1977 WYOMING BENCHMARK LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
ALBANY COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 12,674 12,542 12,906 13,371 13,803 13,938 13,411 13,406 14,353 14,405 14,208 14,356 13,615
EMPLOYMENT 12,152 12,035 12,444 12,974 13,377 13,444 12,994 12,978 13,952 13,950 13,640 13,877 13,152
UNEMPLOYMENT 522 507 462 397 426 494 417 428 401 455 568 479 463
UNEMPL. RATE 4.1 4.0 3.6 3.0 3.1 3.5 3.1 3.2 2.8 3.2 4.0 3.3 3.4
BIG HORN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,628 4,711 4,686 4,830 5,054 5,648 5,745 5,642 5,707 5,605 5,450 5,481 5,266
EMPLOYMENT 4,385 4,419 4,445 4,600 4,868 5,398 5,522 5,494 5,528 5,452 5,203 5,233 5,046
UNEMPLOYMENT 243 292 241 230 186 250 223 148 179 153 247 248 220
UNEMPL. RATE 5.3 6.2 5.1 4.8 3.7 4.4 3.9 2.6 3.1 2.7 4.5 4.5 4.2
CAMPBELL COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 7,766 7,960 8,560 9,041 9,724 10,862 11,296 11,364 11,395 11,384 10,857 11,031 10,103
EMPLOYMENT 7,472 7,667 8,268 8,795 9,432 10,461 10,947 11,069 11,135 11,007 10,512 10,755 9,793
UNEMPLOYMENT 294 293 292 246 292 401 349 295 260 377 345 276 310
UNEMPL. RATE 3.8 3.7 3.4 2.7 3.0 3.7 3.1 2.6 2.3 3.3 3.2 2.5 3.1
CARBON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 6,818 6,874 7,391 7,629 8,058 8,778 8,678 8,551 8,473 8,513 8,292 8,316 8,031
EMPLOYMENT 6,586 6,632 7,160 7,392 7,856 8,528 8,433 8,342 8,211 8,271 7,996 8,049 7,788
UNEMPLOYMENT 232 242 231 237 202 250 246 209 262 242 296 267 243
UNEMPL. RATE 3.4 3.5 3.1 3.1 2.5 2.8 2.8 2.4 3.1 2.8 3.6 3.2 3.0
CONVERSE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,482 4,664 4,790 5,039 5,254 5,788 5,757 5,767 5,877 5,503 5,485 5,602 5,334
EMPLOYMENT 4,322 4,488 4,644 4,920 5,143 5,629 5,592 5,640 5,763 5,365 5,324 5,408 5,186
UNEMPLOYMENT 160 176 146 119 111 159 165 127 114 138 161 194 148
UNEMPL. RATE 3.6 3.8 3.0 2.4 2.1 2.7 2.9 2.2 1.9 2.5 2.9 3.5 2.8
CROOK COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 1,939 1,981 2,013 2,219 2,366 2,714 2,742 2,708 2,712 2,594 2,471 2,429 2,407
EMPLOYMENT 1,832 1,885 1,940 2,142 2,316 2,631 2,679 2,634 2,647 2,530 2,411 2,363 2,334
UNEMPLOYMENT 107 96 73 77 50 83 63 74 65 64 60 66 73
UNEMPL. RATE 5.5 4.8 3.6 3.5 2.1 3.1 2.3 2.7 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.7 3.0
FREMONT COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 13,128 13,092 13,694 13,792 14,649 15,751 15,621 15,295 15,128 15,459 15,018 15,197 14,652
EMPLOYMENT 12,386 12,444 13,094 13,224 14,095 15,031 15,060 14,791 14,538 14,855 14,299 14,461 14,023
UNEMPLOYMENT 742 648 600 568 554 720 561 504 590 604 719 736 629
UNEMPL. RATE 5.7 4.9 4.4 4.1 3.8 4.6 3.6 3.3 3.9 3.9 4.8 4.8 4.3
GOSHEN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 5,478 5,489 5,466 5,556 5,818 6,273 6,172 6,122 6,384 6,300 5,913 5,760 5,894
EMPLOYMENT 5,228 5,219 5,108 5,304 5,587 6,022 5,975 5,972 6,175 6,161 5,736 5,544 5,669
