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

"The unemployment rate for Wyoming remained steady from January to February 1999 at 5.9 percent. The rate for the U.S. was virtually unchanged as well (4.8% in January and 4.7% in February)."

	Labor Force			Employed			Unemployed			Unemployment Rates
REGION-or-County	Feb 99 (p)	Jan 99 (r)	Feb 98 (b)	Feb 99 (p)	Jan 99 (r)	Feb 98 (b)	Feb 99 (p)	Jan 99 (r)	Feb 98 (b)	Feb 99 (p)	Jan 99 (r)	Feb 98 (b)
NORTHWEST	44,771	44,328	44,043	41,409	41,126	40,564	3,362	3,202	3,479	7.5	7.2	7.9
Big Horn	5,981	5,895	5,741	5,549	5,479	5,347	432	416	394	7.2	7.1	6.9
Fremont	17,521	17,259	17,299	15,895	15,717	15,500	1,626	1,542	1,799	9.3	8.9	10.4
Hot Springs	2,356	2,375	2,284	2,217	2,230	2,158	139	145	126	5.9	6.1	5.5
Park	13,818	13,769	13,833	13,004	12,959	12,933	814	810	900	5.9	5.9	6.5
Washakie	5,095	5,030	4,886	4,744	4,741	4,626	351	289	260	6.9	5.7	5.3
NORTHEAST	43,116	42,800	42,038	40,366	39,997	39,144	2,750	2,803	2,894	6.4	6.5	6.9
Campbell	19,514	19,510	19,019	18,322	18,211	17,847	1,192	1,299	1,172	6.1	6.7	6.2
Crook	2,838	2,846	2,748	2,628	2,625	2,513	210	221	235.0	7.4	7.8	8.6
Johnson	3,533	3,489	3,488	3,361	3,325	3,265	172	164	223	4.9	4.7	6.4
Sheridan	13,731	13,530	13,519	12,821	12,652	12,483	910	878	1,036	6.6	6.5	7.7
Weston	3,500	3,425	3,264	3,234	3,184	3,036	266	241	228	7.6	7.0	7.0
SOUTHWEST	51,972	51,405	50,598	48,563	48,343	47,554	3,409	3,062	3,044	6.6	6.0	6.0
Lincoln	5,977	5,977	6,056	5,543	5,521	5,583	434	456	473	7.3	7.6	7.8
Sublette	2,905	2,895	2,727	2,753	2,764	2,615	152	131	112	5.2	4.5	4.1
Sweetwater	21,827	21,563	21,147	20,214	20,111	19,697	1,613	1,452	1,450	7.4	6.7	6.9
Teton	10,134	9,999	9,989	9,861	9,776	9,741	273	223	248	2.7	2.2	2.5
Uinta	11,129	10,971	10,679	10,192	10,171	9,918	937	800	761	8.4	7.3	7.1
SOUTHEAST	68,735	68,556	67,671	66,121	65,722	64,617	2,614	2,834	3,054	3.8	4.1	4.5
Albany	17,179	17,110	16,856	16,743	16,657	16,343	436	453	513	2.5	2.6	3.0
Goshen	6,383	6,398	6,251	6,034	6,006	5,795	349	392	456	5.5	6.1	7.3
Laramie	39,322	39,254	39,026	37,799	37,594	37,249	1,523	1,660	1,777	3.9	4.2	4.6
Niobrara	1,299	1,291	1,146	1,257	1,234	1,111	42	57	35	3.2	4.4	3.1
Platte	4,552	4,503	4,392	4,288	4,231	4,119	264	272	273	5.8	6.0	6.2
CENTRAL	48,183	47,815	47,230	45,101	44,803	44,047	3,082	3,012	3,183	6.4	6.3	6.7
Carbon	8,253	8,270	7,997	7,616	7,641	7,365	637	629	632	7.7	7.6	7.9
Converse	6,463	6,413	6,365	6,060	5,999	5,963	403	414	402	6.2	6.5	6.3
Natrona	33,467	33,132	32,868	31,425	31,163	30,719	2,042	1,969	2,149	6.1	5.9	6.5
STATEWIDE	256,777	254,907	251,582	241,558	239,992	235,927	15,219	14,915	15,655	5.9	5.9	6.2
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted										4.6	4.6	4.8
U.S.										4.7	4.8	5.0
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted										4.4	4.3	4.6

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 02/99. Run Date 03/99.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.
(p) Preliminary.
(r) Revised.
(b) Benchmarked.
NOTE: The Current Population Survey (CPS) estimated the 1998 annual average Wyoming unemployment rate at 4.8 percent. The 90 percent confidence interval for this estimate suggests that in 9 out of 10 cases, the interval 4.2 to 5.4 percent would contain the actual rate.

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