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Local Area Unemployment Statistics

Table: 1999 Wyoming Benchmark Labor Force Estimates
Wyoming
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 260,551 260,271 262,206 260,603 261,615 268,824 268,350 266,218 264,255 264,798 264,530 263,398 263,801
Employment 244,946 245,398 247,670 247,571 249,567 255,975 256,929 255,358 253,576 253,870 253,112 252,160 251,344
Unemployment 15,605 14,873 14,536 13,032 12,048 12,849 11,421 10,860 10,679 10,928 11,418 11,238 12,457
Unemployment Rate 6.0 5.7 5.5 5.0 4.6 4.8 4.3 4.1 4.0 4.1 4.3 4.3 4.7
Natrona County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 33,968 33,994 34,557 34,006 33,600 33,820 33,909 33,772 33,842 33,739 33,973 34,365 33,962
Employment 31,902 31,998 32,606 32,110 31,787 31,847 32,224 32,113 32,212 32,061 32,344 32,739 32,162
Unemployment 2,066 1,996 1,951 1,896 1,813 1,973 1,685 1,659 1,630 1,678 1,629 1,626 1,800
Unemployment Rate 6.1 5.9 5.6 5.6 5.4 5.8 5.0 4.9 4.8 5.0 4.8 4.7 5.3
Casper City
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 25,835 25,856 26,292 25,874 25,566 25,726 25,812 25,708 25,763 25,682 25,864 26,164 25,846
Employment 24,378 24,449 24,916 24,536 24,288 24,334 24,623 24,538 24,614 24,498 24,715 25,017 24,576
Unemployment 1,457 1,407 1,376 1,338 1,278 1,392 1,189 1,170 1,149 1,184 1,149 1,147 1,270
Unemployment Rate 5.6 5.4 5.2 5.2 5.0 5.4 4.6 4.6 4.5 4.6 4.4 4.4 4.9
Laramie County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 40,105 40,000 40,476 39,936 39,434 40,186 40,755 40,303 39,703 40,189 40,673 40,784 40,212
Employment 38,364 38,497 39,049 38,686 38,270 38,831 39,422 39,001 38,399 38,795 39,376 39,382 38,839
Unemployment 1,741 1,503 1,427 1,250 1,164 1,355 1,333 1,302 1,304 1,394 1,297 1,402 1,373
Unemployment Rate 4.3 3.8 3.5 3.1 3.0 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.5 3.2 3.4 3.4
Cheyenne City
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 28,163 28,091 28,423 28,047 27,693 28,221 28,621 28,305 27,883 28,225 28,565 28,641 28,240
Employment 26,956 27,049 27,436 27,181 26,888 27,283 27,698 27,403 26,979 27,259 27,666 27,670 27,289
Unemployment 1,207 1,042 987 866 805 938 923 902 904 966 899 971 951
Unemployment Rate 4.3 3.7 3.5 3.1 2.9 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.4 3.1 3.4 3.4
Albany County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 18,883 18,931 18,914 18,713 18,356 17,844 17,388 17,254 17,815 18,722 19,021 18,805 18,387
Employment 18,405 18,495 18,533 18,338 18,050 17,531 17,107 16,963 17,564 18,464 18,712 18,531 18,058
Unemployment 478 436 381 375 306 313 281 291 251 258 309 274 329
Unemployment Rate 2.5 2.3 2.0 2.0 1.7 1.8 1.6 1.7 1.4 1.4 1.6 1.5 1.8
Laramie City
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 16,251 16,293 16,279 16,106 15,801 15,360 14,968 14,853 15,334 16,117 16,373 16,189 15,827
Employment 15,852 15,930 15,962 15,793 15,545 15,099 14,732 14,610 15,126 15,903 16,115 15,961 15,552
Unemployment 399 363 317 313 256 261 236 243 208 214 258 228 275
Unemployment Rate 2.5 2.2 1.9 1.9 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.4 1.3 1.6 1.4 1.7
Big Horn County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 5,751 5,698 5,727 5,769 5,817 5,801 5,669 5,676 5,861 5,997 6,047 6,003 5,818
Employment 5,320 5,270 5,270 5,396 5,435 5,414 5,296 5,353 5,565 5,712 5,696 5,636 5,447
Unemployment 431 428 457 373 382 387 373 323 296 285 351 367 371
Unemployment Rate 7.5 7.5 8.0 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.6 5.7 5.1 4.8 5.8 6.1 6.4