UNEMPLOYMENT 250 270 358 252 231 251 197 150 209 139 177 216 225
UNEMPL. RATE 4.6 4.9 6.5 4.5 4.0 4.0 3.2 2.5 3.3 2.2 3.0 3.8 3.8
HOT SPRINGS COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,069 2,110 2,161 2,141 2,240 2,378 2,126 2,088 2,198 2,089 2,009 1,995 2,134
EMPLOYMENT 2,008 2,062 2,113 2,099 2,182 2,300 2,088 2,052 2,090 2,040 1,951 1,938 2,077
UNEMPLOYMENT 61 48 48 42 58 78 38 36 108 49 58 57 57
UNEMPL. RATE 2.9 2.3 2.2 2.0 2.6 3.3 1.8 1.7 4.9 2.3 2.9 2.9 2.7
JOHNSON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,514 2,548 2,546 2,606 2,789 3,220 3,334 3,392 3,222 3,038 2,728 2,599 2,878
EMPLOYMENT 2,426 2,446 2,465 2,540 2,744 3,158 3,283 3,271 3,140 2,950 2,639 2,472 2,795
UNEMPLOYMENT 88 102 81 66 45 62 51 121 82 88 89 127 83
UNEMPL. RATE 3.5 4.0 3.2 2.5 1.6 1.9 1.5 3.6 2.5 2.9 3.3 4.9 2.9
LARAMIE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 24,734 24,086 24,706 25,266 25,782 26,689 26,730 26,400 27,160 26,998 26,768 26,250 25,964
EMPLOYMENT 23,299 22,879 23,827 24,257 24,951 25,696 25,816 25,527 26,253 26,010 26,614 25,190 24,943
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,435 1,207 879 1,009 831 993 914 873 907 988 1,154 1,060 1,021
UNEMPL. RATE 5.8 5.0 3.6 4.0 3.2 3.7 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.7 4.3 4.0 3.9
LINCOLN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,105 4,204 4,298 4,639 4,840 5,260 5,189 5,129 5,173 5,124 4,985 4,871 4,818
EMPLOYMENT 3,742 3,848 3,942 4,255 4,514 4,970 4,928 4,889 4,939 4,873 4,688 4,469 4,505
UNEMPLOYMENT 363 356 356 384 326 290 261 240 234 251 297 402 313
UNEMPL. RATE 8.8 8.5 8.3 8.3 6.7 5.5 5.0 4.7 4.5 4.9 6.0 8.3 6.5
NATRONA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 28,543 28,330 29,332 29,593 30,736 32,069 31,443 31,262 31,143 31,635 31,877 31,124 30,591
EMPLOYMENT 27,600 27,532 28,596 28,905 30,002 31,220 30,779 30,533 30,356 30,844 30,847 30,207 29,785
UNEMPLOYMENT 943 798 736 688 734 849 664 729 787 791 1,030 917 806
UNEMPL. RATE 3.3 2.8 2.5 2.3 2.4 2.6 2.1 2.3 2.5 2.5 3.2 2.9 2.6
NIOBRARA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 1,227 1,211 1,325 1,434 1,567 1,706 1,559 1,669 1,687 1,439 1,340 1,290 1,455
EMPLOYMENT 1,171 1,149 1,274 1,396 1,537 1,650 1,527 1,634 1,651 1,404 1,296 1,226 1,410
UNEMPLOYMENT 56 62 51 38 30 56 32 35 36 35 44 64 45
UNEMPL. RATE 4.6 5.1 3.8 2.6 1.9 3.3 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.4 3.3 5.0 3.1
PARK COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 9,006 9,040 9,619 9,934 11,020 13,620 13,906 13,633 12,328 10,766 10,249 10,344 11,122
EMPLOYMENT 8,606 8,672 9,295 9,562 10,717 13,213 13,520 13,336 11,935 10,421 9,836 9,924 10,753
UNEMPLOYMENT 400 368 324 372 303 407 386 297 393 345 413 420 369
UNEMPL. RATE 4.4 4.1 3.4 3.7 2.7 3.0 2.8 2.2 3.2 3.2 4.0 4.1 3.3
