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

	LABOR FORCE			UNEMPLOYED NUMBER			UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
REGION-or-County	Sep 96 (p)	Aug 96 (r)	Sep 95 (b)	Sep 96 (p)	Aug 96 (r)	Sep 95 (b)	Sep 96 (p)	Aug 96 (r)	Sep 95 (b)
NORTHWEST	46,630	47,110	45,834	2,083	2,275	2,089	4.5	4.8	4.6
Big Horn	5,225	4,990	5,123	219	227	207	4.2	4.5	4.0
Fremont	17,898	17,476	17,646	1,025	1,146	1,027	5.7	6.6	5.8
Hot Springs	2,217	2,252	2,377	90	97	100	4.1	4.3	4.2
Park	16,184	17,430	15,780	496	525	493	3.1	3.0	3.1
Washakie	5,106	4,962	4,908	253	280	262	5.0	5.6	5.3
NORTHEAST	42,060	42,212	41,881	1,531	1,485	1,560	3.6	3.5	3.7
Campbell	18,011	18,219	18,160	763	703	779	4.2	3.9	4.3
Crook	3,131	3,171	3,034	102	110	102	3.3	3.5	3.4
Johnson	3,680	3,757	3,702	100	101	100	2.7	2.7	2.7
Sheridan	13,829	13,720	13,628	440	439	467	3.2	3.2	3.4
Weston	3,409	3,345	3,357	126	132	112	3.7	3.9	3.3
	LABOR FORCE			UNEMPLOYED NUMBER			UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
REGION-or-County	Sep 96 (p)	Aug 96 (r)	Sep 95 (b)	Sep 96 (p)	Aug 96 (r)	Sep 95 (b)	Sep 96 (p)	Aug 96 (r)	Sep 95 (b)
SOUTHWEST	54,887	56,061	54,259	2,307	2,436	2,166	4.2	4.3	4.0
Lincoln	6,780	6,572	6,525	338	306	353	5.0	4.7	5.4
Sublette	3,067	3,198	3,163	70	77	86	2.3	2.4	2.7
Sweetwater	20,987	21,149	21,528	1,003	1,170	986	4.8	5.5	4.6
Teton	12,380	13,758	11,869	172	165	126	1.4	1.2	1.1
Uinta	11,673	11,384	11,174	724	718	615	6.2	6.3	5.5
SOUTHEAST	67,592	67,689	67,754	1,761	1,821	1,916	2.6	2.7	2.8
Albany	17,051	16,885	16,712	250	278	310	1.5	1.6	1.9
Goshen	6,101	6,048	6,189	233	273	236	3.8	4.5	3.8
Laramie	38,911	39,343	39,420	1,147	1,113	1,225	2.9	2.8	3.1
Niobrara	1,339	1,313	1,274	19	20	19	1.4	1.5	1.5
Platte	4,190	4,100	4,159	112	137	126	2.7	3.3	3.0
	LABOR FORCE			UNEMPLOYED NUMBER			UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
REGION-or-County	Sep 96 (p)	Aug 96 (r)	Sep 95 (b)	Sep 96 (p)	Aug 96 (r)	Sep 95 (b)	Sep 96 (p)	Aug 96 (r)	Sep 95 (b)
CENTRAL	47,203	47,378	48,034	2,332	2,342	2,354	4.9	4.9	4.9
Carbon	8,510	8,415	8,706	289	295	324	3.4	3.5	3.7
Converse	6,400	6,449	6,423	304	313	329	4.8	4.9	5.1
Natrona	32,293	32,514	32,905	1,739	1,734	1,701	5.4	5.3	5.2
STATEWIDE	258,373	260,452	257,762	10,013	10,360	10,085	3.9	4.0	3.9
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted							4.7	4.7	4.7
U.S.							5.0	5.1	5.4
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted							5.2	5.1	5.6

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Benchmarked 03/96. Run Date 10/96.


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


NOTE: The 1995 annual average unemployment rate for Wyoming was estimated at 4.8 percent. A 90 percent confidence interval around this estimate suggests that in 9 out of 10 cases the actual rate would fall between 4.2 and 5.4 percent.