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

	LABOR FORCE			UNEMPLOYED NUMBER			UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
REGION-or-County	August 97 (p)	July 97 (r)	August 96 (b)	August 97 (p)	July 97 (r)	August 96 (b)	August 97 (p)	July 97 (r)	August 96 (b)
NORTHWEST	47,989	48,697	47,653	2,295	2,609	2,531	4.8	5.4	5.3
Big Horn	5,442	5,400	5,247	247	291	255	4.5	5.4	4.9
Fremont	17,534	17,681	17,587	1,253	1,361	1,272	7.1	7.7	7.2
Hot Springs	2,681	2,697	2,492	92	99	112	3.4	3.7	4.5
Park	17,483	17,964	17,310	474	578	581	2.7	3.2	3.4
Washakie	4,849	4,955	5,017	229	280	311	4.7	5.7	6.2
NORTHEAST	43,288	43,416	43,165	1,599	1,797	1,670	3.7	4.1	3.9
Campbell	19,160	19,053	19,232	788	872	802	4.1	4.6	4.2
Crook	3,180	3,167	3,128	105	112	122	3.3	3.5	3.9
Johnson	4,149	4,271	3,917	110	138	114	2.7	3.2	2.9
Sheridan	13,620	13,723	13,645	481	535	486	3.5	3.9	3.6
Weston	3,179	3,202	3,243	115	140	146	3.6	4.4	4.5
	LABOR FORCE			UNEMPLOYED NUMBER			UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
REGION-or-County	August 97 (p)	July 97 (r)	August 96 (b)	August 97 (p)	July 97 (r)	August 96 (b)	August 97 (p)	July 97 (r)	August 96 (b)
SOUTHWEST	53,286	53,802	55,129	2,064	2,352	2,696	3.9	4.4	4.9
Lincoln	6,417	6,369	6,243	286	330	333	4.5	5.2	5.3
Sublette	3,415	3,350	3,345	62	67	88	1.8	2.0	2.6
Sweetwater	19,682	19,948	20,812	1,031	1,161	1,291	5.2	5.8	6.2
Teton	12,876	13,239	13,319	151	174	182	1.2	1.3	1.4
Uinta	10,896	10,896	11,410	534	620	802	4.9	5.7	7.0
SOUTHEAST	67,464	68,559	67,873	1,849	2,064	2,025	2.7	3.0	3.0
Albany	16,705	16,791	16,561	286	324	306	1.7	1.9	1.8
Goshen	6,302	6,240	6,289	250	264	306	4.0	4.2	4.9
Laramie	38,785	39,793	39,510	1,162	1,290	1,238	3.0	3.2	3.1
Niobrara	1,418	1,397	1,337	18	23	22	1.3	1.6	1.6
Platte	4,254	4,338	4,176	133	163	153	3.1	3.8	3.7
	LABOR FORCE			UNEMPLOYED NUMBER			UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
REGION-or-County	August 97 (p)	July 97 (r)	August 96 (b)	August 97 (p)	July 97 (r)	August 96 (b)	August 97 (p)	July 97 (r)	August 96 (b)
CENTRAL	48,096	48,782	48,057	2,243	2,543	2,604	4.7	5.2	5.4
Carbon	8,372	8,465	8,615	277	321	331	3.3	3.8	3.8
Converse	6,847	6,743	6,674	341	379	350	5.0	5.6	5.2
Natrona	32,877	33,574	32,768	1,625	1,843	1,923	4.9	5.5	5.9
STATEWIDE	260,124	263,256	261,879	10,052	11,365	11,527	3.9	4.3	4.4
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted							4.5	4.9	5.1
U.S.							4.8	5.0	5.1
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted							4.9	4.8	5.2

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Benchmarked 02/97. Run Date 09/97.


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


NOTE: The 1996 annual average unemployment rate for Wyoming was estimated at 5.0 percent. A 90 percent confidence interval around this estimate suggests that in 9 out of 10 cases the actual rate would fall between 4.4 and 5.6 percent.