PLATTE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,284 3,340 3,521 3,542 3,724 4,065 4,035 4,018 3,990 3,924 4,135 3,619 3,766
EMPLOYMENT 3,143 3,201 3,404 3,430 3,652 3,955 3,957 3,938 3,879 3,809 3,944 3,489 3,650
UNEMPLOYMENT 141 139 117 112 72 110 78 80 111 115 191 130 116
UNEMPL. RATE 4.3 4.2 3.3 3.2 1.9 2.7 1.9 2.0 2.8 2.9 4.6 3.6 3.1
SHERIDAN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 8,427 8,498 8,923 9,269 9,698 10,294 9,995 9,983 9,959 9,726 9,681 9,738 9,516
EMPLOYMENT 7,962 7,980 8,581 8,954 9,402 10,004 9,741 9,757 9,678 9,437 9,166 9,249 9,159
UNEMPLOYMENT 465 518 342 315 296 290 254 226 281 289 515 489 357
UNEMPL. RATE 5.5 6.1 3.8 3.4 3.1 2.8 2.5 2.3 2.8 3.0 5.3 5.0 3.8
SUBLETTE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 1,710 1,705 1,801 2,014 2,113 2,432 2,504 2,634 2,483 2,424 2,232 2,142 2,183
EMPLOYMENT 1,646 1,651 1,750 1,954 2,068 2,364 2,440 2,580 2,424 2,366 2,160 2,074 2,123
UNEMPLOYMENT 64 54 51 60 45 68 64 54 59 58 72 68 60
UNEMPL. RATE 3.7 3.2 2.8 3.0 2.1 2.8 2.6 2.1 2.4 2.4 3.2 3.2 2.7
SWEETWATER COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 15,596 15,250 15,009 15,606 16,415 17,118 17,187 16,902 17,323 16,756 16,513 16,488 16,347
EMPLOYMENT 14,815 14,474 14,383 15,042 15,882 16,519 16,591 16,419 16,793 16,127 15,728 15,749 15,710
UNEMPLOYMENT 781 776 626 564 533 599 596 483 530 629 785 739 637
UNEMPL. RATE 5.0 5.1 4.2 3.6 3.2 3.5 3.5 2.9 3.1 3.8 4.8 4.5 3.9
TETON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,320 4,263 4,397 4,500 4,749 6,985 7,505 7,428 6,347 4,667 4,490 5,114 5,397
EMPLOYMENT 3,688 3,617 3,730 3,897 4,243 6,727 7,301 7,239 6,156 4,293 4,087 4,694 4,973
UNEMPLOYMENT 632 646 667 603 506 258 204 189 191 374 403 420 424
UNEMPL. RATE 14.6 15.2 15.2 13.4 10.7 3.7 2.7 2.5 3.0 8.0 9.0 8.2 7.9
UINTA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,472 3,443 3,763 3,952 4,178 4,471 4,543 4,580 4,501 4,131 3,986 4,037 4,088
EMPLOYMENT 3,290 3,252 3,604 3,790 4,003 4,275 4,424 4,456 4,386 3,978 3,823 3,842 3,927
UNEMPLOYMENT 182 191 159 162 175 196 119 124 115 153 163 195 161
UNEMPL. RATE 5.2 5.5 4.2 4.1 4.2 4.4 2.6 2.7 2.6 3.7 4.1 4.8 3.9
WASHAKIE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,868 3,879 3,904 3,993 4,225 4,774 4,677 4,743 4,732 4,842 4,752 4,692 4,423
EMPLOYMENT 3,737 3,760 3,745 3,850 4,132 4,646 4,536 4,630 4,584 4,734 4,596 4,526 4,290
UNEMPLOYMENT 131 119 159 143 93 128 141 113 148 108 156 166 134
UNEMPL. RATE 3.4 3.1 4.1 3.6 2.2 2.7 3.0 2.4 3.1 2.2 3.3 3.5 3.0
WESTON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,685 2,706 2,752 2,701 2,900 3,203 3,304 3,218 3,177 3,259 3,173 3,103 3,015
EMPLOYMENT 2,545 2,567 2,649 2,596 2,813 3,105 3,213 3,149 3,104 3,184 3,005 2,972 2,909
UNEMPLOYMENT 140 139 103 105 87 98 91 69 73 75 168 131 107
UNEMPL. RATE 5.2 5.1 3.7 3.9 3.0 3.1 2.8 2.1 2.3 2.3 5.3 4.2 3.5

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