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Wyoming County Unemployment Rates
by: Brad Payne, Economist

"Lincoln and Fremont counties continued to post the highest unemployment rates in March (both 7.7%)."


Labor Force Employed Unemployed Unemployment Rate
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REGION Mar Feb Mar Mar Feb Mar Mar Feb Mar Mar Feb Mar
County 2003 2003 2002 2003 2003 2002 2003 2003 2002 2003 2003 2002
(p) (r) (b) (p) (r) (b) (p) (r) (b) (p) (r) (b)
                             
                               
NORTHWEST 46,272 45,834 45,985 43,369 42,813 42,801 2,903 3,021 3,184 6.3 6.6 6.9
Big Horn 5,782 5,765 5,722 5,455 5,407 5,311 327 358 411 5.7 6.2 7.2
Fremont 19,014 18,727 18,809 17,558 17,251 17,425 1,456 1,476 1,384 7.7 7.9 7.4
Hot Springs 2,257 2,233 2,378 2,175 2,124 2,222 82 109 156 3.6 4.9 6.6
Park 14,742 14,615 14,547 13,934 13,790 13,637 808 825 910 5.5 5.6 6.3
Washakie 4,477 4,494 4,529 4,247 4,241 4,206 230 253 323 5.1 5.6 7.1
                               
NORTHEAST 48,149 47,700 47,326 45,890 45,275 45,298 2,259 2,425 2,028 4.7 5.1 4.3
Campbell 23,281 23,159 23,284 22,287 22,064 22,420 994 1,095 864 4.3 4.7 3.7
Crook 2,898 2,857 2,710 2,736 2,696 2,558 162 161 152 5.6 5.6 5.6
Johnson 3,936 3,887 3,807 3,771 3,696 3,679 165 191 128 4.2 4.9 3.4
Sheridan 14,671 14,423 14,306 13,893 13,623 13,578 778 800 728 5.3 5.5 5.1
Weston 3,363 3,374 3,219 3,203 3,196 3,063 160 178 156 4.8 5.3 4.8
                               
SOUTHWEST 53,955 53,462 52,469 51,257 50,586 49,688 2,698 2,876 2,781 5.0 5.4 5.3
Lincoln 6,659 6,605 6,343 6,148 6,084 5,836 511 521 507 7.7 7.9 8.0
Sublette 3,358 3,335 3,252 3,263 3,234 3,148 95 101 104 2.8 3.0 3.2
Sweetwater 20,183 19,911 20,266 19,287 18,908 19,200 896 1,003 1,066 4.4 5.0 5.3
Teton 12,224 12,106 11,435 11,733 11,631 11,039 491 475 396 4.0 3.9 3.5
Uinta 11,531 11,505 11,173 10,826 10,729 10,465 705 776 708 6.1 6.7 6.3
                               
SOUTHEAST 74,537 74,279 73,921 71,885 71,306 71,166 2,652 2,973 2,755 3.6 4.0 3.7
Albany 19,711 19,422 20,038 19,344 18,993 19,570 367 429 468 1.9 2.2 2.3
Goshen 6,162 6,163 6,091 5,892 5,851 5,838 270 312 253 4.4 5.1 4.2
Laramie 43,095 43,207 42,483 41,348 41,283 40,716 1,747 1,924 1,767 4.1 4.5 4.2
Niobrara 1,155 1,133 1,113 1,100 1,072 1,065 55 61 48 4.8 5.4 4.3
Platte 4,414 4,354 4,196 4,201 4,107 3,977 213 247 219 4.8 5.7 5.2
                               
CENTRAL 50,593 50,242 49,898 47,976 47,454 47,353 2,617 2,788 2,545 5.2 5.5 5.1
Carbon 7,975 7,912 7,877 7,435 7,336 7,424 540 576 453 6.8 7.3 5.8
Converse 6,265 6,236 6,086 5,894 5,845 5,781 371 391 305 5.9 6.3 5.0
Natrona 36,353 36,094 35,935 34,647 34,273 34,148 1,706 1,821 1,787 4.7 5.0 5.0
                               
STATEWIDE 273,507 271,520 269,598 260,378 257,434 256,307 13,129 14,086 13,291 4.8 5.2 4.9
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted .............................................................................................................................................. 4.1 4.1 4.2
U.S.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 6.2 6.4 6.1
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted.......................................................................................................................................................... 5.8 5.8 5.7
Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics.  Benchmarked 03/03.  Run Date 4/03.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.
(p) Preliminary.     (r) Revised.     (b) Benchmarked.
NOTE:  The Current Population Survey (CPS) estimated the 2002 annual average Wyoming unemployment rate at 4.2 percent. 
The 90 percent confidence interval for this estimate suggests that in 9 of 10 cases, the interval 3.7 to 4.7 percent would contain the actual rate.


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