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Local Area Unemployment Statistics

Table: 1993 Wyoming Benchmark Labor Force Estimates
Wyoming
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 236,333 238,400 240,377 237,959 240,058 248,095 249,434 247,735 244,642 246,172 245,847 245,093 243,346
Employment 221,531 222,788 224,911 224,730 227,996 235,624 237,344 236,235 233,928 234,466 233,237 232,460 230,438
Unemployment 14,802 15,612 15,466 13,229 12,062 12,471 12,090 11,500 10,714 11,706 12,610 12,633 12,908
Unemployment Rate 6.3 6.5 6.4 5.6 5.0 5.0 4.8 4.6 4.4 4.8 5.1 5.2 5.3
Natrona County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 31,568 31,642 31,793 31,179 31,027 31,522 31,669 32,110 31,656 32,493 32,968 32,691 31,860
Employment 28,816 28,981 29,235 28,888 28,927 29,427 29,448 29,964 29,696 30,269 30,659 30,507 29,568
Unemployment 2,752 2,661 2,558 2,291 2,100 2,095 2,221 2,146 1,960 2,224 2,309 2,184 2,292
Unemployment Rate 8.7 8.4 8.0 7.3 6.8 6.6 7.0 6.7 6.2 6.8 7.0 6.7 7.2
Casper City
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 23,961 24,019 24,143 23,690 23,585 23,963 24,070 24,410 24,075 24,700 25,054 24,851 24,210
Employment 22,018 22,143 22,338 22,073 22,103 22,485 22,502 22,896 22,693 23,130 23,426 23,310 22,593
Unemployment 1,943 1,876 1,805 1,617 1,482 1,478 1,568 1,514 1,382 1,570 1,628 1,541 1,617
Unemployment Rate 8.1 7.8 7.5 6.8 6.3 6.2 6.5 6.2 5.7 6.4 6.5 6.2 6.7
Laramie County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 37,559 37,944 38,213 37,918 37,195 37,519 38,755 37,915 37,467 38,120 38,696 38,616 37,993
Employment 35,830 36,282 36,648 36,540 35,841 36,086 37,252 36,494 36,112 36,679 37,116 36,966 36,487
Unemployment 1,729 1,662 1,565 1,378 1,354 1,433 1,503 1,421 1,355 1,441 1,580 1,650 1,506
Unemployment Rate 4.6 4.4 4.1 3.6 3.6 3.8 3.9 3.7 3.6 3.8 4.1 4.3 4.0
Cheyenne City
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 26,373 26,644 26,835 26,628 26,122 26,348 27,215 26,626 26,312 26,770 27,174 27,117 26,681
Employment 25,175 25,492 25,750 25,673 25,183 25,354 26,175 25,641 25,373 25,771 26,079 25,973 25,637
Unemployment 1,198 1,152 1,085 955 939 994 1,040 985 939 999 1,095 1,144 1,044
Unemployment Rate 4.5 4.3 4.0 3.6 3.6 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.6 3.7 4.0 4.2 3.9
Albany County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 15,111 15,384 15,317 15,170 14,997 14,558 15,364 14,996 15,393 15,892 16,098 15,932 15,351
Employment 14,606 14,901 14,872 14,766 14,645 14,151 14,946 14,609 15,081 15,519 15,674 15,542 14,943
Unemployment 505 483 445 404 352 407 418 387 312 373 424 390 408
Unemployment Rate 3.3 3.1 2.9 2.7 2.3 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.0 2.3 2.6 2.4 2.7
Laramie City
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 13,002 13,236 13,180 13,055 12,906 12,528 13,223 12,904 13,250 13,677 13,853 13,709 13,211
Employment 12,581 12,834 12,809 12,717 12,613 12,188 12,874 12,580 12,989 13,367 13,500 13,385 12,870
Unemployment 421 402 371 338 293 340 349 324 261 310 353 324 341
Unemployment Rate 3.2 3.0 2.8 2.6 2.3 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.0 2.3 2.5 2.4 2.6
Big Horn County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 4,770 4,805 4,931 4,813 4,824 4,961 4,778 4,707 4,938 5,086 4,975 4,935 4,877
Employment 4,437 4,463 4,559 4,530 4,549 4,640 4,480 4,427 4,705 4,844 4,696 4,617 4,579
Unemployment 333 342 372 283 275 321 298 280 233 242 279 318 298
Unemployment Rate 7.0 7.1 7.5 5.9 5.7 6.5 6.2 5.9 4.7 4.8 5.6 6.4 6.1
Campbell County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 17,062 17,164 17,147 16,965 16,881 17,146 17,277 17,660 17,056 17,271 17,575 17,480 17,224
