Wyoming County Unemployment Rates

by: Carola Cowan, BLS Programs Supervisor

Lincoln County posted the highest unemployment rate (10.4%) in January 2011.

Labor Force Employed Unemployed Unemployment Rates
  REGION Jan Dec Jan   Jan Dec Jan   Jan Dec Jan   Jan Dec Jan
  County 2011 2010 2010   2011 2010 2010   2011 2010 2010   2011 2010 2010
(p) (r) (b) (p) (r) (b) (p) (r) (b) (p) (r) (b)
                               
NORTHWEST 44,703 44,617 44,784   40,873 41,474 40,397   3,830 3,143 4,387   8.6 7.0 9.8
Big Horn 4,957 4,931 4,889   4,518 4,570 4,338   439 361 551   8.9 7.3 11.3
Fremont 18,913 18,787 19,038   17,227 17,416 17,071   1,686 1,371 1,967   8.9 7.3 10.3
Hot Springs 2,485 2,510 2,515   2,331 2,365 2,343   154 145 172   6.2 5.8 6.8
Park 14,009 14,067 13,985   12,799 13,055 12,662   1,210 1,012 1,323   8.6 7.2 9.5
Washakie 4,339 4,322 4,357   3,998 4,068 3,983   341 254 374   7.9 5.9 8.6
                               
NORTHEAST 53,224 52,886 55,069   49,478 49,785 50,319   3,746 3,101 4,750   7.0 5.9 8.6
Campbell 27,143 26,940 28,347   25,634 25,624 26,133   1,509 1,316 2,214   5.6 4.9 7.8
Crook 3,346 3,340 3,434   3,130 3,153 3,173   216 187 261   6.5 5.6 7.6
Johnson 3,782 3,743 3,838   3,421 3,451 3,417   361 292 421   9.5 7.8 11.0
Sheridan 15,707 15,646 16,112   14,292 14,531 14,521   1,415 1,115 1,591   9.0 7.1 9.9
Weston 3,246 3,217 3,338   3,001 3,026 3,075   245 191 263   7.5 5.9 7.9
                               
SOUTHWEST 62,181 62,337 62,107   57,788 58,267 56,631   4,393 4,070 5,476   7.1 6.5 8.8
Lincoln 7,970 7,861 8,025   7,141 7,172 7,112   829 689 913   10.4 8.8 11.4
Sublette 7,149 6,975 6,877   6,832 6,689 6,455   317 286 422   4.4 4.1 6.1
Sweetwater 23,445 23,639 23,365   21,923 22,304 21,307   1,522 1,335 2,058   6.5 5.6 8.8
Teton 12,465 12,590 12,853   11,472 11,475 11,797   993 1,115 1,056   8.0 8.9 8.2
Uinta 11,152 11,272 10,987   10,420 10,627 9,960   732 645 1,027   6.6 5.7 9.3
                               
SOUTHEAST 73,194 74,153 74,742   67,979 69,585 68,663   5,215 4,568 6,079   7.1 6.2 8.1
Albany 18,790 19,593 19,365   17,843 18,736 18,205   947 857 1,160   5.0 4.4 6.0
Goshen 6,217 6,301 6,291   5,841 5,977 5,863   376 324 428   6.0 5.1 6.8
Laramie 42,972 43,101 43,671   39,439 40,027 39,640   3,533 3,074 4,031   8.2 7.1 9.2
Niobrara 1,225 1,208 1,278   1,157 1,147 1,184   68 61 94   5.6 5.0 7.4
Platte 3,990 3,950 4,137   3,699 3,698 3,771   291 252 366   7.3 6.4 8.8
                               
CENTRAL 54,859 55,037 56,711   50,796 51,490 51,772   4,063 3,547 4,939   7.4 6.4 8.7
Carbon 7,405 7,383 7,691   6,782 6,831 6,969   623 552 722   8.4 7.5 9.4
Converse 7,298 7,279 7,737   6,872 6,913 7,173   426 366 564   5.8 5.0 7.3
Natrona 40,156 40,375 41,283   37,142 37,746 37,630   3,014 2,629 3,653   7.5 6.5 8.8
                             
STATEWIDE 288,160 289,031 293,411   266,913 270,602 267,781   21,247 18,429 25,630   7.4 6.4 8.7
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted 6.3 6.4 7.6
U.S 9.8 9.1 10.6
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted 9.0 9.4 9.7
Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics.  Benchmarked 02/2011.  Run Date 03/2011.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.
(p) Preliminary.   (r) Revised  (b) Benchmarked.