Table: Wyoming Annual Average Local Area Unemployment Statistics (1996-98)

	1996	1997	1998
WYOMING
Labor Force	256,198	251,288	257,968
Employment	243,343	238,520	245,607
Unemployment	12,855	12,768	12,361
Unemployment Rate	5.0	5.1	4.8
ALBANY COUNTY
Labor Force	16,984	16,590	16,975
Employment	16,664	16,243	16,607
Unemployment	320	347	368
Unemployment Rate	1.9	2.1	2.2
BIG HORN COUNTY
Labor Force	5,371	5,493	5,819
Employment	5,048	5,174	5,452
Unemployment	323	319	367
Unemployment Rate	6.0	5.8	6.3
CAMPBELL COUNTY
Labor Force	18,571	18,534	19,174
Employment	17,695	17,555	18,246
Unemployment	876	979	928
Unemployment Rate	4.7	5.3	4.8
CARBON COUNTY
Labor Force	8,525	8,207	8,368
Employment	8,075	7,786	7,921
Unemployment	450	421	447
Unemployment Rate	5.3	5.1	5.3
CONVERSE COUNTY
Labor Force	6,521	6,505	6,563
Employment	6,170	6,102	6,217
Unemployment	351	403	346
Unemployment Rate	5.4	6.2	5.3
CROOK COUNTY
Labor Force	3,055	2,948	2,999
Employment	2,916	2,806	2,839
Unemployment	139	142	160
Unemployment Rate	4.5	4.8	5.3
FREMONT COUNTY
Labor Force	17,804	17,272	17,561
Employment	16,425	15,829	16,172
Unemployment	1,379	1,443	1,389
Unemployment Rate	7.7	8.4	7.9
GOSHEN COUNTY
Labor Force	6,454	6,321	6,440
Employment	6,128	6,004	6,138
Unemployment	326	317	302
Unemployment Rate	5.1	5.0	4.7
HOT SPRINGS COUNTY
Labor Force	2,530	2,384	2,419
Employment	2,424	2,278	2,309
Unemployment	106	106	110
Unemployment Rate	4.2	4.4	4.5
JOHNSON COUNTY
Labor Force	3,747	3,682	3,744
Employment	3,604	3,512	3,590
Unemployment	143	170	154
Unemployment Rate	3.8	4.6	4.1
LARAMIE COUNTY
Labor Force	39,151	38,492	39,337
Employment	37,729	37,001	37,927
Unemployment	1,422	1,491	1,410
Unemployment Rate	3.6	3.9	3.6
LINCOLN COUNTY
Labor Force	6,425	6,236	6,245
Employment	5,992	5,831	5,850
Unemployment	433	405	395
Unemployment Rate	6.7	6.5	6.3
NATRONA COUNTY
Labor Force	32,693	32,387	33,168
Employment	30,611	30,460	31,382
Unemployment	2,082	1,927	1,786
Unemployment Rate	6.4	5.9	5.4
NIOBRARA COUNTY
Labor Force	1,293	1,199	1,278
Employment	1,263	1,174	1,242
Unemployment	30	25	36
Unemployment Rate	2.3	2.1	2.8
PARK COUNTY
Labor Force	15,176	14,794	15,115
Employment	14,521	14,092	14,414
Unemployment	655	702	701
Unemployment Rate	4.3	4.7	4.6
PLATTE COUNTY
Labor Force	4,257	4,283	4,499
Employment	4,090	4,100	4,280
Unemployment	167	183	219
Unemployment Rate	3.9	4.3	4.9
SHERIDAN COUNTY
Labor Force	13,607	13,357	13,756
Employment	12,955	12,649	13,049
Unemployment	652	708	707
Unemployment Rate	4.8	5.3	5.1
SUBLETTE COUNTY
Labor Force	3,060	2,945	3,051
Employment	2,949	2,858	2,954
Unemployment	111	87	97
Unemployment Rate	3.6	3.0	3.2
SWEETWATER COUNTY
Labor Force	21,126	20,568	21,367
Employment	19,796	19,349	20,223
Unemployment	1,330	1,219	1,144
Unemployment Rate	6.3	5.9	5.4
TETON COUNTY
Labor Force	10,621	10,565	10,921
Employment	10,324	10,292	10,691
Unemployment	297	273	230
Unemployment Rate	2.8	2.6	2.1
UINTA COUNTY
Labor Force	11,033	10,551	10,917
Employment	10,217	9,898	10,301
Unemployment	816	653	616
Unemployment Rate	7.4	6.2	5.6
WASHAKIE COUNTY
Labor Force	4,870	4,758	4,917
Employment	4,597	4,492	4,628
Unemployment	273	266	289
Unemployment Rate	5.6	5.6	5.9
WESTON COUNTY
Labor Force	3,327	3,214	3,336
Employment	3,152	3,035	3,176
Unemployment	175	179	160
Unemployment Rate	5.3	5.6	4.8

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