Employment 16,002 15,889 15,918 16,008 16,018 16,205 16,444 16,909 16,351 16,516 16,846 16,754 16,322
Unemployment 1,060 1,275 1,229 957 863 941 833 751 705 755 729 726 902
Unemployment Rate 6.2 7.4 7.2 5.6 5.1 5.5 4.8 4.3 4.1 4.4 4.1 4.2 5.2
Gillette City*
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force
Employment
Unemployment
Unemployment Rate
Carbon County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 8,137 8,207 8,341 8,225 8,341 8,649 8,587 8,534 8,423 8,465 8,364 8,242 8,376
Employment 7,515 7,603 7,693 7,638 7,808 8,155 8,183 8,114 8,052 8,086 7,923 7,815 7,882
Unemployment 622 604 648 587 533 494 404 420 371 379 441 427 494
Unemployment Rate 7.6 7.4 7.8 7.1 6.4 5.7 4.7 4.9 4.4 4.5 5.3 5.2 5.9
Converse County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 5,963 5,925 6,088 6,123 6,132 6,134 6,227 6,235 6,141 6,302 6,191 6,200 6,138
Employment 5,589 5,540 5,660 5,791 5,828 5,785 5,863 5,918 5,849 6,017 5,886 5,851 5,798
Unemployment 374 385 428 332 304 349 364 317 292 285 305 349 340
Unemployment Rate 6.3 6.5 7.0 5.4 5.0 5.7 5.8 5.1 4.8 4.5 4.9 5.6 5.5
Crook County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 2,652 2,704 2,809 2,849 2,985 3,164 3,081 2,948 2,977 2,931 2,890 2,825 2,901
Employment 2,548 2,583 2,675 2,717 2,873 3,058 2,987 2,857 2,893 2,841 2,801 2,700 2,794
Unemployment 104 121 134 132 112 106 94 91 84 90 89 125 107
Unemployment Rate 3.9 4.5 4.8 4.6 3.8 3.4 3.1 3.1 2.8 3.1 3.1 4.4 3.7
Fremont County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 16,035 16,270 16,486 16,275 16,224 16,271 16,320 16,358 16,277 16,508 16,575 16,426 16,336
Employment 14,726 14,842 15,054 15,154 15,202 15,143 15,245 15,362 15,394 15,495 15,460 15,178 15,188
Unemployment 1,309 1,428 1,432 1,121 1,022 1,128 1,075 996 883 1,013 1,115 1,248 1,148
Unemployment Rate 8.2 8.8 8.7 6.9 6.3 6.9 6.6 6.1 5.4 6.1 6.7 7.6 7.0
Goshen County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 6,009 5,923 5,922 6,086 6,100 6,195 6,060 5,936 5,888 6,351 6,327 6,206 6,084
Employment 5,749 5,515 5,606 5,858 5,825 5,898 5,776 5,672 5,655 6,147 6,118 5,983 5,817
Unemployment 260 408 316 228 275 297 284 264 233 204 209 223 267
Unemployment Rate 4.3 6.9 5.3 3.7 4.5 4.8 4.7 4.4 4.0 3.2 3.3 3.6 4.4
Hot Springs County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 2,441 2,463 2,525 2,487 2,555 2,578 2,451 2,454 2,503 2,547 2,590 2,576 2,515
Employment 2,286 2,292 2,367 2,371 2,443 2,449 2,333 2,327 2,387 2,419 2,443 2,438 2,380
Unemployment 155 171 158 116 112 129 118 127 116 128 147 138 135
Unemployment Rate 6.3 6.9 6.3 4.7 4.4 5.0 4.8 5.2 4.6 5.0 5.7 5.4 5.4
Johnson County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 3,090 3,061 3,135 3,139 3,319 3,656 3,550 3,511 3,540 3,498 3,348 3,315 3,347
Employment 2,898 2,885 2,943 2,995 3,187 3,508 3,421 3,374 3,414 3,352 3,198 3,141 3,193
Unemployment 192 176 192 144 132 148 129 137 126 146 150 174 154
Unemployment Rate 6.2 5.7 6.1 4.6 4.0 4.0 3.6 3.9 3.6 4.2 4.5 5.2 4.6
Lincoln County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 6,065 6,123 6,148 6,020 6,225 6,551 6,091 6,136 6,251 6,290 6,180 6,163 6,187
Employment 5,504 5,510 5,468 5,463 5,728 6,122 5,673 5,736 5,915 5,919 5,782 5,688 5,709
Unemployment 561 613 680 557 497 429 418 400 336 371 398 475 478
Unemployment Rate 9.2 10.0 11.1 9.3 8.0 6.5 6.9 6.5 5.4 5.9 6.4 7.7 7.7
Niobrara County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 1,062 1,053 1,091 1,081 1,180 1,210 1,236 1,213 1,177 1,152 1,098 1,082 1,137
Employment 1,013 999 1,039 1,043 1,150 1,167 1,196 1,172 1,152 1,117 1,065 1,046 1,097
Unemployment 49 54 52 38 30 43 40 41 25 35 33 36 40