Campbell County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 19,386 19,141 19,314 19,539 19,573 20,108 19,948 20,133 19,702 19,965 20,127 20,223 19,763
Employment 18,033 17,984 18,112 18,407 18,588 19,050 19,039 19,251 18,826 19,126 19,337 19,464 18,768
Unemployment 1,353 1,157 1,202 1,132 985 1,058 909 882 876 839 790 759 995
Unemployment Rate 7.0 6.0 6.2 5.8 5.0 5.3 4.6 4.4 4.4 4.2 3.9 3.8 5.0
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 8,339 8,388 8,349 8,350 8,510 8,771 8,400 8,404 8,638 8,487 8,424 8,227 8,440
Employment 7,682 7,775 7,785 7,901 8,101 8,379 8,072 8,088 8,303 8,126 8,041 7,845 8,008
Unemployment 657 613 564 449 409 392 328 316 335 361 383 382 432
Unemployment Rate 7.9 7.3 6.8 5.4 4.8 4.5 3.9 3.8 3.9 4.3 4.5 4.6 5.1
Converse County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 6,628 6,804 6,901 6,490 6,504 6,587 6,757 6,725 6,605 6,850 6,797 6,706 6,696
Employment 6,195 6,397 6,490 6,186 6,213 6,279 6,466 6,448 6,320 6,543 6,446 6,329 6,359
Unemployment 433 407 411 304 291 308 291 277 285 307 351 377 337
Unemployment Rate 6.5 6.0 6.0 4.7 4.5 4.7 4.3 4.1 4.3 4.5 5.2 5.6 5.0
Crook County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 3,029 3,017 2,947 2,996 3,065 3,255 3,115 3,128 3,072 3,053 3,229 3,062 3,081
Employment 2,798 2,813 2,763 2,835 2,943 3,119 3,007 3,024 2,969 2,930 3,064 2,897 2,930
Unemployment 231 204 184 161 122 136 108 104 103 123 165 165 151
Unemployment Rate 7.6 6.8 6.2 5.4 4.0 4.2 3.5 3.3 3.4 4.0 5.1 5.4 4.9
Fremont County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 18,050 18,094 18,201 18,265 18,225 18,031 17,921 17,752 18,397 18,105 18,197 17,984 18,102
Employment 16,428 16,500 16,755 16,882 16,899 16,609 16,595 16,513 17,250 16,997 16,916 16,719 16,755
Unemployment 1,622 1,594 1,446 1,383 1,326 1,422 1,326 1,239 1,147 1,108 1,281 1,265 1,347
Unemployment Rate 9.0 8.8 7.9 7.6 7.3 7.9 7.4 7.0 6.2 6.1 7.0 7.0 7.4
Goshen County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 6,590 6,589 6,541 6,615 6,491 6,557 6,368 6,280 6,319 6,777 6,914 6,683 6,561
Employment 6,179 6,234 6,226 6,407 6,303 6,325 6,143 6,063 6,129 6,596 6,734 6,521 6,322
Unemployment 411 355 315 208 188 232 225 217 190 181 180 162 239
Unemployment Rate 6.2 5.4 4.8 3.1 2.9 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.0 2.7 2.6 2.4 3.6
Hot Springs County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 2,382 2,398 2,387 2,448 2,445 2,565 2,553 2,484 2,446 2,428 2,425 2,412 2,448
Employment 2,230 2,265 2,251 2,314 2,317 2,416 2,431 2,390 2,326 2,316 2,324 2,317 2,325
Unemployment 152 133 136 134 128 149 122 94 120 112 101 95 123
Unemployment Rate 6.4 5.5 5.7 5.5 5.2 5.8 4.8 3.8 4.9 4.6 4.2 3.9 5.0
Johnson County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 3,652 3,708 3,719 3,892 4,015 4,215 4,110 4,068 4,004 4,033 3,965 3,804 3,932
Employment 3,479 3,538 3,564 3,760 3,902 4,086 3,984 3,950 3,898 3,917 3,839 3,672 3,799
Unemployment 173 170 155 132 113 129 126 118 106 116 126 132 133
Unemployment Rate 4.7 4.6 4.2 3.4 2.8 3.1 3.1 2.9 2.6 2.9 3.2 3.5 3.4
Lincoln County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 6,273 6,173 6,328 6,383 6,599 6,779 6,959 6,968 6,946 6,865 6,811 6,766 6,654
Employment 5,790 5,740 5,794 5,942 6,217 6,361 6,609 6,655 6,597 6,505 6,508 6,377 6,258
Unemployment 483 433 534 441 382 418 350 313 349 360 303 389 396
Unemployment Rate 7.7 7.0 8.4 6.9 5.8 6.2 5.0 4.5 5.0 5.2 4.4 5.7 6.0
Niobrara County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 1,331 1,320 1,290 1,332 1,335 1,366 1,297 1,290 1,320 1,425 1,402 1,318 1,335
Employment 1,271 1,277 1,244 1,295 1,299 1,332 1,272 1,254 1,293 1,383 1,368 1,289 1,298
