1974 WYOMING BENCHMARK LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
ALBANY COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 10,327 10,476 10,493 10,743 10,967 10,989 10,561 10,603 10,988 11,075 10,916 10,783 10,743
EMPLOYMENT 9,921 10,110 10,161 10,460 10,739 10,623 10,236 10,384 10,735 10,764 10,498 10,399 10,419
UNEMPLOYMENT 406 366 332 283 228 366 325 219 253 311 418 384 324
UNEMPL. RATE 3.9 3.5 3.2 2.6 2.1 3.3 3.1 2.1 2.3 2.8 3.8 3.6 3.0
BIG HORN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,050 4,232 4,248 4,314 4,496 4,827 4,773 4,611 4,747 4,728 4,273 4,288 4,466
EMPLOYMENT 3,843 4,027 4,051 4,131 4,323 4,626 4,583 4,492 4,607 4,563 4,137 4,158 4,295
UNEMPLOYMENT 207 205 197 183 173 201 190 119 140 165 136 130 171
UNEMPL. RATE 5.1 4.8 4.6 4.2 3.8 4.2 4.0 2.6 2.9 3.5 3.2 3.0 3.8
CAMPBELL COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,416 4,545 4,726 4,680 4,899 5,385 5,377 5,416 5,498 5,403 5,400 5,678 5,119
EMPLOYMENT 4,272 4,411 4,573 4,552 4,771 5,202 5,269 5,279 5,367 5,286 5,281 5,498 4,980
UNEMPLOYMENT 144 134 153 128 128 183 108 137 131 117 119 180 139
UNEMPL. RATE 3.3 2.9 3.2 2.7 2.6 3.4 2.0 2.5 2.4 2.2 2.2 3.2 2.7
CARBON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 5,757 5,931 6,125 6,137 6,388 6,920 7,050 7,025 6,919 6,575 6,319 6,470 6,468
EMPLOYMENT 5,586 5,753 5,945 5,954 6,206 6,737 6,851 6,852 6,750 6,420 6,132 6,203 6,282
UNEMPLOYMENT 171 178 180 183 182 183 199 173 169 155 187 267 186
UNEMPL. RATE 3.0 3.0 2.9 3.0 2.8 2.6 2.8 2.5 2.4 2.4 3.0 4.1 2.9
CONVERSE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,764 2,847 2,861 3,114 3,281 3,493 3,392 3,394 3,427 3,307 3,114 3,201 3,183
EMPLOYMENT 2,665 2,767 2,771 3,041 3,208 3,392 3,311 3,312 3,352 3,210 3,020 3,099 3,096
UNEMPLOYMENT 99 80 90 73 73 101 81 82 75 97 94 102 87
UNEMPL. RATE 3.6 2.8 3.1 2.3 2.2 2.9 2.4 2.4 2.2 2.9 3.0 3.2 2.7
CROOK COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 1,532 1,651 1,654 1,832 1,946 2,103 2,139 2,041 2,034 1,905 1,815 1,671 1,860
EMPLOYMENT 1,433 1,571 1,582 1,777 1,910 2,066 2,058 2,004 2,006 1,856 1,730 1,596 1,799
UNEMPLOYMENT 99 80 72 55 36 37 81 37 28 49 85 75 61
UNEMPL. RATE 6.5 4.8 4.4 3.0 1.8 1.8 3.8 1.8 1.4 2.6 4.7 4.5 3.3
FREMONT COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 10,170 10,343 10,507 10,872 11,194 12,031 11,996 11,801 11,724 11,576 11,152 11,091 11,205
EMPLOYMENT 9,602 9,799 9,959 10,378 10,766 11,500 11,590 11,436 11,321 11,120 10,598 10,469 10,711
UNEMPLOYMENT 568 544 548 494 428 531 406 365 403 456 554 622 493
UNEMPL. RATE 5.6 5.3 5.2 4.5 3.8 4.4 3.4 3.1 3.4 3.9 5.0 5.6 4.4
GOSHEN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,571 4,826 4,632 4,891 5,035 5,302 5,139 5,022 5,114 5,329 4,851 4,861 4,964
EMPLOYMENT 4,409 4,594 4,417 4,726 4,935 5,183 5,004 4,922 4,983 5,222 4,732 4,712 4,820
