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


While the number of unemployed persons in Wyoming decreased from June 1996 to June 1997, the number of persons in the labor force also declined. In fact, similar decreases (in year-to-year comparisons) have been occurring since March 1997.


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.



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