Wyoming County Unemployment Rates

"Fremont County posted the highest unemployment rate (5.7%), followed by Lincoln and Uinta counties (both 5.4%)."

	Labor Force			Employed			Unemployed			Unemployment Rate
	_______________________________			______________________________________			___________________________________			_______________________
REGION	Jun	May	Jun	Jun	May	Jun	Jun	May	Jun	Jun	May	Jun
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	48,709	47,124	48,714	46,673	45,153	46,516	2,036	1,971	2,198	4.2	4.2	4.5

Big Horn	5,858	5,812	5,802	5,645	5,599	5,533	213	213	269	3.6	3.7	4.6
Fremont	18,625	18,771	18,689	17,556	17,797	17,683	1,069	974	1,006	5.7	5.2	5.4
Hot Springs	2,349	2,324	2,452	2,297	2,263	2,344	52	61	108	2.2	2.6	4.4
Park	17,443	15,726	17,129	16,891	15,175	16,545	552	551	584	3.2	3.5	3.4
Washakie	4,434	4,491	4,642	4,284	4,319	4,411	150	172	231	3.4	3.8	5.0


NORTHEAST	49,480	48,392	48,741	47,722	46,608	47,259	1,758	1,784	1,482	3.6	3.7	3.0

Campbell	23,540	23,110	23,024	22,606	22,211	22,287	934	899	737	4.0	3.9	3.2
Crook	3,184	3,066	3,251	3,082	2,949	3,165	102	117	86	3.2	3.8	2.6
Johnson	4,373	4,146	4,325	4,258	4,025	4,217	115	121	108	2.6	2.9	2.5
Sheridan	15,014	14,694	14,783	14,503	14,154	14,344	511	540	439	3.4	3.7	3.0
Weston	3,369	3,376	3,358	3,273	3,269	3,246	96	107	112	2.8	3.2	3.3


SOUTHWEST	57,881	54,891	54,797	55,560	52,439	52,500	2,321	2,452	2,297	4.0	4.5	4.2

Lincoln	7,003	6,939	6,842	6,624	6,556	6,491	379	383	351	5.4	5.5	5.1
Sublette	3,765	3,561	3,751	3,684	3,468	3,669	81	93	82	2.2	2.6	2.2
Sweetwater	20,330	20,205	19,155	19,461	19,401	18,267	869	804	888	4.3	4.0	4.6
Teton	14,881	12,565	13,938	14,531	12,010	13,648	350	555	290	2.4	4.4	2.1
Uinta	11,902	11,621	11,111	11,260	11,004	10,425	642	617	686	5.4	5.3	6.2


SOUTHEAST	74,514	73,726	73,384	72,083	71,517	71,081	2,431	2,209	2,303	3.3	3.0	3.1

Albany	18,717	19,009	18,857	18,392	18,722	18,504	325	287	353	1.7	1.5	1.9
Goshen	6,291	6,245	6,338	6,056	6,051	6,109	235	194	229	3.7	3.1	3.6
Laramie	43,690	42,579	42,176	42,042	41,073	40,667	1,648	1,506	1,509	3.8	3.5	3.6
Niobrara	1,193	1,217	1,312	1,164	1,185	1,267	29	32	45	2.4	2.6	3.4
Platte	4,623	4,676	4,701	4,429	4,486	4,534	194	190	167	4.2	4.1	3.6


CENTRAL	51,496	50,270	50,110	49,208	48,005	48,067	2,288	2,265	2,043	4.4	4.5	4.1

Carbon	8,481	8,132	8,456	8,100	7,719	8,142	381	413	314	4.5	5.1	3.7
Converse	6,362	6,299	6,535	6,064	6,020	6,294	298	279	241	4.7	4.4	3.7
Natrona	36,653	35,839	35,119	35,044	34,266	33,631	1,609	1,573	1,488	4.4	4.4	4.2


STATEWIDE	282,081	274,400	275,745	271,246	263,720	265,421	10,835	10,680	10,324	3.8	3.9	3.7

Statewide Seasonally Adjusted ..............................................................................................................................................										4.2	4.0	4.1
U.S..................................................................................................................................................................................................										6.5	5.8	6.0
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted..........................................................................................................................................................										6.4	6.1	5.8

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 03/03. Run Date 7/03.
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.