Wyoming County Unemployment Rates

"From July to August 2002, unemployment rates were stable or decreased in 16 of Wyoming's 23 counties. In Sweetwater County, unemployment fell from 4.4 percent to 3.8 percent."

	Labor Force			Employed			Unemployed			Unemployment Rate
	_______________________________			______________________________________			___________________________________			_______________________
REGION	Aug	Jul	Aug	Aug	Jul	Aug	Aug	Jul	Aug	Aug	Jul	Aug
County	2002	2002	2001	2002	2002	2001	2002	2002	2001	2002	2002	2001
	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)	(p)	(r)	(b)


NORTHWEST	48,572	49,307	48,732	46,754	47,372	46,599	1,818	1,935	2,133	3.7	3.9	4.4

Big Horn	5,701	5,725	5,948	5,448	5,479	5,698	253	246	250	4.4	4.3	4.2
Fremont	18,576	18,745	18,657	17,740	17,831	17,653	836	914	1,004	4.5	4.9	5.4
Hot Springs	2,399	2,418	2,566	2,330	2,342	2,478	69	76	88	2.9	3.1	3.4
Park	17,408	17,941	17,006	16,922	17,434	16,418	486	507	588	2.8	2.8	3.5
Washakie	4,488	4,478	4,555	4,314	4,286	4,352	174	192	203	3.9	4.3	4.5


NORTHEAST	48,270	47,458	47,431	46,961	46,213	46,076	1,309	1,245	1,355	2.7	2.6	2.9

Campbell	23,580	22,999	23,159	22,866	22,340	22,510	714	659	649	3.0	2.9	2.8
Crook	2,976	2,992	3,064	2,913	2,922	2,987	63	70	77	2.1	2.3	2.5
Johnson	4,265	4,228	4,048	4,194	4,156	3,971	71	72	77	1.7	1.7	1.9
Sheridan	14,248	13,979	13,918	13,864	13,617	13,481	384	362	437	2.7	2.6	3.1
Weston	3,201	3,260	3,242	3,124	3,178	3,127	77	82	115	2.4	2.5	3.5


SOUTHWEST	55,833	57,244	57,124	53,991	55,208	55,098	1,842	2,036	2,026	3.3	3.6	3.5

Lincoln	6,664	6,697	7,269	6,375	6,415	6,967	289	282	302	4.3	4.2	4.2
Sublette	3,778	3,746	3,669	3,703	3,676	3,600	75	70	69	2.0	1.9	1.9
Sweetwater	19,467	20,125	19,987	18,722	19,241	19,096	745	884	891	3.8	4.4	4.5
Teton	14,792	15,391	14,960	14,569	15,170	14,765	223	221	195	1.5	1.4	1.3
Uinta	11,132	11,285	11,239	10,622	10,706	10,670	510	579	569	4.6	5.1	5.1


SOUTHEAST	72,194	73,566	73,057	70,268	71,516	70,823	1,926	2,050	2,234	2.7	2.8	3.1

Albany	18,102	18,726	17,820	17,831	18,425	17,474	271	301	346	1.5	1.6	1.9
Goshen	6,306	6,173	6,309	6,110	5,973	6,095	196	200	214	3.1	3.2	3.4
Laramie	42,160	43,028	43,002	40,895	41,677	41,523	1,265	1,351	1,479	3.0	3.1	3.4
Niobrara	1,276	1,225	1,318	1,244	1,191	1,280	32	34	38	2.5	2.8	2.9
Platte	4,350	4,414	4,608	4,188	4,250	4,451	162	164	157	3.7	3.7	3.4


CENTRAL	49,981	49,752	50,263	48,220	47,988	48,402	1,761	1,764	1,861	3.5	3.5	3.7

Carbon	8,337	8,266	8,500	8,102	8,018	8,203	235	248	297	2.8	3.0	3.5
Converse	6,550	6,570	6,682	6,329	6,355	6,446	221	215	236	3.4	3.3	3.5
Natrona	35,094	34,916	35,081	33,789	33,615	33,753	1,305	1,301	1,328	3.7	3.7	3.8


STATEWIDE	274,851	277,328	276,610	266,197	268,296	266,998	8,654	9,032	9,612	3.1	3.3	3.5

Statewide Seasonally Adjusted ..............................................................................................................................................										3.6	3.7	4.0
U.S..................................................................................................................................................................................................										5.7	6.0	4.9
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted..........................................................................................................................................................										5.7	5.9	4.9

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 02/02. Run Date 09/02.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.

(p) Preliminary. (r) Revised. (b) Benchmarked.
NOTE: The Current Population Survey (CPS) estimated the 2001 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.