Wyoming County Unemployment Rates
Most county unemployment rates followed their normal seasonal pattern and decreased slightly from August to September.
| Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemployment Rates | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep | Aug | Sep | Sep | Aug | Sep | Sep | Aug | Sep | Sep | Aug | Sep | |
| REGION | 2013 | 2013 | 2012 | 2013 | 2013 | 2012 | 2013 | 2013 | 2012 | 2013 | 2013 | 2012 |
| County | (r) | (r) | (b) | (r) | (r) | (b) | (r) | (r) | (b) | (r) | (r) | (b) |
| NORTHWEST | 47,879 | 48,980 | 48,407 | 45,764 | 46,677 | 45,999 | 2,115 | 2,303 | 2,408 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 5.0 |
| Big Horn | 5,265 | 5,290 | 5,336 | 5,031 | 5,040 | 5,070 | 234 | 250 | 266 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 5.0 |
| Fremont | 20,002 | 19,984 | 19,744 | 19,006 | 18,883 | 18,626 | 996 | 1,101 | 1,118 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 5.7 |
| Hot Springs | 2,559 | 2,600 | 2,575 | 2,456 | 2,495 | 2,473 | 103 | 105 | 102 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| Park | 15,748 | 16,785 | 16,354 | 15,148 | 16,128 | 15,621 | 600 | 657 | 733 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
| Washakie | 4,305 | 4,321 | 4,398 | 4,123 | 4,131 | 4,209 | 182 | 190 | 189 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.3 |
| NORTHEAST | 55,130 | 55,127 | 55,051 | 53,193 | 53,009 | 52,698 | 1,937 | 2,118 | 2,353 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.3 |
| Campbell | 27,978 | 27,735 | 27,721 | 27,099 | 26,773 | 26,654 | 879 | 962 | 1,067 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
| Crook | 3,563 | 3,606 | 3,690 | 3,439 | 3,473 | 3,531 | 124 | 133 | 159 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
| Johnson | 4,137 | 4,265 | 4,068 | 3,960 | 4,072 | 3,878 | 177 | 193 | 190 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.7 |
| Sheridan | 16,114 | 16,242 | 16,206 | 15,474 | 15,532 | 15,406 | 640 | 710 | 800 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.9 |
| Weston | 3,338 | 3,279 | 3,366 | 3,221 | 3,159 | 3,229 | 117 | 120 | 137 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
| SOUTHWEST | 65,788 | 67,423 | 65,637 | 63,428 | 64,950 | 62,867 | 2,360 | 2,473 | 2,770 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 4.2 |
| Lincoln | 8,083 | 8,126 | 7,924 | 7,738 | 7,750 | 7,468 | 345 | 376 | 456 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 5.8 |
| Sublette | 6,942 | 7,072 | 7,225 | 6,750 | 6,867 | 6,991 | 192 | 205 | 234 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.2 |
| Sweetwater | 25,042 | 25,299 | 24,869 | 24,167 | 24,368 | 23,904 | 875 | 931 | 965 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
| Teton | 14,668 | 15,876 | 14,557 | 14,163 | 15,383 | 13,930 | 505 | 493 | 627 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 4.3 |
| Uinta | 11,053 | 11,050 | 11,062 | 10,610 | 10,582 | 10,574 | 443 | 468 | 488 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
| SOUTHEAST | 77,317 | 76,782 | 77,515 | 74,236 | 73,458 | 73,851 | 3,081 | 3,324 | 3,664 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.7 |
| Albany | 19,680 | 18,095 | 20,567 | 19,006 | 17,379 | 19,804 | 674 | 716 | 763 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 3.7 |
| Goshen | 6,396 | 6,415 | 6,606 | 6,126 | 6,116 | 6,300 | 270 | 299 | 306 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 4.6 |
| Laramie | 45,577 | 46,607 | 44,788 | 43,664 | 44,550 | 42,433 | 1,913 | 2,057 | 2,355 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 5.3 |
| Niobrara | 1,378 | 1,396 | 1,410 | 1,334 | 1,347 | 1,367 | 44 | 49 | 43 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.0 |
| Platte | 4,286 | 4,269 | 4,144 | 4,106 | 4,066 | 3,947 | 180 | 203 | 197 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.8 |
| CENTRAL | 60,882 | 61,287 | 60,084 | 58,678 | 58,944 | 57,545 | 2,204 | 2,343 | 2,539 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
| Carbon | 8,500 | 8,598 | 8,213 | 8,183 | 8,265 | 7,855 | 317 | 333 | 358 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.4 |
| Converse | 8,460 | 8,504 | 8,176 | 8,213 | 8,244 | 7,882 | 247 | 260 | 294 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
| Natrona | 43,922 | 44,185 | 43,695 | 42,282 | 42,435 | 41,808 | 1,640 | 1,750 | 1,887 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 4.3 |
| STATEWIDE | 307,000 | 309,595 | 306,693 | 295,300 | 297,035 | 292,959 | 11,700 | 12,560 | 13,734 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.5 |
| Statewide Seasonally Adjusted | 4.5 | 4.6 | 5.3 | |||||||||
| U.S. | 7.0 | 7.3 | 7.6 | |||||||||
| U.S. Seasonally Adjusted | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.8 | |||||||||
| Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 03/2013. Run Date 11/2013. | ||||||||||||
| Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified. | ||||||||||||
| (p) Preliminary. (r) Revised. (b) Benchmarked. Note: because of the federal government shutdown, Research & Planning is publishing revised data (instead of preliminary) for September 2013. | ||||||||||||