© Copyright 1999 by the Wyoming Department of Employment, Research & Planning

Wyoming County Unemployment Rates
data produced by: David Bullard, Economist

"While Wyoming's unemployment rate (not seasonally adjusted) increased from 4.6 to 5.9 percent, the Southeast Region's rate only increased 0.8 percentage points from 3.3 to 4.1 percent from December 1998 to January 1999."

Labor Force Employed Unemployed Unemployment Rates
REGION-or-County Jan 99 (p) Dec 98 (r) Jan 98 (b) Jan 99 (p) Dec 98 (r) Jan 98 (b) Jan 99 (p) Dec 98 (r) Jan 98 (b) Jan 99 (p) Dec 98 (r) Jan 98 (b)
NORTHWEST 44,303 44,431 43,537 41,086 41,891 40,109 3,217 2,540 3,428 7.3 5.7 7.9
Big Horn 5,889 5,758 5,629 5,474 5,417 5,247 415 341 382 7.0 5.9 6.8
Fremont 17,253 17,406 17,031 15,702 16,173 15,260 1,551 1,233 1,771 9.0 7.1 10.4
Hot Springs 2,374 2,385 2,299 2,228 2,294 2,164 146 91 135 6.1 3.8 5.9
Park 13,760 13,839 13,733 12,946 13,208 12,835 814 631 898 5.9 4.6 6.5
Washakie 5,027 5,043 4,845 4,736 4,799 4,603 291 244 242 5.8 4.8 5.0
NORTHEAST 42,754 43,039 41,297 39,957 41,078 38,580 2,797 1,961 2,717 6.5 4.6 6.6
Campbell 19,495 19,326 18,706 18,193 18,513 17,649 1,302 813 1,057 6.7 4.2 5.7
Crook 2,849 2,971 2,716 2,622 2,822 2,498 227 149 218.0 8.0 5.0 8.0
Johnson 3,485 3,604 3,433 3,322 3,448 3,206 163 156 227 4.7 4.3 6.6
Sheridan 13,508 13,692 13,240 12,639 12,979 12,245 869 713 995 6.4 5.2 7.5
Weston 3,417 3,446 3,202 3,181 3,316 2,982 236 130 220 6.9 3.8 6.9
SOUTHWEST 51,372 51,948 49,976 48,295 49,455 47,097 3,077 2,493 2,879 6.0 4.8 5.8
Lincoln 5,967 6,010 6,057 5,515 5,625 5,536 452 385 521 7.6 6.4 8.6
Sublette 2,893 2,972 2,689 2,761 2,847 2,608 132 125 81 4.6 4.2 3.0
Sweetwater 21,554 21,951 20,811 20,091 20,751 19,483 1,463 1,200 1,328 6.8 5.5 6.4
Teton 9,992 10,020 9,860 9,767 9,790 9,620 225 230 240 2.3 2.3 2.4
Uinta 10,966 10,995 10,559 10,161 10,442 9,850 805 553 709 7.3 5.0 6.7
SOUTHEAST 68,443 69,359 67,072 65,613 67,100 63,840 2,830 2,259 3,232 4.1 3.3 4.8
Albany 17,098 17,343 16,681 16,641 17,011 16,185 457 332 496 2.7 1.9 3.0
Goshen 6,388 6,585 6,220 6,000 6,320 5,741 388 265 479 6.1 4.0 7.7
Laramie 39,171 39,669 38,727 37,512 38,253 36,785 1,659 1,416 1,942 4.2 3.6 5.0
Niobrara 1,290 1,320 1,126 1,233 1,283 1,087 57 37 39 4.4 2.8 3.5
Platte 4,496 4,442 4,318 4,227 4,233 4,042 269 209 276 6.0 4.7 6.4
CENTRAL 47,877 48,142 46,898 44,871 45,650 43,804 3,006 2,492 3,094 6.3 5.2 6.6
Carbon 8,269 8,252 7,918 7,634 7,776 7,353 635 476 565 7.7 5.8 7.1
Converse 6,390 6,458 6,241 5,993 6,128 5,867 397 330 374 6.2 5.1 6.0
Natrona 33,218 33,432 32,739 31,244 31,746 30,584 1,974 1,686 2,155 5.9 5.0 6.6
STATEWIDE 254,749 256,919 248,778 239,821 245,176 233,429 14,928 11,743 15,349 5.9 4.6 6.2
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted 4.6 4.5 4.9
U.S. 4.8 4.0 5.2
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted 4.3 4.3 4.6

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 02/99. Run Date 02/99.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.
(p) Preliminary.
(r) Revised.
(b) Benchmarked.
NOTE: The 1998 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.


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