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2022 Wyoming Workforce Annual Report

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Wyoming Unemployment Insurance Annual Statistics

Annual Unemployment Insurance (UI) statistics for Wyoming.

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Updated March 27, 2023.

Wyoming Unemployment Insurance Recipients and Exhaustees by County of Residence, 2001-2022

1997 1998 1999 2000
Year UI Benefit Recipients UI Benefit Exhaustees Exhaustion Rate UI Benefit Recipients UI Benefit Exhaustees Exhaustion Rate UI Benefit Recipients UI Benefit Exhaustees Exhaustion Rate UI Benefit Recipients UI Benefit Exhaustees Exhaustion Rate
Albany 467 58 12.4 419 57 13.6 379 57 15.0 393 55 14.0
Big Horn 347 73 21.0 380 61 16.1 374 77 20.6 383 68 17.8
Campbell 1,127 192 17.0 1,026 119 11.6 1,061 145 13.7 783 88 11.2
Carbon 405 65 16.0 416 55 13.2 314 68 21.7 312 44 14.1
Converse 232 42 18.1 229 28 12.2 213 41 19.2 171 37 21.6
Crook 124 13 10.5 162 17 10.5 118 10 8.5 103 14 13.6
Fremont 1,226 263 21.5 1,089 205 18.8 1,002 202 20.2 1,036 199 19.2
Goshen 137 21 15.3 144 23 16.0 106 15 14.2 94 14 14.9
Hot Springs 115 33 28.7 75 14 18.7 81 13 16.0 68 15 22.1
Johnson 177 41 23.2 176 35 19.9 146 24 16.4 177 25 14.1
Laramie 1,614 234 14.5 1,432 194 13.5 1,333 197 14.8 1,348 236 17.5
Lincoln 312 72 23.1 304 56 18.4 299 47 15.7 334 56 16.8
Natrona 2,045 385 18.8 1,982 280 14.1 2,051 316 15.4 1,677 241 14.4
Niobrara 26 2 7.7 29 2 6.9 37 3 8.1 50 4 8.0
Park 822 144 17.5 716 137 19.1 676 127 18.8 628 124 19.7
Platte 171 32 18.7 146 33 22.6 157 37 23.6 180 28 15.6
Sheridan 736 153 20.8 685 147 21.5 567 128 22.6 544 91 16.7
Sublette 101 16 15.8 85 8 9.4 100 14 14.0 73 17 23.3
Sweetwater 876 133 15.2 852 106 12.4 917 161 17.6 748 103 13.8
Teton 974 121 12.4 809 79 9.8 702 83 11.8 667 78 11.7
Uinta 421 80 19.0 437 46 10.5 539 87 16.1 413 67 16.2
Washakie 119 18 15.1 143 27 18.9 184 36 19.6 188 36 19.1
Weston 122 10 8.2 99 15 15.2 99 12 12.1 117 13 11.1
Unknown 5,862 1,206 20.6   5,584 943 16.9   5,579 980 17.6   5,049 872 17.3
Total 18,558 3,407 18.4 17,419 2,687 15.4 17,034 2,880 16.9 15,536 2,525 16.3
2001 2002 2003 2004
Year UI Benefit Recipients UI Benefit Exhaustees Exhaustion Rate UI Benefit Recipients UI Benefit Exhaustees Exhaustion Rate UI Benefit Recipients UI Benefit Exhaustees Exhaustion Rate UI Benefit Recipients UI Benefit Exhaustees Exhaustion Rate
Albany 411 55 13.4 368 72 19.6 404 114 28.2 430 103 24.0
Big Horn 301 63 20.9 442 99 22.4 339 93 27.4 320 77 24.1
Campbell 657 89 13.5 1,032 170 16.5 1,186 280 23.6 844 189 22.4
Carbon 321 57 17.8 302 59 19.5 418 130 31.1 303 99 32.7
Converse 189 31 16.4 180 39 21.7 221 70 31.7 175 45 25.7
Crook 88 9 10.2 84 5 6.0 100 17 17.0 114 14 12.3
Fremont 1,028 185 18.0 972 234 24.1 1,072 304 28.4 924 277 30.0
Goshen 119 15 12.6 103 25 24.3 134 39 29.1 147 36 24.5
Hot Springs 81 16 19.8 93 29 31.2 93 23 24.7 73 21 28.8
Johnson 115 16 13.9 146 25 17.1 192 52 27.1 150 22 14.7
Laramie 1,452 237 16.3 1,417 292 20.6 1,781 487 27.3 2,089 579 27.7
Lincoln 315 44 14.0 380 76 20.0 432 122 28.2 347 92 26.5
