1986 WYOMING BENCHMARK LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
NATRONA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 34,733 34,745 35,042 34,594 34,724 34,849 33,009 33,079 33,569 33,222 33,163 32,995 33,977
EMPLOYMENT 31,262 31,131 31,265 30,430 30,913 30,982 28,902 29,294 29,874 29,425 29,099 29,009 30,132
UNEMPLOYMENT 3,471 3,614 3,777 4,164 3,811 3,867 4,107 3,785 3,695 3,797 4,064 3,986 3,845
UNEMPL. RATE 10.0 10.4 10.8 12.0 11.0 11.1 12.4 11.4 11.0 11.4 12.3 12.1 11.3
CASPER CITY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 25,004 25,018 25,237 24,933 25,011 25,103 23,795 23,832 24,180 23,935 23,904 23,780 24,478
EMPLOYMENT 22,382 22,288 22,384 21,787 22,132 22,182 20,693 20,973 21,389 21,067 20,834 20,769 21,573
UNEMPLOYMENT 2,622 2,730 2,853 3,146 2,879 2,921 3,102 2,859 2,791 2,858 3,070 3,011 2,904
UNEMPL. RATE 10.5 10.9 11.3 12.6 11.5 11.6 13.0 12.0 11.5 12.0 12.8 12.7 11.9
LARAMIE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 34,140 34,330 34,778 35,488 35,872 36,814 36,549 36,351 36,233 36,581 36,552 36,445 35,845
EMPLOYMENT 31,497 31,753 32,324 33,189 34,031 34,824 34,664 34,456 34,047 34,172 33,887 33,681 33,544
UNEMPLOYMENT 2,643 2,577 2,454 2,299 1,841 1,990 1,885 1,895 2,186 2,409 2,665 2,764 2,301
UNEMPL. RATE 7.7 7.5 7.1 6.5 5.1 5.4 5.2 5.2 6.0 6.6 7.3 7.6 6.4
CHEYENNE CITY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 24,248 24,384 24,707 25,216 25,500 26,167 25,981 25,840 25,749 25,992 25,965 25,886 25,470
EMPLOYMENT 22,421 22,611 23,018 23,634 24,233 24,798 24,684 24,536 24,245 24,334 24,131 23,984 23,886
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,819 1,773 1,689 1,582 1,267 1,369 1,297 1,304 1,504 1,658 1,834 1,902 1,583
UNEMPL. RATE 7.5 7.3 6.8 6.3 5.0 5.2 5.0 5.0 5.8 6.4 7.1 7.3 6.2
ALBANY COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 15,169 15,334 15,389 15,877 16,061 15,579 15,441 15,860 16,323 15,970 16,329 16,212 15,795
EMPLOYMENT 14,053 14,243 14,383 14,976 15,266 14,844 14,773 15,212 15,577 15,235 15,434 15,279 14,940
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,116 1,091 1,006 901 795 735 668 648 746 735 895 933 856
UNEMPL. RATE 7.4 7.1 6.5 5.7 4.9 4.7 4.3 4.1 4.6 4.6 5.5 5.8 5.4
BIG HORN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,643 4,712 4,846 4,945 5,145 5,013 4,843 4,963 4,931 4,880 4,914 4,716 4,879
EMPLOYMENT 4,131 4,101 4,179 4,302 4,497 4,373 4,154 4,340 4,392 4,329 4,252 4,043 4,258
UNEMPLOYMENT 512 611 667 643 648 640 689 623 539 551 663 673 621
UNEMPL. RATE 11.0 13.0 13.8 13.0 12.6 12.8 14.2 12.6 10.9 11.3 13.5 14.3 12.7
CAMPBELL COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 17,807 17,986 18,221 17,854 17,753 17,729 17,125 17,152 17,066 16,892 16,502 16,436 17,377
EMPLOYMENT 16,402 16,297 16,317 15,742 15,930 15,794 15,190 15,419 15,318 15,194 14,894 14,825 15,610
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,405 1,689 1,904 2,112 1,823 1,935 1,935 1,733 1,748 1,698 1,608 1,611 1,767
UNEMPL. RATE 7.9 9.4 10.4 11.8 10.3 10.9 11.3 10.1 10.2 10.1 9.7 9.8 10.2
CARBON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 8,210 8,090 8,238 8,289 8,617 9,138 9,110 9,054 8,435 8,219 8,159 8,006 8,464
EMPLOYMENT 7,185 7,112 7,202 7,277 7,785 8,284 8,326 8,326 7,665 7,356 7,272 7,037 7,569
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,025 978 1,036 1,012 832 854 784 728 770 863 887 969 895
