© Copyright 1999 by the Wyoming Department of Employment, Research & Planning

Wyoming County Unemployment Rates
data produced by: David Bullard, Economist

"Wyoming's statewide unemployment rate held steady at 3.7 percent, down from 3.9 percent in September 1998."

Labor Force Employed Unemployed Unemployment Rates
REGION-or-County Sep 99 (p) Aug 99 (r) Sep 98 (b) Sep 99 (p) Aug 99 (r) Sep 98 (b) Sep 99 (p) Aug 99 (r) Sep 98 (b) Sep 99 (p) Aug 99 (r) Sep 98 (b)
NORTHWEST 46,789 47,731 46,460 44,582 45,454 44,193 2,207 2,277 2,267 4.7 4.8 4.9
Big Horn 5,679 5,582 5,945 5,410 5,292 5,633 269 290 312 4.7 5.2 5.2
Fremont 17,834 17,539 17,587 16,786 16,426 16,531 1,048 1,113 1,056 5.9 6.3 6.0
Hot Springs 2,404 2,381 2,402 2,296 2,299 2,311 108 82 91 4.5 3.4 3.8
Park 15,961 17,251 15,558 15,442 16,722 15,067 519 529 491 3.3 3.1 3.2
Washakie 4,911 4,978 4,968 4,648 4,715 4,651 263 263 317 5.4 5.3 6.4
NORTHEAST 42,979 43,611 43,059 41,408 42,064 41,421 1,571 1,547 1,638 3.7 3.5 3.8
Campbell 19,210 19,840 18,883 18,433 19,056 18,080 777 784 803 4.0 4.0 4.3
Crook 3,054 3,024 3,114 2,962 2,932 2,997 92 92 117.0 3.0 3.0 3.8
Johnson 3,838 3,894 3,857 3,749 3,790 3,750 89 104 107 2.3 2.7 2.8
Sheridan 13,599 13,710 13,797 13,116 13,261 13,309 483 449 488 3.6 3.3 3.5
Weston 3,278 3,143 3,408 3,148 3,025 3,285 130 118 123 4.0 3.8 3.6
SOUTHWEST 54,735 55,935 54,069 52,605 53,838 52,008 2,130 2,097 2,061 3.9 3.7 3.8
Lincoln 6,684 6,482 6,308 6,368 6,209 5,972 316 273 336 4.7 4.2 5.3
Sublette 3,198 3,302 3,363 3,134 3,220 3,270 64 82 93 2.0 2.5 2.8
Sweetwater 20,864 20,406 21,518 19,877 19,412 20,571 987 994 947 4.7 4.9 4.4
Teton 12,736 14,592 11,848 12,600 14,447 11,731 136 145 117 1.1 1.0 1.0
Uinta 11,253 11,153 11,032 10,626 10,550 10,464 627 603 568 5.6 5.4 5.1
SOUTHEAST 68,947 68,862 67,835 67,163 67,031 66,009 1,784 1,831 1,826 2.6 2.7 2.7
Albany 17,646 17,458 17,196 17,413 17,195 16,921 233 263 275 1.3 1.5 1.6
Goshen 6,183 6,109 6,237 6,011 5,916 6,024 172 193 213 2.8 3.2 3.4
Laramie 39,399 39,697 38,560 38,198 38,524 37,424 1,201 1,173 1,136 3.0 3.0 2.9
Niobrara 1,320 1,309 1,319 1,295 1,278 1,298 25 31 21 1.9 2.4 1.6
Platte 4,399 4,289 4,523 4,246 4,118 4,342 153 171 181 3.5 4.0 4.0
CENTRAL 48,777 48,747 47,838 46,702 46,708 45,641 2,075 2,039 2,197 4.3 4.2 4.6
Carbon 8,378 8,305 8,534 8,073 8,018 8,169 305 287 365 3.6 3.5 4.3
Converse 6,761 6,748 6,662 6,489 6,492 6,382 272 256 280 4.0 3.8 4.2
Natrona 33,638 33,694 32,642 32,140 32,198 31,090 1,498 1,496 1,552 4.5 4.4 4.8
STATEWIDE 262,224 264,884 259,264 252,458 255,093 249,272 9,766 9,791 9,992 3.7 3.7 3.9
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted 4.6 4.5 4.8
U.S. 4.1 4.2 4.4
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted 4.2 4.2 4.5

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 02/99. Run Date 10/99.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.
(p) Preliminary.
(r) Revised.
(b) Benchmarked.
NOTE: The Current Population Survey (CPS) estimated the 1998 annual average Wyoming unemployment rate at 4.8 percent. The 90 percent confidence interval for this estimate suggests that in 9 out of 10 cases, the interval 4.2 to 5.4 percent would contain the actual rate.


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