Wyoming County Unemployment Rates

by: Carola Cowan, BLS Programs Supervisor

Most county unemployment rates followed their normal seasonal pattern and decreased from March to April. The lowest unemployment rates were found in Albany (2.6%), Sublette (3.2%), and Niobrara (3.5%) counties. Big Horn County posted the highest unemployment rate (7.9%), followed by Teton (7.8%), Lincoln (6.6%), and Johnson (6.3%) counties.

Labor Force
Employed
Unemployed
Unemployment Rates
  REGION
Apr
Mar
Apr
Apr
Mar
Apr
Apr
Mar
Apr
Apr
Mar
Apr
  County
2009
2009
2008
2009
2009
2008
2009
2009
2008
2009
2009
2008
(p)
(r)
(b)
(p)
(r)
(b)
(p)
(r)
(b)
(p)
(r)
(b)
NORTHWEST 43,813 43,585 43,545 41,339 40,686 42,021 2,474 2,899 1,524 5.6 6.7 3.5
Big Horn 4,976 4,938 4,908 4,585 4,493 4,716 391 445 192 7.9 9.0 3.9
Fremont 18,468 18,537 18,258 17,352 17,252 17,600 1,116 1,285 658 6.0 6.9 3.6
Hot Springs 2,343 2,316 2,444 2,232 2,190 2,365 111 126 79 4.7 5.4 3.2
Park 13,819 13,593 13,700 13,156 12,790 13,237 663 803 463 4.8 5.9 3.4
Washakie 4,207 4,201 4,235 4,014 3,961 4,103 193 240 132 4.6 5.7 3.1
NORTHEAST 54,497 54,205 53,838 52,009 51,539 52,534 2,488 2,666 1,304 4.6 4.9 2.4
Campbell 27,620 27,535 27,030 26,557 26,423 26,521 1,063 1,112 509 3.8 4.0 1.9
Crook 3,441 3,410 3,526 3,279 3,231 3,415 162 179 111 4.7 5.2 3.1
Johnson 4,090 4,023 4,001 3,831 3,775 3,864 259 248 137 6.3 6.2 3.4
Sheridan 16,161 16,033 16,014 15,306 15,077 15,565 855 956 449 5.3 6.0 2.8
Weston 3,185 3,204 3,267 3,036 3,033 3,169 149 171 98 4.7 5.3 3.0
SOUTHWEST 63,973 64,237 63,424 60,545 60,910 61,821 3,428 3,327 1,603 5.4 5.2 2.5
Lincoln 8,042 8,060 8,271 7,515 7,430 8,012 527 630 259 6.6 7.8 3.1
Sublette 7,105 7,058 6,676 6,881 6,819 6,587 224 239 89 3.2 3.4 1.3
Sweetwater 24,403 24,296 23,922 23,305 23,155 23,403 1,098 1,141 519 4.5 4.7 2.2
Teton 13,225 13,727 13,233 12,197 13,032 12,805 1,028 695 428 7.8 5.1 3.2
Uinta 11,198 11,096 11,322 10,647 10,474 11,014 551 622 308 4.9 5.6 2.7
SOUTHEAST 71,543 72,109 73,337 68,807 68,623 71,101 2,736 3,486 2,236 3.8 4.8 3.0
Albany 19,163 19,353 19,049 18,667 18,712 18,637 496 641 412 2.6 3.3 2.2
Goshen 6,025 5,968 6,214 5,795 5,680 6,005 230 288 209 3.8 4.8 3.4
Laramie 41,247 41,667 42,668 39,428 39,385 41,233 1,819 2,282 1,435 4.4 5.5 3.4
Niobrara 1,220 1,232 1,250 1,177 1,174 1,207 43 58 43 3.5 4.7 3.4
Platte 3,888 3,889 4,156 3,740 3,672 4,019 148 217 137 3.8 5.6 3.3
CENTRAL 54,712 54,828 55,764 52,144 51,949 54,321 2,568 2,879 1,443 4.7 5.3 2.6
Carbon 7,688 7,692 8,161 7,273 7,176 7,920 415 516 241 5.4 6.7 3.0
Converse 7,204 7,187 7,342 6,886 6,827 7,176 318 360 166 4.4 5.0 2.3
Natrona 39,820 39,949 40,261 37,985 37,946 39,225 1,835 2,003 1,036 4.6 5.0 2.6
STATEWIDE 288,538 288,962 289,908 274,846 273,706 281,797 13,692 15,256 8,111 4.7 5.3 2.8
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted 4.5 4.5 2.9
U.S. 8.6 9.0 4.8
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted 8.9 8.5 5.0
Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics.  Benchmarked 02/2009.  Run Date 05/2009.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.
(p) Preliminary.   (r) Revised  (b) Benchmarked.

 


Last modified on by Phil Ellsworth.