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Wyoming County Unemployment Rates

From April 2011 to April 2012, unemployment rates increased slightly in Niobrara, Washakie, and Platte counties.

 

  Labor Force Employed Unemployed Unemployment Rates
Apr Mar Apr Apr Mar Apr Apr Mar Apr Apr Mar Apr
REGION 2012 2012 2011 2012 2012 2011 2012 2012 2011 2012 2012 2011
County (p) (r) (b) (p) (r) (b) (p) (r) (b) (p) (r) (b)
NORTHWEST 47,410 46,658 46,239 44,498 43,414 43,232 2,912 3,244 3,007 6.1 7.0 6.5
Big Horn 5,324 5,175 5,079 4,998 4,811 4,726 326 364 353 6.1 7.0 7.0
Fremont 19,772 19,746 19,774 18,476 18,333 18,405 1,296 1,413 1,369 6.6 7.2 6.9
Hot Springs 2,618 2,565 2,598 2,502 2,436 2,464 116 129 134 4.4 5.0 5.2
Park 15,318 14,838 14,341 14,398 13,785 13,435 920 1,053 906 6.0 7.1 6.3
Washakie 4,378 4,334 4,447 4,124 4,049 4,202 254 285 245 5.8 6.6 5.5
NORTHEAST 55,380 55,315 54,945 52,573 52,189 51,826 2,807 3,126 3,119 5.1 5.7 5.7
Campbell 28,257 28,406 27,998 27,094 27,130 26,729 1,163 1,276 1,269 4.1 4.5 4.5
Crook 3,579 3,502 3,532 3,387 3,291 3,334 192 211 198 5.4 6.0 5.6
Johnson 3,970 3,898 3,883 3,717 3,613 3,581 253 285 302 6.4 7.3 7.8
Sheridan 16,266 16,211 16,258 15,236 15,048 15,096 1,030 1,163 1,162 6.3 7.2 7.1
Weston 3,308 3,298 3,274 3,139 3,107 3,086 169 191 188 5.1 5.8 5.7
SOUTHWEST 64,570 65,072 64,232 60,514 61,301 59,611 4,056 3,771 4,621 6.3 5.8 7.2
Lincoln 8,066 8,064 8,200 7,382 7,343 7,413 684 721 787 8.5 8.9 9.6
Sublette 8,110 8,232 7,474 7,838 7,944 7,197 272 288 277 3.4 3.5 3.7
Sweetwater 25,317 25,459 25,181 24,195 24,163 23,931 1,122 1,296 1,250 4.4 5.1 5.0
Teton 12,424 12,667 12,323 11,034 11,826 10,666 1,390 841 1,657 11.2 6.6 13.4
Uinta 10,653 10,650 11,054 10,065 10,025 10,404 588 625 650 5.5 5.9 5.9
SOUTHEAST 78,086 78,532 78,133 73,826 73,784 73,701 4,260 4,748 4,432 5.5 6.0 5.7
Albany 20,842 20,892 20,654 19,994 19,902 19,775 848 990 879 4.1 4.7 4.3
Goshen 6,684 6,523 6,570 6,298 6,131 6,184 386 392 386 5.8 6.0 5.9
Laramie 44,979 45,707 45,205 42,249 42,662 42,326 2,730 3,045 2,879 6.1 6.7 6.4
Niobrara 1,299 1,267 1,274 1,238 1,203 1,220 61 64 54 4.7 5.1 4.2
Platte 4,282 4,143 4,430 4,047 3,886 4,196 235 257 234 5.5 6.2 5.3
CENTRAL 58,825 59,031 58,273 55,921 55,854 54,919 2,904 3,177 3,354 4.9 5.4 5.8
Carbon 7,672 7,570 7,647 7,226 7,059 7,125 446 511 522 5.8 6.8 6.8
Converse 7,840 7,852 7,726 7,489 7,475 7,366 351 377 360 4.5 4.8 4.7
Natrona 43,313 43,609 42,900 41,206 41,320 40,428 2,107 2,289 2,472 4.9 5.2 5.8
STATEWIDE 304,272 304,608 301,820 287,333 286,542 283,288 16,939 18,066 18,532 5.6 5.9 6.1
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted 5.3 5.3 6.0
U.S. 7.7 8.4 8.7
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted 8.1 8.2 9.0
Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 02/2012. Run Date 05/2012.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.
(p) Preliminary. (r) Revised. (b) Benchmarked.