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

	Labor Force			Employed			Unemployed			Unemployment Rates
REGION-or-County	Sep 98 (p)	Aug 98 (r)	Sep 97 (b)	Sep 98 (p)	Aug 98 (r)	Sep 97 (b)	Sep 98 (p)	Aug 98 (r)	Sep 97 (b)	Sep 98 (p)	Aug 98 (r)	Sep 97 (b)
NORTHWEST	45,377	46,577	45,091	43,259	44,205	42,906	2,118	2,372	2,185	4.7	5.1	4.8
Big Horn	5,792	5,688	5,470	5,506	5,383	5,233	286	305	237	4.9	5.4	4.3
Fremont	16,299	16,299	16,811	15,325	15,158	15,624	974	1,141	1,187	6.0	7.0	7.1
Hot Springs	2,436	2,304	2,460	2,351	2,221	2,386	85	83	74	3.5	3.6	3.0
Park	16,323	17,747	15,787	15,846	17,178	15,309	477	569	478	2.9	3.2	3.0
Washakie	4,527	4,539	4,563	4,231	4,265	4,354	296	274	209	6.5	6.0	4.6
NORTHEAST	42,392	43,476	41,505	40,866	41,865	39,900	1,526	1,611	1,605	3.6	3.7	3.9
Campbell	18,667	19,739	18,005	17,914	18,974	17,217	753	765	788	4.0	3.9	4.4
Crook	2,982	3,017	3,021	2,879	2,907	2,913	103	110	108.0	3.5	3.6	3.6
Johnson	4,078	4,089	3,957	3,975	3,972	3,839	103	117	118	2.5	2.9	3.0
Sheridan	13,649	13,684	13,405	13,190	13,190	12,927	459	494	478	3.4	3.6	3.6
Weston	3,016	2,947	3,117	2,908	2,822	3,004	108	125	113	3.6	4.2	3.6
SOUTHWEST	53,370	54,410	52,095	51,445	52,511	50,048	1,925	1,899	2,047	3.6	3.5	3.9
Lincoln	6,884	6,356	6,686	6,555	6,087	6,348	329	269	338	4.8	4.2	5.1
Sublette	3,333	3,481	3,221	3,248	3,391	3,150	85	90	71	2.6	2.6	2.2
Sweetwater	20,455	20,128	20,112	19,582	19,243	19,149	873	885	963	4.3	4.4	4.8
Teton	12,333	13,775	11,713	12,215	13,665	11,575	118	110	138	1.0	0.8	1.2
Uinta	10,365	10,670	10,363	9,845	10,125	9,826	520	545	537	5.0	5.1	5.2
SOUTHEAST	67,719	67,914	65,620	66,012	65,997	63,816	1,707	1,917	1,804	2.5	2.8	2.7
Albany	16,903	16,480	16,513	16,647	16,179	16,274	256	301	239	1.5	1.8	1.4
Goshen	6,504	6,523	6,379	6,298	6,271	6,115	206	252	264	3.2	3.9	4.1
Laramie	38,924	39,636	37,242	37,867	38,475	36,099	1,057	1,161	1,143	2.7	2.9	3.1
Niobrara	1,154	1,148	1,267	1,134	1,116	1,247	20	32	20	1.7	2.8	1.6
Platte	4,234	4,127	4,219	4,066	3,956	4,081	168	171	138	4.0	4.1	3.3
CENTRAL	48,613	49,125	46,474	46,550	46,972	44,361	2,063	2,153	2,113	4.2	4.4	4.5
Carbon	8,255	8,303	8,182	7,916	7,988	7,941	339	315	241	4.1	3.8	2.9
Converse	6,810	6,955	6,613	6,549	6,654	6,305	261	301	308	3.8	4.3	4.7
Natrona	33,548	33,867	31,679	32,085	32,330	30,115	1,463	1,537	1,564	4.4	4.5	4.9
STATEWIDE	257,474	261,501	250,786	248,135	251,550	241,030	9,339	9,951	9,756	3.6	3.8	3.9
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted										4.6	4.6	4.9
U.S.										4.4	4.5	4.7
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted										4.6	4.5	4.9

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 02/98. Run Date 10/98.
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.