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

	Labor Force			Employed			Unemployed			Unemployment Rates
REGION-or-County	Jul 98 (p)	Jun 98 (r)	Jul 97 (b)	Jul 98 (p)	Jun 98 (r)	Jul 97 (b)	Jul 98 (p)	Jun 98 (r)	Jul 97 (b)	Jul 98 (p)	Jun 98 (r)	Jul 97 (b)
NORTHWEST	47,241	47,014	46,192	44,752	44,352	43,565	2,489	2,662	2,627	5.3	5.7	5.7
Big Horn	5,685	6,033	5,250	5,327	5,631	4,957	358	402	293	6.3	6.7	5.6
Fremont	16,377	16,596	16,617	15,217	15,385	15,247	1,160	1,211	1,370	7.1	7.3	8.2
Hot Springs	2,318	2,490	2,319	2,229	2,364	2,222	89	126	97	3.8	5.1	4.2
Park	18,287	17,340	17,330	17,661	16,684	16,745	626	656	585	3.4	3.8	3.4
Washakie	4,574	4,555	4,676	4,318	4,288	4,394	256	267	282	5.6	5.9	6.0
NORTHEAST	43,560	44,086	42,104	41,871	42,260	40,276	1,689	1,826	1,828	3.9	4.1	4.3
Campbell	19,651	19,497	18,741	18,837	18,646	17,849	814	851	892	4.1	4.4	4.8
Crook	3,017	3,188	2,985	2,902	3,058	2,872	115	130	113.0	3.8	4.1	3.8
Johnson	4,209	4,215	4,003	4,082	4,087	3,864	127	128	139	3.0	3.0	3.5
Sheridan	13,749	14,100	13,355	13,222	13,527	12,814	527	573	541	3.8	4.1	4.1
Weston	2,934	3,086	3,020	2,828	2,942	2,877	106	144	143	3.6	4.7	4.7
SOUTHWEST	54,978	54,467	53,154	52,860	52,226	50,763	2,118	2,241	2,391	3.9	4.1	4.5
Lincoln	6,348	6,829	6,027	6,016	6,436	5,697	332	393	330	5.2	5.8	5.5
Sublette	3,415	3,383	3,239	3,330	3,298	3,172	85	85	67	2.5	2.5	2.1
Sweetwater	20,360	20,716	19,988	19,367	19,683	18,798	993	1,033	1,190	4.9	5.0	6.0
Teton	14,207	12,917	13,364	14,075	12,762	13,186	132	155	178	0.9	1.2	1.3
Uinta	10,648	10,622	10,536	10,072	10,047	9,910	576	575	626	5.4	5.4	5.9
SOUTHEAST	69,039	68,737	66,281	67,014	66,711	64,190	2,025	2,026	2,091	2.9	2.9	3.2
Albany	16,527	16,623	16,030	16,226	16,309	15,704	301	314	326	1.8	1.9	2.0
Goshen	6,490	6,714	6,165	6,222	6,462	5,897	268	252	268	4.1	3.8	4.3
Laramie	40,671	39,797	38,776	39,457	38,548	37,466	1,214	1,249	1,310	3.0	3.1	3.4
Niobrara	1,122	1,141	1,194	1,089	1,112	1,171	33	29	23	2.9	2.5	1.9
Platte	4,229	4,462	4,116	4,020	4,280	3,952	209	182	164	4.9	4.1	4.0
CENTRAL	48,979	48,719	47,107	46,723	46,417	44,533	2,256	2,302	2,574	4.6	4.7	5.5
Carbon	8,407	8,613	8,249	8,068	8,218	7,923	339	395	326	4.0	4.6	4.0
Converse	6,866	6,754	6,535	6,532	6,428	6,147	334	326	388	4.9	4.8	5.9
Natrona	33,706	33,352	32,323	32,123	31,771	30,463	1,583	1,581	1,860	4.7	4.7	5.8
STATEWIDE	263,795	263,026	254,840	253,219	251,967	243,329	10,576	11,059	11,511	4.0	4.2	4.5
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted										4.6	4.7	5.1
U.S.										4.7	4.7	5.0
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted										4.5	4.5	4.9

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 02/98. Run Date 8/98.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.

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


NOTE: The 1997 annual average unemployment rate for Wyoming was estimated at 5.1 percent. A 90 percent confidence interval around this estimate suggests that in 9 out of 10 cases the actual rate would fall between 4.5 and 5.7 percent.