Civilian Labor Force and Unemployment:
National, Statewide, Regional, and Counties

	Labor Force			Employed			Unemployed			Unemployment Rates
REGION-or-County	May 98 (p)	Apr 98 (r)	May 97 (b)	May 98 (p)	Apr 98 (r)	May 97 (b)	May 98 (p)	Apr 98 (r)	May 97 (b)	May 98 (p)	Apr 98 (r)	May 97 (b)
NORTHWEST	45,179	44,421	44,075	42,696	41,590	41,465	2,483	2,831	2,610	5.5	6.4	5.9
Big Horn	5,870	5,737	5,362	5,527	5,392	5,076	343	345	286	5.8	6.0	5.3
Fremont	17,142	17,256	17,262	15,954	15,908	15,911	1,188	1,348	1,351	6.9	7.8	7.8
Hot Springs	2,401	2,375	2,360	2,288	2,263	2,269	113	112	91	4.7	4.7	3.9
Park	15,098	14,298	14,363	14,509	13,589	13,785	589	709	578	3.9	5.0	4.0
Washakie	4,668	4,755	4,728	4,418	4,438	4,424	250	317	304	5.4	6.7	6.4
NORTHEAST	42,438	42,176	40,904	40,752	40,273	38,947	1,686	1,903	1,957	4.0	4.5	4.8
Campbell	18,827	18,934	18,030	18,044	18,126	17,143	783	808	887	4.2	4.3	4.9
Crook	3,011	2,855	2,911	2,889	2,711	2,788	122	144	123	4.1	5.0	4.2
Johnson	3,880	3,705	3,676	3,769	3,559	3,525	111	146	151	2.9	3.9	4.1
Sheridan	13,627	13,563	13,136	13,083	12,913	12,521	544	650	615	4.0	4.8	4.7
Weston	3,093	3,119	3,151	2,967	2,964	2,970	126	155	181	4.1	5.0	5.7
SOUTHWEST	50,971	49,794	49,711	48,847	47,384	47,104	2,124	2,410	2,607	4.2	4.8	5.2
Lincoln	6,521	6,264	6,259	6,171	5,868	5,861	350	396	398	5.4	6.3	6.4
Sublette	3,133	2,875	2,933	3,051	2,782	2,846	82	93	87	2.6	3.2	3.0
Sweetwater	20,608	20,861	20,339	19,681	19,816	19,148	927	1,045	1,191	4.5	5.0	5.9
Teton	10,520	9,591	9,972	10,268	9,221	9,695	252	370	277	2.4	3.9	2.8
Uinta	10,189	10,203	10,208	9,676	9,697	9,554	513	506	654	5.0	5.0	6.4
SOUTHEAST	68,135	69,235	65,600	66,319	67,158	63,607	1,816	2,077	1,993	2.7	3.0	3.0
Albany	16,931	17,457	16,327	16,643	17,117	16,007	288	340	320	1.7	1.9	2.0
Goshen	6,641	6,614	6,203	6,400	6,353	5,931	241	261	272	3.6	3.9	4.4
Laramie	38,758	39,693	37,497	37,674	38,478	36,245	1,084	1,215	1,252	2.8	3.1	3.3
Niobrara	1,200	1,141	1,195	1,167	1,102	1,181	33	39	14	2.8	3.4	1.2
Platte	4,605	4,330	4,378	4,435	4,108	4,243	170	222	135	3.7	5.1	3.1
CENTRAL	47,462	48,030	46,138	45,342	45,706	43,624	2,120	2,324	2,514	4.5	4.8	5.4
Carbon	8,246	8,168	8,056	7,874	7,763	7,720	372	405	336	4.5	5.0	4.2
Converse	6,649	6,601	6,326	6,381	6,263	5,956	268	338	370	4.0	5.1	5.8
Natrona	32,567	33,261	31,756	31,087	31,680	29,948	1,480	1,581	1,808	4.5	4.8	5.7
STATEWIDE	254,183	253,656	246,426	243,954	242,111	234,748	10,229	11,545	11,678	4.0	4.6	4.7
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted										4.4	4.1	5.1
U.S.										4.2	4.1	4.7
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted										4.3	4.3	4.8

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 02/98. Run Date 6/98.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.

(p) Preliminary.
(r) Revised.
(b) Benchmarked.


NOTE: The 1997 annual average unemployment rate for Wyoming was estimated at 5.1 percent. A 90 percent confidence interval around this estimate suggests that in 9 out of 10 cases the actual rate would fall between 4.5 and 5.7 percent.