1976 WYOMING BENCHMARK LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
ALBANY COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 11,939 11,646 12,074 12,666 13,013 13,030 12,858 12,660 13,312 13,257 13,181 13,298 12,744
EMPLOYMENT 11,424 11,165 11,639 12,249 12,590 12,511 12,425 12,282 12,945 12,948 12,697 12,823 12,308
UNEMPLOYMENT 515 481 435 417 423 519 433 378 367 309 484 475 436
UNEMPL. RATE 4.3 4.1 3.6 3.3 3.3 4.0 3.4 3.0 2.8 2.3 3.7 3.6 3.4
BIG HORN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,424 4,447 4,561 4,845 5,029 5,498 5,415 5,356 5,372 5,304 5,118 5,088 5,038
EMPLOYMENT 4,181 4,177 4,255 4,544 4,798 5,257 5,204 5,176 5,181 5,145 4,919 4,880 4,810
UNEMPLOYMENT 243 270 306 301 231 241 211 180 191 159 199 208 228
UNEMPL. RATE 5.5 6.1 6.7 6.2 4.6 4.4 3.9 3.4 3.6 3.0 3.9 4.1 4.5
CAMPBELL COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 6,487 6,508 6,780 7,279 7,745 8,551 8,828 8,755 8,774 8,591 8,306 8,380 7,916
EMPLOYMENT 6,214 6,278 6,537 7,030 7,519 8,159 8,484 8,554 8,553 8,265 8,072 8,106 7,648
UNEMPLOYMENT 273 230 243 249 226 392 344 201 221 326 234 274 268
UNEMPL. RATE 4.2 3.5 3.6 3.4 2.9 4.6 3.9 2.3 2.5 3.8 2.8 3.3 3.4
CARBON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 6,488 6,468 6,733 7,004 7,335 8,012 7,783 7,735 7,694 7,457 7,304 7,321 7,278
EMPLOYMENT 6,168 6,149 6,472 6,722 7,103 7,702 7,533 7,545 7,523 7,306 7,061 7,115 7,033
UNEMPLOYMENT 320 319 261 282 232 310 250 190 171 151 243 206 245
UNEMPL. RATE 4.9 4.9 3.9 4.0 3.2 3.9 3.2 2.5 2.2 2.0 3.3 2.8 3.4
CONVERSE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,873 3,954 4,017 4,287 4,510 4,926 4,818 4,834 4,911 4,683 4,695 4,693 4,516
EMPLOYMENT 3,767 3,845 3,919 4,217 4,387 4,820 4,716 4,747 4,822 4,576 4,571 4,549 4,411
UNEMPLOYMENT 106 109 98 70 123 106 102 87 89 107 124 144 105
UNEMPL. RATE 2.7 2.8 2.4 1.6 2.7 2.2 2.1 1.8 1.8 2.3 2.6 3.1 2.3
CROOK COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 1,818 1,858 1,911 2,152 2,286 2,642 2,584 2,538 2,538 2,399 2,282 2,207 2,268
EMPLOYMENT 1,748 1,788 1,844 2,094 2,246 2,562 2,523 2,484 2,481 2,338 2,215 2,139 2,205
UNEMPLOYMENT 70 70 67 58 40 80 61 54 57 61 67 68 63
UNEMPL. RATE 3.9 3.8 3.5 2.7 1.8 3.0 2.4 2.1 2.2 2.5 2.9 3.1 2.8
FREMONT COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 12,125 12,017 12,409 12,610 13,274 14,308 14,180 14,047 13,806 13,564 13,244 13,376 13,247
EMPLOYMENT 11,223 11,201 11,672 11,999 12,696 13,566 13,578 13,490 13,312 13,019 12,680 12,730 12,597
UNEMPLOYMENT 902 816 737 611 578 742 602 557 494 545 564 646 650
UNEMPL. RATE 7.4 6.8 5.9 4.8 4.4 5.2 4.2 4.0 3.6 4.0 4.3 4.8 4.9
GOSHEN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 5,238 5,277 5,270 5,583 5,832 6,334 6,012 5,923 6,041 6,277 6,010 5,782 5,799
EMPLOYMENT 5,012 4,973 4,982 5,341 5,643 6,114 5,798 5,751 5,893 6,159 5,744 5,583 5,583
