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

	LABOR FORCE			UNEMPLOYED NUMBER			UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
REGION-or-County	September 97 (p)	August 97 (r)	September 96 (b)	September 97 (p)	August 97 (r)	September 96 (b)	September 97 (p)	August 97 (r)	September 96 (b)
NORTHWEST	47,152	47,975	46,813	2,027	2,303	2,298	4.3	4.8	4.9
Big Horn	5,565	5,440	5,377	213	248	244	3.8	4.6	4.5
Fremont	17,715	17,532	17,778	1,109	1,258	1,129	6.3	7.2	6.4
Hot Springs	2,845	2,679	2,637	73	91	105	2.6	3.4	4.0
Park	16,230	17,477	16,093	435	476	544	2.7	2.7	3.4
Washakie	4,797	4,847	4,928	197	230	276	4.1	4.7	5.6
NORTHEAST	42,432	43,280	42,415	1,473	1,613	1,689	3.5	3.7	4.0
Campbell	18,133	19,147	18,325	720	784	845	4.0	4.1	4.6
Crook	3,182	3,180	3,110	101	107	110	3.2	3.4	3.5
Johnson	4,191	4,151	3,948	112	114	110	2.7	2.7	2.8
Sheridan	13,646	13,624	13,683	435	492	485	3.2	3.6	3.5
Weston	3,280	3,178	3,349	105	116	139	3.2	3.7	4.2
	LABOR FORCE			UNEMPLOYED NUMBER			UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
REGION-or-County	September 97 (p)	August 97 (r)	September 96 (b)	September 97 (p)	August 97 (r)	September 96 (b)	September 97 (p)	August 97 (r)	September 96 (b)
SOUTHWEST	52,291	53,279	54,073	1,868	2,082	2,524	3.6	3.9	4.7
Lincoln	6,990	6,420	6,819	313	292	370	4.5	4.5	5.4
Sublette	3,306	3,413	3,220	66	62	78	2.0	1.8	2.4
Sweetwater	19,871	19,679	21,004	871	1,037	1,105	4.4	5.3	5.3
Teton	11,515	12,874	11,878	124	155	188	1.1	1.2	1.6
Uinta	10,609	10,893	11,152	494	536	783	4.7	4.9	7.0
SOUTHEAST	67,825	67,571	67,805	1,640	1,881	1,951	2.4	2.8	2.9
Albany	17,163	16,703	17,024	220	292	276	1.3	1.7	1.6
Goshen	6,392	6,307	6,319	238	258	268	3.7	4.1	4.2
Laramie	38,393	38,893	38,806	1,043	1,181	1,263	2.7	3.0	3.3
Niobrara	1,474	1,417	1,374	18	18	21	1.2	1.3	1.5
Platte	4,403	4,251	4,282	121	132	123	2.7	3.1	2.9
	LABOR FORCE			UNEMPLOYED NUMBER			UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
REGION-or-County	September 97 (p)	August 97 (r)	September 96 (b)	September 97 (p)	August 97 (r)	September 96 (b)	September 97 (p)	August 97 (r)	September 96 (b)
CENTRAL	47,752	48,087	47,989	1,944	2,250	2,592	4.1	4.7	5.4
Carbon	8,329	8,367	8,619	220	276	325	2.6	3.3	3.8
Converse	6,762	6,852	6,632	281	349	341	4.2	5.1	5.1
Natrona	32,661	32,868	32,738	1,443	1,625	1,926	4.4	4.9	5.9
STATEWIDE	257,453	260,194	259,097	8,952	10,129	11,056	3.5	3.9	4.3
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted							4.2	4.6	5.0
U.S.							4.7	4.8	5.0
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted							4.9	4.9	5.2

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Benchmarked 02/97. Run Date 10/97.


(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.