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Local Area Unemployment Statistics

Table: 2003 Wyoming Benchmark Labor Force Estimates
Wyoming
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 269,220 269,472 270,213 270,424 270,183 277,679 276,256 275,477 273,557 274,266 274,298 272,605 272,804
Employment 254,726 255,785 256,824 258,049 259,029 265,470 265,483 265,239 263,415 264,087 262,678 261,153 260,995
Unemployment 14,494 13,687 13,389 12,375 11,154 12,209 10,773 10,238 10,142 10,179 11,620 11,452 11,809
Unemployment Rate 5.4 5.1 5.0 4.6 4.1 4.4 3.9 3.7 3.7 3.7 4.2 4.2 4.3
Natrona County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 37,693 37,807 38,117 38,132 37,814 38,342 38,240 37,931 37,541 38,467 38,768 38,992 38,154
Employment 35,715 35,994 36,346 36,467 36,216 36,586 36,628 36,366 36,053 36,931 37,116 37,365 36,482
Unemployment 1,978 1,813 1,771 1,665 1,598 1,756 1,612 1,565 1,488 1,536 1,652 1,627 1,672
Unemployment Rate 5.2 4.8 4.6 4.4 4.2 4.6 4.2 4.1 4.0 4.0 4.3 4.2 4.4
Casper City
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 28,224 28,316 28,551 28,566 28,329 28,720 28,651 28,419 28,128 28,821 29,045 29,213 28,582
Employment 26,813 27,023 27,287 27,378 27,189 27,467 27,500 27,303 27,067 27,726 27,866 28,052 27,389
Unemployment 1,411 1,293 1,264 1,188 1,140 1,253 1,151 1,116 1,061 1,095 1,179 1,161 1,193
Unemployment Rate 5.0 4.6 4.4 4.2 4.0 4.4 4.0 3.9 3.8 3.8 4.1 4.0 4.2
Laramie County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 41,939 41,916 41,787 41,624 41,034 41,593 41,821 41,366 41,032 41,905 42,482 42,283 41,731
Employment 39,768 39,881 39,831 39,820 39,291 39,614 40,045 39,635 39,312 40,206 40,569 40,389 39,863
Unemployment 2,171 2,035 1,956 1,804 1,743 1,979 1,776 1,731 1,720 1,699 1,913 1,894 1,868
Unemployment Rate 5.2 4.9 4.7 4.3 4.2 4.8 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.1 4.5 4.5 4.5
Cheyenne City
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 27,961 27,941 27,853 27,736 27,342 27,724 27,867 27,563 27,339 27,918 28,309 28,177 27,811
Employment 26,425 26,502 26,468 26,460 26,109 26,325 26,610 26,338 26,123 26,717 26,956 26,838 26,489
Unemployment 1,536 1,439 1,385 1,276 1,233 1,399 1,257 1,225 1,216 1,201 1,353 1,339 1,322
Unemployment Rate 5.5 5.2 5.0 4.6 4.5 5.0 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.8 4.8 4.8
Albany County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 18,939 19,409 19,414 19,265 18,410 18,400 17,656 17,149 18,247 18,881 19,526 19,289 18,715
Employment 18,246 18,734 18,775 18,650 17,837 17,715 17,063 16,577 17,654 18,332 18,878 18,671 18,094
Unemployment 693 675 639 615 573 685 593 572 593 549 648 618 621
Unemployment Rate 3.7 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.7 3.4 3.3 3.2 2.9 3.3 3.2 3.3
Laramie City
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 15,985 16,380 16,386 16,260 15,539 15,531 14,903 14,474 15,402 15,938 16,481 16,280 15,797
Employment 15,407 15,818 15,853 15,748 15,062 14,960 14,408 13,997 14,907 15,479 15,941 15,765 15,279
Unemployment 578 562 533 512 477 571 495 477 495 459 540 515 518
Unemployment Rate 3.6 3.4 3.3 3.1 3.1 3.7 3.3 3.3 3.2 2.9 3.3 3.2 3.3
Big Horn County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 5,096 5,081 5,138 5,183 5,219 5,422 5,189 5,206 5,144 5,273 5,233 5,154 5,195
Employment 4,719 4,749 4,817 4,931 4,985 5,166 4,965 4,996 4,923 5,066 4,995 4,898 4,934
Unemployment 377 332 321 252 234 256 224 210 221 207 238 256 261
Unemployment Rate 7.4 6.5 6.2 4.9 4.5 4.7 4.3 4.0 4.3 3.9 4.5 5.0 5.0
Campbell County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 21,922 21,723 21,556 21,546 21,315 21,919 21,656 21,906 21,699 21,886 22,123 21,830 21,757
Employment 21,014 20,786 20,661 20,692 20,536 21,068 20,941 21,207 21,033 21,240 21,421 21,127 20,977