UNEMPLOYMENT 162 232 215 165 100 119 135 100 131 107 119 149 144
UNEMPL. RATE 3.5 4.8 4.6 3.4 2.0 2.2 2.6 2.0 2.6 2.0 2.5 3.1 2.9
HOT SPRINGS COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 1,806 1,861 1,911 1,933 2,029 2,158 2,039 2,013 1,988 2,023 1,919 1,938 1,968
EMPLOYMENT 1,752 1,799 1,857 1,878 1,974 2,112 1,994 1,976 1,951 1,994 1,876 1,892 1,921
UNEMPLOYMENT 54 62 54 55 55 46 45 37 37 29 43 46 47
UNEMPL. RATE 3.0 3.3 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.1 2.2 1.8 1.9 1.4 2.2 2.4 2.4
JOHNSON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,070 2,134 2,184 2,418 2,605 2,879 2,917 2,836 2,840 2,792 2,639 2,590 2,575
EMPLOYMENT 1,944 2,027 2,076 2,354 2,559 2,806 2,854 2,790 2,784 2,734 2,554 2,506 2,499
UNEMPLOYMENT 126 107 108 64 46 73 63 46 56 58 85 84 76
UNEMPL. RATE 6.1 5.0 4.9 2.6 1.8 2.5 2.2 1.6 2.0 2.1 3.2 3.2 3.0
LARAMIE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 22,049 22,254 22,402 22,651 23,166 23,906 23,682 23,739 23,947 24,309 24,082 24,094 23,358
EMPLOYMENT 21,112 21,461 21,702 22,020 22,574 23,110 22,960 23,100 23,264 23,503 23,110 23,016 22,578
UNEMPLOYMENT 937 803 700 631 592 796 722 639 683 806 972 1,078 780
UNEMPL. RATE 4.2 3.6 3.1 2.8 2.6 3.3 3.0 2.7 2.9 3.3 4.0 4.5 3.3
LINCOLN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,145 3,209 3,224 3,700 3,920 4,233 4,132 4,208 4,362 4,305 4,067 3,817 3,860
EMPLOYMENT 2,884 2,968 3,000 3,462 3,765 4,077 3,988 4,089 4,250 4,179 3,871 3,628 3,680
UNEMPLOYMENT 261 241 224 238 155 156 144 119 112 126 196 189 180
UNEMPL. RATE 8.3 7.5 6.9 6.4 4.0 3.7 3.5 2.8 2.6 2.9 4.8 5.0 4.7
NATRONA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 21,657 21,753 22,146 22,843 23,230 23,906 23,654 23,757 23,608 24,082 24,077 24,365 23,257
EMPLOYMENT 20,810 20,968 21,428 22,221 22,601 22,055 22,914 23,109 22,999 23,393 23,284 23,552 22,528
UNEMPLOYMENT 847 785 718 622 629 851 740 648 609 689 793 813 729
UNEMPL. RATE 3.9 3.6 3.2 2.7 2.7 3.6 3.1 2.7 2.6 2.9 3.3 3.3 3.1
NIOBRARA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 994 1,040 1,060 1,126 1,188 1,289 1,271 1,189 1,265 1,136 1,060 1,109 1,144
EMPLOYMENT 940 995 1,033 1,108 1,170 1,243 1,226 1,171 1,246 1,107 1,034 1,069 1,112
UNEMPLOYMENT 54 45 27 18 18 46 45 18 19 29 26 40 32
UNEMPL. RATE 5.4 4.3 2.5 1.6 1.5 3.6 3.5 1.5 1.5 2.6 2.5 3.6 2.8
PARK COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 7,315 7,536 7,704 8,069 8,919 11,318 11,439 11,051 9,706 8,756 7,904 7,830 8,962
EMPLOYMENT 6,982 7,224 7,408 7,804 8,646 10,952 11,096 10,795 9,434 8,523 7,597 7,527 8,666
UNEMPLOYMENT 333 312 296 265 273 366 343 256 272 233 307 303 297
UNEMPL. RATE 4.6 4.1 3.8 3.3 3.1 3.2 3.0 2.3 2.8 2.7 3.9 3.9 3.3
PLATTE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,564 2,728 2,834 2,876 3,108 3,282 3,392 3,284 3,098 3,206 2,988 2,861 3,018
