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

	LABOR FORCE			UNEMPLOYED NUMBER			UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
REGION-or-County	October 97 (p)	September 97 (r)	October 96 (b)	October 97 (p)	September 97 (r)	October 96 (b)	October 97 (p)	September 97 (r)	October 96 (b)
NORTHWEST	46,494	47,149	46,143	2,080	2,035	2,342	4.5	4.3	5.1
Big Horn	5,654	5,570	5,497	215	219	234	3.8	3.9	4.3
Fremont	17,744	17,707	17,784	1,096	1,105	1,170	6.2	6.2	6.6
Hot Springs	2,857	2,844	2,618	86	73	102	3.0	2.6	3.9
Park	15,419	16,233	15,314	494	442	585	3.2	2.7	3.8
Washakie	4,820	4,795	4,930	189	196	251	3.9	4.1	5.1
NORTHEAST	42,910	42,429	42,791	1,600	1,480	1,725	3.7	3.5	4.0
Campbell	18,613	18,131	18,617	762	722	849	4.1	4.0	4.6
Crook	3,152	3,183	3,116	112	103	110	3.6	3.2	3.5
Johnson	4,069	4,190	3,844	117	112	119	2.9	2.7	3.1
Sheridan	13,765	13,646	13,794	492	438	469	3.6	3.2	3.4
Weston	3,311	3,279	3,420	117	105	178	3.5	3.2	5.2
	LABOR FORCE			UNEMPLOYED NUMBER			UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
REGION-or-County	October 97 (p)	September 97 (r)	October 96 (b)	October 97 (p)	September 97 (r)	October 96 (b)	October 97 (p)	September 97 (r)	October 96 (b)
SOUTHWEST	50,630	52,283	52,086	1,852	1,874	2,571	3.7	3.6	4.9
Lincoln	6,813	6,989	6,628	287	314	356	4.2	4.5	5.4
Sublette	3,154	3,305	3,099	55	66	75	1.7	2.0	2.4
Sweetwater	20,010	19,870	21,059	855	875	1,213	4.3	4.4	5.8
Teton	10,148	11,513	10,366	165	125	199	1.6	1.1	1.9
Uinta	10,505	10,606	10,934	490	494	728	4.7	4.7	6.7
SOUTHEAST	69,591	67,853	69,139	1,744	1,663	2,117	2.5	2.5	3.1
Albany	17,782	17,162	17,416	239	223	318	1.3	1.3	1.8
Goshen	6,711	6,390	6,719	217	237	261	3.2	3.7	3.9
Laramie	39,201	38,418	39,226	1,125	1,057	1,347	2.9	2.8	3.4
Niobrara	1,410	1,474	1,353	24	18	40	1.7	1.2	3.0
Platte	4,487	4,409	4,425	139	128	151	3.1	2.9	3.4
	LABOR FORCE			UNEMPLOYED NUMBER			UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
REGION-or-County	October 97 (p)	September 97 (r)	October 96 (b)	October 97 (p)	September 97 (r)	October 96 (b)	October 97 (p)	September 97 (r)	October 96 (b)
CENTRAL	48,698	47,756	48,656	2,100	1,948	2,622	4.3	4.1	5.4
Carbon	8,487	8,328	8,817	320	221	396	3.8	2.7	4.5
Converse	6,849	6,760	6,737	294	280	350	4.3	4.1	5.2
Natrona	33,362	32,668	33,102	1,486	1,447	1,876	4.5	4.4	5.7
STATEWIDE	258,326	257,471	258,817	9,376	9,001	11,378	3.6	3.5	4.4
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted							4.2	4.3	5.0
U.S.							4.4	4.7	4.9
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted							4.7	4.9	5.2

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Benchmarked 02/97. Run Date 11/97.


(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.