Unemployment 908 937 895 854 779 851 715 699 666 646 702 703 780
Unemployment Rate 4.1 4.3 4.2 4.0 3.7 3.9 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.0 3.2 3.2 3.6
Gillette City
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 12,772 12,655 12,559 12,553 12,418 12,770 12,615 12,761 12,642 12,751 12,889 12,718 12,675
Employment 12,241 12,107 12,035 12,053 11,962 12,272 12,197 12,352 12,252 12,373 12,478 12,306 12,219
Unemployment 531 548 524 500 456 498 418 409 390 378 411 412 456
Unemployment Rate 4.2 4.3 4.2 4.0 3.7 3.9 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.0 3.2 3.2 3.6
Carbon County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 7,636 7,599 7,579 7,573 7,711 7,981 7,759 7,763 7,823 7,776 7,578 7,438 7,685
Employment 7,178 7,077 7,065 7,125 7,310 7,568 7,402 7,435 7,477 7,423 7,160 7,006 7,269
Unemployment 458 522 514 448 401 413 357 328 346 353 418 432 416
Unemployment Rate 6.0 6.9 6.8 5.9 5.2 5.2 4.6 4.2 4.4 4.5 5.5 5.8 5.4
Converse County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 6,408 6,399 6,465 6,527 6,572 6,656 6,580 6,323 6,363 6,591 6,605 6,555 6,504
Employment 6,050 6,041 6,108 6,211 6,290 6,347 6,311 6,074 6,124 6,346 6,323 6,290 6,210
Unemployment 358 358 357 316 282 309 269 249 239 245 282 265 294
Unemployment Rate 5.6 5.6 5.5 4.8 4.3 4.6 4.1 3.9 3.8 3.7 4.3 4.0 4.5
Crook County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 3,002 3,006 3,014 3,132 3,200 3,305 3,148 3,206 3,112 3,106 3,128 3,068 3,119
Employment 2,840 2,849 2,851 2,983 3,074 3,174 3,034 3,107 3,006 2,999 2,992 2,935 2,987
Unemployment 162 157 163 149 126 131 114 99 106 107 136 133 132
Unemployment Rate 5.4 5.2 5.4 4.8 3.9 4.0 3.6 3.1 3.4 3.4 4.3 4.3 4.2
Fremont County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 17,747 17,826 17,954 17,869 17,878 18,107 17,719 17,609 17,709 17,811 17,880 17,901 17,834
Employment 16,401 16,590 16,694 16,806 17,004 17,111 16,840 16,781 16,941 16,970 16,935 16,888 16,830
Unemployment 1,346 1,236 1,260 1,063 874 996 879 828 768 841 945 1,013 1,004
Unemployment Rate 7.6 6.9 7.0 5.9 4.9 5.5 5.0 4.7 4.3 4.7 5.3 5.7 5.6
Goshen County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 5,875 5,916 5,931 6,043 5,925 5,840 5,599 5,642 5,681 5,875 6,011 5,951 5,857
Employment 5,517 5,592 5,629 5,789 5,680 5,559 5,360 5,401 5,449 5,666 5,778 5,725 5,595
Unemployment 358 324 302 254 245 281 239 241 232 209 233 226 262
Unemployment Rate 6.1 5.5 5.1 4.2 4.1 4.8 4.3 4.3 4.1 3.6 3.9 3.8 4.5
Hot Springs County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 2,333 2,359 2,357 2,418 2,392 2,480 2,458 2,439 2,312 2,354 2,340 2,314 2,379
Employment 2,202 2,234 2,247 2,315 2,298 2,381 2,374 2,357 2,225 2,270 2,238 2,212 2,279
Unemployment 131 125 110 103 94 99 84 82 87 84 102 102 100
Unemployment Rate 5.6 5.3 4.7 4.3 3.9 4.0 3.4 3.4 3.8 3.6 4.4 4.4 4.2
Johnson County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 3,466 3,496 3,547 3,608 3,669 3,837 3,795 3,807 3,741 3,666 3,555 3,512 3,641
Employment 3,251 3,289 3,353 3,446 3,510 3,665 3,658 3,671 3,605 3,541 3,400 3,361 3,479
Unemployment 215 207 194 162 159 172 137 136 136 125 155 151 162
Unemployment Rate 6.2 5.9 5.5 4.5 4.3 4.5 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.4 4.4 4.3 4.4
Lincoln County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 7,874 7,879 7,962 8,004 8,176 8,671 8,755 8,982 8,832 8,598 8,259 8,132 8,343
Employment 7,362 7,427 7,501 7,585 7,827 8,299 8,432 8,692 8,535 8,316 7,925 7,779 7,973
Unemployment 512 452 461 419 349 372 323 290 297 282 334 353 370
Unemployment Rate 6.5 5.7 5.8 5.2 4.3 4.3 3.7 3.2 3.4 3.3 4.0 4.3 4.4
Niobrara County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 1,133 1,146 1,154 1,187 1,168 1,203 1,123 1,125 1,144 1,155 1,121 1,092 1,146
