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

As was noted in the March issue of TRENDS, the steadiness of the Seasonally Adjusted data indicates that the unemployment rate of 5.6 percent is not unusual for February. Historically, the rate begins to decrease in March; in 1995, the unemployment rate was 5.8 percent in January, 5.7 percent in February and dropped to 5.0 percent in March.

LABOR FORCE UNEMPLOYED NUMBER UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
REGION-or- County Feb 96 (p) Jan 96 (r) Feb 95 (b) Feb 96 (p) Jan 96 (r) Feb 95 (b) Feb 96 (p) Jan 96 (r) Feb 95 (b)
NORTHWEST 44,314 43,985 44,331 3,033 2,985 3,709 6.8 6.8 8.4
Big Horn 5,202 5,131 5,193 421 353 491 8.1 6.9 9.5
Fremont 17,831 17,524 17,768 1,558 1,515 1,740 8.7 8.6 9.8
Hot Springs 2,191 2,214 2,407 97 107 140 4.4 4.8 5.8
Park 14,437 14,286 14,268 726 766 927 5.0 5.4 6.5
Washakie 4,653 4,830 4,695 231 244 411 5.0 5.1 8.8
NORTHEAST 41,195 41,168 41,520 2,169 2,299 2,591 5.3 5.6 6.2
Campbell 17,975 17,933 18,307 891 918 1,086 5.0 5.1 5.9
Crook 2,998 3,020 2,916 157 155 159 5.2 5.1 5.5
Johnson 3,352 3,338 3,417 163 157 199 4.9 4.7 5.8
Sheridan 13,496 13,546 13,498 780 883 923 5.8 6.5 6.8
Weston 3,374 3,331 3,382 178 186 224 5.3 5.6 6.6
REGION-or- County Feb 96 (p) Jan 96 (r) Feb 95 (b) Feb 96 (p) Jan 96 (r) Feb 95 (b) Feb 96 (p) Jan 96 (r) Feb 95 (b)
SOUTHWEST 51,068 50,628 50,997 3,249 2,944 3,379 6.4 5.8 6.6
Lincoln 6,238 6,260 6,249 429 454 686 6.9 7.3 11.0
Sublette 2,746 2,835 2,819 142 147 150 5.2 5.2 5.3
Sweetwater 21,336 20,975 21,864 1,476 1,220 1,387 6.9 5.8 6.3
Teton 9,695 9,652 9,388 275 279 233 2.8 2.9 2.5
Uinta 11,053 10,906 10,677 927 844 923 8.4 7.7 8.6
SOUTHEAST 68,177 67,713 67,753 2,497 2,650 2,997 3.7 3.9 4.4
Albany 16,811 16,520 16,630 332 361 455 2.0 2.2 2.7
Goshen 6,420 6,449 6,533 404 380 404 6.3 5.9 6.2
Laramie 39,645 39,398 39,261 1,556 1,680 1,842 3.9 4.3 4.7
Niobrara 1,190 1,195 1,164 27 31 36 2.3 2.6 3.1
Platte 4,111 4,151 4,165 178 198 260 4.3 4.8 6.2
REGION-or- County Feb 96 (p) Jan 96 (r) Feb 95 (b) Feb 96 (p) Jan 96 (r) Feb 95 (b) Feb 96 (p) Jan 96 (r) Feb 95 (b)
CENTRAL 48,103 47,940 47,800 3,114 3,164 3,472 6.5 6.6 7.3
Carbon 8,396 8,474 8,740 520 551 703 6.2 6.5 8.0
Converse 6,188 6,209 6,295 320 345 419 5.2 5.6 6.7
Natrona 33,519 33,257 32,765 2,274 2,268 2,350 6.8 6.8 7.2
STATEWIDE 252,855 251,435 252,403 14,062 14,043 16,147 5.6 5.6 6.4
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted 4.1 4.2 5.0
U.S. 6.0 6.3 5.9
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted 5.5 5.8 5.4

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


(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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