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Copyright 2004 by the Wyoming Department of Employment, Research & Planning
WYOMING LABOR FORCE TRENDS
Vol. 41 No. 4
Wyoming
County Unemployment Rates
by:
Brad
Payne, Economist
The
counties with the largest over-the-year employment growth were Natrona (1,286),
Campbell (678), Park (578), and Sweetwater (543).
Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemployment Rate | ||||||||||||
REGION | Feb | Jan | Feb | Feb | Jan | Feb | Feb | Jan | Feb | Feb | Jan | Feb | |||
County | 2004 | 2004 | 2003 | 2004 | 2004 | 2003 | 2004 | 2004 | 2003 | 2004 | 2004 | 2003 | |||
(p) | (r) | (b) | (p) | (r) | (b) | (p) | (r) | (b) | (p) | (r) | (b) | ||||
NORTHWEST | 46,082 | 46,054 | 45,289 | 43,346 | 43,133 | 42,067 | 2,736 | 2,921 | 3,222 | 5.9 | 6.3 | 7.1 | |||
Big Horn | 5,782 | 5,820 | 5,699 | 5,458 | 5,467 | 5,318 | 324 | 353 | 381 | 5.6 | 6.1 | 6.7 | |||
Fremont | 18,654 | 18,621 | 18,400 | 17,306 | 17,190 | 16,829 | 1,348 | 1,431 | 1,571 | 7.2 | 7.7 | 8.5 | |||
Hot Springs | 2,172 | 2,162 | 2,177 | 2,075 | 2,053 | 2,060 | 97 | 109 | 117 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.4 | |||
Park | 14,957 | 14,903 | 14,497 | 14,192 | 14,070 | 13,614 | 765 | 833 | 883 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 6.1 | |||
Washakie | 4,517 | 4,548 | 4,516 | 4,315 | 4,353 | 4,246 | 202 | 195 | 270 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 6.0 | |||
NORTHEAST | 47,578 | 47,324 | 46,990 | 45,568 | 45,190 | 44,408 | 2,010 | 2,134 | 2,582 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 5.5 | |||
Campbell | 22,920 | 22,819 | 22,532 | 22,044 | 21,900 | 21,366 | 876 | 919 | 1,166 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 5.2 | |||
Crook | 2,879 | 2,870 | 2,859 | 2,721 | 2,705 | 2,689 | 158 | 165 | 170 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.9 | |||
Johnson | 3,934 | 3,919 | 3,876 | 3,778 | 3,750 | 3,671 | 156 | 169 | 205 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 5.3 | |||
Sheridan | 14,697 | 14,601 | 14,550 | 14,009 | 13,836 | 13,700 | 688 | 765 | 850 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 5.8 | |||
Weston | 3,148 | 3,115 | 3,173 | 3,016 | 2,999 | 2,982 | 132 | 116 | 191 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 6.0 | |||
SOUTHWEST | 54,180 | 54,161 | 53,329 | 51,881 | 51,701 | 50,249 | 2,299 | 2,460 | 3,080 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 5.8 | |||
Lincoln | 7,396 | 7,356 | 7,205 | 6,937 | 6,906 | 6,640 | 459 | 450 | 565 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 7.8 | |||
Sublette | 3,660 | 3,667 | 3,403 | 3,567 | 3,568 | 3,294 | 93 | 99 | 109 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 3.2 | |||
Sweetwater | 20,343 | 20,203 | 20,087 | 19,554 | 19,331 | 19,011 | 789 | 872 | 1,076 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 5.4 | |||
Teton | 11,690 | 11,731 | 11,753 | 11,287 | 11,305 | 11,247 | 403 | 426 | 506 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 4.3 | |||
Uinta | 11,091 | 11,204 | 10,881 | 10,536 | 10,591 | 10,057 | 555 | 613 | 824 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 7.6 | |||
SOUTHEAST | 75,241 | 74,810 | 75,308 | 72,138 | 71,518 | 72,136 | 3,103 | 3,292 | 3,172 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.2 | |||
Albany | 20,197 | 19,747 | 20,081 | 19,701 | 19,263 | 19,620 | 496 | 484 | 461 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.3 | |||
Goshen | 6,064 | 6,033 | 6,157 | 5,769 | 5,744 | 5,823 | 295 | 289 | 334 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 5.4 | |||
Laramie | 43,585 | 43,687 | 43,613 | 41,600 | 41,502 | 41,564 | 1,985 | 2,185 | 2,049 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 4.7 | |||
Niobrara | 1,102 | 1,100 | 1,169 | 1,066 | 1,053 | 1,103 | 36 | 47 | 66 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 5.6 | |||
Platte | 4,293 | 4,243 | 4,288 | 4,002 | 3,956 | 4,026 | 291 | 287 | 262 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.1 | |||
CENTRAL | 50,899 | 50,474 | 50,138 | 48,460 | 47,869 | 47,153 | 2,439 | 2,605 | 2,985 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 6.0 | |||
Carbon | 7,693 | 7,763 | 7,871 | 7,264 | 7,272 | 7,254 | 429 | 491 | 617 | 5.6 | 6.3 | 7.8 | |||
Converse | 6,327 | 6,288 | 6,408 | 6,001 | 5,958 | 5,990 | 326 | 330 | 418 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 6.5 | |||
Natrona | 36,879 | 36,423 | 35,859 | 35,195 | 34,639 | 33,909 | 1,684 | 1,784 | 1,950 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 5.4 | |||
STATEWIDE | 273,979 | 272,821 | 271,052 | 261,394 | 259,410 | 256,012 | 12,585 | 13,411 | 15,040 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 5.5 | |||
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted .............................................................................................................................................. | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.5 | ||||||||||||
U.S.................................................................................................................................................................................................. | 6.0 | 6.3 | 6.4 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted.......................................................................................................................................................... | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.9 | ||||||||||||
Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 03/04. Run Date 03/04. | |||||||||||||||
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified. | |||||||||||||||
(p) Preliminary. (r) Revised. (b) Benchmarked. | |||||||||||||||
NOTE: The Current Population Survey (CPS) estimated the 2003 annual average Wyoming unemployment rate at 4.4 percent. | |||||||||||||||
The 90 percent confidence interval for this estimate suggests that in 9 of 10 cases, the interval 3.9 to 4.9 percent would contain the actual rate. |
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