UNEMPLOYMENT 226 304 288 242 189 220 214 172 148 118 266 199 216
UNEMPL. RATE 4.3 5.8 5.5 4.3 3.2 3.5 3.6 2.9 2.5 1.9 4.4 3.4 3.7
HOT SPRINGS COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,131 2,176 2,247 2,273 2,327 2,421 2,253 2,145 2,141 2,120 2,029 2,038 2,192
EMPLOYMENT 2,041 2,080 2,149 2,168 2,242 2,359 2,184 2,100 2,106 2,077 1,982 1,989 2,123
UNEMPLOYMENT 90 96 98 105 85 62 69 45 35 43 47 49 69
UNEMPL. RATE 4.2 4.4 4.4 4.6 3.7 2.6 3.1 2.1 1.6 2.0 2.3 2.4 3.1
JOHNSON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,543 2,534 2,684 2,764 2,949 3,396 3,461 3,432 3,284 3,163 2,891 2,727 2,986
EMPLOYMENT 2,388 2,393 2,512 2,664 2,867 3,304 3,396 3,379 3,215 3,097 2,806 2,648 2,889
UNEMPLOYMENT 155 141 172 100 82 92 65 53 69 66 85 79 97
UNEMPL. RATE 6.1 5.6 6.4 3.6 2.8 2.7 1.9 1.5 2.1 2.1 2.9 2.9 3.2
LARAMIE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 24,213 23,737 24,190 24,501 25,179 25,740 25,746 25,504 25,806 25,575 25,219 24,458 24,990
EMPLOYMENT 22,957 22,576 23,135 23,571 24,275 24,707 24,759 24,499 24,823 24,648 24,306 23,558 23,985
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,256 1,161 1,055 930 904 1,033 987 1,005 983 927 913 900 1,005
UNEMPL. RATE 5.2 4.9 4.4 3.8 3.6 4.0 3.8 3.9 3.8 3.6 3.6 3.7 4.0
LINCOLN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,697 3,762 3,917 4,297 4,433 4,841 4,762 4,779 4,793 4,668 4,544 4,484 4,414
EMPLOYMENT 3,419 3,438 3,568 3,927 4,148 4,585 4,538 4,548 4,591 4,482 4,306 4,158 4,142
UNEMPLOYMENT 278 324 349 370 285 256 224 231 202 186 238 326 272
UNEMPL. RATE 7.5 8.6 8.9 8.6 6.4 5.3 4.7 4.8 4.2 4.0 5.2 7.3 6.2
NATRONA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 26,573 26,244 26,779 27,130 27,858 28,815 28,508 28,063 28,002 28,460 28,393 27,396 27,685
EMPLOYMENT 25,516 25,311 25,981 26,349 27,202 27,947 27,745 27,297 27,260 27,564 27,421 26,575 26,847
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,057 933 798 781 656 868 763 766 742 896 972 821 838
UNEMPL. RATE 4.0 3.6 3.0 2.9 2.4 3.0 2.7 2.7 2.7 3.1 3.4 3.0 3.0
NIOBRARA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 1,170 1,190 1,263 1,387 1,497 1,682 1,598 1,596 1,592 1,442 1,392 1,345 1,430
EMPLOYMENT 1,092 1,114 1,179 1,322 1,441 1,633 1,559 1,560 1,553 1,412 1,342 1,287 1,375
UNEMPLOYMENT 78 76 84 65 56 49 39 36 39 30 50 58 55
UNEMPL. RATE 6.7 6.4 6.7 4.7 3.7 2.9 2.4 2.3 2.5 2.1 3.6 4.3 3.8
PARK COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 8,604 8,650 9,031 9,257 10,332 12,612 12,934 12,760 11,347 9,842 9,257 9,241 10,322
EMPLOYMENT 8,152 8,177 8,582 8,895 9,951 12,140 12,457 12,358 11,065 9,524 8,923 8,864 9,924
UNEMPLOYMENT 452 473 449 362 381 472 477 402 282 318 334 377 398
UNEMPL. RATE 5.3 5.5 5.0 3.9 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.2 2.5 3.2 3.6 4.1 3.9
PLATTE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,901 2,970 3,136 3,237 3,417 3,725 3,675 3,616 3,599 3,390 3,609 3,195 3,372