EMPLOYMENT 2,474 2,639 2,753 2,812 3,053 3,200 3,275 3,220 3,023 3,128 2,920 2,773 2,939
UNEMPLOYMENT 90 89 81 64 55 82 117 64 75 78 68 88 79
UNEMPL. RATE 3.5 3.3 2.9 2.2 1.8 2.5 3.4 1.9 2.4 2.4 2.3 3.1 2.6
SHERIDAN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 7,014 7,030 7,135 7,556 7,695 8,090 7,974 8,051 8,085 7,660 7,447 7,407 7,595
EMPLOYMENT 6,599 6,584 6,740 7,227 7,458 7,834 7,730 7,868 7,813 7,398 7,157 7,023 7,286
UNEMPLOYMENT 415 446 395 329 237 256 244 183 272 262 290 384 309
UNEMPL. RATE 5.9 6.3 5.5 4.4 3.1 3.2 3.1 2.3 3.4 3.4 3.9 5.2 4.1
SUBLETTE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 1,733 1,561 1,609 1,832 1,910 2,222 2,112 2,022 1,951 1,851 1,764 1,765 1,861
EMPLOYMENT 1,670 1,507 1,555 1,777 1,874 2,185 2,076 1,985 1,914 1,802 1,721 1,693 1,813
UNEMPLOYMENT 63 54 54 55 36 37 36 37 37 49 43 72 48
UNEMPL. RATE 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.0 1.9 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.9 2.6 2.4 4.1 2.6
SWEETWATER COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 12,673 12,887 13,135 13,565 14,147 15,002 14,650 14,820 14,644 15,330 15,208 14,740 14,233
EMPLOYMENT 12,295 12,530 12,776 13,227 13,819 14,581 14,307 14,455 14,288 14,961 14,671 14,132 13,837
UNEMPLOYMENT 378 357 359 338 328 421 343 365 356 369 537 608 397
UNEMPL. RATE 3.0 2.8 2.7 2.5 2.3 2.8 2.3 2.5 2.4 2.4 3.5 4.1 2.8
TETON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,125 3,122 3,174 3,306 3,691 5,879 6,044 5,992 4,959 3,504 3,182 3,272 4,104
EMPLOYMENT 2,665 2,676 2,716 2,913 3,436 5,650 5,864 5,828 4,772 3,310 2,892 2,854 3,798
UNEMPLOYMENT 460 446 458 393 255 229 180 164 187 194 290 418 306
UNEMPL. RATE 14.7 14.3 14.4 11.9 6.9 3.9 3.0 2.7 3.8 5.5 9.1 12.8 7.5
UINTA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,800 2,911 2,971 3,114 3,263 3,474 3,502 3,512 3,602 3,537 3,369 3,278 3,278
EMPLOYMENT 2,683 2,795 2,872 3,023 3,190 3,337 3,385 3,412 3,490 3,420 3,258 3,172 3,170
UNEMPLOYMENT 117 116 99 91 73 137 117 100 112 117 111 106 108
UNEMPL. RATE 4.2 4.0 3.3 2.9 2.2 3.9 3.3 2.8 3.1 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.3
WASHAKIE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,983 3,201 3,043 3,261 3,335 3,501 3,420 3,348 3,401 3,473 3,214 3,248 3,286
EMPLOYMENT 2,866 3,014 2,890 3,142 3,244 3,382 3,330 3,266 3,270 3,347 3,112 3,114 3,165
UNEMPLOYMENT 117 187 153 119 91 119 90 82 131 126 102 134 121
UNEMPL. RATE 3.9 5.8 5.0 3.6 2.7 3.4 2.6 2.4 3.9 3.6 3.2 4.1 3.7
WESTON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,372 2,427 2,413 2,491 2,568 2,681 2,697 2,653 2,704 2,619 2,548 2,604 2,565
EMPLOYMENT 2,291 2,338 2,350 2,418 2,495 2,614 2,634 2,589 2,629 2,561 2,480 2,498 2,491
UNEMPLOYMENT 81 89 63 73 73 67 63 64 75 58 68 106 73
UNEMPL. RATE 3.4 3.7 2.6 2.9 2.8 2.5 2.3 2.4 2.8 2.2 2.7 4.1 2.8

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