1975 WYOMING BENCHMARK LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
ALBANY COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 10,422 10,616 10,623 11,036 11,477 11,667 11,656 11,607 12,266 12,382 12,278 12,164 11,516
EMPLOYMENT 9,939 10,081 10,090 10,604 11,059 11,130 11,216 11,232 11,959 12,004 11,832 11,717 11,072
UNEMPLOYMENT 483 535 533 432 418 537 440 375 307 378 446 447 444
UNEMPL. RATE 4.6 5.0 5.0 3.9 3.6 4.6 3.8 3.2 2.5 3.1 3.6 3.7 3.9
BIG HORN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,108 4,240 4,228 4,392 4,598 5,085 5,046 5,045 5,060 5,044 4,898 4,741 4,707
EMPLOYMENT 3,922 4,027 3,956 4,131 4,326 4,779 4,807 4,838 4,885 4,861 4,679 4,548 4,480
UNEMPLOYMENT 186 213 272 261 272 306 239 207 175 183 219 193 227
UNEMPL. RATE 4.5 5.0 6.4 5.9 5.9 6.0 4.7 4.1 3.5 3.6 4.5 4.1 4.8
CAMPBELL COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 5,641 5,892 5,938 5,956 6,360 7,027 7,290 7,350 7,368 7,165 6,944 6,902 6,653
EMPLOYMENT 5,445 5,698 5,769 5,784 6,208 6,794 7,072 7,155 7,189 6,936 6,770 6,709 6,461
UNEMPLOYMENT 196 194 169 172 152 233 218 195 179 229 174 193 192
UNEMPL. RATE 3.5 3.3 2.8 2.9 2.4 3.3 3.0 2.7 2.4 3.2 2.5 2.8 2.9
CARBON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 6,223 6,347 6,354 6,424 6,796 7,494 7,338 7,376 7,332 7,235 7,116 6,921 6,913
EMPLOYMENT 5,889 5,972 6,047 6,155 6,541 7,194 7,100 7,176 7,159 7,017 6,832 6,680 6,647
UNEMPLOYMENT 334 375 307 269 255 300 238 200 173 218 284 241 266
UNEMPL. RATE 5.4 5.9 4.8 4.2 3.8 4.0 3.2 2.7 2.4 3.0 4.0 3.5 3.8
CONVERSE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,176 3,318 3,447 3,702 3,926 4,314 4,261 4,298 4,398 4,198 4,202 4,065 3,942
EMPLOYMENT 3,065 3,203 3,347 3,611 3,816 4,194 4,129 4,184 4,278 4,059 4,059 3,967 3,826
UNEMPLOYMENT 111 115 100 91 110 120 132 114 120 139 143 98 116
UNEMPL. RATE 3.5 3.5 2.9 2.5 2.8 2.8 3.1 2.7 2.7 3.3 3.4 2.4 2.9
CROOK COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 1,612 1,681 1,732 1,868 2,003 2,364 2,344 2,318 2,336 2,194 2,108 1,984 2,045
EMPLOYMENT 1,552 1,600 1,668 1,807 1,961 2,299 2,273 2,254 2,269 2,140 2,044 1,936 1,983
UNEMPLOYMENT 60 81 64 61 42 65 71 64 67 54 64 48 62
UNEMPL. RATE 3.7 4.8 3.7 3.3 2.1 2.7 3.0 2.8 2.9 2.5 3.0 2.4 3.0
FREMONT COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 10,904 11,104 11,162 11,383 11,868 12,977 12,852 12,790 12,711 12,612 12,414 12,114 12,074
EMPLOYMENT 10,085 10,209 10,318 10,704 11,267 12,204 12,215 12,221 12,162 11,987 11,713 11,484 11,381
UNEMPLOYMENT 819 895 844 679 601 773 637 569 549 625 701 630 693
UNEMPL. RATE 7.5 8.1 7.6 6.0 5.1 6.0 5.0 4.4 4.3 5.0 5.6 5.2 5.7
GOSHEN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,710 4,058 4,646 4,942 5,190 5,870 5,664 5,660 5,744 6,052 5,773 5,478 5,315
EMPLOYMENT 4,509 3,752 4,345 4,682 4,998 5,634 5,445 5,451 5,573 5,879 5,536 5,282 5,090