Unemployment 60 43 46 37 36 34 25 36 27 42 34 29 37
Unemployment Rate 4.5 3.3 3.6 2.8 2.7 2.5 1.9 2.8 2.0 2.9 2.4 2.2 2.8
Park County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 14,408 14,453 14,496 14,479 15,666 17,367 17,453 16,971 15,820 15,365 14,775 14,248 15,458
Employment 13,555 13,656 13,729 13,727 14,969 16,662 16,822 16,395 15,264 14,755 14,075 13,584 14,766
Unemployment 853 797 767 752 697 705 631 576 556 610 700 664 692
Unemployment Rate 5.9 5.5 5.3 5.2 4.4 4.1 3.6 3.4 3.5 4.0 4.7 4.7 4.5
Platte County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 4,583 4,553 4,607 4,581 4,869 4,774 4,734 4,524 4,757 4,828 4,782 4,541 4,678
Employment 4,298 4,291 4,369 4,382 4,701 4,586 4,535 4,331 4,578 4,667 4,596 4,366 4,475
Unemployment 285 262 238 199 168 188 199 193 179 161 186 175 203
Unemployment Rate 6.2 5.8 5.2 4.3 3.5 3.9 4.2 4.3 3.8 3.3 3.9 3.9 4.3
Sheridan County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 13,621 13,628 13,787 13,730 13,658 14,184 13,909 13,767 13,726 13,764 13,781 13,784 13,779
Employment 12,702 12,746 12,882 13,065 13,052 13,551 13,368 13,267 13,189 13,266 13,220 13,165 13,123
Unemployment 919 882 905 665 606 633 541 500 537 498 561 619 656
Unemployment Rate 6.7 6.5 6.6 4.8 4.4 4.5 3.9 3.6 3.9 3.6 4.1 4.5 4.8
Sublette County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 3,010 2,956 3,019 2,970 3,083 3,361 3,480 3,409 3,291 3,195 3,116 3,037 3,161
Employment 2,871 2,807 2,843 2,798 2,944 3,230 3,381 3,317 3,216 3,130 3,052 2,961 3,046
Unemployment 139 149 176 172 139 131 99 92 75 65 64 76 115
Unemployment Rate 4.6 5.0 5.8 5.8 4.5 3.9 2.8 2.7 2.3 2.0 2.1 2.5 3.6
Sweetwater County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 21,066 20,924 21,205 20,808 20,717 20,853 20,337 20,346 20,651 20,730 20,722 20,696 20,755
Employment 19,561 19,377 19,660 19,593 19,473 19,489 19,186 19,250 19,589 19,556 19,589 19,582 19,492
Unemployment 1,505 1,547 1,545 1,215 1,244 1,364 1,151 1,096 1,062 1,174 1,133 1,114 1,263
Unemployment Rate 7.1 7.4 7.3 5.8 6.0 6.5 5.7 5.4 5.1 5.7 5.5 5.4 6.1
Teton County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 10,504 10,629 10,542 10,467 10,863 13,216 14,544 14,388 12,665 11,335 10,290 11,102 11,712
Employment 10,270 10,359 10,333 10,016 10,552 13,020 14,396 14,227 12,511 11,113 9,815 10,848 11,455
Unemployment 234 270 209 451 311 196 148 161 154 222 475 254 257
Unemployment Rate 2.2 2.5 2.0 4.3 2.9 1.5 1.0 1.1 1.2 2.0 4.6 2.3 2.2
Uinta County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 10,492 10,458 10,511 10,507 10,538 11,090 10,733 10,591 10,466 10,475 10,558 10,489 10,575
Employment 9,668 9,562 9,684 9,779 9,841 10,294 10,028 9,941 9,806 9,801 9,934 9,951 9,857
Unemployment 824 896 827 728 697 796 705 650 660 674 624 538 718
Unemployment Rate 7.9 8.6 7.9 6.9 6.6 7.2 6.6 6.1 6.3 6.4 5.9 5.1 6.8
Washakie County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 5,112 4,972 4,976 4,935 4,853 4,671 4,756 4,753 4,830 5,070 5,048 4,972 4,913
Employment 4,809 4,632 4,551 4,570 4,486 4,315 4,432 4,465 4,547 4,841 4,820 4,754 4,602
Unemployment 303 340 425 365 367 356 324 288 283 229 228 218 311
Unemployment Rate 5.9 6.8 8.5 7.4 7.6 7.6 6.8 6.1 5.9 4.5 4.5 4.4 6.3
Weston County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 3,382 3,444 3,418 3,390 3,400 3,423 3,255 3,226 3,385 3,403 3,455 3,393 3,381
Employment 3,132 3,186 3,177 3,181 3,230 3,248 3,116 3,093 3,231 3,269 3,305 3,233 3,200
Unemployment 250 258 241 209 170 175 139 133 154 134 150 160 181
Unemployment Rate 7.4 7.5 7.1 6.2 5.0 5.1 4.3 4.1 4.5 3.9 4.3 4.7 5.4
*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.