Natrona 1,478 221 15.0 2,015 399 19.8 2,344 683 29.1 1,949 488 25.0
Niobrara 48 8 16.7 32 14 43.8 26 10 38.5 18 8 44.4
Park 672 104 15.5 675 142 21.0 778 216 27.8 672 205 30.5
Platte 140 21 15.0 139 35 25.2 188 66 35.1 156 63 40.4
Sheridan 579 86 14.9 603 102 16.9 705 191 27.1 656 170 25.9
Sublette 60 10 16.7 96 12 12.5 90 24 26.7 64 13 20.3
Sweetwater 694 112 16.1 710 132 18.6 779 219 28.1 618 155 25.1
Teton 947 102 10.8 1,155 194 16.8 1,479 290 19.6 1,420 283 19.9
Uinta 389 51 13.1 566 124 21.9 514 167 32.5 518 141 27.2
Washakie 127 25 19.7 200 35 17.5 235 56 23.8 211 38 18.0
Weston 112 37 33.0 98 19 19.4 105 21 20.0 113 12 10.6
Unknown 5,230 1,003 19.2   5,403 1,215 22.5   5,281 1,584 30.0   4,958 1,421 28.7
Total 15,553 2,597 16.7 17,211 3,548 20.6 18,896 5,258 27.8 17,269 4,551 26.4
2005 2006 2007 2008
Year UI Benefit Recipients UI Benefit Exhaustees Exhaustion Rate UI Benefit Recipients UI Benefit Exhaustees Exhaustion Rate UI Benefit Recipients UI Benefit Exhaustees Exhaustion Rate UI Benefit Recipients UI Benefit Exhaustees Exhaustion Rate
Albany 343 70 20.4 296 67 22.6 309 44 14.2 367 58 15.8
Big Horn 278 61 21.9 230 57 24.8 230 63 27.4 271 76 28.0
Campbell 764 162 21.2 569 93 16.3 885 129 14.6 969 143 14.8
Carbon 238 61 25.6 203 54 26.6 215 60 27.9 363 63 17.4
Converse 142 34 23.9 105 32 30.5 105 24 22.9 139 35 25.2
Crook 105 17 16.2 75 12 16.0 108 12 11.1 104 14 13.5
Fremont 692 186 26.9 579 161 27.8 612 146 23.9 856 181 21.1
Goshen 128 39 30.5 86 22 25.6 84 21 25.0 132 29 22.0
Hot Springs 50 20 40.0 46 10 21.7 55 19 34.5 53 11 20.8
Johnson 149 34 22.8 104 20 19.2 141 28 19.9 136 26 19.1
Laramie 1,603 406 25.3 1,526 361 23.7 1,705 368 21.6 1,977 418 21.1
Lincoln 273 76 27.8 241 48 19.9 246 51 20.7 524 110 21.0
Natrona 1,794 403 22.5 1,351 288 21.3 1,383 263 19.0 1,679 326 19.4
Niobrara 15 1 6.7 9 1 11.1 10 7 70.0 11 4 36.4
Park 607 179 29.5 512 140 27.3 498 111 22.3 573 151 26.4
Platte 122 35 28.7 118 23 19.5 129 28 21.7 153 47 30.7
Sheridan 642 128 19.9 498 102 20.5 515 110 21.4 664 104 15.7
Sublette 63 10 15.9 87 20 23.0 132 28 21.2 227 47 20.7
Sweetwater 511 112 21.9 454 106 23.3 493 85 17.2 733 138 18.8
Teton 1,214 245 20.2 991 201 20.3 898 160 17.8 1,228 177 14.4
Uinta 295 61 20.7 261 58 22.2 210 59 28.1 358 79 22.1
Washakie 228 51 22.4 156 46 29.5 202 42 20.8 205 43 21.0
Weston 103 27 26.2 65 11 16.9 62 12 19.4 66 14 21.2
Unknown 4,465 1,205 27.0   3,639 952 26.2   3,837 934 24.3   5,128 1,156 22.5
Total 14,824 3,623 24.4 12,201 2,885 23.6 13,064 2,804 21.5 16,916 3,450 20.4
2009 2010 2011 2012
Year UI Benefit Recipients UI Benefit Exhaustees Exhaustion Rate UI Benefit Recipients UI Benefit Exhaustees Exhaustion Rate UI Benefit Recipients UI Benefit Exhaustees Exhaustion Rate UI Benefit Recipients UI Benefit Exhaustees Exhaustion Rate
Albany 633 187 29.5 703 263 37.4 526 141 26.8 464 137 29.5
Big Horn 507 194 38.3 421 171 40.6 375 128 34.1 326 114 35.0
Campbell 3,173 865 27.3 2,875 934 32.5 2,109 576 27.3 1,514 325 21.5
Carbon 617 238 38.6 498 196 39.4 382 138 36.1 318 93 29.2
