© Copyright 2003 by the Wyoming Department of Employment, Research & Planning
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 | ||||||||||||
_______________________________ | ______________________________________ | ___________________________________ | _______________________ | ||||||||||||
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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