Table: Counties in Wyoming Ranked by Dependence on Oil & Gas Extraction Employment

County	Region	1997 Annual Average Employment SIC 13 (Mining - Oil & Gas Extraction)	1997 Annual Average Total Covered Employment	Oil & Gas Employment Dependence Factor
Sublette	Southwest	310	2,042	15.2%
Big Horn*	Northwest	350	3,812	9.2%
Uinta	Southwest	694	7,996	8.7%
Weston	Northeast	179	2,123	8.4%
Washakie	Northwest	300	3,724	8.1%
Campbell	Northeast	1,094	16,353	6.7%
Natrona	Central	1,867	29,472	6.3%
Sweetwater	Southwest	1,105	19,040	5.8%
Hot Springs	Northwest	106	1,975	5.4%
Park	Northwest	492	11,501	4.3%
Lincoln	Southwest	203	4,802	4.2%
State of Wyoming		8,413	217,060	3.9%
Converse	Central	155	4,238	3.7%
Fremont	Northwest	346	13,200	2.6%
Niobrara	Southeast	20	788	2.5%
Johnson	Northeast	44	2,513	1.8%
Carbon	Central	97	6,348	1.5%
Crook	Northeast	23	1,883	1.2%
Sheridan*	Northeast	29	10,363	0.3%
Laramie	Southeast	26	34,138	0.1%
Albany	Southeast	9	13,565	0.1%
Teton*	Southwest	0	14,095	0.0%
Platte*	Southeast	0	3,184	0.0%
Goshen*	Southeast	0	4,010	0.0%

* Employment in these counties in SIC 13 is estimated. See article for full explanation.

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