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

	LABOR FORCE			UNEMPLOYED NUMBER			UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
REGION-or-County	Jan 97(p)	Dec 96 (b)	Jan 96 (b)	Jan 97(p)	Dec 96 (b)	Jan 96 (b)	Jan 97(p)	Dec 96 (b)	Jan 96 (b)
NORTHWEST	44,094	45,109	43,867	3,220	2,932	3,214	7.3	6.5	7.3
Big Horn	5,207	5,396	5,147	357	393	381	6.9	7.3	7.4
Fremont	17,572	17,804	17,730	1,611	1,446	1,633	9.2	8.1	9.2
Hot Springs	2,545	2,617	2,329	124	120	116	4.9	4.6	5.0
Park	14,210	14,624	13,940	941	786	821	6.6	5.4	5.9
Washakie	4,560	4,668	4,721	187	187	263	4.1	4.0	5.6
NORTHEAST	41,653	42,446	41,458	2,626	2,190	2,476	6.3	5.2	6.0
Campbell	18,564	18,708	18,362	1,147	973	991	6.2	5.2	5.4
Crook	2,887	2,964	2,941	162	134	166	5.6	4.5	5.6
Johnson	3,588	3,673	3,431	199	182	170	5.5	5.0	5.0
Sheridan	13,376	13,758	13,398	911	702	949	6.8	5.1	7.1
Weston	3,238	3,343	3,326	207	199	200	6.4	6.0	6.0
	LABOR FORCE			UNEMPLOYED NUMBER			UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
REGION-or-County	Jan 97(p)	Dec 96 (b)	Jan 96 (b)	Jan 97(p)	Dec 96 (b)	Jan 96 (b)	Jan 97(p)	Dec 96 (b)	Jan 96 (b)
SOUTHWEST	50,039	50,776	50,726	3,004	2,764	3,165	6.0	5.4	6.2
Lincoln	6,253	6,459	6,105	441	446	482	7.1	6.9	7.9
Sublette	2,780	2,885	2,821	106	91	160	3.8	3.2	5.7
Sweetwater	20,846	21,170	21,231	1,464	1,213	1,313	7.0	5.7	6.2
Teton	9,520	9,433	9,580	259	288	303	2.7	3.1	3.2
Uinta	10,640	10,829	10,989	734	726	907	6.9	6.7	8.3
SOUTHEAST	68,151	68,751	67,716	2,754	2,279	2,858	4.0	3.3	4.2
Albany	17,111	17,329	16,832	383	324	391	2.2	1.9	2.3
Goshen	6,215	6,562	6,396	389	280	410	6.3	4.3	6.4
Laramie	39,498	39,451	39,115	1,759	1,474	1,810	4.5	3.7	4.6
Niobrara	1,233	1,279	1,231	26	26	34	2.1	2.0	2.8
Platte	4,094	4,130	4,142	197	175	213	4.8	4.2	5.1
	LABOR FORCE			UNEMPLOYED NUMBER			UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
REGION-or-County	Jan 97(p)	Dec 96 (b)	Jan 96 (b)	Jan 97(p)	Dec 96 (b)	Jan 96 (b)	Jan 97(p)	Dec 96 (b)	Jan 96 (b)
CENTRAL	47,815	48,708	47,505	3,067	2,998	3,401	6.4	6.2	7.2
Carbon	8,141	8,443	8,388	576	523	591	7.1	6.2	7.0
Converse	6,513	6,607	6,338	461	432	373	7.1	6.5	5.9
Natrona	33,161	33,658	32,779	2,030	2,043	2,437	6.1	6.1	7.4
STATEWIDE	251,749	255,789	251,272	14,670	13,164	15,115	5.8	5.1	6.0
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted							4.6	5.1	4.8
U.S.							5.9	5.0	6.3
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted							5.4	5.3	5.7

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Benchmarked 03/96. Run Date 02/97.


(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.