UNEMPL. RATE 12.5 12.1 12.6 12.2 9.7 9.3 8.6 8.0 9.1 10.5 10.9 12.1 10.6
CONVERSE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 6,601 6,807 6,850 6,698 6,724 6,619 6,348 6,187 6,322 6,293 6,259 6,108 6,485
EMPLOYMENT 5,820 6,046 6,090 5,868 5,969 5,809 5,570 5,568 5,613 5,615 5,569 5,357 5,741
UNEMPLOYMENT 781 761 760 830 755 810 778 619 709 678 690 751 743
UNEMPL. RATE 11.8 11.2 11.1 12.4 11.2 12.2 12.3 10.0 11.2 10.8 11.0 12.3 11.5
CROOK COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,740 2,732 2,733 3,004 3,022 3,267 3,175 3,054 3,141 3,209 3,116 3,096 3,024
EMPLOYMENT 2,481 2,440 2,406 2,707 2,813 3,035 2,942 2,890 2,954 2,995 2,843 2,800 2,776
UNEMPLOYMENT 259 292 327 297 209 232 233 164 187 214 273 296 249
UNEMPL. RATE 9.5 10.7 12.0 9.9 6.9 7.1 7.3 5.4 6.0 6.7 8.8 9.6 8.2
FREMONT COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 16,497 16,541 16,806 16,845 16,987 16,939 15,657 15,787 16,470 16,201 16,071 16,236 16,420
EMPLOYMENT 14,263 14,430 14,671 14,652 15,050 15,003 13,795 14,184 14,840 14,470 14,195 14,129 14,474
UNEMPLOYMENT 2,234 2,111 2,135 2,193 1,937 1,936 1,862 1,603 1,630 1,731 1,876 2,107 1,946
UNEMPL. RATE 13.5 12.8 12.7 13.0 11.4 11.4 11.9 10.2 9.9 10.7 11.7 13.0 11.9
GOSHEN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 5,915 5,945 6,033 6,246 6,347 6,515 6,120 6,154 6,199 6,390 6,338 6,186 6,199
EMPLOYMENT 5,498 5,407 5,584 5,803 6,003 6,181 5,731 5,799 5,855 6,085 5,955 5,774 5,806
UNEMPLOYMENT 417 538 449 443 344 334 389 355 344 305 383 412 393
UNEMPL. RATE 7.0 9.0 7.4 7.1 5.4 5.1 6.4 5.8 5.5 4.8 6.0 6.7 6.3
HOT SPRINGS COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,851 3,003 3,016 3,083 3,090 3,196 3,068 3,138 3,140 3,050 3,008 2,935 3,048
EMPLOYMENT 2,656 2,756 2,745 2,774 2,827 2,895 2,804 2,885 2,910 2,821 2,753 2,704 2,794
UNEMPLOYMENT 195 247 271 309 263 301 264 253 230 229 255 231 254
UNEMPL. RATE 6.8 8.2 9.0 10.0 8.5 9.4 8.6 8.1 7.3 7.5 8.5 7.9 8.3
JOHNSON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,305 3,321 3,292 3,409 3,550 3,844 3,706 3,577 3,576 3,479 3,455 3,404 3,493
EMPLOYMENT 2,976 2,943 2,927 3,079 3,256 3,562 3,420 3,301 3,309 3,235 3,084 2,995 3,174
UNEMPLOYMENT 329 378 365 330 294 282 286 276 267 244 371 409 319
UNEMPL. RATE 10.0 11.4 11.1 9.7 8.3 7.3 7.7 7.7 7.5 7.0 10.7 12.0 9.1
LINCOLN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 12,190 11,397 10,936 12,871 12,035 11,089 10,977 9,446 8,480 7,655 7,306 7,096 10,123
EMPLOYMENT 11,292 10,497 10,007 11,837 11,171 10,160 9,965 8,736 7,756 6,876 6,417 6,142 9,238
UNEMPLOYMENT 898 900 929 1,034 864 924 1,012 710 724 779 889 954 885
UNEMPL. RATE 7.4 7.9 8.5 8.0 7.2 8.3 9.2 7.5 8.5 10.2 12.2 13.4 8.7
NIOBRARA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 1,549 1,553 1,585 1,543 1,659 1,608 1,782 1,896 1,856 1,760 1,650 1,624 1,672
EMPLOYMENT 1,362 1,348 1,397 1,357 1,491 1,470 1,651 1,787 1,742 1,626 1,500 1,477 1,517
UNEMPLOYMENT 187 205 188 186 168 138 131 109 114 134 150 147 155
UNEMPL. RATE 12.1 13.2 11.9 12.1 10.1 8.6 7.4 5.7 6.1 7.6 9.1 9.1 9.3
PARK COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 12,177 12,190 12,393 12,740 13,942 15,425 15,362 15,012 14,069 13,045 12,791 12,659 13,484
EMPLOYMENT 11,031 10,961 10,964 11,293 12,600 14,044 14,053 13,866 12,950 11,936 11,590 11,387 12,223
