Wyoming County Unemployment Rates
Lincoln County posted the highest unemployment rate (7.1%) in January 2014. It was followed by Fremont (6.6%), Johnson (6.6%), Big Horn (6.2%), and Park (6.2%) counties.
| Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemployment Rates | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | Dec | Jan | Jan | Dec | Jan | Jan | Dec | Jan | Jan | Dec | Jan | |
| REGION | 2014 | 2013 | 2013 | 2014 | 2013 | 2013 | 2014 | 2013 | 2013 | 2014 | 2013 | 2013 |
| County | (p) | (r) | (b) | (p) | (r) | (b) | (p) | (r) | (b) | (p) | (r) | (b) |
| NORTHWEST | 46,880 | 46,533 | 46,068 | 43,976 | 44,041 | 42,660 | 2,904 | 2,492 | 3,408 | 6.2 | 5.4 | 7.4 |
| Big Horn | 5,199 | 5,208 | 4,976 | 4,879 | 4,919 | 4,624 | 320 | 289 | 352 | 6.2 | 5.5 | 7.1 |
| Fremont | 19,850 | 19,623 | 19,956 | 18,544 | 18,533 | 18,396 | 1,306 | 1,090 | 1,560 | 6.6 | 5.6 | 7.8 |
| Hot Springs | 2,626 | 2,616 | 2,558 | 2,501 | 2,504 | 2,403 | 125 | 112 | 155 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 6.1 |
| Park | 14,826 | 14,705 | 14,315 | 13,914 | 13,889 | 13,267 | 912 | 816 | 1,048 | 6.2 | 5.5 | 7.3 |
| Washakie | 4,379 | 4,381 | 4,263 | 4,138 | 4,196 | 3,970 | 241 | 185 | 293 | 5.5 | 4.2 | 6.9 |
| NORTHEAST | 55,264 | 54,761 | 54,751 | 52,589 | 52,515 | 51,490 | 2,675 | 2,246 | 3,261 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 6.0 |
| Campbell | 27,860 | 27,663 | 28,131 | 26,746 | 26,702 | 26,730 | 1,114 | 961 | 1,401 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 5.0 |
| Crook | 3,524 | 3,528 | 3,525 | 3,348 | 3,382 | 3,295 | 176 | 146 | 230 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 6.5 |
| Johnson | 4,010 | 3,957 | 3,884 | 3,746 | 3,731 | 3,606 | 264 | 226 | 278 | 6.6 | 5.7 | 7.2 |
| Sheridan | 16,497 | 16,245 | 15,898 | 15,533 | 15,458 | 14,740 | 964 | 787 | 1,158 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 7.3 |
| Weston | 3,373 | 3,368 | 3,313 | 3,216 | 3,242 | 3,119 | 157 | 126 | 194 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 5.9 |
| SOUTHWEST | 64,457 | 64,285 | 64,366 | 61,344 | 61,293 | 60,604 | 3,113 | 2,992 | 3,762 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 5.8 |
| Lincoln | 7,777 | 7,646 | 7,725 | 7,222 | 7,195 | 7,093 | 555 | 451 | 632 | 7.1 | 5.9 | 8.2 |
| Sublette | 7,054 | 6,833 | 6,587 | 6,803 | 6,614 | 6,260 | 251 | 219 | 327 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 5.0 |
| Sweetwater | 25,362 | 25,226 | 25,562 | 24,253 | 24,259 | 24,257 | 1,109 | 967 | 1,305 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 5.1 |
| Teton | 13,354 | 13,650 | 13,376 | 12,728 | 12,781 | 12,523 | 626 | 869 | 853 | 4.7 | 6.4 | 6.4 |
| Uinta | 10,910 | 10,930 | 11,116 | 10,338 | 10,444 | 10,471 | 572 | 486 | 645 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 5.8 |
| SOUTHEAST | 78,674 | 78,346 | 76,626 | 74,727 | 74,964 | 71,961 | 3,947 | 3,382 | 4,665 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 6.1 |
| Albany | 19,380 | 19,502 | 19,225 | 18,580 | 18,837 | 18,279 | 800 | 665 | 946 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.9 |
| Goshen | 6,638 | 6,748 | 6,422 | 6,332 | 6,474 | 6,061 | 306 | 274 | 361 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 5.6 |
| Laramie | 47,017 | 46,537 | 45,653 | 44,468 | 44,358 | 42,620 | 2,549 | 2,179 | 3,033 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 6.6 |
| Niobrara | 1,349 | 1,333 | 1,271 | 1,294 | 1,284 | 1,212 | 55 | 49 | 59 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.6 |
| Platte | 4,290 | 4,226 | 4,055 | 4,053 | 4,011 | 3,789 | 237 | 215 | 266 | 5.5 | 5.1 | 6.6 |
| CENTRAL | 62,017 | 61,556 | 61,418 | 59,126 | 59,071 | 58,247 | 2,891 | 2,485 | 3,171 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 5.2 |
| Carbon | 8,005 | 7,872 | 7,752 | 7,594 | 7,526 | 7,266 | 411 | 346 | 486 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 6.3 |
| Converse | 8,413 | 8,350 | 8,386 | 8,102 | 8,070 | 8,029 | 311 | 280 | 357 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.3 |
| Natrona | 45,599 | 45,334 | 45,280 | 43,430 | 43,475 | 42,952 | 2,169 | 1,859 | 2,328 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 5.1 |
| STATEWIDE | 307,292 | 305,483 | 303,227 | 291,761 | 291,884 | 284,962 | 15,531 | 13,599 | 18,265 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 6.0 |
| Statewide Seasonally Adjusted. | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.9 | |||||||||
| U.S. | 7.0 | 6.5 | 8.5 | |||||||||
| U.S. Seasonally Adjusted. | 6.6 | 6.7 | 7.9 | |||||||||
| Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 02/2014. Run Date 03/2014. | ||||||||||||
| Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified. | ||||||||||||
| (p) Preliminary. (r) Revised. (b) Benchmarked. | ||||||||||||