1979 WYOMING BENCHMARK LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
ALBANY COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 12,213 12,192 12,394 12,685 13,301 13,310 13,021 12,858 12,939 13,539 13,491 13,258 12,933
EMPLOYMENT 11,625 11,667 11,891 12,203 12,911 12,828 12,591 12,453 12,527 13,166 12,999 12,672 12,461
UNEMPLOYMENT 588 525 503 482 390 482 430 405 412 373 492 586 472
UNEMPL. RATE 4.8 4.3 4.1 3.8 2.9 3.6 3.3 3.1 3.2 2.8 3.6 4.4 3.6
BIG HORN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,573 4,633 4,733 4,903 5,144 5,515 5,339 5,315 5,553 5,684 5,469 5,310 5,181
EMPLOYMENT 4,367 4,495 4,579 4,765 5,016 5,360 5,227 5,198 5,425 5,592 5,325 5,144 5,041
UNEMPLOYMENT 206 138 154 138 128 155 112 117 128 92 144 166 140
UNEMPL. RATE 4.5 3.0 3.3 2.8 2.5 2.8 2.1 2.2 2.3 1.6 2.6 3.1 2.7
CAMPBELL COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 11,958 12,114 12,538 12,876 13,333 14,285 14,425 14,641 14,685 14,146 13,871 13,794 13,556
EMPLOYMENT 11,597 11,775 12,185 12,549 13,072 13,882 14,079 14,322 14,347 13,816 13,485 13,301 13,200
UNEMPLOYMENT 361 339 353 327 261 403 346 319 338 330 386 493 355
UNEMPL. RATE 3.0 2.8 2.8 2.5 2.0 2.8 2.4 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.8 3.6 2.6
CARBON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 8,935 9,080 9,416 9,777 10,501 11,105 10,896 10,890 10,656 10,443 10,167 10,016 10,157
EMPLOYMENT 8,671 8,912 9,234 9,569 10,369 10,872 10,782 10,667 10,538 10,278 9,975 9,824 9,974
UNEMPLOYMENT 264 168 182 208 132 233 114 223 118 165 192 192 183
UNEMPL. RATE 3.0 1.9 1.9 2.1 1.3 2.1 1.0 2.0 1.1 1.6 1.9 1.9 1.8
CONVERSE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 6,076 6,167 6,349 6,353 6,611 6,957 7,204 7,256 7,308 7,295 7,039 7,112 6,811
EMPLOYMENT 5,886 6,024 6,226 6,271 6,520 6,837 7,111 7,112 7,161 7,048 6,907 6,913 6,668
UNEMPLOYMENT 190 143 123 82 91 120 93 144 147 247 132 199 143
UNEMPL. RATE 3.1 2.3 1.9 1.3 1.4 1.7 1.3 2.0 2.0 3.4 1.9 2.8 2.1
CROOK COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,177 2,061 2,149 2,337 2,458 2,729 2,669 2,603 2,628 2,529 2,363 2,325 2,419
EMPLOYMENT 2,052 2,017 2,088 2,297 2,418 2,665 2,585 2,549 2,574 2,452 2,336 2,277 2,359
UNEMPLOYMENT 125 44 61 40 40 64 84 54 54 77 27 48 60
UNEMPL. RATE 5.7 2.1 2.8 1.7 1.6 2.3 3.1 2.1 2.1 3.0 1.1 2.1 2.5
FREMONT COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 15,956 16,118 16,504 16,995 17,526 18,045 17,780 17,509 17,995 17,940 17,787 17,516 17,306
EMPLOYMENT 15,272 15,481 15,945 16,473 17,054 17,474 17,261 17,107 17,527 17,493 17,060 16,877 16,752
UNEMPLOYMENT 684 637 559 522 472 571 519 402 468 447 727 639 554
UNEMPL. RATE 4.3 4.0 3.4 3.1 2.7 3.2 2.9 2.3 2.6 2.5 4.1 3.6 3.2
GOSHEN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 5,397 5,190 5,478 5,800 6,084 6,470 6,133 6,195 6,228 6,309 6,126 5,873 5,940