Employment 1,054 1,080 1,089 1,129 1,120 1,150 1,081 1,085 1,104 1,108 1,065 1,042 1,092
Unemployment 79 66 65 58 48 53 42 40 40 47 56 50 54
Unemployment Rate 7.0 5.8 5.6 4.9 4.1 4.4 3.7 3.6 3.5 4.1 5.0 4.6 4.7
Park County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 13,449 13,417 13,525 13,723 14,632 16,208 16,506 16,149 15,444 14,399 13,727 13,575 14,563
Employment 12,577 12,632 12,727 13,046 14,044 15,573 15,936 15,641 14,912 13,860 13,049 12,876 13,906
Unemployment 872 785 798 677 588 635 570 508 532 539 678 699 657
Unemployment Rate 6.5 5.9 5.9 4.9 4.0 3.9 3.5 3.1 3.4 3.7 4.9 5.1 4.5
Platte County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 3,993 4,028 4,047 4,102 4,266 4,041 4,019 4,077 4,124 4,066 4,066 3,969 4,067
Employment 3,741 3,788 3,822 3,898 4,065 3,826 3,825 3,888 3,954 3,901 3,837 3,749 3,858
Unemployment 252 240 225 204 201 215 194 189 170 165 229 220 209
Unemployment Rate 6.3 6.0 5.6 5.0 4.7 5.3 4.8 4.6 4.1 4.1 5.6 5.5 5.1
Sheridan County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 15,073 15,114 15,011 15,148 15,012 15,486 15,031 14,884 14,994 15,019 15,150 15,027 15,080
Employment 14,229 14,302 14,193 14,447 14,386 14,813 14,424 14,320 14,419 14,474 14,500 14,348 14,405
Unemployment 844 812 818 701 626 673 607 564 575 545 650 679 675
Unemployment Rate 5.6 5.4 5.4 4.6 4.2 4.3 4.0 3.8 3.8 3.6 4.3 4.5 4.5
Sublette County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 3,794 3,783 3,800 3,857 4,090 4,370 4,579 4,536 4,445 4,317 4,110 4,061 4,145
Employment 3,649 3,651 3,672 3,735 3,963 4,237 4,458 4,422 4,320 4,197 3,980 3,937 4,018
Unemployment 145 132 128 122 127 133 121 114 125 120 130 124 127
Unemployment Rate 3.8 3.5 3.4 3.2 3.1 3.0 2.6 2.5 2.8 2.8 3.2 3.1 3.1
Sweetwater County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 20,747 20,595 20,833 20,987 20,805 20,553 20,396 20,842 21,080 21,384 21,288 21,107 20,885
Employment 19,673 19,635 19,923 20,105 20,006 19,647 19,586 20,116 20,367 20,672 20,503 20,354 20,049
Unemployment 1,074 960 910 882 799 906 810 726 713 712 785 753 836
Unemployment Rate 5.2 4.7 4.4 4.2 3.8 4.4 4.0 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.7 3.6 4.0
Teton County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 12,983 12,969 12,890 12,473 12,851 15,037 16,100 15,910 14,518 12,842 12,410 12,980 13,664
Employment 12,507 12,481 12,370 11,756 12,335 14,594 15,737 15,528 14,136 12,360 11,806 12,562 13,181
Unemployment 476 488 520 717 516 443 363 382 382 482 604 418 483
Unemployment Rate 3.7 3.8 4.0 5.7 4.0 2.9 2.3 2.4 2.6 3.8 4.9 3.2 3.5
Uinta County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 10,739 10,653 10,750 10,632 10,572 10,708 10,758 11,349 11,254 11,444 11,454 11,017 10,944
Employment 10,106 10,050 10,172 10,085 10,100 10,194 10,306 10,930 10,826 11,028 11,026 10,569 10,449
Unemployment 633 603 578 547 472 514 452 419 428 416 428 448 495
Unemployment Rate 5.9 5.7 5.4 5.1 4.5 4.8 4.2 3.7 3.8 3.6 3.7 4.1 4.5
Washakie County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 4,208 4,151 4,182 4,192 4,209 4,298 4,294 4,203 4,163 4,245 4,271 4,219 4,220
Employment 3,938 3,911 3,949 3,985 4,025 4,107 4,135 4,050 4,011 4,094 4,106 4,056 4,031
Unemployment 270 240 233 207 184 191 159 153 152 151 165 163 189
Unemployment Rate 6.4 5.8 5.6 4.9 4.4 4.4 3.7 3.6 3.7 3.6 3.9 3.9 4.5
Weston County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 3,174 3,198 3,203 3,200 3,264 3,214 3,073 3,074 3,156 3,207 3,215 3,139 3,177
Employment 2,992 3,013 3,028 3,041 3,126 3,069 2,942 2,960 3,030 3,087 3,079 3,014 3,032
Unemployment 182 185 175 159 138 145 131 114 126 120 136 125 145
Unemployment Rate 5.7 5.8 5.5 5.0 4.2 4.5 4.3 3.7 4.0 3.7 4.2 4.0 4.6
Source: Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program. 
Prepared by C. Cowan and M. Moore, Research & Planning, WY DWS, 8/2/24.