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Wyoming Unemployment Insurance Benefit Paid by County and Calendar Year

Annual Unemployment Insurance (UI) statistics for Wyoming.

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Updated April 2, 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.