Converse 361 101 28.0 314 112 35.7 244 86 35.2 182 51 28.0
Crook 234 35 15.0 171 43 25.1 185 36 19.5 113 24 21.2
Fremont 1,434 520 36.3 1,316 503 38.2 1,102 354 32.1 1,100 326 29.6
Goshen 232 71 30.6 194 77 39.7 140 47 33.6 148 42 28.4
Hot Springs 143 55 38.5 117 36 30.8 108 42 38.9 86 22 25.6
Johnson 378 110 29.1 323 102 31.6 249 78 31.3 207 50 24.2
Laramie 3,029 991 32.7 3,035 1,095 36.1 2,437 765 31.4 2,242 607 27.1
Lincoln 709 283 39.9 645 292 45.3 584 240 41.1 506 157 31.0
Natrona 3,881 1,249 32.2 3,337 1,193 35.8 2,513 823 32.7 2,098 546 26.0
Niobrara 24 7 29.2 41 11 26.8 25 11 44.0 16 6 37.5
Park 994 297 29.9 1,015 377 37.1 878 301 34.3 836 250 29.9
Platte 197 62 31.5 292 112 38.4 273 98 35.9 262 95 36.3
Sheridan 1,323 454 34.3 1,201 415 34.6 986 300 30.4 902 221 24.5
Sublette 818 265 32.4 574 201 35.0 352 104 29.5 424 110 25.9
Sweetwater 2,145 749 34.9 1,523 628 41.2 1,120 354 31.6 1,020 268 26.3
Teton 2,677 705 26.3 3,006 826 27.5 2,686 654 24.3 2,098 455 21.7
Uinta 961 330 34.3 810 305 37.7 553 167 30.2 482 116 24.1
Washakie 324 101 31.2 299 104 34.8 261 100 38.3 229 65 28.4
Weston 135 36 26.7 160 45 28.1 174 47 27.0 98 22 22.4
Unknown 12,322 4,164 33.8   11,518 4,263 37.0   9,494 3,120 32.9   9,946 2,623 26.4
Total 37,251 12,069 32.4 34,388 12,304 35.8 27,756 8,710 31.4 25,617 6,725 26.3
2013 2014 2015 2016
Year UI Benefit Recipients UI Benefit Exhaustees Exhaustion Rate UI Benefit Recipients UI Benefit Exhaustees Exhaustion Rate UI Benefit Recipients UI Benefit Exhaustees Exhaustion Rate UI Benefit Recipients UI Benefit Exhaustees Exhaustion Rate
Albany 372 94 25.3 348 74 21.3 626 119 19.0 601 150 25.0
Big Horn 312 84 26.9 297 72 24.2 311 74 23.8 323 70 21.7
Campbell 1,247 295 23.7 847 146 17.2 1,496 275 18.4 2,816 695 24.7
Carbon 292 85 29.1 311 78 25.1 386 81 21.0 527 116 22.0
Converse 184 48 26.1 195 41 21.0 462 64 13.9 695 194 27.9
Crook 159 30 18.9 132 13 9.8 144 17 11.8 206 55 26.7
Fremont 1,093 338 30.9 861 211 24.5 1,463 377 25.8 1,799 582 32.4
Goshen 115 34 29.6 97 23 23.7 233 45 19.3 223 51 22.9
Hot Springs 91 26 28.6 76 13 17.1 127 23 18.1 143 46 32.2
Johnson 224 62 27.7 200 47 23.5 267 47 17.6 275 57 20.7
Laramie 2,033 530 26.1 1,859 399 21.5 2,467 469 19.0 2,599 497 19.1
Lincoln 342 82 24.0 265 78 29.4 402 81 20.1 402 91 22.6
Natrona 2,243 526 23.5 1,711 362 21.2 3,323 652 19.6 4,239 1,152 27.2
Niobrara 17 6 35.3 21 7 33.3 37 7 18.9 44 9 20.5
Park 694 211 30.4 561 123 21.9 822 178 21.7 942 207 22.0
Platte 223 68 30.5 217 55 25.3 237 50 21.1 262 78 29.8
Sheridan 828 204 24.6 636 133 20.9 898 154 17.1 934 215 23.0
Sublette 272 71 26.1 273 62 22.7 298 79 26.5 320 86 26.9
Sweetwater 950 251 26.4 785 198 25.2 1,568 294 18.8 1,790 494 27.6
Teton 1,813 366 20.2 1,603 276 17.2 1,030 108 10.5 929 79 8.5
Uinta 503 133 26.4 372 92 24.7 589 134 22.8 653 164 25.1
Washakie 225 71 31.6 170 52 30.6 232 46 19.8 239 64 26.8
Weston 93 21 22.6 80 14 17.5 137 38 27.7 245 76 31.0
Unknown 9,529 2,462 25.8   7,315 1,688 23.1   5,198 1,468 28.2   4,895 1,507 30.8
Total 23,854 6,098 25.6 19,232 4,257 22.1 22,753 4,880 21.4 26,101 6,735 25.8
2017 2018 2019 2020
