Wyoming County Unemployment Rates

"For the third consecutive month, Wyoming's not seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained steady at 3.3 percent."

	Labor Force			Employed			Unemployed			Unemployment Rates
	Aug	Jul	Aug	Aug	Jul	Aug	Aug	Jul	Aug		Aug	Jul	Aug
REGION	2001	2001	2000	2001	2001	2000	2001	2001	2000		2001	2001	2000
County	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)		(p)	(r)	(b)


NORTHWEST	48,971	49,470	48,665	46,939	47,286	46,518	2,032	2,184	2,147		4.1	4.4	4.4

Big Horn	6,009	6,030	5,869	5,771	5,755	5,577	238	275	292		4.0	4.6	5.0
Fremont	18,122	18,131	18,181	17,171	17,097	17,117	951	1,034	1,064		5.2	5.7	5.9
Hot Springs	2,475	2,518	2,456	2,391	2,421	2,393	84	97	63		3.4	3.9	2.6
Park	17,616	17,996	17,462	17,053	17,426	16,951	563	570	511		3.2	3.2	2.9
Washakie	4,749	4,795	4,697	4,553	4,587	4,480	196	208	217		4.1	4.3	4.6


NORTHEAST	46,418	46,568	46,042	45,153	45,277	44,682	1,265	1,291	1,360		2.7	2.8	3.0

Campbell	21,102	21,044	21,022	20,518	20,476	20,399	584	568	623		2.8	2.7	3.0
Crook	3,364	3,416	3,268	3,285	3,328	3,173	79	88	95		2.3	2.6	2.9
Johnson	4,342	4,389	4,273	4,266	4,308	4,188	76	81	85		1.8	1.8	2.0
Sheridan	14,304	14,391	14,182	13,885	13,941	13,739	419	450	443		2.9	3.1	3.1
Weston	3,306	3,328	3,297	3,199	3,224	3,183	107	104	114		3.2	3.1	3.5


SOUTHWEST	55,650	55,832	55,453	53,764	53,987	53,447	1,886	1,845	2,006		3.4	3.3	3.6

Lincoln	6,767	6,720	6,288	6,489	6,452	6,040	278	268	248		4.1	4.0	3.9
Sublette	3,567	3,564	3,509	3,502	3,506	3,434	65	58	75		1.8	1.6	2.1
Sweetwater	19,345	19,413	19,816	18,515	18,540	18,832	830	873	984		4.3	4.5	5.0
Teton	15,180	15,443	15,002	14,994	15,277	14,873	186	166	129		1.2	1.1	0.9
Uinta	10,791	10,692	10,838	10,264	10,212	10,268	527	480	570		4.9	4.5	5.3


SOUTHEAST	73,131	74,269	72,100	71,077	72,204	70,426	2,054	2,065	1,674		2.8	2.8	2.3

Albany	17,458	17,906	17,497	17,146	17,581	17,268	312	325	229		1.8	1.8	1.3
Goshen	6,711	6,793	6,505	6,520	6,599	6,310	191	194	195		2.8	2.9	3.0
Laramie	42,638	43,184	42,047	41,273	41,811	40,973	1,365	1,373	1,074		3.2	3.2	2.6
Niobrara	1,407	1,409	1,327	1,370	1,379	1,300	37	30	27		2.6	2.1	2.0
Platte	4,917	4,977	4,724	4,768	4,834	4,575	149	143	149		3.0	2.9	3.2


CENTRAL	50,163	50,109	49,960	48,397	48,290	48,031	1,766	1,819	1,929		3.5	3.6	3.9

Carbon	8,561	8,501	8,419	8,275	8,236	8,141	286	265	278		3.3	3.1	3.3
Converse	7,236	7,177	7,158	7,003	6,923	6,895	233	254	263		3.2	3.5	3.7
Natrona	34,366	34,431	34,383	33,119	33,131	32,995	1,247	1,300	1,388		3.6	3.8	4.0


STATEWIDE	274,333	276,249	272,221	265,330	267,046	263,105	9,003	9,203	9,116		3.3	3.3	3.3

Statewide Seasonally Adjusted ..............................................................................................................................................											3.8	3.8	3.9
U.S..................................................................................................................................................................................................											4.9	4.7	4.1
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted..........................................................................................................................................................											4.9	4.5	4.1

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 02/01. Run Date 03/01.
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.