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

	LABOR FORCE			UNEMPLOYED NUMBER			UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
REGION-or-County	Oct 96 (p)	Sep 96 (r)	Oct 95 (b)	Oct 96 (p)	Sep 96 (r)	Oct 95 (b)	Oct 96 (p)	Sep 96 (r)	Oct 95 (b)
NORTHWEST	45,907	46,633	45,217	2,144	2,078	2,062	4.7	4.5	4.6
Big Horn	5,349	5,242	5,245	214	218	200	4.0	4.2	3.8
Fremont	17,947	17,893	17,724	1,073	1,023	1,045	6.0	5.7	5.9
Hot Springs	2,229	2,217	2,394	89	90	99	4.0	4.1	4.1
Park	15,131	16,178	14,810	534	495	489	3.5	3.1	3.3
Washakie	5,251	5,103	5,044	234	252	229	4.5	4.9	4.5
NORTHEAST	42,186	42,110	42,132	1,566	1,529	1,572	3.7	3.6	3.7
Campbell	17,995	18,025	18,184	765	761	761	4.3	4.2	4.2
Crook	3,178	3,131	3,093	103	102	113	3.2	3.3	3.7
Johnson	3,626	3,678	3,660	108	99	91	3.0	2.7	2.5
Sheridan	13,936	13,859	13,829	428	441	496	3.1	3.2	3.6
Weston	3,451	3,417	3,366	162	126	111	4.7	3.7	3.3
	LABOR FORCE			UNEMPLOYED NUMBER			UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
REGION-or-County	Oct 96 (p)	Sep 96 (r)	Oct 95 (b)	Oct 96 (p)	Sep 96 (r)	Oct 95 (b)	Oct 96 (p)	Sep 96 (r)	Oct 95 (b)
SOUTHWEST	52,846	54,942	52,510	2,372	2,304	2,284	4.5	4.2	4.3
Lincoln	6,784	6,782	6,548	330	337	339	4.9	5.0	5.2
Sublette	2,953	3,065	3,066	66	70	75	2.2	2.3	2.4
Sweetwater	21,217	21,031	21,734	1,112	1,002	1,064	5.2	4.8	4.9
Teton	10,303	12,376	9,987	182	172	197	1.8	1.4	2.0
Uinta	11,589	11,688	11,175	682	723	609	5.9	6.2	5.4
SOUTHEAST	68,620	67,478	68,738	1,904	1,763	1,877	2.8	2.6	2.7
Albany	17,445	17,100	17,021	290	250	282	1.7	1.5	1.7
Goshen	6,399	6,119	6,442	231	240	207	3.6	3.9	3.2
Laramie	39,145	38,713	39,784	1,213	1,142	1,237	3.1	2.9	3.1
Niobrara	1,372	1,339	1,273	37	19	14	2.7	1.4	1.1
Platte	4,259	4,207	4,218	133	112	137	3.1	2.7	3.2
	LABOR FORCE			UNEMPLOYED NUMBER			UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
REGION-or-County	Oct 96 (p)	Sep 96 (r)	Oct 95 (b)	Oct 96 (p)	Sep 96 (r)	Oct 95 (b)	Oct 96 (p)	Sep 96 (r)	Oct 95 (b)
CENTRAL	47,967	47,174	49,323	2,382	2,338	2,427	5.0	5.0	4.9
Carbon	8,759	8,577	8,773	362	293	335	4.1	3.4	3.8
Converse	6,547	6,409	6,577	310	306	308	4.7	4.8	4.7
Natrona	32,661	32,188	33,973	1,710	1,739	1,784	5.2	5.4	5.3
STATEWIDE	257,526	258,337	257,921	10,368	10,013	10,221	4.0	3.9	4.0
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted							4.7	4.7	4.7
U.S.							4.9	5.0	5.2
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted							5.2	5.2	5.5

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Benchmarked 03/96. Run Date 11/96.


(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.