© Copyright 2004 by the Wyoming Department of Employment, Research & Planning
WYOMING LABOR FORCE TRENDS
Vol. 41 No. 7

Fremont County posted the highest unemployment rate in May (5.4%). It was followed by Lincoln and Platte counties (both 4.4%).

	Labor Force			Employed			Unemployed			Unemployment Rate

REGION	May	Apr	May	May	Apr	May	May	Apr	May	May	Apr	May
County	2004	2004	2003	2004	2004	2003	2004	2004	2003	2004	2004	2003
	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)


NORTHWEST	47,728	46,783	47,556	45,689	44,689	45,337	2,039	2,094	2,219	4.3	4.5	4.7

Big Horn	5,905	5,873	5,878	5,689	5,649	5,638	216	224	240	3.7	3.8	4.1
Fremont	18,824	18,909	18,606	17,803	17,831	17,517	1,021	1,078	1,089	5.4	5.7	5.9
Hot Springs	2,262	2,244	2,262	2,201	2,177	2,193	61	67	69	2.7	3.0	3.1
Park	16,181	15,205	16,130	15,606	14,651	15,505	575	554	625	3.6	3.6	3.9
Washakie	4,556	4,552	4,680	4,390	4,381	4,484	166	171	196	3.6	3.8	4.2


NORTHEAST	48,070	47,949	47,809	46,650	46,554	45,813	1,420	1,395	1,996	3.0	2.9	4.2

Campbell	22,551	22,783	22,481	21,842	22,117	21,474	709	666	1,007	3.1	2.9	4.5
Crook	3,158	3,001	3,130	3,043	2,887	3,001	115	114	129	3.6	3.8	4.1
Johnson	4,222	4,066	4,171	4,144	3,997	4,035	78	69	136	1.8	1.7	3.3
Sheridan	14,916	14,915	14,747	14,499	14,465	14,145	417	450	602	2.8	3.0	4.1
Weston	3,223	3,184	3,280	3,122	3,088	3,158	101	96	122	3.1	3.0	3.7


SOUTHWEST	54,859	54,405	54,739	52,811	52,108	51,968	2,048	2,297	2,771	3.7	4.2	5.1

Lincoln	7,668	7,516	7,603	7,333	7,161	7,158	335	355	445	4.4	4.7	5.9
Sublette	3,949	3,766	3,721	3,863	3,682	3,614	86	84	107	2.2	2.2	2.9
Sweetwater	20,360	20,621	20,690	19,716	20,008	19,776	644	613	914	3.2	3.0	4.4
Teton	11,679	11,315	11,804	11,174	10,569	11,184	505	746	620	4.3	6.6	5.3
Uinta	11,203	11,187	10,921	10,725	10,688	10,236	478	499	685	4.3	4.5	6.3


SOUTHEAST	75,704	76,094	75,096	73,136	73,617	72,606	2,568	2,477	2,490	3.4	3.3	3.3

Albany	19,674	20,046	19,457	19,309	19,677	19,135	365	369	322	1.9	1.8	1.7
Goshen	6,279	6,307	6,277	6,084	6,091	6,059	195	216	218	3.1	3.4	3.5
Laramie	43,872	44,098	43,466	42,086	42,427	41,770	1,786	1,671	1,696	4.1	3.8	3.9
Niobrara	1,231	1,185	1,236	1,212	1,158	1,200	19	27	36	1.5	2.3	2.9
Platte	4,648	4,458	4,660	4,445	4,264	4,442	203	194	218	4.4	4.4	4.7


CENTRAL	50,681	51,292	51,112	48,809	49,403	48,539	1,872	1,889	2,573	3.7	3.7	5.0

Carbon	7,950	7,828	8,179	7,638	7,518	7,712	312	310	467	3.9	4.0	5.7
Converse	6,432	6,390	6,711	6,201	6,154	6,386	231	236	325	3.6	3.7	4.8
Natrona	36,299	37,074	36,222	34,970	35,731	34,441	1,329	1,343	1,781	3.7	3.6	4.9


STATEWIDE	277,044	276,523	276,312	267,097	266,372	264,265	9,947	10,151	12,047	3.6	3.7	4.4

Statewide Seasonally Adjusted ..............................................................................................................................................										3.7	3.4	4.4
U.S..................................................................................................................................................................................................										5.3	5.4	5.8
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted..........................................................................................................................................................										5.6	5.6	6.1

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 03/04. Run Date 06/04.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.

(p) Preliminary. (r) Revised. (b) Benchmarked.
NOTE: The Current Population Survey (CPS) estimated the 2003 annual average Wyoming unemployment rate at 4.4 percent.
The 90 percent confidence interval for this estimate suggests that in 9 of 10 cases, the interval 3.9 to 4.9 percent would contain the actual rate.