Year UI Benefit Recipients UI Benefit Exhaustees Exhaustion Rate UI Benefit Recipients UI Benefit Exhaustees Exhaustion Rate UI Benefit Recipients UI Benefit Exhaustees Exhaustion Rate UI Benefit Recipients UI Benefit Exhaustees Exhaustion Rate
Albany 511 87 17.0 459 110 24.0 353 52 14.7 1,156 170 14.7
Big Horn 262 60 22.9 240 55 22.9 196 45 23.0 390 81 20.8
Campbell 1,250 308 24.6 840 185 22.0 1,024 115 11.2 3,706 775 20.9
Carbon 365 97 26.6 274 62 22.6 236 47 19.9 646 137 21.2
Converse 321 93 29.0 197 60 30.5 185 31 16.8 907 248 27.3
Crook 137 31 22.6 87 19 21.8 118 9 7.6 227 41 18.1
Fremont 1,236 343 27.8 943 261 27.7 935 146 15.6 2,251 503 22.3
Goshen 172 32 18.6 164 33 20.1 173 36 20.8 385 77 20.0
Hot Springs 89 23 25.8 81 16 19.8 76 13 17.1 225 44 19.6
Johnson 199 40 20.1 166 28 16.9 165 21 12.7 402 76 18.9
Laramie 2,186 440 20.1 1,796 392 21.8 1,598 230 14.4 5,177 966 18.7
Lincoln 321 64 19.9 275 68 24.7 251 34 13.5 995 131 13.2
Natrona 2,575 620 24.1 1,846 438 23.7 1,762 279 15.8 7,430 1,763 23.7
Niobrara 35 9 25.7 21 2 9.5 23 1 4.3 53 12 22.6
Park 865 201 23.2 712 169 23.7 676 127 18.8 1,605 302 18.8
Platte 166 44 26.5 156 37 23.7 142 23 16.2 359 82 22.8
Sheridan 825 153 18.5 648 148 22.8 532 80 15.0 1,408 244 17.3
Sublette 174 32 18.4 128 36 28.1 169 36 21.3 532 117 22.0
Sweetwater 1,059 250 23.6 792 186 23.5 858 142 16.6 2,966 764 25.8
Teton 839 67 8.0 696 69 9.9 648 46 7.1 2,814 384 13.6
Uinta 435 109 25.1 319 78 24.5 272 58 21.3 1,006 209 20.8
Washakie 193 46 23.8 176 46 26.1 170 26 15.3 377 98 26.0
Weston 138 45 32.6 97 26 26.8 71 16 22.5 245 57 23.3
Unknown 3,496 984 28.1   2,430 671 27.6   2,511 550 21.9   8,368 2,028 24.2
Total 17,849 4,178 23.4 13,543 3,195 23.6 13,144 2,163 16.5 43,630 9,309 21.3
2021 2022
Year UI Benefit Recipients UI Benefit Exhaustees Exhaustion Rate UI Benefit Recipients UI Benefit Exhaustees Exhaustion Rate
Albany 605 149 24.6 347 51 14.7
Big Horn 298 70 23.5 180 38 21.1
Campbell 1,598 558 34.9 628 91 14.5
Carbon 390 123 31.5 250 53 21.2
Converse 529 198 37.4 142 20 14.1
Crook 129 34 26.4 87 7 8.0
Fremont 1,167 363 31.1 714 127 17.8
Goshen 171 46 26.9 85 10 11.8
Hot Springs 95 34 35.8 35 3 8.6
Johnson 214 59 27.6 123 18 14.6
Laramie 2,436 677 27.8 1,397 196 14.0
Lincoln 428 90 21.0 333 32 9.6
Natrona 3,638 1,410 38.8 1,412 227 16.1
Niobrara 45 18 40.0 26 0 0.0
Park 766 225 29.4 497 79 15.9
Platte 200 52 26.0 115 16 13.9
Sheridan 729 166 22.8 454 57 12.6
Sublette 282 87 30.9 92 9 9.8
Sweetwater 1,450 537 37.0 664 113 17.0
Teton 952 162 17.0 619 30 4.8
Uinta 508 163 32.1 225 35 15.6
Washakie 200 62 31.0 131 30 22.9
Weston 120 35 29.2 59 8 13.6
Unknown 76 14 18.4   49 5 10.2
Total 20,536 6,686 32.6 10,597 1,660 15.7


*2009 data revised January 31, 2011, to reflect a code change which occurred in November 2009.

N/D = Not discloseable due to confidentiality. Cells with counts of fewer than three were considered nondiscloseable.

Source: Unemployement Insurance Claims Data. Research & Planning, Wyoming Department of Workforce Services.

Prepared by S. Wen and M. Moore, Research & Planning, WY DWS, 3/27/2023.