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Annual Unemployment Insurance (UI) statistics for Wyoming.
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Updated December 3, 2024.
Table 4: Wyoming Unemployment Insurance Benefit Paid by County and Calendar Year, 1997-2023 | ||||||||||
County | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
Albany | $955,110 | $938,088 | $935,261 | $886,030 | $1,162,983 | $1,503,905 | $1,624,203 | $1,461,883 | $1,154,209 | $1,077,052 |
Big Horn | $612,855 | $707,689 | $652,760 | $682,836 | $650,456 | $1,055,829 | $960,600 | $959,131 | $749,598 | $674,754 |
Campbell | $1,830,069 | $1,542,793 | $1,883,448 | $1,178,873 | $986,154 | $2,201,612 | $3,291,399 | $2,097,757 | $1,479,061 | $947,121 |
Carbon | $828,344 | $902,571 | $855,297 | $834,330 | $904,574 | $1,261,920 | $1,833,905 | $1,079,389 | $823,127 | $640,821 |
Converse | $710,167 | $626,442 | $659,897 | $631,631 | $608,516 | $914,358 | $1,153,459 | $865,004 | $714,278 | $691,309 |
Crook | $304,512 | $305,404 | $296,508 | $316,624 | $217,789 | $337,794 | $509,203 | $463,653 | $321,432 | $248,152 |
Fremont | $2,701,205 | $2,635,461 | $2,871,388 | $2,843,274 | $2,682,965 | $4,401,024 | $4,596,903 | $3,556,859 | $2,933,962 | $2,535,311 |
Goshen | $632,337 | $574,549 | $401,849 | $418,694 | $550,909 | $694,915 | $848,229 | $785,631 | $630,185 | $573,283 |
Hot Springs | $203,761 | $261,190 | $282,099 | $201,691 | $288,991 | $423,747 | $352,843 | $325,511 | $265,811 | $209,879 |
Johnson | $354,918 | $296,212 | $263,863 | $291,264 | $306,887 | $416,025 | $593,039 | $472,377 | $420,333 | $284,611 |
Laramie | $3,210,123 | $2,840,364 | $2,853,972 | $2,866,700 | $3,522,781 | $4,996,216 | $6,725,001 | $7,247,712 | $5,138,057 | $5,253,725 |
Lincoln | $724,751 | $677,849 | $748,319 | $650,956 | $820,646 | $1,359,058 | $1,785,969 | $1,234,420 | $1,125,944 | $949,198 |
Natrona | $3,662,517 | $3,509,200 | $3,832,963 | $3,685,626 | $3,163,740 | $6,136,510 | $7,177,252 | $4,739,317 | $4,018,878 | $3,440,875 |
Niobrara | $63,518 | $55,753 | $64,129 | $66,898 | $81,212 | $128,790 | $168,158 | $135,193 | $96,338 | $70,582 |
Park | $1,511,150 | $1,434,520 | $1,510,454 | $1,464,959 | $1,679,899 | $2,484,202 | $2,434,148 | $1,959,555 | $1,948,813 | $1,593,663 |
Platte | $367,011 | $405,959 | $383,986 | $385,180 | $365,191 | $520,859 | $712,163 | $699,066 | $539,703 | $574,593 |
Sheridan | $1,544,329 | $1,493,497 | $1,471,365 | $1,468,064 | $1,507,948 | $2,088,553 | $2,712,231 | $2,060,505 | $2,053,580 | $1,479,560 |
Sublette | $180,863 | $187,422 | $301,140 | $174,291 | $143,399 | $293,297 | $346,593 | $213,088 | $171,663 | $156,505 |
Sweetwater | $2,105,836 | $2,010,339 | $2,602,402 | $2,182,710 | $2,018,455 | $3,229,152 | $3,278,893 | $2,156,847 | $1,672,584 | $1,387,373 |
Teton | $925,494 | $777,314 | $738,970 | $719,625 | $974,878 | $1,860,669 | $2,590,149 | $2,313,057 | $2,053,968 | $1,583,152 |
Uinta | $922,531 | $869,725 | $1,251,069 | $1,019,523 | $830,909 | $1,841,098 | $2,020,955 | $1,415,347 | $1,045,402 | $874,772 |
Washakie | $437,587 | $553,232 | $687,573 | $573,388 | $480,182 | $861,943 | $696,942 | $620,049 | $646,564 | $467,388 |
Weston | $340,341 | $317,490 | $351,881 | $285,411 | $294,161 | $388,283 | $550,045 | $334,187 | $314,233 | $226,054 |
Unknown (WY) | $17,370 | $25,840 | $24,442 | $15,677 | $16,085 | $31,981 | $23,313 | $36,416 | $38,688 | $38,232 |
Out of State | $3,457,117 | $3,193,881 | $3,423,634 | $3,198,468 | $3,647,049 | $6,319,997 | $8,396,911 | $6,764,537 | $5,629,224 | $4,997,136 |
