"Natrona County's unemployment rate fell from 5.1 percent in January 2002 to 4.6 percent in February 2002."

	Labor Force			Employed			Unemployed			Unemployment Rates

REGION	Feb	Jan	Feb	Feb	Jan	Feb	Feb	Jan	Feb	Feb	Jan	Feb
County	2002	2002	2001	2002	2002	2001	2002	2002	2001	2002	2002	2001
	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)


NORTHWEST	45,298	45,021	45,378	42,241	41,961	42,273	3,057	3,060	3,105	6.7	6.8	6.8

Big Horn	5,824	5,796	5,831	5,414	5,424	5,441	410	372	390	7	6.4	6.7
Fremont	18,439	18,302	18,248	17,100	16,913	16,647	1,339	1,389	1,601	7.3	7.6	8.8
Hot Springs	2,399	2,368	2,339	2,251	2,225	2,229	148	143	110	6.2	6	4.7
Park	14,160	14,001	14,388	13,285	13,138	13,577	875	863	811	6.2	6.2	5.6
Washakie	4,476	4,554	4,572	4,191	4,261	4,379	285	293	193	6.4	6.4	4.2


NORTHEAST	46,384	45,862	44,854	44,496	44,027	42,844	1,888	1,835	2,010	4.1	4	4.5

Campbell	23,272	22,935	21,206	22,482	22,180	20,499	790	755	707	3.4	3.3	3.3
Crook	2,764	2,768	2,761	2,627	2,634	2,607	137	134	154	5	4.8	5.6
Johnson	3,524	3,549	3,625	3,416	3,406	3,450	108	143	175	3.1	4	4.8
Sheridan	13,560	13,346	14,018	12,857	12,695	13,239	703	651	779	5.2	4.9	5.6
Weston	3,264	3,264	3,244	3,114	3,112	3,049	150	152	195	4.6	4.7	6


SOUTHWEST	52,588	52,263	52,455	49,844	49,468	50,083	2,744	2,795	2,372	5.2	5.3	4.5

Lincoln	6,703	6,684	6,301	6,190	6,173	5,842	513	511	459	7.7	7.6	7.3
Sublette	3,065	3,093	3,026	2,976	3,003	2,939	89	90	87	2.9	2.9	2.9
Sweetwater	20,074	19,889	20,560	19,005	18,767	19,531	1,069	1,122	1,029	5.3	5.6	5
Teton	11,965	11,783	11,863	11,574	11,437	11,649	391	346	214	3.3	2.9	1.8
Uinta	10,781	10,814	10,705	10,099	10,088	10,122	682	726	583	6.3	6.7	5.4


SOUTHEAST	73,318	72,827	73,424	70,534	69,922	70,512	2,784	2,905	2,912	3.8	4	4

Albany	19,189	19,081	19,478	18,746	18,652	19,028	443	429	450	2.3	2.2	2.3
Goshen	6,101	6,180	6,292	5,797	5,854	5,947	304	326	345	5	5.3	5.5
Laramie	42,593	42,128	42,257	40,847	40,257	40,475	1,746	1,871	1,782	4.1	4.4	4.2
Niobrara	1,109	1,138	1,154	1,072	1,092	1,085	37	46	69	3.3	4	6
Platte	4,326	4,300	4,243	4,072	4,067	3,977	254	233	266	5.9	5.4	6.3


CENTRAL	49,682	49,623	49,685	47,249	46,911	47,136	2,433	2,712	2,549	4.9	5.5	5.1

Carbon	7,895	7,907	7,937	7,375	7,341	7,480	520	566	457	6.6	7.2	5.8
Converse	6,210	6,210	6,592	5,925	5,886	6,197	285	324	395	4.6	5.2	6
Natrona	35,577	35,506	35,156	33,949	33,684	33,459	1,628	1,822	1,697	4.6	5.1	4.8


STATEWIDE	267,269	265,597	265,797	254,365	252,290	252,847	12,904	13,307	12,950	4.8	5	4.9

Statewide Seasonally Adjusted ..............................................................................................................................................										3.6	3.9	3.6
U.S..................................................................................................................................................................................................										6.1	6.3	4.6
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted..........................................................................................................................................................										5.5	5.6	4.2

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 02/02. Run Date 03/02.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.

(p) Preliminary. (r) Revised. (b) Benchmarked.
NOTE: The Current Population Survey (CPS) estimated the 2001 annual average Wyoming unemployment rate at 3.9 percent.
The 90 percent confidence interval for this estimate suggests that in 9 of 10 cases, the interval 3.4 to 4.4 percent would contain the actual rate.