5.3	4.7
Park	14,029	14,352	14,222	13,156	13,569	13,392	873	783	830	6.2	5.5	5.8
Washakie	4,555	4,533	4,613	4,261	4,354	4,426	294	179	187	6.5	3.9	4.1


NORTHEAST	45,891	46,774	44,684	44,087	45,068	42,678	1,804	1,706	2,006	3.9	3.6	4.5

Campbell	22,955	23,105	21,130	22,211	22,441	20,401	744	664	729	3.2	2.9	3.5
Crook	2,772	2,895	2,834	2,638	2,764	2,687	134	131	147	4.8	4.5	5.2
Johnson	3,550	3,697	3,614	3,410	3,545	3,460	140	152	154	3.9	4.1	4.3
Sheridan	13,349	13,771	13,830	12,712	13,150	13,061	637	621	769	4.8	4.5	5.6
Weston	3,265	3,306	3,276	3,116	3,168	3,069	149	138	207	4.6	4.2	6.3


SOUTHWEST	52,359	53,460	51,958	49,539	50,876	49,703	2,820	2,584	2,255	5.4	4.8	4.3

Lincoln	6,695	6,869	6,271	6,181	6,421	5,862	514	448	409	7.7	6.5	6.5
Sublette	3,099	3,216	3,061	3,008	3,149	2,984	91	67	77	2.9	2.1	2.5
Sweetwater	19,926	20,491	20,317	18,793	19,458	19,238	1,133	1,033	1,079	5.7	5.0	5.3
Teton	11,799	11,824	11,707	11,454	11,407	11,536	345	417	171	2.9	3.5	1.5
Uinta	10,840	11,060	10,602	10,103	10,441	10,083	737	619	519	6.8	5.6	4.9


SOUTHEAST	72,923	73,916	72,469	70,046	71,442	69,647	2,877	2,474	2,822	3.9	3.3	3.9

Albany	19,110	19,601	19,031	18,678	19,182	18,561	432	419	470	2.3	2.1	2.5
Goshen	6,169	6,371	6,245	5,862	6,183	5,904	307	188	341	5.0	3.0	5.5
Laramie	42,205	42,416	41,802	40,339	40,780	40,079	1,866	1,636	1,723	4.4	3.9	4.1
Niobrara	1,141	1,181	1,173	1,094	1,129	1,103	47	52	70	4.1	4.4	6.0
Platte	4,298	4,347	4,218	4,073	4,168	4,000	225	179	218	5.2	4.1	5.2


CENTRAL	49,438	50,066	49,318	46,735	47,834	46,808	2,703	2,232	2,510	5.5	4.5	5.1

Carbon	7,899	8,012	8,012	7,351	7,557	7,555	548	455	457	6.9	5.7	5.7
Converse	6,222	6,342	6,734	5,895	6,082	6,371	327	260	363	5.3	4.1	5.4
Natrona	35,317	35,712	34,572	33,489	34,195	32,882	1,828	1,517	1,690	5.2	4.2	4.9


STATEWIDE	265,708	269,881	263,491	252,421	258,368	250,849	13,287	11,513	12,642	5.0	4.3	4.8

Statewide Seasonally Adjusted ..............................................................................................................................................										3.8	4.2	3.6
U.S..................................................................................................................................................................................................										6.3	5.4	4.7
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted..........................................................................................................................................................										5.6	5.8	4.2

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 02/02. Run Date 02/02.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.

(p) Preliminary. (b) Benchmarked.
NOTE: The Current Population Survey (CPS) estimated the 2001 annual average Wyoming unemployment rate at 3.9 percent.
The 90 percent confidence interval for this estimate suggests that in 9 of 10 cases, the interval 3.4 to 4.4 percent would contain the actual rate.