Wyoming County Unemployment Rates

Wyoming County Unemployment Rates
by: Brad Payne, Senior Statistician

"Unemployment fell dramatically in Crook County and Uinta County when compared with July 2000. Crook County's rate decreased from 3.7 percent to 2.6 percent and Uinta County's fell from 5.6 percent to 4.5 percent."

	Labor Force			Employed			Unemployed			Unemployment Rates
	_______________________________			______________________________________			___________________________________			_______________________
REGION	Jul	Jun	Jul	Jul	Jun	Jul	Jul	Jun	Jul	Jul	Jun	Jul
County	2001	2001	2000	2001	2001	2000	2001	2001	2000	2001	2001	2000
	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)


NORTHWEST	49,450	49,080	49,037	47,270	46,797	46,758	2,180	2,283	2,279	4.4	4.7	4.6

Big Horn	6,028	6,163	5,889	5,753	5,872	5,564	275	291	325	4.6	4.7	5.5
Fremont	18,125	18,167	18,117	17,091	17,109	17,052	1,034	1,058	1,065	5.7	5.8	5.9
Hot Springs	2,515	2,575	2,486	2,420	2,476	2,408	95	99	78	3.8	3.8	3.1
Park	17,988	17,458	17,805	17,420	16,850	17,234	568	608	571	3.2	3.5	3.2
Washakie	4,794	4,717	4,740	4,586	4,490	4,500	208	227	240	4.3	4.8	5.1


NORTHEAST	46,547	46,793	46,211	45,262	45,489	44,812	1,285	1,304	1,399	2.8	2.8	3.0

Campbell	21,037	20,926	20,969	20,469	20,373	20,363	568	553	606	2.7	2.6	2.9
Crook	3,415	3,450	3,300	3,327	3,356	3,179	88	94	121	2.6	2.7	3.7
Johnson	4,388	4,400	4,293	4,307	4,319	4,199	81	81	94	1.8	1.8	2.2
Sheridan	14,382	14,631	14,315	13,936	14,166	13,860	446	465	455	3.1	3.2	3.2
Weston	3,325	3,386	3,334	3,223	3,275	3,211	102	111	123	3.1	3.3	3.7


SOUTHWEST	55,808	55,565	55,817	53,969	53,717	53,831	1,839	1,848	1,986	3.3	3.3	3.6

Lincoln	6,715	6,910	6,292	6,449	6,646	6,020	266	264	272	4.0	3.8	4.3
Sublette	3,563	3,472	3,476	3,505	3,418	3,401	58	54	75	1.6	1.6	2.2
Sweetwater	19,400	19,939	19,929	18,534	19,084	19,015	866	855	914	4.5	4.3	4.6
Teton	15,438	14,465	15,226	15,272	14,274	15,109	166	191	117	1.1	1.3	0.8
Uinta	10,692	10,779	10,894	10,209	10,295	10,286	483	484	608	4.5	4.5	5.6


SOUTHEAST	74,151	73,274	73,109	72,082	71,245	71,346	2,069	2,029	1,763	2.8	2.8	2.4

Albany	17,903	18,121	17,850	17,575	17,793	17,589	328	328	261	1.8	1.8	1.5
Goshen	6,791	6,812	6,519	6,597	6,602	6,329	194	210	190	2.9	3.1	2.9
Laramie	43,073	41,951	42,632	41,699	40,640	41,496	1,374	1,311	1,136	3.2	3.1	2.7
Niobrara	1,409	1,353	1,317	1,379	1,329	1,285	30	24	32	2.1	1.8	2.4
Platte	4,975	5,037	4,791	4,832	4,881	4,647	143	156	144	2.9	3.1	3.0


CENTRAL	50,119	50,553	50,144	48,304	48,715	48,233	1,815	1,838	1,911	3.6	3.6	3.8

Carbon	8,499	8,702	8,559	8,233	8,408	8,269	266	294	290	3.1	3.4	3.4
Converse	7,175	7,018	7,066	6,921	6,772	6,787	254	246	279	3.5	3.5	3.9
Natrona	34,445	34,833	34,519	33,150	33,535	33,177	1,295	1,298	1,342	3.8	3.7	3.9


STATEWIDE	276,071	275,267	274,319	266,886	265,964	264,982	9,185	9,303	9,337	3.3	3.4	3.4

Statewide Seasonally Adjusted ..............................................................................................................................................										3.8	3.8	3.9
U.S..................................................................................................................................................................................................										4.7	4.7	4.2
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted..........................................................................................................................................................										4.5	4.5	4.0

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 02/01. Run Date 08/01.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.

(p) Preliminary. (r) Revised. (b) Benchmarked.
NOTE: The Current Population Survey (CPS) estimated the 2000 annual average Wyoming unemployment rate at 3.9 percent.
The 90 percent confidence interval for this estimate suggests that in 9 of 10 cases, the interval 3.4 to 4.4 percent would contain the actual rate.