UNEMPLOYMENT 201 306 301 260 192 236 219 209 171 173 237 196 225
UNEMPL. RATE 4.3 7.5 6.5 5.3 3.7 4.0 3.9 3.7 3.0 2.9 4.1 3.6 4.2
HOT SPRINGS COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 1,991 2,043 2,064 2,167 2,353 2,600 2,383 2,302 2,317 2,332 2,243 2,196 2,250
EMPLOYMENT 1,936 1,976 2,005 2,108 2,294 2,512 2,325 2,253 2,263 2,257 2,163 2,123 2,185
UNEMPLOYMENT 55 67 59 59 59 88 58 49 54 75 80 73 65
UNEMPL. RATE 2.8 3.3 2.9 2.7 2.5 3.4 2.4 2.1 2.3 3.2 3.6 3.3 2.9
JOHNSON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,267 2,427 2,505 2,658 2,978 3,379 3,503 3,501 3,344 3,283 3,011 2,827 2,973
EMPLOYMENT 2,148 2,301 2,405 2,571 2,912 3,303 3,433 3,439 3,277 3,156 2,879 2,670 2,874
UNEMPLOYMENT 119 126 100 87 66 76 70 62 67 127 132 157 99
UNEMPL. RATE 5.2 5.2 4.0 3.3 2.2 2.2 2.0 1.8 2.0 3.9 4.4 5.6 3.3
LARAMIE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 23,115 22,951 22,944 23,181 23,820 24,719 24,664 24,504 24,887 24,800 24,758 24,426 24,064
EMPLOYMENT 21,749 21,584 21,624 22,072 22,825 23,513 23,657 23,580 24,005 23,866 23,690 23,427 22,966
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,366 1,367 1,320 1,109 995 1,206 1,007 924 882 934 1,068 999 1,098
UNEMPL. RATE 5.9 6.0 5.8 4.8 4.2 4.9 4.1 3.8 3.5 3.8 4.3 4.1 4.6
LINCOLN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,714 3,773 3,807 3,735 3,919 4,281 4,211 4,203 4,275 4,176 4,084 3,880 4,005
EMPLOYMENT 3,385 3,400 3,442 3,435 3,684 4,007 3,994 4,031 4,100 3,999 3,859 3,648 3,749
UNEMPLOYMENT 329 373 365 300 235 274 217 172 175 177 225 232 256
UNEMPL. RATE 8.9 9.9 9.6 8.0 6.0 6.4 5.2 4.1 4.1 4.2 5.5 6.0 6.4
NATRONA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 24,067 24,410 24,685 25,611 26,563 27,404 27,205 26,803 26,750 27,099 27,027 26,780 26,200
EMPLOYMENT 23,139 23,429 23,733 24,680 25,685 26,269 26,189 25,886 25,933 26,211 26,109 25,905 25,264
UNEMPLOYMENT 928 981 952 931 878 1,135 1,016 917 817 888 918 875 936
UNEMPL. RATE 3.9 4.0 3.9 3.6 3.3 4.1 3.7 3.4 3.1 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.6
NIOBRARA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 1,106 1,126 1,143 1,201 1,250 1,488 1,436 1,441 1,451 1,335 1,288 1,216 1,290
EMPLOYMENT 1,065 1,086 1,105 1,170 1,220 1,444 1,396 1,406 1,417 1,301 1,245 1,170 1,252
UNEMPLOYMENT 41 40 38 31 30 44 40 35 34 34 43 46 38
UNEMPL. RATE 3.7 3.6 3.3 2.6 2.4 3.0 2.8 2.4 2.3 2.5 3.3 3.8 2.9
PARK COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 7,976 7,918 8,058 8,338 9,623 12,167 12,453 12,351 11,069 9,765 8,978 8,836 9,794
EMPLOYMENT 7,607 7,508 7,644 7,974 9,312 11,659 12,011 11,970 10,718 9,385 8,593 8,468 9,404
UNEMPLOYMENT 369 410 414 364 311 508 442 381 351 380 385 368 390
UNEMPL. RATE 4.6 5.2 5.1 4.4 3.2 4.2 3.5 3.1 3.2 3.9 4.3 4.2 4.0
PLATTE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,689 2,824 2,882 2,901 3,084 3,526 3,543 3,495 3,434 3,282 3,138 3,108 3,159