EMPLOYMENT 2,810 2,886 3,043 3,150 3,342 3,638 3,601 3,541 3,471 3,279 3,101 3,094 3,246
UNEMPLOYMENT 91 84 93 87 75 87 74 75 128 111 508 101 126
UNEMPL. RATE 3.1 2.8 3.0 2.7 2.2 2.3 2.0 2.1 3.6 3.3 14.1 3.2 3.7
SHERIDAN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 7,960 8,023 8,388 8,626 8,929 9,497 9,396 9,391 9,224 8,902 8,580 8,728 8,803
EMPLOYMENT 7,430 7,528 7,859 8,245 8,627 9,152 9,094 9,113 8,979 8,623 8,303 8,366 8,443
UNEMPLOYMENT 530 495 529 381 302 345 302 278 245 279 277 362 360
UNEMPL. RATE 6.7 6.2 6.3 4.4 3.4 3.6 3.2 3.0 2.7 3.1 3.2 4.1 4.1
SUBLETTE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 1,676 1,682 1,709 1,930 2,013 2,328 2,454 2,525 2,404 2,245 2,055 1,968 2,082
EMPLOYMENT 1,616 1,613 1,649 1,874 1,975 2,270 2,391 2,462 2,344 2,170 1,981 1,884 2,019
UNEMPLOYMENT 60 69 60 56 38 58 63 63 60 75 74 84 63
UNEMPL. RATE 3.6 4.1 3.5 2.9 1.9 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.5 3.3 3.6 4.3 3.0
SWEETWATER COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 14,517 14,170 14,159 14,789 15,381 16,081 16,465 15,921 16,302 15,942 15,774 15,727 15,436
EMPLOYMENT 13,863 13,480 13,347 13,996 14,748 15,356 15,799 15,280 15,687 15,391 15,123 15,035 14,759
UNEMPLOYMENT 654 690 812 793 633 725 666 641 615 551 651 692 677
UNEMPL. RATE 4.5 4.9 5.7 5.4 4.1 4.5 4.0 4.0 3.8 3.5 4.1 4.4 4.4
TETON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,922 3,829 3,912 4,102 4,239 6,292 6,859 6,730 5,861 4,253 4,090 4,542 4,886
EMPLOYMENT 3,377 3,300 3,381 3,525 3,822 5,993 6,639 6,564 5,617 3,961 3,628 4,008 4,485
UNEMPLOYMENT 545 529 531 577 417 299 220 166 244 292 462 534 401
UNEMPL. RATE 13.9 13.8 13.6 14.1 9.8 4.8 3.2 2.5 4.2 6.9 11.3 11.8 8.2
UINTA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,344 3,315 3,435 3,602 3,733 3,917 3,927 3,983 3,926 3,608 3,461 3,449 3,642
EMPLOYMENT 3,123 3,081 3,217 3,420 3,560 3,767 3,801 3,864 3,785 3,488 3,321 3,287 3,476
UNEMPLOYMENT 221 234 218 182 173 150 126 119 141 120 140 162 166
UNEMPL. RATE 6.6 7.1 6.3 5.1 4.6 3.8 3.2 3.0 3.6 3.3 4.0 4.7 4.6
WASHAKIE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,544 3,571 3,565 3,749 3,966 4,472 4,446 4,467 4,417 4,508 4,504 4,300 4,125
EMPLOYMENT 3,409 3,409 3,416 3,596 3,824 4,318 4,317 4,347 4,297 4,370 4,243 4,194 3,978
UNEMPLOYMENT 135 162 149 153 142 154 129 120 120 138 261 106 147
UNEMPL. RATE 3.8 4.5 4.2 4.1 3.6 3.4 2.9 2.7 2.7 3.1 5.8 2.5 3.6
WESTON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,619 2,593 2,667 2,607 2,778 2,973 3,013 3,009 2,940 3,028 2,889 2,831 2,829
EMPLOYMENT 2,454 2,460 2,522 2,496 2,685 2,873 2,905 2,914 2,854 2,866 2,791 2,743 2,714
UNEMPLOYMENT 165 133 145 111 93 100 108 95 86 162 98 88 115
UNEMPL. RATE 6.3 5.1 5.4 4.3 3.3 3.4 3.6 3.2 2.9 5.4 3.4 3.1 4.1

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