Wyoming County Unemployment Rates

by: Carola Cowan, BLS Programs Supervisor

County unemployment rates decreased or held steady from April to May.

Labor Force Employed Unemployed Unemployment Rates
  REGION May Apr May   May Apr May   May Apr May   May Apr May
  County 2010 2010 2009   2010 2010 2009   2010 2010 2009   2010 2010 2009
(p) (r) (b) (p) (r) (b) (p) (r) (b) (p) (r) (b)
                               
NORTHWEST 44,505 44,852 44,914   41,331 41,499 41,880   3,174 3,353 3,034   7.1 7.5 6.8
                             
Big Horn 4,937 4,994 4,904   4,582 4,606 4,462   355 388 442   7.2 7.8 9.0
Fremont 18,879 19,002 18,651   17,398 17,481 17,259   1,481 1,521 1,392   7.8 8.0 7.5
Hot Springs 2,437 2,445 2,470   2,311 2,318 2,324   126 127 146   5.2 5.2 5.9
Park 14,006 14,127 14,601   13,068 13,102 13,790   938 1,025 811   6.7 7.3 5.6
Washakie 4,246 4,284 4,288   3,972 3,992 4,045   274 292 243   6.5 6.8 5.7
                               
                             
NORTHEAST 54,609 54,844 55,187   50,978 51,134 52,146   3,631 3,710 3,041   6.6 6.8 5.5
                             
Campbell 27,890 28,022 28,287   26,227 26,337 26,931   1,663 1,685 1,356   6.0 6.0 4.8
Crook 3,477 3,480 3,540   3,268 3,272 3,328   209 208 212   6.0 6.0 6.0
Johnson 3,945 3,967 3,988   3,619 3,630 3,681   326 337 307   8.3 8.5 7.7
Sheridan 16,122 16,194 16,128   14,896 14,923 15,157   1,226 1,271 971   7.6 7.8 6.0
Weston 3,175 3,181 3,244   2,968 2,972 3,049   207 209 195   6.5 6.6 6.0
                               
                             
SOUTHWEST 62,193 61,957 63,671   57,583 56,738 59,524   4,610 5,219 4,147   7.4 8.4 6.5
                             
Lincoln 8,051 8,117 8,435   7,306 7,265 7,798   745 852 637   9.3 10.5 7.6
Sublette 7,066 7,083 6,993   6,754 6,748 6,677   312 335 316   4.4 4.7 4.5
Sweetwater 22,716 22,893 23,854   21,204 21,267 22,409   1,512 1,626 1,445   6.7 7.1 6.1
Teton 13,483 12,894 13,060   12,210 11,306 12,048   1,273 1,588 1,012   9.4 12.3 7.7
Uinta 10,877 10,970 11,329   10,109 10,152 10,592   768 818 737   7.1 7.5 6.5
                               
                             
SOUTHEAST 75,221 74,832 73,584   70,571 70,038 69,855   4,650 4,794 3,729   6.2 6.4 5.1
                             
Albany 20,307 20,242 19,451   19,361 19,296 18,730   946 946 721   4.7 4.7 3.7
Goshen 6,245 6,261 6,199   5,878 5,885 5,896   367 376 303   5.9 6.0 4.9
Laramie 43,391 43,027 42,271   40,370 39,879 39,827   3,021 3,148 2,444   7.0 7.3 5.8
Niobrara 1,260 1,268 1,246   1,199 1,204 1,183   61 64 63   4.8 5.0 5.1
Platte 4,018 4,034 4,417   3,763 3,774 4,219   255 260 198   6.3 6.4 4.5
                               
                             
CENTRAL 54,795 54,370 55,355   51,004 50,513 51,957   3,791 3,857 3,398   6.9 7.1 6.1
                             
Carbon 7,444 7,486 7,751   6,890 6,911 7,191   554 575 560   7.4 7.7 7.2
Converse 7,404 7,404 7,504   6,974 6,971 7,099   430 433 405   5.8 5.8 5.4
Natrona 39,947 39,480 40,100   37,140 36,631 37,667   2,807 2,849 2,433   7.0 7.2 6.1
                               
                             
STATEWIDE 291,323 290,855 292,712   271,466 269,922 275,361   19,857 20,933 17,351   6.8 7.2 5.9
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted 7.0 7.1 6.1
U.S. 9.3 9.5 9.1
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted. 9.7 9.9 9.4
     
Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics.  Benchmarked 03/2010.  Run Date 06/2010.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.
(p) Preliminary.  (r) Revised.  (b) Benchmarked.