Total | $28,603,816 | $27,142,784 | $29,348,669 | $27,042,723 | $27,906,759 | $45,751,737 | $55,382,506 | $43,996,491 | $35,985,635 | $30,975,101 |
County | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
Albany | $1,300,692 | $1,820,627 | $4,397,375 | $5,632,948 | $3,968,199 | $3,253,974 | $2,648,902 | $1,928,268 | $2,350,106 | $2,337,027 |
Big Horn | $740,837 | $866,010 | $3,889,988 | $2,671,694 | $1,833,614 | $1,280,992 | $1,332,951 | $812,546 | $1,151,736 | $1,269,261 |
Campbell | $1,769,917 | $2,031,235 | $14,140,135 | $15,000,452 | $7,923,147 | $6,846,810 | $5,891,352 | $2,798,528 | $5,946,429 | $14,199,417 |
Carbon | $804,211 | $1,257,087 | $4,758,714 | $4,243,765 | $2,716,880 | $1,924,854 | $1,641,145 | $1,372,891 | $1,411,035 | $2,335,895 |
Converse | $673,880 | $805,581 | $3,168,651 | $3,033,470 | $1,880,860 | $1,379,222 | $1,244,761 | $816,131 | $1,693,756 | $3,569,101 |
Crook | $367,345 | $440,451 | $1,681,218 | $1,486,344 | $1,089,213 | $863,487 | $734,047 | $412,232 | $489,144 | $986,598 |
Fremont | $2,997,160 | $4,277,937 | $13,995,708 | $12,642,863 | $8,496,468 | $7,202,841 | $6,881,575 | $4,330,170 | $6,335,463 | $8,256,795 |
Goshen | $547,886 | $823,055 | $1,738,401 | $2,109,498 | $1,694,999 | $1,335,595 | $1,192,061 | $702,711 | $765,321 | $792,574 |
Hot Springs | $263,025 | $342,176 | $1,292,934 | $920,230 | $814,602 | $529,188 | $524,719 | $328,561 | $545,814 | $667,644 |
Johnson | $488,238 | $533,690 | $2,550,585 | $2,461,027 | $1,676,747 | $1,015,931 | $1,234,329 | $737,272 | $1,056,203 | $1,239,444 |
Laramie | $6,155,293 | $8,718,885 | $21,445,556 | $26,113,296 | $17,800,385 | $14,526,601 | $11,079,791 | $7,960,627 | $8,428,301 | $9,456,149 |
Lincoln | $797,282 | $1,605,743 | $5,929,225 | $6,675,621 | $4,237,042 | $2,833,628 | $2,097,713 | $1,570,943 | $1,584,065 | $1,616,671 |
Natrona | $3,561,208 | $5,406,200 | $25,756,124 | $27,054,674 | $16,459,575 | $10,777,179 | $10,469,276 | $7,062,543 | $14,208,977 | $20,996,686 |
Niobrara | $94,712 | $135,713 | $394,496 | $410,581 | $261,356 | $191,405 | $148,148 | $97,302 | $113,647 | $189,941 |
Park | $1,679,961 | $2,207,000 | $6,592,938 | $7,116,895 | $5,040,310 | $4,208,723 | $3,391,656 | $2,507,054 | $3,119,442 | $3,602,330 |
Platte | $631,983 | $783,911 | $1,650,765 | $1,976,439 | $1,322,851 | $1,025,608 | $845,706 | $623,546 | $1,024,269 | $1,283,905 |
Sheridan | $1,739,832 | $2,314,213 | $10,083,481 | $10,968,840 | $7,620,867 | $5,518,836 | $4,488,901 | $2,884,870 | $3,075,740 | $3,737,035 |
Sublette | $250,613 | $474,175 | $3,064,064 | $2,799,292 | $1,460,114 | $1,456,608 | $1,181,444 | $789,544 | $1,300,108 | $1,549,210 |
Sweetwater | $1,630,100 | $2,562,193 | $15,643,251 | $13,944,451 | $7,328,528 | $5,715,122 | $5,426,225 | $3,709,003 | $6,482,820 | $8,193,606 |
Teton | $1,547,483 | $2,576,121 | $9,163,865 | $10,341,239 | $8,123,765 | $5,919,001 | $4,948,838 | $3,799,450 | $3,233,989 | $3,061,905 |
Uinta | $924,896 | $1,540,635 | $7,170,857 | $6,554,361 | $3,515,750 | $2,719,366 | $2,827,345 | $1,857,663 | $2,499,429 | $2,977,514 |
Washakie | $611,125 | $741,862 | $2,015,066 | $2,041,022 | $1,430,038 | $1,078,859 | $967,788 | $611,077 | $895,989 | $982,707 |
Weston | $323,851 | $448,147 | $1,660,187 | $1,449,440 | $904,176 | $700,994 | $585,241 | $428,441 | $639,851 | $1,407,300 |
Unknown (WY) | $31,487 | $36,739 | $432,619 | $409,032 | $564,233 | $299,256 | $64,632 | $56,564 | $63,650 | $12,512 |