EMPLOYMENT 5,194 4,988 5,288 5,667 5,960 6,346 5,990 6,064 6,106 6,095 5,906 5,680 5,774
UNEMPLOYMENT 203 202 190 133 124 124 143 131 122 214 220 193 167
UNEMPL. RATE 3.8 3.9 3.5 2.3 2.0 1.9 2.3 2.1 2.0 3.4 3.6 3.3 2.8
HOT SPRINGS COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,186 2,326 2,415 2,487 2,595 2,745 2,537 2,520 2,461 2,417 2,388 2,440 2,460
EMPLOYMENT 2,143 2,262 2,364 2,451 2,570 2,713 2,514 2,496 2,433 2,393 2,377 2,371 2,424
UNEMPLOYMENT 43 64 51 36 25 32 23 24 28 24 11 69 36
UNEMPL. RATE 2.0 2.8 2.1 1.4 1.0 1.2 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.0 0.5 2.8 1.5
JOHNSON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,769 2,860 2,976 3,187 3,332 3,667 3,546 3,667 3,603 3,473 3,243 3,136 3,288
EMPLOYMENT 2,658 2,789 2,919 3,130 3,282 3,567 3,503 3,597 3,564 3,412 3,127 3,043 3,216
UNEMPLOYMENT 111 71 57 57 50 100 43 70 39 61 116 93 72
UNEMPL. RATE 4.0 2.5 1.9 1.8 1.5 2.7 1.2 1.9 1.1 1.8 3.6 3.0 2.2
LARAMIE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 28,428 28,437 28,772 29,372 30,069 31,412 31,386 31,160 31,432 30,616 30,784 30,719 30,216
EMPLOYMENT 27,367 27,679 28,023 28,702 29,494 30,540 30,644 30,380 30,577 29,891 29,712 29,536 29,379
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,061 758 749 670 575 872 742 780 855 725 1,072 1,183 837
UNEMPL. RATE 3.7 2.7 2.6 2.3 1.9 2.8 2.4 2.5 2.7 2.4 3.5 3.9 2.8
LINCOLN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,260 4,389 4,510 4,720 5,033 5,432 5,188 5,177 5,346 4,993 4,830 4,748 4,886
EMPLOYMENT 3,969 4,100 4,201 4,460 4,832 5,192 5,005 5,018 5,201 4,826 4,583 4,418 4,650
UNEMPLOYMENT 291 289 309 260 201 240 183 159 145 167 247 330 235
UNEMPL. RATE 6.8 6.6 6.9 5.5 4.0 4.4 3.5 3.1 2.7 3.3 5.1 7.0 4.8
NATRONA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 35,876 36,223 36,566 36,277 37,472 39,442 37,693 37,871 38,748 38,499 38,199 38,534 37,617
EMPLOYMENT 34,959 35,411 35,869 35,548 36,774 38,559 37,067 37,196 37,957 37,492 37,164 37,551 36,796
UNEMPLOYMENT 917 812 697 729 698 883 626 675 791 1,007 1,035 983 821
UNEMPL. RATE 2.6 2.2 1.9 2.0 1.9 2.2 1.7 1.8 2.0 2.6 2.7 2.6 2.2
NIOBRARA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 1,147 1,192 1,209 1,312 1,335 1,447 1,377 1,388 1,382 1,304 1,206 1,176 1,290
EMPLOYMENT 1,098 1,145 1,161 1,287 1,313 1,420 1,347 1,358 1,357 1,274 1,191 1,142 1,258
UNEMPLOYMENT 49 47 48 25 22 27 30 30 25 30 15 34 32
UNEMPL. RATE 4.3 3.9 4.0 1.9 1.6 1.9 2.2 2.2 1.8 2.3 1.2 2.9 2.5
PARK COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 9,342 9,498 9,701 10,349 12,144 14,292 14,655 14,780 12,962 10,722 10,352 9,985 11,565
EMPLOYMENT 8,989 9,179 9,455 10,106 11,889 13,997 14,333 14,526 12,698 10,558 10,004 9,671 11,284
UNEMPLOYMENT 353 319 246 243 255 295 322 254 264 164 348 314 281
UNEMPL. RATE 3.8 3.4 2.5 2.3 2.1 2.1 2.2 1.7 2.0 1.5 3.4 3.1 2.4
PLATTE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,928 5,034 5,281 5,546 5,825 6,036 6,071 6,258 6,303 6,155 6,095 5,718 5,771