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,146 1,229 1,429 1,447 1,342 1,381 1,309 1,146 1,119 1,109 1,201 1,272 1,261
UNEMPL. RATE 9.4 10.1 11.5 11.4 9.6 9.0 8.5 7.6 8.0 8.5 9.4 10.0 9.4
PLATTE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,048 4,096 4,094 4,227 4,387 4,382 4,192 4,137 4,340 4,313 4,378 4,339 4,244
EMPLOYMENT 3,616 3,648 3,703 3,870 4,102 4,071 3,859 3,858 4,043 3,951 3,910 3,801 3,869
UNEMPLOYMENT 432 448 391 357 285 311 333 279 297 362 468 538 375
UNEMPL. RATE 10.7 10.9 9.6 8.4 6.5 7.1 7.9 6.7 6.8 8.4 10.7 12.4 8.8
SHERIDAN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 12,584 12,622 12,556 12,886 13,329 12,870 12,844 12,979 13,299 12,729 12,780 12,705 12,849
EMPLOYMENT 11,316 11,363 11,424 11,853 12,409 11,993 12,021 12,227 12,418 11,817 11,666 11,540 11,837
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,268 1,259 1,132 1,033 920 877 823 752 881 912 1,114 1,165 1,011
UNEMPL. RATE 10.1 10.0 9.0 8.0 6.9 6.8 6.4 5.8 6.6 7.2 8.7 9.2 7.9
SUBLETTE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,880 4,395 4,355 5,069 4,982 4,460 4,235 3,816 3,625 3,230 3,131 3,145 4,110
EMPLOYMENT 4,577 4,169 4,095 4,742 4,612 4,132 3,959 3,586 3,313 2,928 2,779 2,718 3,801
UNEMPLOYMENT 303 226 260 327 370 328 276 230 312 302 352 427 309
UNEMPL. RATE 6.2 5.1 6.0 6.5 7.4 7.4 6.5 6.0 8.6 9.3 11.2 13.6 7.5
SWEETWATER COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 20,766 21,020 21,248 21,589 22,261 22,576 21,381 21,164 21,482 21,255 21,110 21,012 21,405
EMPLOYMENT 18,889 19,127 19,389 19,750 20,600 20,757 19,314 19,183 19,281 18,888 18,526 18,189 19,324
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,877 1,893 1,859 1,839 1,661 1,819 2,067 1,981 2,201 2,367 2,584 2,823 2,081
UNEMPL. RATE 9.0 9.0 8.7 8.5 7.5 8.1 9.7 9.4 10.2 11.1 12.2 13.4 9.7
TETON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 7,478 7,466 7,581 7,124 8,313 12,221 13,525 13,652 11,544 8,264 7,546 7,918 9,386
EMPLOYMENT 6,879 6,892 7,044 6,468 7,784 11,807 13,107 13,349 11,072 7,760 6,980 7,438 8,882
UNEMPLOYMENT 599 574 537 656 529 414 418 303 472 504 566 480 504
UNEMPL. RATE 8.0 7.7 7.1 9.2 6.4 3.4 3.1 2.2 4.1 6.1 7.5 6.1 5.4
UINTA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 10,639 10,613 10,964 11,109 11,487 11,910 11,860 11,850 12,079 11,295 10,655 10,461 11,244
EMPLOYMENT 9,510 9,313 9,461 9,470 10,041 10,513 10,418 10,472 10,741 9,929 9,132 8,874 9,823
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,129 1,300 1,503 1,639 1,446 1,397 1,442 1,378 1,338 1,366 1,523 1,587 1,421
UNEMPL. RATE 10.6 12.2 13.7 14.8 12.6 11.7 12.2 11.6 11.1 12.1 14.3 15.2 12.6
WASHAKIE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,823 4,677 4,804 4,774 4,788 4,930 5,058 4,977 5,014 4,929 4,917 4,880 4,881
EMPLOYMENT 4,406 4,129 4,271 4,255 4,331 4,437 4,589 4,537 4,562 4,484 4,436 4,403 4,403
UNEMPLOYMENT 417 548 533 519 457 493 469 440 452 445 481 477 478
UNEMPL. RATE 8.6 11.7 11.1 10.9 9.5 10.0 9.3 8.8 9.0 9.0 9.8 9.8 9.8
WESTON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,501 3,548 3,566 3,693 3,676 3,500 3,662 3,554 3,641 3,637 3,605 3,571 3,596
EMPLOYMENT 3,214 3,203 3,216 3,270 3,365 3,151 3,281 3,248 3,383 3,340 3,274 3,232 3,265
UNEMPLOYMENT 287 345 350 423 311 349 381 306 258 297 331 339 331
UNEMPL. RATE 8.2 9.7 9.8 11.5 8.5 10.0 10.4 8.6 7.1 8.2 9.2 9.5 9.2

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