© Copyright 1999 by the Wyoming Department of Employment, Research & Planning

Wyoming County Unemployment Rates
data produced by: David Bullard, Economist

"Wyoming's statewide unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, of 4.6 percent for June 1999 is at the same level as June 1998. It is slightly above the U.S. rate of 4.5 percent."

Labor Force Employed Unemployed Unemployment Rates
REGION-or-County Jun 99 (p) May 99 (r) Jun 98 (b) Jun 99 (p) May 99 (r) Jun 98 (b) Jun 99 (p) May 99 (r) Jun 98 (b) Jun 99 (p) May 99 (r) Jun 98 (b)
NORTHWEST 47,502 46,429 47,646 44,657 43,581 44,738 2,845 2,848 2,908 6.0 6.1 6.1
Big Horn 5,874 5,867 5,926 5,501 5,489 5,489 373 378 437 6.4 6.4 7.4
Fremont 17,545 17,884 17,389 16,213 16,586 16,057 1,332 1,298 1,332 7.6 7.3 7.7
Hot Springs 2,572 2,474 2,569 2,435 2,349 2,430 137 125 139 5.3 5.1 5.4
Park 16,658 15,162 16,987 16,000 14,479 16,282 658 683 705 4.0 4.5 4.2
Washakie 4,853 5,042 4,775 4,508 4,678 4,480 345 364 295 7.1 7.2 6.2
NORTHEAST 44,981 43,533 44,385 42,974 41,567 42,385 2,007 1,966 2,000 4.5 4.5 4.5
Campbell 20,036 19,546 19,530 19,041 18,575 18,598 995 971 932 5.0 5.0 4.8
Crook 3,129 2,965 3,214 3,004 2,847 3,070 125 118 144.0 4.0 4.0 4.5
Johnson 4,056 3,770 4,122 3,938 3,659 3,983 118 111 139 2.9 2.9 3.4
Sheridan 14,309 13,842 14,159 13,709 13,244 13,535 600 598 624 4.2 4.3 4.4
Weston 3,451 3,410 3,360 3,282 3,242 3,199 169 168 161 4.9 4.9 4.8
SOUTHWEST 56,380 53,056 54,972 53,589 50,297 52,508 2,791 2,759 2,464 5.0 5.2 4.5
Lincoln 6,455 6,122 6,624 6,067 5,756 6,200 388 366 424 6.0 6.0 6.4
Sublette 3,408 3,112 3,365 3,285 2,975 3,272 123 137 93 3.6 4.4 2.8
Sweetwater 22,263 22,374 21,338 20,938 21,121 20,194 1,325 1,253 1,144 6.0 5.6 5.4
Teton 12,841 10,403 12,602 12,655 10,100 12,441 186 303 161 1.4 2.9 1.3
Uinta 11,413 11,045 11,043 10,644 10,345 10,401 769 700 642 6.7 6.3 5.8
SOUTHEAST 68,888 69,025 68,402 66,904 67,197 66,198 1,984 1,828 2,204 2.9 2.6 3.2
Albany 16,888 17,279 16,520 16,592 16,981 16,176 296 298 344 1.8 1.7 2.1
Goshen 6,408 6,346 6,580 6,194 6,162 6,309 214 184 271 3.3 2.9 4.1
Laramie 39,794 39,266 39,460 38,520 38,120 38,101 1,274 1,146 1,359 3.2 2.9 3.4
Niobrara 1,311 1,336 1,291 1,282 1,301 1,259 29 35 32 2.2 2.6 2.5
Platte 4,487 4,798 4,551 4,316 4,633 4,353 171 165 198 3.8 3.4 4.4
CENTRAL 49,543 48,658 48,811 47,004 46,181 46,308 2,539 2,477 2,503 5.1 5.1 5.1
Carbon 8,814 8,265 8,787 8,441 7,863 8,355 373 402 432 4.2 4.9 4.9
Converse 6,436 6,412 6,571 6,147 6,126 6,225 289 286 346 4.5 4.5 5.3
Natrona 34,293 33,981 33,453 32,416 32,192 31,728 1,877 1,789 1,725 5.5 5.3 5.2
STATEWIDE 267,298 260,701 264,215 255,132 248,822 252,138 12,166 11,879 12,077 4.6 4.6 4.6
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted 4.9 4.9 4.9
U.S. 4.5 4.0 4.7
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted 4.3 4.2 4.5

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 02/99. Run Date 07/99.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.
(p) Preliminary.
(r) Revised.
(b) Benchmarked.
NOTE: The Current Population Survey (CPS) estimated the 1998 annual average Wyoming unemployment rate at 4.8 percent. The 90 percent confidence interval for this estimate suggests that in 9 out of 10 cases, the interval 4.2 to 5.4 percent would contain the actual rate.


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