Wyoming County Unemployment Rates

by: Carola Cowan, BLS Program Supervisor

Albany County posted the lowest unemployment rate (4.1%), followed by Teton (4.2%) and Sublette (4.4%) counties.

Labor Force Employed Unemployed Unemployment Rates
REGION Aug Jul Aug Aug Jul Aug Aug Jul Aug Aug Jul Aug
County 2009 2009 2008 2009 2009 2008 2009 2009 2008 2009 2009 2008
(p) (r) (b) (p) (r) (b) (p) (r) (b) (p) (r) (b)
NORTHWEST 45,760 45,839 46,340 42,808 42,861 44,773 2,952 2,978 1,567 6.5 6.5 3.4
Big Horn 4,868 4,732 5,112 4,493 4,336 4,910 375 396 202 7.7 8.4 4.0
Fremont 18,708 18,630 18,574 17,265 17,200 17,847 1,443 1,430 727 7.7 7.7 3.9
Hot Springs 2,338 2,432 2,448 2,204 2,294 2,371 134 138 77 5.7 5.7 3.1
Park 15,588 15,835 15,869 14,851 15,076 15,440 737 759 429 4.7 4.8 2.7
Washakie 4,258 4,210 4,337 3,995 3,955 4,205 263 255 132 6.2 6.1 3.0
NORTHEAST 54,875 54,642 54,160 51,750 51,563 52,795 3,125 3,079 1,365 5.7 5.6 2.5
Campbell 27,773 27,967 27,133 26,279 26,495 26,576 1,494 1,472 557 5.4 5.3 2.1
Crook 3,435 3,450 3,476 3,251 3,269 3,371 184 181 105 5.4 5.2 3.0
Johnson 4,198 4,089 4,254 3,918 3,812 4,106 280 277 148 6.7 6.8 3.5
Sheridan 16,315 15,994 16,092 15,332 15,042 15,654 983 952 438 6.0 6.0 2.7
Weston 3,154 3,142 3,205 2,970 2,945 3,088 184 197 117 5.8 6.3 3.7
SOUTHWEST 68,724 68,849 68,370 64,773 64,826 66,715 3,951 4,023 1,655 5.7 5.8 2.4
Lincoln 8,544 8,602 8,272 7,992 8,013 7,996 552 589 276 6.5 6.8 3.3
Sublette 7,530 7,476 7,272 7,200 7,129 7,153 330 347 119 4.4 4.6 1.6
Sweetwater 24,945 24,962 24,175 23,355 23,359 23,589 1,590 1,603 586 6.4 6.4 2.4
Teton 15,894 16,165 16,660 15,230 15,481 16,347 664 684 313 4.2 4.2 1.9
Uinta 11,811 11,644 11,991 10,996 10,844 11,630 815 800 361 6.9 6.9 3.0
SOUTHEAST 69,932 71,614 71,210 66,116 67,708 68,728 3,816 3,906 2,482 5.5 5.5 3.5
Albany 17,650 18,254 17,762 16,928 17,496 17,285 722 758 477 4.1 4.2 2.7
Goshen 5,722 5,749 5,964 5,426 5,437 5,749 296 312 215 5.2 5.4 3.6
Laramie 41,625 42,604 42,484 39,090 40,042 40,881 2,535 2,562 1,603 6.1 6.0 3.8
Niobrara 1,186 1,177 1,233 1,133 1,119 1,193 53 58 40 4.5 4.9 3.2
Platte 3,749 3,830 3,767 3,539 3,614 3,620 210 216 147 5.6 5.6 3.9
CENTRAL 55,305 55,710 56,588 51,599 52,108 54,965 3,706 3,602 1,623 6.7 6.5 2.9
Carbon 8,007 7,867 8,253 7,477 7,333 7,990 530 534 263 6.6 6.8 3.2
Converse 7,290 7,239 7,361 6,881 6,846 7,153 409 393 208 5.6 5.4 2.8
Natrona 40,008 40,604 40,974 37,241 37,929 39,822 2,767 2,675 1,152 6.9 6.6 2.8
STATEWIDE 294,595 296,655 296,668 277,045 279,066 287,975 17,550 17,589 8,693 6.0 5.9 2.9
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted . 6.6 6.5 3.4
U.S. 9.6 9.7 6.1
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted. 9.7 9.4 6.2
Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics.  Benchmarked 02/2009.  Run Date 09/2009.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.
(p) Preliminary.   (r) Revised.  (b) Benchmarked.