Wyoming County Unemployment Rates

by: Carola Cowan, BLS Programs Supervisor

Most county unemployment rates followed their normal seasonal patterns and decreased slightly from August to September.

Labor Force Employed Unemployed Unemployment Rates
  REGION Sep Aug Sep   Sep Aug Sep   Sep Aug Sep   Sep Aug Sep
  County 2010 2010 2009   2010 2010 2009   2010 2010 2009   2010 2010 2009
(p) (r) (b) (p) (r) (b) (p) (r) (b) (p) (r) (b)
                               
NORTHWEST 46,050 46,821 46,060   43,107 43,714 42,883   2,943 3,107 3,177   6.4 6.6 6.9
Big Horn 5,048 5,009 5,111   4,689 4,652 4,680   359 357 431   7.1 7.1 8.4
Fremont 18,969 18,845 18,939   17,631 17,399 17,452   1,338 1,446 1,487   7.1 7.7 7.9
Hot Springs 2,515 2,539 2,489   2,390 2,409 2,335   125 130 154   5.0 5.1 6.2
Park 15,246 16,148 15,235   14,363 15,237 14,398   883 911 837   5.8 5.6 5.5
Washakie 4,272 4,280 4,286   4,034 4,017 4,018   238 263 268   5.6 6.1 6.3
                               
NORTHEAST 54,409 54,328 54,837   51,328 51,096 51,315   3,081 3,232 3,522   5.7 5.9 6.4
Campbell 27,704 27,592 28,015   26,307 26,116 26,310   1,397 1,476 1,705   5.0 5.3 6.1
Crook 3,519 3,521 3,519   3,357 3,345 3,331   162 176 188   4.6 5.0 5.3
Johnson 3,899 3,974 4,020   3,629 3,683 3,729   270 291 291   6.9 7.3 7.2
Sheridan 15,962 16,002 16,088   14,904 14,899 14,956   1,058 1,103 1,132   6.6 6.9 7.0
Weston 3,325 3,239 3,195   3,131 3,053 2,989   194 186 206   5.8 5.7 6.4
                               
SOUTHWEST 63,435 65,182 64,521   59,608 61,214 59,989   3,827 3,968 4,532   6.0 6.1 7.0
Lincoln 8,228 8,276 8,296   7,601 7,625 7,680   627 651 616   7.6 7.9 7.4
Sublette 6,831 6,943 7,062   6,575 6,658 6,704   256 285 358   3.7 4.1 5.1
Sweetwater 22,985 23,307 23,384   21,575 21,794 21,537   1,410 1,513 1,847   6.1 6.5 7.9
Teton 14,054 15,299 14,406   13,222 14,519 13,593   832 780 813   5.9 5.1 5.6
Uinta 11,337 11,357 11,373   10,635 10,618 10,475   702 739 898   6.2 6.5 7.9
                               
SOUTHEAST 74,020 72,768 73,832   69,459 67,971 69,513   4,561 4,797 4,319   6.2 6.6 5.8
Albany 19,473 17,877 19,659   18,617 16,942 18,867   856 935 792   4.4 5.2 4.0
Goshen 6,313 6,264 6,104   5,944 5,871 5,764   369 393 340   5.8 6.3 5.6
Laramie 42,734 43,202 42,747   39,727 40,092 39,888   3,007 3,110 2,859   7.0 7.2 6.7
Niobrara 1,302 1,293 1,277   1,239 1,224 1,217   63 69 60   4.8 5.3 4.7
Platte 4,198 4,132 4,045   3,932 3,842 3,777   266 290 268   6.3 7.0 6.6
                               
CENTRAL 55,700 55,939 55,324   52,038 52,097 51,167   3,662 3,842 4,157   6.6 6.9 7.5
Carbon 7,943 7,999 7,808   7,425 7,474 7,234   518 525 574   6.5 6.6 7.4
Converse 7,553 7,571 7,454   7,162 7,149 6,990   391 422 464   5.2 5.6 6.2
Natrona 40,204 40,369 40,062   37,451 37,474 36,943   2,753 2,895 3,119   6.8 7.2 7.8
                             
STATEWIDE 293,615 295,040 294,574   275,540 276,091 274,868   18,075 18,949 19,706   6.2 6.4 6.7
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted 6.8 6.8 7.3
U.S 9.2 9.5 9.5
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted 9.6 9.6 9.8
Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics.  Benchmarked 03/2010.  Run Date 10/2010.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.
(p) Preliminary.  (r) Revised.  (b) Benchmarked.