EMPLOYMENT 2,588 2,726 2,791 2,815 2,981 3,440 3,448 3,416 3,362 3,199 3,051 2,986 3,067
UNEMPLOYMENT 101 98 91 86 103 86 95 79 72 83 87 122 92
UNEMPL. RATE 3.8 3.5 3.2 3.0 3.3 2.4 2.7 2.3 2.1 2.5 2.8 3.9 2.9
SHERIDAN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 7,200 7,254 7,323 7,605 8,155 8,788 8,742 8,774 8,679 8,430 8,260 8,131 8,112
EMPLOYMENT 6,704 6,745 6,889 7,240 7,841 8,458 8,455 8,523 8,426 8,158 7,930 7,752 7,760
UNEMPLOYMENT 496 509 434 365 314 330 287 251 253 272 330 379 352
UNEMPL. RATE 6.9 7.0 5.9 4.8 3.9 3.8 3.3 2.9 2.9 3.2 4.0 4.7 4.3
SUBLETTE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 1,640 1,655 1,683 1,785 1,904 2,246 2,388 2,472 2,367 2,201 1,997 1,846 2,016
EMPLOYMENT 1,588 1,592 1,627 1,725 1,844 2,165 2,313 2,401 2,295 2,117 1,936 1,795 1,950
UNEMPLOYMENT 52 63 56 60 60 81 75 71 72 84 61 51 66
UNEMPL. RATE 3.2 3.8 3.3 3.4 3.2 3.6 3.1 2.9 3.0 3.8 3.1 2.8 3.3
SWEETWATER COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 14,119 14,072 13,863 14,076 14,307 14,910 15,234 14,690 15,042 14,773 14,601 14,272 14,497
EMPLOYMENT 13,470 13,345 13,157 13,489 13,774 14,247 14,662 14,177 14,602 14,270 14,077 13,764 13,920
UNEMPLOYMENT 649 727 706 587 533 663 572 513 440 503 524 508 577
UNEMPL. RATE 4.6 5.2 5.1 4.2 3.7 4.4 3.8 3.5 2.9 3.4 3.6 3.6 4.0
TETON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,416 3,484 3,554 3,438 3,903 5,932 6,447 6,382 5,476 4,122 3,839 4,071 4,506
EMPLOYMENT 2,934 2,880 2,959 2,921 3,448 5,593 6,185 6,134 5,266 3,863 3,499 3,685 4,114
UNEMPLOYMENT 482 604 595 517 455 339 262 248 210 259 340 386 392
UNEMPL. RATE 14.1 17.3 16.7 15.0 11.7 5.7 4.1 3.9 3.8 6.3 8.9 9.5 8.7
UINTA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,134 3,209 3,308 3,353 3,538 3,749 3,834 3,918 3,854 3,634 3,517 3,400 3,538
EMPLOYMENT 2,998 3,069 3,160 3,223 3,426 3,586 3,696 3,797 3,754 3,486 3,356 3,234 3,399
UNEMPLOYMENT 136 140 148 130 112 163 138 121 100 148 161 166 139
UNEMPL. RATE 4.3 4.4 4.5 3.9 3.2 4.3 3.6 3.1 2.6 4.1 4.6 4.9 3.9
WASHAKIE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,179 3,290 3,276 3,277 3,471 3,859 3,840 3,837 3,821 3,910 3,835 3,708 3,608
EMPLOYMENT 3,056 3,118 3,087 3,130 3,338 3,656 3,674 3,725 3,716 3,759 3,671 3,569 3,458
UNEMPLOYMENT 123 172 189 147 133 203 166 112 105 151 164 139 150
UNEMPL. RATE 3.9 5.2 5.8 4.5 3.8 5.3 4.3 2.9 2.7 3.9 4.3 3.7 4.2
WESTON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,460 2,506 2,494 2,542 2,607 2,828 2,858 2,877 2,821 2,827 2,790 2,703 2,692
EMPLOYMENT 2,349 2,375 2,378 2,434 2,502 2,710 2,749 2,781 2,737 2,751 2,683 2,589 2,586
UNEMPLOYMENT 111 131 116 108 105 118 109 96 84 76 107 114 106
UNEMPL. RATE 4.5 5.2 4.7 4.2 4.0 4.2 3.8 3.3 3.0 2.7 3.8 4.2 3.9

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