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

	LABOR FORCE			UNEMPLOYED NUMBER			UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
REGION-or-County	June 97 (p)	May 97 (r)	June 96 (b)	June 97 (p)	May 97 (r)	June 96 (b)	June 97 (p)	May 97 (r)	June 96 (b)
NORTHWEST	48,391	46,104	47,985	2,608	2,488	2,473	5.4	5.4	5.2
Big Horn	5,651	5,498	5,511	283	274	277	5.0	5.0	5.0
Fremont	17,891	17,903	17,938	1,348	1,285	1,243	7.5	7.2	6.9
Hot Springs	2,864	2,768	2,640	109	91	108	3.8	3.3	4.1
Park	17,100	15,163	16,909	592	554	559	3.5	3.7	3.3
Washakie	4,885	4,772	4,987	276	284	286	5.6	6.0	5.7
NORTHEAST	43,827	42,586	43,823	1,838	1,873	1,842	4.2	4.4	4.2
Campbell	18,932	18,600	19,017	860	847	866	4.5	4.6	4.6
Crook	3,274	3,115	3,289	113	119	133	3.5	3.8	4.0
Johnson	4,273	3,907	4,048	155	145	119	3.6	3.7	2.9
Sheridan	14,035	13,687	14,071	566	588	574	4.0	4.3	4.1
Weston	3,313	3,277	3,398	144	174	150	4.3	5.3	4.4
	LABOR FORCE			UNEMPLOYED NUMBER			UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
REGION-or-County	June 97 (p)	May 97 (r)	June 96 (b)	June 97 (p)	May 97 (r)	June 96 (b)	June 97 (p)	May 97 (r)	June 96 (b)
SOUTHWEST	53,581	50,489	55,118	2,434	2,472	2,910	4.5	4.9	5.3
Lincoln	6,920	6,575	6,778	388	380	441	5.6	5.8	6.5
Sublette	3,302	3,050	3,267	78	83	93	2.4	2.7	2.8
Sweetwater	20,375	20,372	21,370	1,176	1,123	1,389	5.8	5.5	6.5
Teton	12,053	9,879	12,362	165	261	218	1.4	2.6	1.8
Uinta	10,931	10,613	11,341	627	625	769	5.7	5.9	6.8
SOUTHEAST	68,244	67,985	68,270	1,946	1,891	2,103	2.9	2.8	3.1
Albany	16,831	17,179	16,646	285	304	311	1.7	1.8	1.9
Goshen	6,353	6,309	6,452	250	254	301	3.9	4.0	4.7
Laramie	39,160	38,695	39,330	1,254	1,192	1,302	3.2	3.1	3.3
Niobrara	1,379	1,316	1,333	20	13	30	1.5	1.0	2.3
Platte	4,521	4,486	4,509	137	128	159	3.0	2.9	3.5
	LABOR FORCE			UNEMPLOYED NUMBER			UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
REGION-or-County	June 97 (p)	May 97 (r)	June 96 (b)	June 97 (p)	May 97 (r)	June 96 (b)	June 97 (p)	May 97 (r)	June 96 (b)
CENTRAL	48,600	47,912	48,201	2,554	2,399	2,637	5.3	5.0	5.5
Carbon	8,698	8,190	8,974	394	319	409	4.5	3.9	4.6
Converse	6,632	6,637	6,480	377	356	343	5.7	5.4	5.3
Natrona	33,270	33,085	32,747	1,783	1,724	1,885	5.4	5.2	5.8
STATEWIDE	262,643	255,077	263,397	11,380	11,124	11,966	4.3	4.4	4.5
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted							4.9	4.8	5.2
U.S.							5.2	4.7	5.5
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted							5.0	4.8	5.3

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Benchmarked 02/97. Run Date 07/97.


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


NOTE: The 1996 annual average unemployment rate for Wyoming was estimated at 5.0 percent. A 90 percent confidence interval around this estimate suggests that in 9 out of 10 cases the actual rate would fall between 4.4 and 5.6 percent.