Change in Wyoming's Labor Force, Employment, Unemployment, and Unemployment Rates by Region and County, Third Quarter 2002



Table: Change in Wyoming's Labor Force, Employment, Unemployment, and Unemployment Rates by Region and County, Third Quarter 2002

	Labor Force				Employment				Unemployment				Unemployment Rate

REGION/ County	Third Quarter		Change		Third Quarter		Change		Third Quarter		Change		Third Quarter		Percent
REGION/ County	2002	2001	Number	Percent	2002	2001	Number	Percent	2002	2001	Number	Percent	2002	2001	Change

NORTHWEST	48,659	48,622	37	0.1	46,755	46,458	297	0.6	1,904	2,165	-260	-12.0	3.9	4.5	-0.5
Big Horn	5,766	5,969	-204	-3.4	5,519	5,709	-190	-3.3	247	260	-14	-5.2	4.3	4.4	-0.1
Fremont	18,799	18,673	127	0.7	17,900	17,648	251	1.4	900	1,024	-125	-12.2	4.8	5.5	-0.7
Hot Springs	2,402	2,547	-144	-5.7	2,327	2,455	-128	-5.2	75	92	-16	-17.8	3.1	3.6	-0.5
Park	17,226	16,871	355	2.1	16,728	16,294	433	2.7	499	577	-78	-13.6	2.9	3.4	-0.5
Washakie	4,465	4,562	-97	-2.1	4,281	4,351	-70	-1.6	184	211	-27	-12.9	4.1	4.6	-0.5

NORTHEAST	47,489	47,416	73	0.2	46,197	46,042	155	0.3	1,292	1,374	-82	-6.0	2.7	2.9	-0.2
Campbell	23,008	22,967	41	0.2	22,321	22,314	7	0.0	687	653	34	5.2	3.0	2.8	0.1
Crook	2,981	3,116	-135	-4.3	2,912	3,032	-120	-4.0	69	84	-15	-17.5	2.3	2.7	-0.4
Johnson	4,198	4,033	165	4.1	4,122	3,955	168	4.2	76	78	-3	-3.4	1.8	1.9	-0.1
Sheridan	14,050	13,987	63	0.5	13,672	13,539	134	1.0	378	449	-71	-15.8	2.7	3.2	-0.5
Weston	3,251	3,313	-62	-1.9	3,169	3,203	-34	-1.1	82	110	-28	-25.2	2.5	3.3	-0.8

SOUTHWEST	56,200	56,690	-491	-0.9	54,273	54,650	-377	-0.7	1,927	2,040	-113	-5.6	3.4	3.6	-0.2
Lincoln	6,741	7,135	-394	-5.5	6,435	6,831	-396	-5.8	306	303	3	0.9	4.5	4.3	0.3
Sublette	3,729	3,642	88	2.4	3,652	3,575	76	2.1	78	66	11	17.1	2.1	1.8	0.3
Sweetwater	19,927	20,140	-213	-1.1	19,138	19,218	-80	-0.4	789	922	-133	-14.4	4.0	4.6	-0.6
Teton	14,571	14,562	8	0.1	14,354	14,370	-16	-0.1	217	193	24	12.6	1.5	1.3	0.2
Uinta	11,232	11,212	20	0.2	10,694	10,655	39	0.4	538	556	-19	-3.4	4.8	5.0	-0.2

SOUTHEAST	72,740	73,027	-288	-0.4	70,734	70,837	-103	-0.1	2,006	2,190	-184	-8.4	2.8	3.0	-0.2
Albany	18,668	18,381	286	1.6	18,384	18,027	358	2.0	283	355	-71	-20.1	1.5	1.9	-0.4
Goshen	6,208	6,306	-98	-1.6	6,018	6,106	-88	-1.4	190	201	-11	-5.3	3.1	3.2	-0.1
Laramie	42,211	42,455	-244	-0.6	40,875	41,003	-128	-0.3	1,336	1,452	-116	-8.0	3.2	3.4	-0.3
Niobrara	1,243	1,314	-70	-5.4	1,211	1,281	-70	-5.5	33	33	0	0.0	2.6	2.5	0.1
Platte	4,410	4,571	-161	-3.5	4,246	4,421	-175	-4.0	164	150	14	9.1	3.7	3.3	0.4

CENTRAL	49,516	50,131	-615	-1.2	47,730	48,253	-523	-1.1	1,786	1,878	-92	-4.9	3.6	3.7	-0.1
Carbon	8,259	8,504	-245	-2.9	8,022	8,197	-175	-2.1	236	306	-70	-22.9	2.9	3.6	-0.7
Converse	6,566	6,629	-63	-1.0	6,340	6,384	-44	-0.7	226	245	-19	-7.9	3.4	3.7	-0.3
Natrona	34,692	34,998	-306	-0.9	33,368	33,671	-304	-0.9	1,324	1,327	-3	-0.2	3.8	3.8	0.0

STATEWIDE	274,602	275,887	-1,284	-0.5	265,687	266,239	-551	-0.2	8,915	9,648	-733	-7.6	3.2	3.5	-0.3