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

	Labor Force			Unemployed Number			Unemployment Rates
REGION-or-County	Mar 98 (p)	Feb 98 (r)	Mar 97 (b)	Mar 98 (p)	Feb 98 (r)	Mar 97 (b)	Mar 98 (p)	Feb 98 (r)	Mar 97 (b)
NORTHWEST	43,855	43,105	43,571	3,127	3,120	3,615	7.1	7.2	8.3
Big Horn	5,656	5,556	5,359	394	352	445	7.0	6.3	8.3
Fremont	17,026	16,878	17,400	1,462	1,613	1,752	8.6	9.6	10.1
Hot Springs	2,343	2,375	2,359	121	114	136	5.2	4.8	5.8
Park	14,116	13,779	13,696	789	812	924	5.6	5.9	6.7
Washakie	4,714	4,517	4,757	361	229	358	7.7	5.1	7.5
NORTHEAST	42,387	41,985	41,315	2,420	2,600	2,910	5.7	6.2	7.0
Campbell	19,239	19,016	18,515	1,047	1,050	1,233	5.4	5.5	6.7
Crook	2,832	2,788	2,812	199	213	198	7.0	7.6	7.0
Johnson	3,609	3,579	3,509	177	202	242	4.9	5.6	6.9
Sheridan	13,570	13,488	13,249	815	933	988	6.0	6.9	7.5
Weston	3,137	3,114	3,230	182	202	249	5.8	6.5	7.7
SOUTHWEST	50,220	49,796	49,151	2,495	2,723	3,137	5.0	5.5	6.4
Lincoln	6,301	6,191	6,108	474	428	536	7.5	6.9	8.8
Sublette	2,831	2,782	2,735	106	101	134	3.7	3.6	4.9
Sweetwater	20,911	20,628	20,571	1,133	1,292	1,449	5.4	6.3	7.0
Teton	9,877	9,923	9,405	205	229	296	2.1	2.3	3.1
Uinta	10,300	10,272	10,332	577	673	722	5.6	6.6	7.0
SOUTHEAST	69,039	68,463	66,844	2,568	2,755	2,775	3.7	4.0	4.2
Albany	17,634	17,455	16,932	443	464	456	2.5	2.7	2.7
Goshen	6,464	6,483	6,182	357	415	386	5.5	6.4	6.2
Laramie	39,552	39,266	38,366	1,507	1,600	1,670	3.8	4.1	4.4
Niobrara	1,092	1,077	1,158	30	31	28	2.7	2.9	2.4
Platte	4,297	4,182	4,206	231	245	235	5.4	5.9	5.6
CENTRAL	48,461	47,932	47,251	2,710	2,876	3,376	5.6	6.0	7.1
Carbon	8,131	7,972	8,069	530	572	560	6.5	7.2	6.9
Converse	6,655	6,483	6,428	385	363	506	5.8	5.6	7.9
Natrona	33,675	33,477	32,754	1,795	1,941	2,310	5.3	5.8	7.1
STATEWIDE	253,960	251,281	248,134	13,320	14,075	15,814	5.2	5.6	6.4
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted							4.2	4.0	5.3
U.S.							5.0	5.0	5.5
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted							4.7	4.6	5.2

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Benchmarked 02/98. Run Date 04/98.


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


NOTE: The 1997 annual average unemployment rate for Wyoming was estimated at 5.1 percent. A 90 percent confidence interval around this estimate suggests that in 9 out of 10 cases the actual rate would fall between 4.5 and 5.7 percent.