Wyoming County Unemployment Rates

"From April to May 2003 the unemployment rate fell in 21 of Wyoming's 23 counties."

	Labor Force			Employed			Unemployed			Unemployment Rate
	_______________________________			______________________________________			___________________________________			_______________________
REGION	May	Apr	May	May	Apr	May	May	Apr	May	May	Apr	May
County	2003	2003	2002	2003	2003	2002	2003	2003	2002	2003	2003	2002
	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)


NORTHWEST	47,061	46,433	46,885	45,096	44,144	44,492	1,965	2,289	2,393	4.2	4.9	5.1

Big Horn	5,805	5,806	5,782	5,593	5,577	5,486	212	229	296	3.7	3.9	5.1
Fremont	18,746	18,929	18,617	17,774	17,769	17,589	972	1,160	1,028	5.2	6.1	5.5
Hot Springs	2,319	2,314	2,397	2,260	2,240	2,287	59	74	110	2.5	3.2	4.6
Park	15,705	14,868	15,515	15,155	14,236	14,869	550	632	646	3.5	4.3	4.2
Washakie	4,486	4,516	4,574	4,314	4,322	4,261	172	194	313	3.8	4.3	6.8


NORTHEAST	48,337	48,407	47,203	46,551	46,470	45,633	1,786	1,937	1,570	3.7	4.0	3.3

Campbell	23,084	23,259	22,581	22,183	22,336	21,802	901	923	779	3.9	4.0	3.4
Crook	3,065	2,984	3,008	2,946	2,842	2,919	119	142	89	3.9	4.8	3.0
Johnson	4,141	4,016	4,013	4,020	3,892	3,899	121	124	114	2.9	3.1	2.8
Sheridan	14,674	14,749	14,316	14,136	14,136	13,845	538	613	471	3.7	4.2	3.3
Weston	3,373	3,399	3,285	3,266	3,264	3,168	107	135	117	3.2	4.0	3.6


SOUTHWEST	54,819	54,069	52,767	52,372	51,280	50,289	2,447	2,789	2,478	4.5	5.2	4.7

Lincoln	6,925	6,834	6,715	6,547	6,387	6,361	378	447	354	5.5	6.5	5.3
Sublette	3,556	3,407	3,518	3,463	3,320	3,432	93	87	86	2.6	2.6	2.4
Sweetwater	20,179	20,218	19,581	19,377	19,370	18,694	802	848	887	4.0	4.2	4.5
Teton	12,551	12,094	11,736	11,995	11,339	11,263	556	755	473	4.4	6.2	4.0
Uinta	11,608	11,516	11,217	10,990	10,864	10,539	618	652	678	5.3	5.7	6.0


SOUTHEAST	73,633	74,835	73,085	71,428	72,527	70,835	2,205	2,308	2,250	3.0	3.1	3.1

Albany	18,984	19,660	18,966	18,699	19,320	18,610	285	340	356	1.5	1.7	1.9
Goshen	6,237	6,353	6,171	6,043	6,152	5,981	194	201	190	3.1	3.2	3.1
Laramie	42,528	43,070	42,020	41,022	41,536	40,517	1,506	1,534	1,503	3.5	3.6	3.6
Niobrara	1,215	1,203	1,212	1,183	1,157	1,158	32	46	54	2.6	3.8	4.5
Platte	4,669	4,549	4,716	4,481	4,362	4,569	188	187	147	4.0	4.1	3.1


CENTRAL	50,203	50,439	49,365	47,935	48,136	47,176	2,268	2,303	2,189	4.5	4.6	4.4

Carbon	8,124	8,011	8,040	7,710	7,564	7,686	414	447	354	5.1	5.6	4.4
Converse	6,292	6,304	6,270	6,013	5,994	6,041	279	310	229	4.4	4.9	3.7
Natrona	35,787	36,124	35,055	34,212	34,578	33,449	1,575	1,546	1,606	4.4	4.3	4.6


STATEWIDE	274,052	274,181	269,305	263,382	262,557	258,425	10,670	11,624	10,880	3.9	4.2	4.0

Statewide Seasonally Adjusted ..............................................................................................................................................										4.0	4.0	4.2
U.S..................................................................................................................................................................................................										5.8	5.8	5.5
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted..........................................................................................................................................................										6.1	6.0	5.8

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 03/03. Run Date 6/03.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.

(p) Preliminary. (r) Revised. (b) Benchmarked.
NOTE: The Current Population Survey (CPS) estimated the 2002 annual average Wyoming unemployment rate at 4.2 percent.
The 90 percent confidence interval for this estimate suggests that in 9 of 10 cases, the interval 3.7 to 4.7 percent would contain the actual rate.