Wyoming County Unemployment Rates
data produced by: David Bullard, Economist
"From March to April 1999, the unemployment rate fell in every county in Wyoming except Teton County, which has different seasonal employment patterns from the rest of the state."
Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemployment Rates | |||||||||
REGION-or-County | Apr 99 (p) | Mar 99 (r) | Apr 98 (b) | Apr 99 (p) | Mar 99 (r) | Apr 98 (b) | Apr 99 (p) | Mar 99 (r) | Apr 98 (b) | Apr 99 (p) | Mar 99 (r) | Apr 98 (b) |
NORTHWEST | 45,438 | 45,067 | 45,330 | 42,579 | 41,988 | 42,135 | 2,859 | 3,079 | 3,195 | 6.3 | 6.8 | 7.0 |
Big Horn | 5,867 | 5,965 | 5,795 | 5,511 | 5,526 | 5,406 | 356 | 439 | 389 | 6.1 | 7.4 | 6.7 |
Fremont | 17,820 | 17,677 | 17,766 | 16,505 | 16,301 | 16,240 | 1,315 | 1,376 | 1,526 | 7.4 | 7.8 | 8.6 |
Hot Springs | 2,511 | 2,444 | 2,469 | 2,385 | 2,314 | 2,340 | 126 | 130 | 129 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 5.2 |
Park | 14,201 | 13,944 | 14,333 | 13,488 | 13,218 | 13,540 | 713 | 726 | 793 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 5.5 |
Washakie | 5,039 | 5,037 | 4,967 | 4,690 | 4,629 | 4,609 | 349 | 408 | 358 | 6.9 | 8.1 | 7.2 |
NORTHEAST | 43,525 | 43,352 | 42,533 | 41,337 | 40,780 | 40,380 | 2,188 | 2,572 | 2,153 | 5.0 | 5.9 | 5.1 |
Campbell | 19,676 | 19,696 | 19,066 | 18,598 | 18,541 | 18,151 | 1,078 | 1,155 | 915 | 5.5 | 5.9 | 4.8 |
Crook | 2,901 | 2,793 | 2,890 | 2,750 | 2,619 | 2,727 | 151 | 174 | 163.0 | 5.2 | 6.2 | 5.6 |
Johnson | 3,608 | 3,554 | 3,616 | 3,484 | 3,408 | 3,451 | 124 | 146 | 165 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 4.6 |
Sheridan | 13,893 | 13,863 | 13,683 | 13,259 | 12,997 | 12,948 | 634 | 866 | 735 | 4.6 | 6.2 | 5.4 |
Weston | 3,447 | 3,446 | 3,278 | 3,246 | 3,215 | 3,103 | 201 | 231 | 175 | 5.8 | 6.7 | 5.3 |
SOUTHWEST | 52,049 | 52,603 | 50,889 | 49,175 | 49,428 | 48,156 | 2,874 | 3,175 | 2,733 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 5.4 |
Lincoln | 6,053 | 6,155 | 6,181 | 5,640 | 5,645 | 5,736 | 413 | 510 | 445 | 6.8 | 8.3 | 7.2 |
Sublette | 2,943 | 2,934 | 2,814 | 2,778 | 2,768 | 2,709 | 165 | 166 | 105 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 3.7 |
Sweetwater | 21,990 | 22,323 | 21,331 | 20,822 | 20,826 | 20,146 | 1,168 | 1,497 | 1,185 | 5.3 | 6.7 | 5.6 |
Teton | 10,006 | 10,083 | 9,877 | 9,584 | 9,886 | 9,461 | 422 | 197 | 416 | 4.2 | 2.0 | 4.2 |
Uinta | 11,057 | 11,108 | 10,686 | 10,351 | 10,303 | 10,104 | 706 | 805 | 582 | 6.4 | 7.2 | 5.4 |
SOUTHEAST | 69,911 | 69,601 | 69,129 | 67,955 | 67,310 | 66,784 | 1,956 | 2,291 | 2,345 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
Albany | 17,557 | 17,419 | 17,133 | 17,201 | 17,058 | 16,748 | 356 | 361 | 385 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.2 |
Goshen | 6,506 | 6,386 | 6,519 | 6,310 | 6,087 | 6,227 | 196 | 299 | 292 | 3.0 | 4.7 | 4.5 |
Laramie | 39,917 | 39,978 | 39,640 | 38,729 | 38,617 | 38,267 | 1,188 | 1,361 | 1,373 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
Niobrara | 1,379 | 1,299 | 1,293 | 1,343 | 1,254 | 1,249 | 36 | 45 | 44 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.4 |
Platte | 4,552 | 4,519 | 4,544 | 4,372 | 4,294 | 4,293 | 180 | 225 | 251 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.5 |
CENTRAL | 48,656 | 48,770 | 47,875 | 46,135 | 45,981 | 45,261 | 2,521 | 2,789 | 2,614 | 5.2 | 5.7 | 5.5 |
Carbon | 8,211 | 8,268 | 8,053 | 7,785 | 7,727 | 7,603 | 426 | 541 | 450 | 5.2 | 6.5 | 5.6 |
Converse | 6,389 | 6,405 | 6,474 | 6,098 | 6,019 | 6,094 | 291 | 386 | 380 | 4.6 | 6.0 | 5.9 |
Natrona | 34,056 | 34,097 | 33,348 | 32,252 | 32,235 | 31,564 | 1,804 | 1,862 | 1,784 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.3 |
STATEWIDE | 259,580 | 259,394 | 255,755 | 247,183 | 245,488 | 242,716 | 12,397 | 13,906 | 13,039 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 5.1 |
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.8 | |||||||||
U.S. | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.1 | |||||||||
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 02/99. Run Date 05/99.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.
(p) Preliminary.
(r) Revised.
(b) Benchmarked.
NOTE: The Current Population Survey (CPS) estimated the 1998 annual average Wyoming unemployment rate at 4.8 percent.
The 90 percent confidence interval for this estimate suggests that in 9 out of 10 cases, the interval 4.2 to 5.4 percent would contain the actual rate.
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