© Copyright 1999 by the Wyoming Department of Employment, Research & Planning

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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