Out of State | $5,727,555 | $11,338,105 | $55,556,919 | $62,913,107 | $41,706,458 | $31,221,103 | $27,718,881 | $17,746,989 | $25,675,339 | $26,566,136 |
Total | $35,660,572 | $54,087,491 | $218,173,122 | $230,970,581 | $149,870,177 | $113,825,183 | $99,567,427 | $65,944,926 | $94,090,623 | $121,287,363 |
County | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |||
Albany | $1,674,034 | $1,666,356 | $1,362,808 | $10,216,657 | $4,225,025 | $1,442,442 | $1,408,524 | |||
Big Horn | $841,139 | $839,119 | $756,804 | $3,514,194 | $2,112,121 | $710,939 | $645,134 | |||
Campbell | $4,826,415 | $3,014,059 | $3,569,010 | $38,136,510 | $13,388,186 | $2,125,142 | $2,370,172 | |||
Carbon | $1,485,117 | $990,371 | $916,716 | $6,054,344 | $2,953,739 | $946,329 | $792,432 | |||
Converse | $1,141,824 | $794,108 | $687,125 | $10,903,767 | $4,240,538 | $464,918 | $588,927 | |||
Crook | $474,816 | $254,967 | $316,156 | $2,244,153 | $959,685 | $224,960 | $216,483 | |||
Fremont | $4,713,013 | $3,483,244 | $3,471,809 | $22,272,963 | $9,146,826 | $2,850,900 | $3,023,667 | |||
Goshen | $531,013 | $543,877 | $716,997 | $3,134,137 | $1,086,085 | $280,619 | $444,740 | |||
Hot Springs | $360,661 | $197,666 | $238,580 | $2,127,991 | $762,860 | $117,513 | $181,244 | |||
Johnson | $740,417 | $573,264 | $543,342 | $3,940,030 | $1,769,708 | $408,446 | $427,541 | |||
Laramie | $7,861,779 | $6,457,535 | $5,636,145 | $47,254,080 | $17,383,595 | $5,552,088 | $6,433,402 | |||
Lincoln | $1,237,989 | $1,055,681 | $919,378 | $8,526,118 | $2,842,963 | $1,123,216 | $1,291,750 | |||
Natrona | $9,940,453 | $6,544,974 | $6,347,534 | $80,209,852 | $30,129,917 | $5,264,907 | $5,938,880 | |||
Niobrara | $122,291 | $44,298 | $68,058 | $538,291 | $351,374 | $60,749 | $142,877 | |||
Park | $2,959,178 | $2,456,032 | $2,330,927 | $13,789,547 | $5,491,242 | $1,735,575 | $1,900,197 | |||
Platte | $669,810 | $512,580 | $522,737 | $3,842,869 | $1,442,723 | $388,527 | $473,947 | |||
Sheridan | $2,972,542 | $2,295,430 | $1,973,324 | $12,128,282 | $4,943,222 | $1,607,747 | $1,827,276 | |||
Sublette | $616,834 | $470,223 | $685,866 | $5,717,744 | $2,533,487 | $345,827 | $441,912 | |||
Sweetwater | $3,999,111 | $2,838,426 | $3,384,527 | $32,599,906 | $11,929,393 | $2,681,872 | $3,003,905 | |||
Teton | $2,816,313 | $2,397,386 | $2,272,692 | $29,359,776 | $5,328,417 | $2,180,754 | $2,472,123 | |||
Uinta | $1,741,474 | $1,225,468 | $1,015,870 | $10,322,657 | $3,986,574 | $867,729 | $873,032 | |||
Washakie | $752,757 | $647,495 | $492,891 | $3,415,528 | $1,414,865 | $527,997 | $508,803 | |||
Weston | $559,930 | $311,631 | $295,824 | $2,513,100 | $1,005,656 | $242,715 | $273,717 | |||
Unknown (WY) | $26,104 | $82,124 | $128,040 | $1,483,484 | $487,842 | $153,236 | $106,175 | |||
Out of State | $14,813,800 | $9,762,994 | $10,822,530 | $77,493,212 | $29,535,109 | $8,902,012 | $9,356,851 | |||
Total | $67,878,814 | $49,459,308 | $49,475,690 | $431,739,192 | $159,451,152 | $41,207,159 | $45,143,711 | |||
* The benefits here include benefits paid from all UI programs. | ||||||||||
**The 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014's data include benefits paid by both regular UI programs and the Federal TEUC or EUC programs. | ||||||||||
***The 2020 and 2021's data inculde benefit paid by both regular UI programs and the CARES federal temp UI programs. | ||||||||||
Source: Wyoming Unemployment Insurance Claims database. | ||||||||||
Prepared by M. Halama and M. Moore, Research & Planning, WY DWS, 4/2/24. |
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