Unemployment Rate 4.6 5.1 4.8 3.5 2.5 3.6 3.2 3.4 2.1 3.0 3.0 3.3 3.5
Park County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 12,112 12,224 12,443 12,647 13,695 15,586 16,127 15,772 14,432 13,298 13,101 13,189 13,719
Employment 11,446 11,523 11,747 12,123 13,184 15,061 15,632 15,302 14,051 12,835 12,562 12,598 13,172
Unemployment 666 701 696 524 511 525 495 470 381 463 539 591 547
Unemployment Rate 5.5 5.7 5.6 4.1 3.7 3.4 3.1 3.0 2.6 3.5 4.1 4.5 4.0
Platte County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 3,893 3,875 3,910 3,951 4,143 4,284 4,036 3,903 3,971 4,022 3,898 3,888 3,982
Employment 3,626 3,626 3,659 3,740 3,975 4,090 3,844 3,728 3,830 3,831 3,689 3,644 3,774
Unemployment 267 249 251 211 168 194 192 175 141 191 209 244 208
Unemployment Rate 6.9 6.4 6.4 5.3 4.1 4.5 4.8 4.5 3.6 4.7 5.4 6.3 5.2
Sheridan County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 12,659 12,917 13,049 13,154 13,221 13,526 13,400 13,407 13,024 13,243 13,313 13,284 13,183
Employment 11,941 12,212 12,323 12,577 12,688 12,965 12,863 12,870 12,571 12,715 12,693 12,638 12,588
Unemployment 718 705 726 577 533 561 537 537 453 528 620 646 595
Unemployment Rate 5.7 5.5 5.6 4.4 4.0 4.1 4.0 4.0 3.5 4.0 4.7 4.9 4.5
Sublette County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 2,611 2,604 2,702 2,673 2,855 3,042 3,049 3,038 2,958 2,969 2,867 2,804 2,848
Employment 2,515 2,485 2,566 2,541 2,743 2,952 2,965 2,958 2,889 2,887 2,778 2,710 2,749
Unemployment 96 119 136 132 112 90 84 80 69 82 89 94 99
Unemployment Rate 3.7 4.6 5.0 4.9 3.9 3.0 2.8 2.6 2.3 2.8 3.1 3.4 3.5
Sweetwater County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 21,043 21,290 21,516 21,187 21,300 21,418 20,868 20,448 21,117 21,804 21,558 21,706 21,271
Employment 19,546 19,723 20,042 19,968 20,172 20,146 19,679 19,273 19,896 20,566 20,334 20,576 19,993
Unemployment 1,497 1,567 1,474 1,219 1,128 1,272 1,189 1,175 1,221 1,238 1,224 1,130 1,278
Unemployment Rate 7.1 7.4 6.9 5.8 5.3 5.9 5.7 5.7 5.8 5.7 5.7 5.2 6.0
Teton County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 8,402 8,588 8,608 8,204 8,796 11,364 12,177 12,086 10,540 8,787 8,262 8,853 9,556
Employment 8,185 8,315 8,355 7,777 8,523 11,216 12,048 11,959 10,421 8,583 7,856 8,645 9,324
Unemployment 217 273 253 427 273 148 129 127 119 204 406 208 232
Unemployment Rate 2.6 3.2 2.9 5.2 3.1 1.3 1.1 1.1 1.1 2.3 4.9 2.3 2.4
Uinta County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 10,417 10,449 10,471 10,198 10,484 11,183 10,495 10,605 11,220 11,203 11,096 10,830 10,721
Employment 9,574 9,368 9,325 9,167 9,557 10,319 9,679 9,847 10,291 10,296 10,236 10,060 9,810
Unemployment 843 1,081 1,146 1,031 927 864 816 758 929 907 860 770 911
Unemployment Rate 8.1 10.3 10.9 10.1 8.8 7.7 7.8 7.1 8.3 8.1 7.8 7.1 8.5
Washakie County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 4,482 4,529 4,483 4,410 4,404 4,593 4,618 4,600 4,354 4,679 4,580 4,609 4,529
Employment 4,166 4,211 4,113 4,095 4,097 4,242 4,294 4,304 4,096 4,417 4,286 4,289 4,218
Unemployment 316 318 370 315 307 351 324 296 258 262 294 320 311
Unemployment Rate 7.1 7.0 8.3 7.1 7.0 7.6 7.0 6.4 5.9 5.6 6.4 6.9 6.9
Weston County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 3,193 3,255 3,246 3,205 3,176 2,980 3,221 3,160 3,331 3,256 3,296 3,240 3,214
Employment 3,013 3,041 3,040 2,981 3,033 2,841 3,092 3,056 3,220 3,110 3,131 3,073 3,053
Unemployment 180 214 206 224 143 139 129 104 111 146 165 167 161
Unemployment Rate 5.6 6.6 6.3 7.0 4.5 4.7 4.0 3.3 3.3 4.5 5.0 5.2 5.0
*Note: Data for Gillette are not available prior to 2000. 
Source: Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program. 
Prepared by C. Cowan and M. Moore, Research & Planning, WY DWS, 8/2/24.