The highest unemployment rates were found in Fremont (5.3%), Lincoln (5.2%), and Park (5.0%) counties.
Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemployment Rates | |||||||||
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Dec | Nov | Dec | Dec | Nov | Dec | Dec | Nov | Dec | Dec | Nov | Dec | |
REGION | 2014 | 2014 | 2013 | 2014 | 2014 | 2013 | 2014 | 2014 | 2013 | 2014 | 2014 | 2013 |
County | (p) | (r) | (b) | (p) | (r) | (b) | (p) | (r) | (b) | (p) | (r) | (b) |
NORTHWEST | 46,063 | 46,521 | 46,533 | 43,787 | 44,226 | 44,041 | 2,276 | 2,295 | 2,492 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.4 |
Big Horn | 5,222 | 5,287 | 5,208 | 4,979 | 5,047 | 4,919 | 243 | 240 | 289 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 5.5 |
Fremont | 19,482 | 19,717 | 19,623 | 18,448 | 18,695 | 18,533 | 1,034 | 1,022 | 1,090 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.6 |
Hot Springs | 2,501 | 2,513 | 2,616 | 2,405 | 2,417 | 2,504 | 96 | 96 | 112 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.3 |
Park | 14,550 | 14,688 | 14,705 | 13,826 | 13,938 | 13,889 | 724 | 750 | 816 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.5 |
Washakie | 4,308 | 4,316 | 4,381 | 4,129 | 4,129 | 4,196 | 179 | 187 | 185 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 |
NORTHEAST | 56,705 | 57,277 | 54,761 | 54,710 | 55,211 | 52,515 | 1,995 | 2,066 | 2,246 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 4.1 |
Campbell | 29,161 | 29,487 | 27,663 | 28,358 | 28,611 | 26,702 | 803 | 876 | 961 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.5 |
Crook | 3,551 | 3,577 | 3,528 | 3,407 | 3,445 | 3,382 | 144 | 132 | 146 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
Johnson | 4,104 | 4,133 | 3,957 | 3,907 | 3,945 | 3,731 | 197 | 188 | 226 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 5.7 |
Sheridan | 16,491 | 16,625 | 16,245 | 15,760 | 15,889 | 15,458 | 731 | 736 | 787 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.8 |
Weston | 3,398 | 3,455 | 3,368 | 3,278 | 3,321 | 3,242 | 120 | 134 | 126 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 3.7 |
SOUTHWEST | 64,302 | 64,002 | 64,285 | 61,718 | 61,049 | 61,293 | 2,584 | 2,953 | 2,992 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.7 |
Lincoln | 7,835 | 7,870 | 7,646 | 7,428 | 7,470 | 7,195 | 407 | 400 | 451 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.9 |
Sublette | 6,475 | 6,576 | 6,833 | 6,252 | 6,365 | 6,614 | 223 | 211 | 219 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
Sweetwater | 25,246 | 25,491 | 25,226 | 24,372 | 24,603 | 24,259 | 874 | 888 | 967 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
Teton | 13,780 | 12,967 | 13,650 | 13,123 | 11,942 | 12,781 | 657 | 1,025 | 869 | 4.8 | 7.9 | 6.4 |
Uinta | 10,966 | 11,098 | 10,930 | 10,543 | 10,669 | 10,444 | 423 | 429 | 486 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.4 |
SOUTHEAST | 79,195 | 79,632 | 78,346 | 75,998 | 76,297 | 74,964 | 3,197 | 3,335 | 3,382 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
Albany | 20,007 | 20,275 | 19,502 | 19,366 | 19,570 | 18,837 | 641 | 705 | 665 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.4 |
Goshen | 6,548 | 6,622 | 6,748 | 6,314 | 6,373 | 6,474 | 234 | 249 | 274 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.1 |
Laramie | 46,993 | 47,080 | 46,537 | 44,885 | 44,915 | 44,358 | 2,108 | 2,165 | 2,179 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.7 |
Niobrara | 1,352 | 1,357 | 1,333 | 1,311 | 1,312 | 1,284 | 41 | 45 | 49 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
Platte | 4,295 | 4,298 | 4,226 | 4,122 | 4,127 | 4,011 | 173 | 171 | 215 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 5.1 |
CENTRAL | 62,670 | 63,316 | 61,556 | 60,480 | 61,010 | 59,071 | 2,190 | 2,306 | 2,485 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 4.0 |
Carbon | 8,406 | 8,559 | 7,872 | 8,070 | 8,221 | 7,526 | 336 | 338 | 346 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.4 |
Converse | 8,861 | 8,969 | 8,350 | 8,622 | 8,715 | 8,070 | 239 | 254 | 280 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.4 |
Natrona | 45,403 | 45,788 | 45,334 | 43,788 | 44,074 | 43,475 | 1,615 | 1,714 | 1,859 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
STATEWIDE | 308,936 | 310,750 | 305,483 | 296,695 | 297,794 | 291,884 | 12,241 | 12,956 | 13,599 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.4 | |||||||||
U.S. | 5.4 | 5.5 | 6.5 | |||||||||
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted | 5.6 | 5.8 | 6.7 | |||||||||
Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 02/2014. Run Date 01/2015. Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified. (p) Preliminary. (r) Revised. (b) Benchmarked. |