Wyoming County Unemployment Rates

by: Carola Cowan, BLS Programs Supervisor

Sublette County posted the lowest unemployment rate in June 2010 (4.2%) followed by Niobrara County (5.2%).

Labor Force Employed Unemployed Unemployment Rates
  REGION Jun May Jun   Jun May Jun   Jun May Jun   Jun May Jun
  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 44,873 44,042 47,159   41,722 40,874 43,833   3,151 3,168 3,326   7.0 7.2 7.1
                             
Big Horn 4,855 4,737 5,071   4,494 4,380 4,627   361 357 444   7.4 7.5 8.8
Fremont 18,922 18,783 19,078   17,449 17,307 17,527   1,473 1,476 1,551   7.8 7.9 8.1
Hot Springs 2,478 2,443 2,564   2,346 2,318 2,398   132 125 166   5.3 5.1 6.5
Park 14,343 13,863 15,964   13,427 12,926 15,080   916 937 884   6.4 6.8 5.5
Washakie 4,275 4,216 4,482   4,006 3,943 4,201   269 273 281   6.3 6.5 6.3
                               
                             
NORTHEAST 55,576 54,840 56,804   52,182 51,212 53,415   3,394 3,628 3,389   6.1 6.6 6.0
                             
Campbell 28,847 28,302 28,906   27,307 26,639 27,349   1,540 1,663 1,557   5.3 5.9 5.4
Crook 3,519 3,478 3,742   3,314 3,268 3,536   205 210 206   5.8 6.0 5.5
Johnson 3,826 3,824 4,205   3,525 3,500 3,878   301 324 327   7.9 8.5 7.8
Sheridan 16,150 16,018 16,663   14,999 14,793 15,587   1,151 1,225 1,076   7.1 7.6 6.5
Weston 3,234 3,218 3,288   3,037 3,012 3,065   197 206 223   6.1 6.4 6.8
                               
                             
SOUTHWEST 64,477 62,348 66,150   60,348 57,724 61,842   4,129 4,624 4,308   6.4 7.4 6.5
                             
Lincoln 8,150 7,887 8,627   7,458 7,146 7,978   692 741 649   8.5 9.4 7.5
Sublette 7,055 7,168 7,351   6,756 6,855 6,992   299 313 359   4.2 4.4 4.9
Sweetwater 23,121 23,076 23,921   21,618 21,562 22,235   1,503 1,514 1,686   6.5 6.6 7.0
Teton 15,384 13,528 14,987   14,507 12,239 14,182   877 1,289 805   5.7 9.5 5.4
Uinta 10,767 10,689 11,264   10,009 9,922 10,455   758 767 809   7.0 7.2 7.2
                               
                             
SOUTHEAST 74,266 74,810 73,463   69,489 70,168 69,123   4,777 4,642 4,340   6.4 6.2 5.9
                             
Albany 18,562 19,671 18,750   17,585 18,726 17,865   977 945 885   5.3 4.8 4.7
Goshen 6,398 6,286 6,332   6,003 5,918 5,975   395 368 357   6.2 5.9 5.6
Laramie 43,893 43,550 42,994   40,828 40,535 40,206   3,065 3,015 2,788   7.0 6.9 6.5
Niobrara 1,317 1,315 1,316   1,248 1,255 1,245   69 60 71   5.2 4.6 5.4
Platte 4,096 3,988 4,071   3,825 3,734 3,832   271 254 239   6.6 6.4 5.9
                               
                             
CENTRAL 55,906 55,299 56,553   52,216 51,509 52,750   3,690 3,790 3,803   6.6 6.9 6.7
                             
Carbon 7,584 7,482 8,107   7,057 6,933 7,516   527 549 591   6.9 7.3 7.3
Converse 7,598 7,558 7,649   7,174 7,124 7,211   424 434 438   5.6 5.7 5.7
Natrona 40,724 40,259 40,797   37,985 37,452 38,023   2,739 2,807 2,774   6.7 7.0 6.8
                               
                             
STATEWIDE 295,101 291,337 300,129   275,957 271,484 280,963   19,144 19,853 19,166   6.5 6.8 6.4
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted 6.8 7.0 6.5
U.S. 9.6 9.3 9.7
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted. 9.5 9.7 9.5
     
Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics.  Benchmarked 03/2010.  Run Date 07/2010.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.
(p) Preliminary.   (r) Revised  (b) Benchmarked.