EMPLOYMENT 4,775 4,936 5,184 5,408 5,716 5,905 5,902 6,057 6,073 5,997 5,956 5,464 5,614
UNEMPLOYMENT 153 98 97 138 109 131 169 201 230 158 139 254 156
UNEMPL. RATE 3.1 1.9 1.8 2.5 1.9 2.2 2.8 3.2 3.6 2.6 2.3 4.4 2.7
SHERIDAN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 9,843 9,936 10,083 10,305 10,758 11,571 11,195 11,252 11,357 11,064 10,873 10,722 10,747
EMPLOYMENT 9,397 9,543 9,756 10,070 10,552 11,348 11,000 11,034 11,120 10,813 10,495 10,376 10,459
UNEMPLOYMENT 446 393 327 235 206 223 195 218 237 251 378 346 288
UNEMPL. RATE 4.5 4.0 3.2 2.3 1.9 1.9 1.7 1.9 2.1 2.3 3.5 3.2 2.7
SUBLETTE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 1,844 1,894 1,938 2,040 2,127 2,419 2,417 2,413 2,374 2,316 2,137 2,026 2,162
EMPLOYMENT 1,801 1,849 1,895 2,000 2,086 2,363 2,360 2,354 2,320 2,268 2,063 1,976 2,111
UNEMPLOYMENT 43 45 43 40 41 56 57 59 54 48 74 50 51
UNEMPL. RATE 2.3 2.4 2.2 2.0 1.9 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.1 3.5 2.5 2.4
SWEETWATER COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 17,775 18,165 18,455 19,110 19,575 19,960 20,221 20,070 20,658 19,583 19,023 19,282 19,323
EMPLOYMENT 17,265 17,734 18,078 18,634 19,137 19,451 19,747 19,559 20,182 19,112 18,435 18,751 18,840
UNEMPLOYMENT 510 431 377 476 438 509 474 511 476 471 588 531 483
UNEMPL. RATE 2.9 2.4 2.0 2.5 2.2 2.6 2.3 2.5 2.3 2.4 3.1 2.8 2.5
TETON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 5,246 5,243 5,175 5,148 5,491 7,942 8,228 8,184 7,186 5,837 5,673 5,874 6,269
EMPLOYMENT 4,854 4,845 4,754 4,758 5,234 7,772 8,060 8,027 6,982 5,626 5,389 5,503 5,984
UNEMPLOYMENT 392 398 421 390 257 170 168 157 204 211 284 371 285
UNEMPL. RATE 7.5 7.6 8.1 7.6 4.7 2.1 2.0 1.9 2.8 3.6 5.0 6.3 4.5
UINTA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,511 4,621 4,767 5,024 5,225 5,522 5,246 5,398 5,430 5,375 5,357 5,345 5,152
EMPLOYMENT 4,348 4,510 4,656 4,929 5,147 5,426 5,133 5,300 5,324 5,271 5,251 5,274 5,047
UNEMPLOYMENT 163 111 111 95 78 96 113 98 106 104 106 71 104
UNEMPL. RATE 3.6 2.4 2.3 1.9 1.5 1.7 2.2 1.8 2.0 1.9 2.0 1.3 2.0
WASHAKIE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,301 4,522 4,384 4,446 4,669 5,062 5,059 4,958 4,872 4,971 4,825 4,974 4,754
EMPLOYMENT 4,173 4,338 4,266 4,355 4,574 4,936 4,948 4,876 4,779 4,841 4,641 4,561 4,607
UNEMPLOYMENT 128 184 118 91 95 126 111 82 93 130 184 413 146
UNEMPL. RATE 3.0 4.1 2.7 2.0 2.0 2.5 2.2 1.7 1.9 2.6 3.8 8.3 3.1
WESTON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,972 2,964 2,989 3,131 3,311 3,290 3,284 3,344 3,371 3,394 3,212 3,143 3,200
EMPLOYMENT 2,834 2,867 2,907 3,054 3,246 3,219 3,213 3,283 3,295 3,224 3,069 2,999 3,101
UNEMPLOYMENT 138 97 82 77 65 71 71 61 76 170 143 144 100
UNEMPL. RATE 4.6 3.3 2.7 2.5 2.0 2.2 2.2 1.8 2.3 5.0 4.5 4.6 3.1

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