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

Seasonally Adjusted data shows only a 0.2 percent increase in the Wyoming unemployment rate from December 1995 to January 1996. This indicates that the unemployment rate of 5.6 percent for January 1996 is not unusually high for this time of year. Historical data also suggests that the unemployment rate should decrease in a few months.

LABOR FORCE UNEMPLOYED NUMBER UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
REGION-or-County Jan 96 (p) Dec 95 (r) Jan 95 (b) Jan 96 (p) Dec 95 (r) Jan 95 (b) Jan 96 (p) Dec 95 (r) Jan 95 (b)
NORTHWEST 43,951 43,788 43,227 2,992 2,126 3,083 6.8 4.9 7.1
Big Horn 4,851 4,802 4,923 353 251 372 7.3 5.2 7.6
Fremont 17,440 17,029 17,152 1,451 1,029 1,436 8.3 6.0 8.4
Hot Springs 2,391 2,530 2,469 103 100 148 4.3 4.0 6.0
Park 14,143 14,271 13,810 844 544 864 6.0 3.8 6.3
Washakie 5,126 5,156 4,873 241 202 263 4.7 3.9 5.4
NORTHEAST 40,571 41,469 40,558 2,390 1,880 2,562 5.9 4.5 6.3
Campbell 18,866 19,081 18,492 1,051 906 1,134 5.6 4.7 6.1
Crook 2,502 2,587 2,586 159 120 158 6.4 4.6 6.1
Johnson 3,380 3,453 3,333 171 141 208 5.1 4.1 6.2
Sheridan 12,842 13,361 13,002 828 578 831 6.4 4.3 6.4
Weston 2,981 2,987 3,145 181 135 231 6.1 4.5 7.3
REGION-or-County Jan 96 (p) Dec 95 (r) Jan 95 (b) Jan 96 (p) Dec 95 (r) Jan 95 (b) Jan 96 (p) Dec 95 (r) Jan 95 (b)
SOUTHWEST 51,324 52,769 50,553 2,924 2,395 2,935 5.7 4.5 5.8
Lincoln 5,544 5,642 5,915 405 347 531 7.3 6.2 9.0
Sublette 3,150 3,190 2,921 160 134 128 5.1 4.2 4.4
Sweetwater 23,213 24,028 22,383 1,263 1,041 1,189 5.4 4.3 5.3
Teton 10,154 10,179 9,556 321 346 325 3.2 3.4 3.4
Uinta 9,263 9,730 9,778 775 527 762 8.4 5.4 7.8
SOUTHEAST 67,869 67,541 67,003 2,833 2,285 2,880 4.2 3.4 4.3
Albany 16,856 17,060 16,570 461 473 507 2.7 2.8 3.1
Goshen 7,117 6,983 6,831 424 268 353 6.0 3.8 5.2
Laramie 38,923 38,485 38,637 1,691 1,280 1,716 4.3 3.3 4.4
Niobrara 1,103 1,105 1,099 34 71 48 3.1 6.4 4.4
Platte 3,870 3,908 3,866 223 193 256 5.8 4.9 6.6
REGION-or-County Jan 96 (p) Dec 95 (r) Jan 95 (b) Jan 96 (p) Dec 95 (r) Jan 95 (b) Jan 96 (p) Dec 95 (r) Jan 95 (b)
CENTRAL 47,846 47,710 46,664 2,961 2,289 2,852 6.2 4.8 6.1
Carbon 9,057 9,053 8,727 557 391 559 6.1 4.3 6.4
Converse 6,025 6,257 6,037 333 275 392 5.5 4.4 6.5
Natrona 32,764 32,400 31,900 2,071 1,623 1,901 6.3 5.0 6.0
STATEWIDE 251,565 253,275 248,005 14,102 10,974 14,312 5.6 4.3 5.8
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted 4.2 4.0 4.3
U.S. 6.3 5.2 6.2
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted 5.8 5.6 5.7

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Benchmarked 03/95. Run Date 02/96.


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


NOTE: The 1994 annual average unemployment rate for Wyoming was estimated at 5.3 percent. A 90 percent confidence interval around this estimate suggests that in 9 out of 10 cases the actual rate would fall between 4.6 and 6.0 percent.


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