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Wyoming County Unemployment Rates

by: Carola Cowan, BLS Programs Supervisor

Across Wyoming's 23 counties, the highest unemployment rates were found in Lincoln (6.6%), Fremont (6.3%), and Big Horn (6.2%) counties.

Local Area Unemployment Statistics by County
Labor Force Employed Unemployed Unemployment Rates
REGION
 Jul Jun Jul Jul Jun Jul Jul Jun Jul Jul Jun Jul
County 2011
(p)		 2011
(r)		 2010
(b)		 2011
(p)		 2011
(r)		 2010
(b)		 2011
(p)		 2011
(r)		 2010
(b)		 2011
(p)		 2011
(r)		 2010
(b)
NORTHWEST 47,117 47,140 47,837 44,559 44,321 44,689 2,558 2,819 3,148 5.4 6.0 6.6
Big Horn 4,986 5,097 5,142 4,675 4,757 4,767 311 340 375 6.2 6.7 7.3
Fremont 18,898 18,996 19,129 17,707 17,719 17,680 1,191 1,277 1,449 6.3 6.7 7.6
Hot Springs 2,581 2,582 2,604 2,462 2,451 2,470 119 131 134 4.6 5.1 5.1
Park 16,329 16,186 16,524 15,614 15,360 15,598 715 826 926 4.4 5.1 5.6
Washakie 4,323 4,279 4,438 4,101 4,034 4,174 222 245 264 5.1 5.7 5.9
NORTHEAST 52,857 54,427 53,917 50,263 51,589 50,578 2,594 2,838 3,339 4.9 5.2 6.2
Campbell 26,360 27,009 26,943 25,266 25,800 25,432 1,094 1,209 1,511 4.2 4.5 5.6
Crook 3,522 3,667 3,555 3,357 3,485 3,378 165 182 177 4.7 5.0 5.0
Johnson 4,051 4,220 4,062 3,812 3,959 3,759 239 261 303 5.9 6.2 7.5
Sheridan 15,805 16,346 16,189 14,866 15,331 15,031 939 1,015 1,158 5.9 6.2 7.2
Weston 3,119 3,185 3,168 2,962 3,014 2,978 157 171 190 5.0 5.4 6.0
SOUTHWEST 65,668 65,609 66,317 62,549 62,191 62,246 3,119 3,418 4,071 4.7 5.2 6.1
Lincoln 8,369 8,431 8,432 7,820 7,818 7,736 549 613 696 6.6 7.3 8.3
Sublette 7,170 7,430 7,565 6,955 7,187 7,266 215 243 299 3.0 3.3 4.0
Sweetwater 23,917 23,980 23,527 22,819 22,770 22,012 1,098 1,210 1,515 4.6 5.0 6.4
Teton 15,250 14,456 15,463 14,553 13,708 14,648 697 748 815 4.6 5.2 5.3
Uinta 10,962 11,312 11,330 10,402 10,708 10,584 560 604 746 5.1 5.3 6.6
SOUTHEAST 72,983 72,746 73,243 68,960 68,379 68,422 4,023 4,367 4,821 5.5 6.0 6.6
Albany 18,159 18,266 18,208 17,382 17,359 17,224 777 907 984 4.3 5.0 5.4
Goshen 6,182 6,277 6,182 5,846 5,904 5,788 336 373 394 5.4 5.9 6.4
Laramie 43,216 42,637 43,543 40,584 39,852 40,446 2,632 2,785 3,097 6.1 6.5 7.1
Niobrara 1,272 1,295 1,224 1,217 1,233 1,157 55 62 67 4.3 4.8 5.5
Platte 4,154 4,271 4,086 3,931 4,031 3,807 223 240 279 5.4 5.6 6.8
CENTRAL 56,881 56,210 56,524 53,941 52,987 52,741 2,940 3,223 3,783 5.2 5.7 6.7
Carbon 7,901 8,001 7,772 7,476 7,534 7,215 425 467 557 5.4 5.8 7.2
Converse 7,426 7,487 7,471 7,098 7,121 7,051 328 366 420 4.4 4.9 5.6
Natrona 41,554 40,722 41,281 39,367 38,332 38,475 2,187 2,390 2,806 5.3 5.9 6.8
STATEWIDE 295,506 296,131 297,842 280,270 279,467 278,679 15,236 16,664 19,163 5.2 5.6 6.4
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted 5.8 5.9 6.9
U.S. 9.3 9.3 9.7
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted. 9.1 9.2 9.5
 
Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics.  Benchmarked 02/2011.  Run Date 08/2011.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.
(p) Preliminary.   (r) Revised.  (b) Benchmarked.

 



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