© Copyright 2005 by the Wyoming Department of Employment, Research & Planning
WYOMING LABOR FORCE TRENDS
Vol. 42 No. 3

County unemployment rates followed their normal seasonal pattern and increased from December to January.

	Labor Force			Employed			Unemployed			Unemployment Rate

REGION	Jan	Dec	Jan	Jan	Dec	Jan	Jan	Dec	Jan	Jan	Dec	Jan
County	2005	2004	2004	2005	2004	2004	2005	2004	2004	2005	2004	2004
	(p)	(b)	(b)	(p)	(b)	(b)	(p)	(b)	(b)	(p)	(b)	(b)


NORTHWEST	44,068	44,561	43,547	41,618	42,533	40,699	2,450	2,028	2,848	5.6	4.6	6.5

Big Horn	5,381	5,371	5,318	5,055	5,108	4,970	326	263	348	6.1	4.9	6.5
Fremont	17,981	18,152	17,785	16,888	17,258	16,482	1,093	894	1,303	6.1	4.9	7.3
Hot Springs	2,306	2,384	2,402	2,201	2,293	2,267	105	91	135	4.6	3.8	5.6
Park	14,058	14,262	13,800	13,331	13,652	12,960	727	610	840	5.2	4.3	6.1
Washakie	4,342	4,392	4,242	4,143	4,222	4,020	199	170	222	4.6	3.9	5.2


NORTHEAST	48,877	49,197	48,210	46,884	47,493	45,929	1,993	1,704	2,281	4.1	3.5	4.7

Campbell	23,442	23,433	23,288	22,688	22,758	22,379	754	675	909	3.2	2.9	3.9
Crook	3,130	3,154	2,951	2,973	3,027	2,782	157	127	169	5.0	4.0	5.7
Johnson	3,684	3,728	3,539	3,507	3,583	3,341	177	145	198	4.8	3.9	5.6
Sheridan	15,474	15,698	15,299	14,722	15,075	14,449	752	623	850	4.9	4.0	5.6
Weston	3,147	3,184	3,133	2,994	3,050	2,978	153	134	155	4.9	4.2	4.9


SOUTHWEST	57,640	58,296	56,827	55,259	56,266	54,209	2,381	2,030	2,618	4.1	3.5	4.6

Lincoln	8,749	8,853	9,032	8,347	8,535	8,606	402	318	426	4.6	3.6	4.7
Sublette	4,357	4,399	4,091	4,252	4,302	3,961	105	97	130	2.4	2.2	3.2
Sweetwater	22,093	22,424	21,442	21,210	21,660	20,450	883	764	992	4.0	3.4	4.6
Teton	11,893	11,848	11,373	11,414	11,425	10,878	479	423	495	4.0	3.6	4.4
Uinta	10,548	10,772	10,889	10,036	10,344	10,314	512	428	575	4.9	4.0	5.3


SOUTHEAST	75,117	75,607	75,082	71,545	72,450	71,247	3,572	3,157	3,835	4.8	4.2	5.1

Albany	20,487	20,775	21,076	19,771	20,152	20,278	716	623	798	3.5	3.0	3.8
Goshen	5,876	6,025	5,625	5,566	5,769	5,289	310	256	336	5.3	4.2	6.0
Laramie	43,500	43,542	43,156	41,272	41,541	40,801	2,228	2,001	2,355	5.1	4.6	5.5
Niobrara	1,107	1,105	1,126	1,051	1,060	1,064	56	45	62	5.1	4.1	5.5
Platte	4,147	4,160	4,099	3,885	3,928	3,815	262	232	284	6.3	5.6	6.9


CENTRAL	54,350	54,616	53,064	51,956	52,561	50,281	2,394	2,055	2,783	4.4	3.8	5.2

Carbon	7,544	7,653	7,624	7,170	7,324	7,110	374	329	514	5.0	4.3	6.7
Converse	6,369	6,436	6,445	6,054	6,151	6,100	315	285	345	4.9	4.4	5.4
Natrona	40,437	40,527	38,995	38,732	39,086	37,071	1,705	1,441	1,924	4.2	3.6	4.9


STATEWIDE	280,053	282,277	276,732	267,263	271,303	262,366	12,790	10,974	14,366	4.6	3.9	5.2

Statewide Seasonally Adjusted ..............................................................................................................................................										3.4	3.7	3.9
U.S.....................................................................................................................................................										5.7	5.1	6.3
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted..........................................................................................................................................................										5.2	5.4	5.7

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 03/05. Run Date 3/05.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.

(p) Preliminary. (b) Benchmarked.