Wyoming County Unemployment Rates
by: David Bullard, Senior Economist

"Washakie County had the highest unemployment rate (6.1%) in May 2000."

	Labor Force			Employed			Unemployed			Unemployment Rates
REGION-or-County	May 2000 (p)	Apr 2000 (r)	May 1999 (b)	May 2000 (p)	Apr 2000 (r)	May 1999 (b)	May 2000 (p)	Apr 2000 (r)	May 1999 (b)	May 2000 (p)	Apr 2000 (r)	May 1999 (b)
Northwest	46,672	46,302	47,234	44,404	43,581	44,143	2,268	2,721	3,091	4.9	5.9	6.5
Big Horn	5,819	5,870	5,850	5,501	5,502	5,442	318	368	408	5.5	6.3	7.0
Fremont	17,965	18,191	18,337	16,929	16,926	16,924	1,036	1,265	1,413	5.8	7.0	7.7
Hot Springs	2,445	2,450	2,457	2,364	2,358	2,321	81	92	136	3.3	3.8	5.5
Park	15,611	14,887	15,726	15,074	14,217	14,982	537	670	744	3.4	4.5	4.7
Washakie	4,832	4,904	4,864	4,536	4,578	4,474	296	326	390	6.1	6.6	8.0
Northeast	43,969	44,023	43,826	42,457	42,220	41,695	1,512	1,803	2,131	3.4	4.1	4.9
Campbell	19,666	19,764	19,625	19,035	19,063	18,573	631	701	1,052	3.2	3.5	5.4
Crook	3,103	3,048	3,075	2,985	2,906	2,947	118	142	128	3.8	4.7	4.2
Johnson	3,947	3,852	4,030	3,837	3,696	3,907	110	156	123	2.8	4.0	3.1
Sheridan	13,903	13,982	13,680	13,386	13,343	13,034	517	639	646	3.7	4.6	4.7
Weston	3,350	3,377	3,416	3,214	3,212	3,234	136	165	182	4.1	4.9	5.3
Southwest	51,658	50,819	51,955	49,611	48,321	49,003	2,047	2,498	2,952	4.0	4.9	5.7
Lincoln	6,506	6,390	6,633	6,206	5,982	6,225	300	408	408	4.6	6.4	6.2
Sublette	3,091	2,925	3,095	3,017	2,842	2,946	74	83	149	2.4	2.8	4.8
Sweetwater	20,334	20,408	20,784	19,489	19,469	19,461	845	939	1,323	4.2	4.6	6.4
Teton	11,185	10,629	10,849	10,920	10,200	10,518	265	429	331	2.4	4.0	3.1
Uinta	10,542	10,467	10,594	9,979	9,828	9,853	563	639	741	5.3	6.1	7.0
Southeast	69,641	70,600	69,054	68,049	68,754	67,071	1,592	1,846	1,983	2.3	2.6	2.9
Albany	17,212	17,469	17,128	16,949	17,167	16,805	263	302	323	1.5	1.7	1.9
Goshen	6,397	6,596	6,502	6,241	6,412	6,299	156	184	203	2.4	2.8	3.1
Laramie	39,965	40,529	39,212	38,936	39,356	37,973	1,029	1,173	1,239	2.6	2.9	3.2
Niobrara	1,344	1,351	1,341	1,318	1,320	1,303	26	31	38	1.9	2.3	2.8
Platte	4,723	4,655	4,871	4,605	4,499	4,691	118	156	180	2.5	3.4	3.7
Central	48,562	49,185	48,572	46,547	46,885	45,894	2,015	2,300	2,678	4.1	4.7	5.5
Carbon	8,213	8,203	8,527	7,878	7,774	8,088	335	429	439	4.1	5.2	5.1
Converse	6,475	6,542	6,536	6,214	6,235	6,226	261	307	310	4.0	4.7	4.7
Natrona	33,874	34,440	33,509	32,455	32,876	31,580	1,419	1,564	1,929	4.2	4.5	5.8
Statewide	260,503	260,928	260,640	251,069	249,761	247,806	9,434	11,167	12,834	3.6	4.3	4.9
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted										3.8	4.0	5.1
U.S.										3.9	3.7	4.0
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted										4.1	3.9	4.2

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 02/00. Run Date 06/00.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.
(p) Preliminary.
(r) Revised.
(b) Benchmarked.
NOTE: The Current Population Survey (CPS) estimated the 1999 annual average Wyoming unemployment rate at 4.9 percent. The 90 percent confidence interval for this estimate suggests that in 9 out of 10 cases, the interval 4.3 to 5.5 percent would contain the actual rate.

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