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

The sharp seasonal decline in unemployment, which typically occurs in March, did not occur as expected this year. There were numerous small increases in unemployment in Construction and Manufacturing, but even these do not explain why the seasonal drop in unemployment did not occur as it has so reliably in past years.

LABOR FORCE UNEMPLOYED NUMBER UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
REGION-or-County Mar 96 (p) Feb 96 (r) Mar 95 (b) Mar 96 (p) Feb 96 (r) Mar 95 (b) Mar 96 (p) Feb 96 (r) Mar 95 (b)
NORTHWEST 45,182 44,313 44,404 3,088 3,032 3,075 6.8 6.8 6.9
Big Horn 5,335 5,207 5,154 443 426 371 8.3 8.2 7.2
Fremont 18,196 17,826 17,888 1,531 1,553 1,490 8.4 8.7 8.3
Hot Springs 2,272 2,193 2,456 104 99 121 4.6 4.5 4.9
Park 14,508 14,435 14,166 691 724 734 4.8 5.0 5.2
Washakie 4,871 4,652 4,740 319 230 359 6.5 4.9 7.6
NORTHEAST 41,798 41,192 41,806 2,170 2,168 2,309 5.2 5.3 5.5
Campbell 18,080 17,969 18,350 864 886 949 4.8 4.9 5.2
Crook 3,101 2,998 2,964 155 157 145 5.0 5.2 4.9
Johnson 3,438 3,351 3,438 165 162 165 4.8 4.8 4.8
Sheridan 13,720 13,500 13,629 775 785 824 5.6 5.8 6.0
Weston 3,459 3,374 3,425 211 178 226 6.1 5.3 6.6
REGION-or-County Mar 96 (p) Feb 96 (r) Mar 95 (b) Mar 96 (p) Feb 96 (r) Mar 95 (b) Mar 96 (p) Feb 96 (r) Mar 95 (b)
SOUTHWEST 51,470 51,056 51,265 3,279 3,239 3,211 6.4 6.3 6.3
Lincoln 6,572 6,237 6,347 593 428 619 9.0 6.9 9.8
Sublette 2,829 2,745 2,870 163 141 169 5.8 5.1 5.9
Sweetwater 21,334 21,328 21,990 1,393 1,470 1,292 6.5 6.9 5.9
Teton 9,697 9,695 9,332 303 275 274 3.1 2.8 2.9
Uinta 11,038 11,051 10,726 827 925 857 7.5 8.4 8.0
SOUTHEAST 68,808 68,173 68,196 2,455 2,505 2,599 3.6 3.7 3.8
Albany 17,002 16,807 16,832 307 331 399 1.8 2.0 2.4
Goshen 6,455 6,419 6,462 403 406 363 6.2 6.3 5.6
Laramie 39,840 39,646 39,512 1,531 1,561 1,608 3.8 3.9 4.1
Niobrara 1,319 1,190 1,248 36 27 38 2.7 2.3 3.0
Platte 4,192 4,111 4,142 178 180 191 4.2 4.4 4.6
REGION-or-County Mar 96 (p) Feb 96 (r) Mar 95 (b) Mar 96 (p) Feb 96 (r) Mar 95 (b) Mar 96 (p) Feb 96 (r) Mar 95 (b)
CENTRAL 48,503 48,119 47,943 3,131 3,118 2,880 6.5 6.5 6.0
Carbon 8,509 8,389 8,717 524 518 568 6.2 6.2 6.5
Converse 6,361 6,191 6,333 365 323 353 5.7 5.2 5.6
Natrona 33,633 33,539 32,893 2,242 2,277 1,959 6.7 6.8 6.0
STATEWIDE 255,761 252,852 253,616 14,125 14,062 14,075 5.5 5.6 5.5
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted 4.7 4.1 4.7
U.S. 5.8 6.0 5.7
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted 5.6 5.5 5.5

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Benchmarked 03/96. Run Date 04/96.


(p) Preliminary.
(r) Revised.
(b) Benchmarked.


NOTE: The 1995 annual average unemployment rate for Wyoming was estimated at 4.8 percent. A 90 percent confidence interval around this estimate suggests that in 9 out of 10 cases the actual rate would fall between 4.2 and 5.4 percent.


Wyoming Economic Table of Labor Market Employment Send Your Comments
Indicators Contents Information Resources on TRENDS