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

	Labor Force			Employed			Unemployed			Unemployment Rates
REGION-or-County	Aug 98 (p)	Jul 98 (r)	Aug 97 (b)	Aug 98 (p)	Jul 98 (r)	Aug 97 (b)	Aug 98 (p)	Jul 98 (r)	Aug 97 (b)	Aug 98 (p)	Jul 98 (r)	Aug 97 (b)
NORTHWEST	46,605	47,214	45,776	44,224	44,728	43,387	2,381	2,486	2,389	5.1	5.3	5.2
Big Horn	5,692	5,681	5,325	5,386	5,324	5,065	306	357	260	5.4	6.3	4.9
Fremont	16,308	16,369	16,584	15,164	15,209	15,281	1,144	1,160	1,303	7.0	7.1	7.9
Hot Springs	2,308	2,316	2,316	2,222	2,227	2,223	86	89	93	3.7	3.8	4.0
Park	17,756	18,276	16,950	17,185	17,652	16,456	571	624	494	3.2	3.4	2.9
Washakie	4,541	4,572	4,601	4,267	4,316	4,362	274	256	239	6.0	5.6	5.2
NORTHEAST	43,485	43,543	42,212	41,881	41,848	40,532	1,604	1,695	1,680	3.7	3.9	4.0
Campbell	19,749	19,639	18,944	18,982	18,827	18,123	767	812	821	3.9	4.1	4.3
Crook	3,013	3,022	3,011	2,908	2,900	2,901	105	122	110.0	3.5	4.0	3.7
Johnson	4,093	4,207	3,910	3,973	4,080	3,793	120	127	117	2.9	3.0	3.0
Sheridan	13,685	13,743	13,337	13,195	13,215	12,824	490	528	513	3.6	3.8	3.8
Weston	2,945	2,932	3,010	2,823	2,826	2,891	122	106	119	4.1	3.6	4.0
SOUTHWEST	54,430	54,951	52,947	52,534	52,832	50,765	1,896	2,119	2,182	3.5	3.9	4.1
Lincoln	6,359	6,344	6,113	6,090	6,013	5,812	269	331	301	4.2	5.2	4.9
Sublette	3,488	3,415	3,320	3,392	3,328	3,256	96	87	64	2.8	2.5	1.9
Sweetwater	20,128	20,351	19,846	19,251	19,356	18,753	877	995	1,093	4.4	4.9	5.5
Teton	13,779	14,199	13,067	13,671	14,068	12,902	108	131	165	0.8	0.9	1.3
Uinta	10,676	10,642	10,601	10,130	10,067	10,042	546	575	559	5.1	5.4	5.3
SOUTHEAST	67,854	68,932	65,448	65,948	66,899	63,484	1,906	2,033	1,964	2.8	2.9	3.0
Albany	16,485	16,527	16,035	16,186	16,217	15,732	299	310	303	1.8	1.9	1.9
Goshen	6,524	6,484	6,268	6,274	6,219	5,998	250	265	270	3.8	4.1	4.3
Laramie	39,570	40,574	37,874	38,414	39,358	36,640	1,156	1,216	1,234	2.9	3.0	3.3
Niobrara	1,148	1,121	1,217	1,116	1,088	1,198	32	33	19	2.8	2.9	1.6
Platte	4,127	4,226	4,054	3,958	4,017	3,916	169	209	138	4.1	4.9	3.4
CENTRAL	49,073	49,294	46,645	46,928	47,027	44,298	2,145	2,267	2,347	4.4	4.6	5.0
Carbon	8,307	8,404	8,200	7,991	8,064	7,911	316	340	289	3.8	4.0	3.5
Converse	6,953	6,862	6,678	6,657	6,529	6,315	296	333	363	4.3	4.9	5.4
Natrona	33,813	34,028	31,767	32,280	32,434	30,072	1,533	1,594	1,695	4.5	4.7	5.3
STATEWIDE	261,448	263,936	253,028	251,516	253,335	242,466	9,932	10,601	10,562	3.8	4.0	4.2
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted										4.6	4.6	5.0
U.S.										4.5	4.7	4.8
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted										4.5	4.5	4.9

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 02/98. Run Date 9/98.
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.